The Center for Graphic Facilitation

Christina Merkley Launches a New Course

 

Acclaimed SHIFT-IT coach, Christina Merkley, is offering the long-awaited Home Study Version of her popular Biz Basics for Process Professionals course.

This is a GREAT self-paced info program for new and seasoned Process Professionals (consultants, trainers, authors, facilitators, graphic recorders, coaches, counselors, bodyworkers, etc ...) who desire to launch a solo practice and/or revamp an existing one.

Check out the details at the SHIFT-IT website here. 

How One Phish Fan “Sees” Music

Excerpt from The New York Times:

While listening to Phish, the music writer Mike Hamad developed a way to sketch a road map through a song. He’s hoping his technique will help him “see” the magic in music.

 

To view the full page, click here.

Summer Workshops with Grove Consultants in Berlin & San Francisco

Advanced Visual Facilitation with David Sibbet & Rachel Smith

For experienced visual practitioners. Deepen your facilitation skills and command of graphic frameworks.

San Francisco (3-day)
August 13-15, 2014
09:00-16:30 (9am-4:30pm)
$1,900

Berlin (2-day)
July 17-18, 2014
09:00-16:30 (9am-4:30pm)
$1,400 (USD)

Large-Scale Process Consulting & Design
For experienced visual practitioners. Grow your capacity to lead effective organization-change and social-change processes.

Gisela Wendling
San Francisco (3-day)
September 17-19, 2014
09:00-16:30 (9am-4:30pm)
$2,250

To register: Email [email protected] or call 1.415.561.6132.
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Visit The Grove's website for information about additional workshops, products and client services.

http://www.grove.com/site/wkshp.html

May Workshop on Graphic Recording and Emotional Intelligence

In this 1 and 1/2 day visual workshop you will learn to better connect with the people you serve, add tools to your professional toolkit, and  differentiate yourself and your service.

This workshop is for HR professionals, project leaders, consultants, managers, trainers, visual thinkers, and innovators who want to learn to be better leaders and move beyond words and the tyranny of the bullet point list.

INSTRUCTORS: Peter Durand of Alphachimp and Lisa Griebel of Crescendo, Inc.

For details and registration, visit: www.bit.ly/MN-RockstarScribe

Change Begins With You

 

A very nice piece incorporating time-lapse and real-time footage of chalkboard scribing.

CLICK HERE to watch video.

Submitted by Lisa Griebel

The Higher Purpose of Doodling: Sunni Brown

 

CBS Sunday Morning

 Is the employee who DOODLES at office meetings a goof-off who's neglecting his or her responsibilities? Or is he or she actually exercising something that could be called "Doodle Diligence"? A question this morning for our Lee Cowan:

How many of us, when we let our minds drift, find that our pencils drift right along with it?

To the doodler, the canvas can be anything -- a napkin, a margin, a soon-to-be-discarded envelope.

Making Visual Confectionary: Andrew Park at TEDxBermuda 2013

Andrew Park, owner of the hairy hand that illustrated the RSA Animate phenomenon, created this time-lapse scribing video to accompany his own TEDx Talk.

He tells the story of graduating from Art College and learning how to be a true artist through working for a group of accountants.

His main message: "Put artists to work!"

Sunni Brown - Unlocking the power to think differently

 

Sunni Brown
Chief Infodoodler™
Sunni Brown, Ink

The Doodle Revolution is a prequel to Gamestorming  and also a global movement unto itself. It’s an entertaining and informative romp through applied visual language for non-artists, but it also aims to radically overturn our social (mis)perceptions about doodling. To doodle is not to waste time or to be distracted. Instead, doodling is a powerful technique people use around the world to help themselves THINK.

 

ImageThink interprets a Morning on NBC TODAY SHOW

Via Today.com:

The Orange Room went back to the drawing board — literally. 

ImageThink  graphics facilitator Heather Willems drew her interpretation of TODAY all morning long on Friday, covering everything from the JFK anniversary to Thanksgiving meals. 

Willems and her company have helped create visuals for large meetings and conferences, but she said drawing a live television broadcast was a first for the company.

Discovery Doodles: How You Can Draw from Infancy to Industry

Discovery Doodles: How You Can Draw from Infancy to Industry

Book Launch & Signing
Thursday, October 17th 6:00pm - 8:30pm
At Catalyst Ranch in Chicago

Author, teacher and graphic facilitator Diane Durand, will guide us through doodling using principles from her new book.

Discovery Doodles: Sketchbook Basics (Volume 1)

The program will feature four art stations:

• Tools: Hands-on experience with different drawing materials
• Technology: Demonstrations on how to use whiteboards, flipcharts, iPads and Wacom tablets
• Tablets Training: Mini Drawing Lesson for Business & Education
• Transformation: Brainstorming session on how to use Doodles in everyday experiences.

Stay for a book signing after the program!

For More info: http://blog.catalystranch.com/chicago-happenings/#discoverydoodles