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RECORDED WEBINAR: Introduction to Facilitating with Visuals (December 9, 2022, hosted by MAFN)
Visuals are central to facilitating engaging meetings, but many facilitators and trainers lack a strong design muscle. Stop making boring, meaningless slide decks and start bringing visuals into your meetings in a fun, purposeful and creative way that will have a real impact on improving the outcomes of your meeting.
This webinar is a teaser version of our online course Introduction to Facilitating with Visuals. It was recorded live and hosted by the Mid-Atlantic Facilitators Network.
PODCAST: Visual Notetaking with Beltway Broadcasts and Lauren Green (September 21, 2022)
In this episode of Beltway Broadcast, your Metro DC Chapter of ATD hosts Lauren Green. Lauren shares how to capture key insights and takeaways during meetings and events with words and images and discusses the benefits of creating an illustrative record of the session.
Visual Facilitation Tools for New-to-Visual Facilitators
Visual tools help people see their ideas in a way that gets people focused and on the same page. Sixty-five percent of the population are visual learners, so if you’re not using visuals, you’re missing out on a huge opportunity to engage participants.
So You Think You Can’t Draw (and Why That Isn’t True)
Drawing as an adult is different than as a kid or an artist. Drawing as an adult can, of course, be something that you do just for fun, but it can also be purposeful and valuable in the workplace.
Designing Meeting Agreements with Visual Tools
The way we frame a discussion has a direct impact on achieving the outcomes of a meeting. Meeting agreements are ground rules, metaphors or principles that help a group understand the expectations of behavior during a meeting.
5 Drawing Skills Every Facilitator Needs
Facilitators are not illustrators, nor do they need to be; however, basic drawing skills are an essential tool to be able to quickly draw models and create engaging and informative meeting visuals.
8 Models Every Facilitator Should Be Able to Draw Live
A model is a diagram that helps convey a key concept using strategically aligned words and images used in a meeting to encourage a specific mindset or prompt thinking in a new way. Here are eight essential models and how to draw them.
3 Visual Energizers for In-Person and Online Meetings
Energizers are the glue that keeps your agenda together, especially virtually. Energizers should always have a purpose, whether building connections, testing the technology or modeling the behavior.
Highlights from Control the Room Episode with David Sibbet: Graphic Recording vs. Graphic Facilitation
I hear it all the time. What’s the difference between graphic recording and graphic facilitation? There’s a lot of industry debate about this term, but no one is more qualified to make this distinction than David Sibbet.
PODCAST: Sketchnote Chats with Lauren Green and Emily Mills (June 23, 2021)
During this podcast, Emily and Lauren discuss how Lauren got started in the field of visual facilitation, her tips for receiving feedback, the tools she uses, and what inspires her.
Lauren's Origin Story: Getting Started as a Visual Facilitator
Watch Lauren's origin story of discovering and creating a career in visual notetaking. Then read on to learn ways you might build your origin story today.