Visual Tools for Consultants from Eris Weaver

Eris Weaver February 28, 2014

GOALS FOR TODAY

1. Use new tools 2. Call me! 3. Most important….remember that

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Eris Weaver, Graphic Facilitator & Group Process Consultant

707-338-8589 • [email protected] • www.erisweaver.info

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DEFINITIONSDEFINITIONSDEFINITIONSDEFINITIONS Visual thinking: using imagery, drawing, and graphic displays to see patterns, solve problems, and communicate.

Mind map: diagram used to visually outline and connect information, with related concepts radiating outward from a core, central word or image. Popularized by Tony Buzan in the 1970s.

Graphic recording: documenting a conversation, meeting, or presentation in real time in words and images. Can be done live or virtually, on large paper, whiteboard, or digitally.

Graphic facilitation: integrating facilitation and interactive visual practices to facilitate group process.

Sketchnotes: Taking personal notes using images as well as words.

Gamestorming: the use of interactive games for group work including ideation, strategic planning, design, problem solving. See book of the same name by Dave Gray et al.

Kinesthetic modeling: a hands-on method for creative problem-solving created by John Ward. Individuals or groups silently make three-dimensional models out of modeling dough, popsicle sticks, random objects, etc.

Template, graphic template: a pre-drawn template, designed for a particular type of group process such as strategic planning or visioning, which is filled in during the group session.

THINGS TO TRY…THINGS TO TRY…THINGS TO TRY…THINGS TO TRY…

• Get an inexpensive sketchbook and pens that you like. Carry them with you and doodle or sketchnote while you’re at meetings or presentations.

• Try mindmapping next time you need to plan a presentation, make a to-do list, or take notes on a book.

• Put a whiteboard or flipchart in your office where you can write on it easily and often!

• Put butcher paper on a wall, or paint a wall with whiteboard or chalkboard paint.

• Read one of the books on the resource list.

• Get friendly with sticky notes!

• Try using one of the attached templates in one of your meetings.

• Take a workshop in one of the methods we’ve played with today.

• Bring a visual practitioner into your workplace – to train your staff, or document one of your meetings.

• Put play-doh or “fiddles” out on the tables during meetings.

• Try giving a presentation using a whiteboard or flipchart instead of PowerPoint.




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Empathy map

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RESOURCES: RESOURCES: RESOURCES: RESOURCES: BOOKSBOOKSBOOKSBOOKS

**Agerbeck, Brandy. The Graphic Facilitator's Guide: How to Use Your Listening, Thinking and

Drawing Skills to Make Meaning. Loosetooth.com, 2012.

Buzan, Tony. The Mind Map Book: Unlock Your Creativity, Boost Your Memory, Change Your

Life. Harlow : Pearson/BBC Active, 2010.

Chopyak, Christine. Picture Your Business Strategy: Transform Decisions with the Power of

Visuals. McGraw Hill, 2013.

Dobrowolski, Patti. Drawing Solutions: How Visual Goal Setting Will Change Your Life.

Creative Genius, 2012.

*Emberly, Ed. Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Animals; Ed Emberley's Drawing Book: Make a

World; Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Faces; Ed Emberley's Big Green Drawing Book;

Ed Emberley's Big Orange Drawing Book; Ed Emberley's Big Purple Drawing Book; Ed

Emberley's Big Red Drawing Book; Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Weirdos; Ed

Emberley's Drawing Book of Trucks and Trains.

*Gray, Dave, Sunni Brown, and James Macanufo. Gamestorming: A Playbook for Innovators,

Rulebreakers, and Changemakers. Sebastopol: O’Reilly, 2010.

Lee, Jennifer. The Right-Brain Business Plan: A Creative, Visual Map for Success. New World

Library, 2011.

Margulies, Nancy and Nusa Maal. Mapping Inner Space: Learning and Teaching Visual

Mapping. Tucson: Zephyr Press, 2002.

Margulies, Nancy and Christine Valenza. Visual Thinking: Tools for Mapping Your Ideas.

Norwalk, CT: Crown, 2005.

Osterwalder, Alexander and Yves Pigneur. Business Model Generation. Wiley, 2010.

Reynolds, Garr. Presentation Zen. Berkeley, CA: New Riders, 2008.

**Roam, Dan. The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures. New

York: Portfolio, 2008.

----- Unfolding the Napkin: The Hands-On Method for Solving Complex Problems with Simple

Pictures. New York: Portfolio, 2009.

----- Blah Blah Blah: What To Do When Words Don't Work. New York: Portfolio, 2010.

*Rohde, Mike. The Sketchnote Handbook: The Illustrated Guide to Visual Note Taking.

Peachpit, 2013.




Sibbet, David. Graphic Facilitation: Transforming Group Process with the Power of Visual

Listening. The Grove, 2006.

----- Visual Meetings: How Graphics, Sticky Notes and Idea Mapping Can Transform Group

Productivity. Wiley, 2010.

----- Visual Teams: Graphic Tools for Commitment, Innovation, and High Performance. Wiley,

2011.

----- Visual Leaders: New Tools for Visioning, Strategy, and Organizational Change. Wiley,

2013.

Straker, David. Rapid Problem-solving with Post-it Notes. Da Capo Press, 1997.

RESOURCES: RESOURCES: RESOURCES: RESOURCES: WEBSITES & ORGANIZATIONSWEBSITES & ORGANIZATIONSWEBSITES & ORGANIZATIONSWEBSITES & ORGANIZATIONS The International Forum of Visual Practitioners includes a directory of graphic recorders & facilitators

and background information on the profession. http://www.ifvp.org

Dan Roam’s Napkin Academy is a do-it-yourself curriculum for visual thinking.

http://www.napkinacademy.com

The Grove Consultants International provides books, training, and products for visual practice.

http://www.grove.com

John Ward is the creator of Kinesthetic Modeling. http://manyminds.com

Presentation Zen is Garr Reynolds’ blog on presentation design. http://www.presentationzen.com

RESOURCES: RESOURCES: RESOURCES: RESOURCES: MATERIALSMATERIALSMATERIALSMATERIALS

Neuland, a German company, produces excellent REFILLABLE markers and other great facilitation

supplies. http://www.neuland.com/US

The Grove Consultants offer books, markers, paper, and a variety of paper and digital templates. They

also offer workshops. http://store.grove.com/

Dick Blick is a great art store; I mostly purchase 4’ paper rolls from them. http://www.dickblick.com/

Landau Chartworks in Sausalito is the go-to company for scanning large charts into beautiful digital

images & prints. http://www.chartworks.us/