1. 8 Apr


    A couple of years ago Ole from Bigger Picture already made a neat little series for visual thinking called “Snippet Learning”. This has now evolved into a full fledged online tutorial:

    For the past 2 years we have experimented with a new format - Created communication and dialogue tools by drawing - AND filming. We are now proud to present our two latest videos. They aim at explaining our own field: Visual Thinking and Graphic Facilitation. They are short introductions to different aspects of our methodology. the first video explains 7 basic elements on how you can learn to draw almost anything when working with people.

    Once you’ve watched that (and maybe even tried it yourself?), also check out video #2 on tools for graphic facilitation

    What I especially like about these videos is the combination of explanation and drawing (which has proven to be really successful since The RSA teamed up with Cognitive Media for the Animate series back in 2010). Plus Bigger Picture is using real items moving in and out of the visual to support and emphasize the main points they’re trying to make.

    Great job, fun to watch and I’m very glad to see people are pushing this format further. There’s a lot of power in using visuals to teach and explain complex matters and skills.

     

  2. 5 Apr


    Off to Brussels later today to facilitate this meeting for Wikimedia. Preparing a graphic flow to give the group a visual guideline and big picture while they’re working. It’s a really good facilitation tool to keep everyone focused. If you’re interested in using visuals for your meeting check out the Grove graphic guides, they’re an excellent starter.

    Off to Brussels later today to facilitate this meeting for Wikimedia. Preparing a graphic flow to give the group a visual guideline and big picture while they’re working. It’s a really good facilitation tool to keep everyone focused.


    If you’re interested in using visuals for your meeting check out the Grove graphic guides, they’re an excellent starter.

     

  3. 17 Mar



    Great insights by @chippwalters on how to use the ipad for graphic facilitation

    Here’s a very helpful tutorial on how to use the neu.Notes app for graphic facilitation. Tried it out just now, especially love how you can

    • change the size and move what you’ve drawn and written
    • sharing (dropbox, yay!)
    • canvas sizes (huge plus)
    • easy adding of canvas pages, which is especially important during live graphic facilitation and recording

    Could do a bit better on

    • colour palette
    • different brushes
    • overall design (feels a bit 90s to me, but oh well)

    Here’s Chipps demonstration:

    Just looked for the tune pencil draw pro online, seems like they don’t sell it in Germany. Which is a bummer, cause I’ve been looking for a really good stylus for a while.

    Also, I will be getting my new ipad on Monday, can’t wait to try out the new display. The old 1024x768 resolution has really been limiting the possibilities for scribing. Looks like that is about to change.

     

  4. 2 Dec



    Pictures from last week’s Youth Media Meeting

    Last week I facilitated a three day meeting for Youth Media here in Berlin. I already posted a couple of pictures, and here’s one more post to sum it all up. We worked for three intense days, went through hundreds of post-its and several flip-chart pads, drank too much coffee and got loads of things done. It was a great group to facilitate, lots of energy, ideas and the will to make a difference in the world. Idealism and realism paired with optimism and productivity is just what I like. Thanks Jona and the team, I had a great time!
    Pictures:

    1+2 Betahaus’ Christoph Fahle talked about community & pr
    3 Fräulein Schiller facilitating
    4 An A3 thank you note for the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation
    5+6 Floor mapping (evaluation tool)
    There are more pics on Sebastian’s flickr if you’re interested.

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  5. 26 Nov



    Back to KaosPilot style - weirdo creative facilitation for Youth Media Meeting

    Yesterday’s graphic recording for Deutsche Bank and FAZ was all about suits and seriousness (and I do have it in me to find that immensely interesting), today it is facilitation for a great bunch of young people from all across Europe. These pictures are from this morning’s opening session. KaosPilots will probably recognize it - it’s a fun exercise to kick-off a group meeting and introduce each other. Great job the team did there! Supersizing the European map was a bit of a “challenge”: I didn’t quite place Serbia and Romania correctly. Please forgive me, dear friends ;) But at least the participants had the opportunity to shape their own country. And all it took was a pencil. Revolution was never easier.

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