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Still some New Year receptions in offices, then agenda’s start to fill with meetings…and meetings. 21 ways for colourful and productive meetings in 2013!
Watch out this blog for more background on these… Coming soon: why’s, how-to’s, links,… your guide to extraordinary meetings.
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A two-day learning journey with ModelMinds and Visual Harvesting
Register online: http://bit.ly/visualchangemaking
In times of change and uncertainty it is crucial to have conversations about what really matters: to communicate ideas clearly, to plan inclusively, and to get everybody on the same page. With Visual Changemaking one can do this: create a shared language and collective memory.
Visual Changemaking is a two-day Visual Thinking workshop on Graphic Facilitation and Harvesting. Based on action learning we tailor the workshop to the needs of the group. Understand how to use visuals, graphics, and images in meetings. Participants will leave with the feeling ‘Yes I can’ – plus have the tools and confidence to start right-away.
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Program
Day 1: Beyond Words and Text
Day 2: Using Visuals With Group Processes
Learning outcomes
• Get back in touch with your natural ability to say things with pictures
• Increase and build your confidence with a pen and marker
• Communicate ideas quickly with simple and powerful images
• Improve the quality of your communication by using visuals
• Create and use prepared templates on which to organize your information
• Learn simple visual techniques to better collaborate with others
• Use graphic facilitation to create more productive meetings and outcomes
• Get to know the right graphic facilitation tool for the right business challenge
• Practice hands-on story-telling, listening, neutral observing and reflecting
• Develop your unique style of visual practice and learn how to help others
• Learn tools, techniques and approaches that you can apply in your working practice today
Practical information
Program Fees : Early bird (register before May 15th): 595€ excl. VAT - Regular fee: 695€ excl. VAT
Fees include coffee breaks, lunch, materials and handouts
Dates and time
Dates: June 14th & 15th 2012, time: 9am to 5pm
Location: The Hub Amsterdam, Westerstraat 187, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Same program (in Dutch) will be held in Ghent on June 18 and June 19, 2012.
Register online: http://bit.ly/visualchangemaking
This program is also available for incompany training. Contact us for details and/or tailormade solutions.
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Inspired by the NYT bestseller ‘One Life, 6 Words, What’s yours?’ I held a company meeting where we shared our six-word-stories about our company. It was fun and reveiling. And also a recommended team building activity.
In fact, all of my work is about synthesing and visualizing complex information. When I work live at a meeting or an event the result of one day meeting with a large group of participants is summarized and made visible in a large report of 1,2 x 3m.
As you’ve probably seen on my blog I also like to capture the key content of TED Talks in sketchnotes. There are over 1000 talks to watch on TED.com. Watching all of these ‘Ideas Worth Spreading’ would take several weeks, …
Probably inspired by the same book and with a a budget of under $100, Sebastian Wernicke (TedX Zurich) took the amusing challenge to summarize and synthesize all the ideas. Have a look!
Ways to listen better
When I work as graphic recorder, it happens more than once people come to me and say ‘Great work, oh, I wish I could draw like you…’ The essence of my work is not the drawing part…it’s the listening part. Being fully focused, listening to what is said, synthesizing and structuring… are the key elements.
Want to be a better listener? Check the 5 ways in this visual summary of this TED Talk. And know: practice, practice, practice!