Visuals for a Better World
During graphic facilitation, I’m often asked, “but how do you leave enough space?” People say to me that it’s “magic” watching the page fill up when everything fits just right. I can tell you that the balance of white space isn’t quite magic, although it can feel that way: there’s a plan behind what’s happening. It reminded … Read more How Graphic facilitation is Agile – Vancity
Busy people in leadership positions need meetings that work. Visual templates help groups get focussed, fast. This week, Kevin Millsip (from Next Up) and I co-facilitated a 2.5 day meeting for the BC Federation of Labour. Kevin and I used Visual Facilitation with templates to structure the strategic planning. At the end of the session, someone said … Read more Visual Facilitation with Templates
The community at Elsie Roy Elementary school is on a journey together. And part of charting that course is being able to share it with others. So, let’s use graphic facilitation to make their vision visible! This was drawn live during the session. Working with the leadership of Principal Jenny Chin and BFO Consulting, we facilitated a … Read more Visioning and Graphic Recording with Elsie Roy Elementary School
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
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 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
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
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
Well, this month flew by… here’s a recap from my twitter photos! I was graphic recording for strategic planning sessions and open houses this month. Each of these particular gatherings were quite special – they were a way for the organizations to bring key people into the same space for reconnection. I was honoured to … Read more A look back at January projects
Indigenous Cultural Safety is a core skill for non-Indigenous graphic facilitators Sharing wisdom from talking circles at Drawing Change workshops (2017-2019) Graphic facilitators in Canada and the United States need to have skills in Indigenous cultural safety to do our work well. Since 2017, Drawing Change visual facilitation training workshops (hosted on unceded Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh, … Read more Graphic Facilitators Supporting Indigenous Cultural Safety