You live and breathe your organization’s mission – but how do you help your customers, clients, or members connect with it? Sometimes, we live and breathe our values but they’re the hardest to put into words. It’s a challenge whether you’re an solo entrepreneur or managing a large workforce. For me, that’s where a Journey Map comes … Read more Journey Mapping for Organizations
Super excited to join Wacom this Wednesday on G+ to talk about styli and iPad sketchnotes. Styli are the digital pens you use on a tablet for drawing and note-taking. With a stylus and iPad, writing + drawing is portable and sharable in new ways. This could be sketchnoting, graphic note-taking, handwriting notes, and different types of visual thinking … Read more Talking with Wacom about iPad styli and sketchnotes
The Surrey School Board Achievement Contract communicates key information to parents, students, and community members. Now it’s a brand-new interactive infographic. The Achievement Contract used to be a long, dense PDF and now it’s a visual to help tell their story. Surrey Schools is the biggest school district in BC, and there’s lots of innovation that needs … Read more Surrey School Achievement Contract infographic
After the EuViz conference, I’m more convinced than ever that visual thinking has the power to transform everywhere we learn. In the next month I’m working with first year students, CEOs, and at a public engagement. Visual thinking is valuable because it comes in so many forms – so it makes sense that the theme of … Read more Report from EuViz- visual thinking conference
Graphic recording supported facilitator extraordinaire Dawna Jones to help PWL Partnership team explore vision. PWL Partnership makes places that people want to use – they’re landscape architects with big, green, hearts. One special thing stood out that made this day a success. It’s a very simple tool that any group can integrate. No special tools or equipment required. But without … Read more Visualize Your Values Leading You to Your Vision
The City of Chilliwack needed unique visuals to explain the new Official Community Plan (OCP). An Official Community Plan sets the vision for the next 30 years – and it’s an important time for residents speak up. But not everyone wants to read a long report. With hand-drawn illustrations and graphic recording techniques, dense OCP information is easy to read. Here’s … Read more Official Community Plan gets visual – City of Chilliwack
While graphic recording about healthy schools, I heard Paul Born ask, “How do communities change? By involving the people the issue affects until it feels like their change.” Paul Born is a keynote speaker and community-builder extraordinaire. Pretty great advice for a room full of leaders working on building healthy school communities. I was pleased … Read more Graphic Recording for Healthy Schools
It was a great week of public engagement and graphic facilitation about libraries. I’m home from a week asking Calgarians about their public library. Graphic facilitation was a key feature of the public engagement strategy. But you can’t just plonk down a big piece of paper and expect people to give you good feedback. There’s an art to … Read more Engagement about libraries with Graphic Facilitation
This week, I was on the road to engage the public about libraries using graphic facilitation. I’m home from a week on the road asking Calgarians about their public library. Graphic facilitation was a key feature of the public engagement strategy. But you can’t just plonk down a big piece of paper and expect people to give … Read more Engagement about libraries using graphic facilitation
Visuals can support cultural competence in healthcare. Recently, I worked at the Moving Forward conference, a unique gathering to talk about Indigenous cultural competency frameworks in health care. I came away from this experience profoundly changed, as I always do when work takes me to a deep place. Graphic recording visuals brought a unique dimension to tough conversations about … Read more Visuals can support cultural competence in healthcare
Visuals can support conversations about Indigenous cultural competency frameworks in health care. Recently, I worked at the Moving Forward conference, a unique gathering held by the Provincial Health Services Authority. I came away from this experience profoundly changed, as I always do when work takes me to a deep place. Graphic recording visuals brought a unique dimension … Read more Visuals for Indigenous cultural competency framework
I live for sandwiches. So why not an illustration of an East Vancouver sandwich map? Happily, there’s no shortage of delicious options nearby. And good parks to eat them in, too. The map includes the two neighbourhoods of Hastings-Sunrise and Grandview-Woodlands. I’d like to give a big thanks to Uppercase magazine and the talented pair at They … Read more Illustration of an East Vancouver Sandwich Map
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
Here’s a new illustration map to support child health for Live5210.ca in BC. One of the nice parts about this feel-good project was that the take-home message of 5-2-1-0 really stuck with me, too. It’s simple and elegant: 5 fruits and veg, 2 hours of screen time (well, it’s something to aspire to in my … Read more New Illustration to Support Child Health
Thinking about hosting an event where you want people to share their thoughts – and see the conversation emerge visually? As a graphic facilitator, my tip is to engage visually and start with a juicy question. One of my favorite resources is a book called The Art of Powerful Questions. This short yet comprehensive guide is written by … Read more Engage visually and start with a juicy question