Transform the graphic recording planning meeting – to be exceptional

There’s a crucial meeting before any graphic facilitation project, and it doesn’t get enough attention. This is the humble-but-very-important preparation meeting, with the graphic facilitator, client team and process facilitator. I used to have a checklist so I could resolve the technical questions I needed (what’s the meeting purpose? Where will I set up?) but … Read more Transform the graphic recording planning meeting – to be exceptional

What are your Team Superpowers? Free Superhero graphic recording for you to use

Need a visual way to find your team’s superpowers? Use this free graphic facilitation poster to engage your group in a fun, and meaningful activity. Leadership and Team Superpowers At the core, it’s two key questions: what’s your Superpower? what’s your Kryptonite? (aka, what stops your superpower?) Graphic Facilitation poster – a free download If … Read more What are your Team Superpowers? Free Superhero graphic recording for you to use

Graphic Recording and Group Work Go Together: Free Facilitation Agenda

Graphic Recording and Group Work Go Together Are you planning a highly participatory meeting with lots of small group work, and wondering how a graphic recorder could work in this setup? Need an easy-to-read, and visually appealing, way of theming and synthesizing many small group discussions? Unsure if this meeting should be online or in … Read more Graphic Recording and Group Work Go Together: Free Facilitation Agenda

A new, free facilitation resource for creative meetings in 2022

Next Generation Meetings: 8 Wise Practices and Creative Tools  Here’s my webinar for Tech Soup Canada: Improve online gatherings and foster connection! This far into a pandemic, we’ve all changed our perspectives on what makes a good meeting. Do you find yourself wondering, “What is this meeting about? Is this the best use of our … Read more A new, free facilitation resource for creative meetings in 2022

Get the most value from your graphic recording – after your meeting

What’s the best thing to do with graphic recording images after a meeting? Use them! But how? Meetings are a major investment in time and effort. You may have invited graphic recording to help you: inform* people about something, consult and get feedback, involve key groups in discussion or refining ideas, collaborate in decision-making, or … Read more Get the most value from your graphic recording – after your meeting

How to sketchnote – free template and Wacom Canada webinar

What do we get when we combine text and drawing … and learning? Sketchnotes! I recently gave a webinar for Wacom Canada called Drawing on the Right Side of Learning: Sketchnoting, Visual Thinking and Making Learning Connect, and here’s free resources for educators from that talk: webinar recording what’s a sketchnote? a free sketchnote template … Read more How to sketchnote – free template and Wacom Canada webinar

10 Things I’ve Learned About Graphic Facilitation in a Virtual World

Graphic recording helps us see complex information in new ways. It creates more understanding, helps us hear each other and can connect us to purpose – while inviting in more creativity. After hundreds of online meetings during the pandemic, here’s 10 things I’ve learned about adapting graphic facilitation to an online world.  Graphic facilitation can … Read more 10 Things I’ve Learned About Graphic Facilitation in a Virtual World

Supporting Group Decision Making – Consensus Skills

Why strengthen your consensus skills? Better communication! Especially when you want more of a win-win. Here are some of my favourite consensus resources: – when consensus works – when it doesn’t – how to use a gradient of agreement to gather information instead of yes/no/abstain voting – options for disagreement. Plus, here’s my favourite meeting … Read more Supporting Group Decision Making – Consensus Skills

What will make better meetings in 2021?

Earlier this year, someone (brilliantly) said to me that when we meet online, we have the opportunity to create good meeting habits, and leave our bad meeting habits behind.   So I asked the facilitators and graphic recorders I look up to, “What have you noticed that we need to do more in 2021?” Big themes … Read more What will make better meetings in 2021?

It Takes Two to Zoom: Why Standards for Facilitating Meetings are Changing

Zoom Tech Hosts are the new standard  If there’s one big takeaway for online meetings that I want to share, it’s this: Don’t run an important Zoom meeting by yourself.  You can be the very best in-person meeting facilitator or meeting chair, but if you try to do it all yourself in an online environment – … Read more It Takes Two to Zoom: Why Standards for Facilitating Meetings are Changing

Graphic Facilitators Supporting Indigenous Cultural Safety

Indigenous Cultural Safety is a core skill for 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, and … Read more Graphic Facilitators Supporting Indigenous Cultural Safety