Visuals for a Better World
Today a client asked me, “what’s the best knowledge translation project you’ve ever worked on?” And without a beat, I knew: “the kind where people who are affected by the research, are involved from the beginning.” Here are some recommendations and samples of knowledge translation projects to inspire your next research project. It’s never one … Read more Visual Knowledge Translation Projects
The Mental Health Commission of Canada asked me to illustrate their new report, “A Mental Health Strategy for Canada: a youth perspective.” National strategies research what’s not working, what’s needed, and sets out strategies for what’s next. Everyone should be able to understand a national strategy, and making it visual is one way to do it. Two … Read more Illustrated Mental Health Strategy- knowledge translation
Graphic recording is great for knowledge translation, and it was featured in the 24 hours newspaper this week. Scientist Timothy Caufield wants us to see through the hype in science research, and my visuals were featured alongside his recent Brain Matters talk. The talk was part of a two day conference on brain science and social … Read more knowledge translation at Brain Matters in the news
Graphic recording helped with knowledge transfer at a recent women’s heart health event with the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute. The VCHRI interviewed the presenters and me and wrote up a great blog post. Thanks for the opportunity to be interviewed and feature graphic recording as a knowledge transfer tool in health care. Graphic recording in health care connects researchers … Read more Interview: Health Empowerment from Knowledge Transfer
M.E in BC: How the Healthcare system for M.E Impacts Clinicians and Patients Recently, Drawing Change illustrated the results of this preliminary project examining the unmet needs of British Columbians living with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME). This patient led community inquiry project was conducted through a partnership between the ME/FM Society of BC, the Complex Chronic … Read more Healthcare System Research ME/FM Society of BC – visuals
Principal, Drawing Change Consulting, 2010- present LinkedIn profile: www.linkedin.com/in/sambradd Education Masters of Education, Educational Studies (University of British Columbia) 2014 Bachelor of Arts, Women and Gender Studies (Simon Fraser University) 2005 Professional Education Certified Human Systems Dynamics professional 2020 Certified Integral Facilitator with 10 Directions 2020 Culturally Responsive Evaluation, with Reciprocal Consulting and SFU Continuing … Read more CV for Sam Bradd
Policies for youth, informed by youth The MHCC Youth Council had a unique idea: “translate” the new National Mental Health Strategy report into a youth perspective. This new document would highlight the experiences of young people – and for the first time, would include youth voices working towards real system-level changes. But had this ever … Read more Illustrated Report: Mental Health Commission of Canada
The famous 80/20 rule. With so many busy schedules, we planned for a one-day face to face meeting – so 80% of the work had to be done ahead of time. This strategic planning session began with a series of one-to-one interviews led by Dr Lori Brotto, the Executive Director, with stakeholders, survey of members, … Read more BC Women’s Hospital Research Institute
Drawing Change has deep expertise in strategic communications consulting, focusing on visuals for organizational development and systems change. We provide facilitation and graphic facilitation that is strengths-based, creative and participatory, works with complexity, and uses an intersectional and anti-racism lens. Drawing Change is recognized globally for our expertise, especially in health, environment, and social policy. … Read more About
Six weeks into 2019, and lots going on at Drawing Change. Here’s a few exciting highlights and resources: Graphic Facilitation Training – in the Arctic This Southerner spent two weeks in the far North. I taught a graphic facilitation workshop in the Arctic Circle in beautiful Cambridge Bay, Nunavut where it was minus 58 degrees … Read more Drawing Change updates for 2019
Beyond the Basics with Graphic Facilitation The graphic facilitation and graphic field is booming – are you getting the work you want? Sophia Liang and Sam Bradd designed this course to teach what they wish someone had taught them when they started out as graphic facilitators. Experts say, in order to scale or grow your … Read more 2018 Beyond the Basics: Graphic Facilitation Workshop in Portland, Oregon
Teams, teaching, travel, and a new reflection tool – it’s been a busy Fall 2017! I’m feeling so inspired by the incredible organizations and people I’ve worked with recently, and wanted to share some of the techniques we used together. There’s a variety of approaches one can use to lead visually: from graphic recording for public … Read more Teams, teaching, travel and a new reflection tool – Fall recap
Graphic recording captured a powerful conversation about climate justice recently. A power of illustration is you can draw the future. It taps into hope, especially about climate justice. So if you have a sensitive facilitation process to lead, here are some visual facilitation elements that worked in this room. The Climate Justice Project at the Canadian Centre for Policy … Read more Visual Facilitation and a Climate Justice Conversation
Recently, I was graphic recording at a leadership conference for a large private sector company. Fantastic event, and maybe because this company had never experienced graphic recording before, I saw an unexpected benefit of graphic recording. It is your secret speechwriting weapon. I hadn’t seen this before, so I thought I’d share. By the end of day 1, I … Read more Graphic recording is your speechwriting secret weapon
The visual facilitation challenge: a 5 day planning session, 25 elected leaders, a room with no windows. The task: engage meaningfully about the organization’s 5 strategic areas, and use visuals. It was the exact opportunity to design a new visual tool: a paired photo walk for strategic planning. Here’s why. I’m passionate about better meetings. Whatever the type of meeting, there’s probably … Read more A visual facilitation tool – try a paired photo walk