Services

← Back to overview of services

In-House Workshops 

If you’re itching to hop up on a whiteboard and start visualizing your meetings or have been taking visual notes for a few years and want to add live strategy mapping to your skill set, we offer workshops for professionals who want to begin or further their journey with visual notetaking. 

We can provide your team or organization with an in-house workshop experience either “off the shelf” or customized to align with your unique needs.

We offer workshops for… 

  • Beginners getting started with notetaking for personal or professional use.

  • Experienced notetakers who want to elevate their impact in strategic planning conversations.

  • Facilitators looking to add visual skills to their facilitation toolkit.

Visual Notetaking

A workshop for professionals who want to begin their journey with visual notetaking, either for personal use (sketchnoting) or use in meetings (graphic recording).

Duration: MIN 1.5 hour | MAX 2 days
Participants: 5-25 per session

  • Visual notetaking is the creation of words and images to capture content from meetings, talks and other events. It’s not about art or making a pretty picture; it’s about learning how to use visuals to capture ideas, improve communication and accelerate learning. We cover drawing fundamentals and lettering basics, as well as expand your visual vocabulary. You will leave with an understanding of how to visualize key concepts from your work, create a visual narrative and listen for key points.

  • ● Tools and materials
    ● Drawing fundamentals (lines and shapes)
    ● Turning shapes into icons, figures and faces
    ● Improving your handwriting
    ● Layouts and page set-up
    ● Listening tips

Coming soon: Start your visual notetaking journey with our free toolkit.

Live Strategy Mapping

A workshop for experienced visual notetakers to elevate their impact in strategic planning conversations.

Duration: MIN half day | MAX 2 days 
Participants: 5-25 per session

  • Strategy mapping is visually mapping strategic conversations—visions, goals, charters, roadmaps—to help create connections between ideas and serve as the foundation for a cohesive strategic plan. Visual templates used to facilitate strategic planning meetings create frameworks for visual notetakers design within and help participants make better sense of their conversations. It’s also important that the visual notetaker supports the facilitator as an active visual partner in designing the session. We cover basic strategic planning concepts, facilitation fundamentals, and success tips for partnering with facilitators, as well as visual strategy templates and how to apply them in the moment.

  • ● Strategic planning terms
    ● Facilitation fundamentals
    ● Partnering with facilitators
    ● Strategic planning templates
    ● Applying templates to visual notes

For the latest on our public workshops, visit our “Take a Workshop” page.

Looking for training in facilitation and meeting skills?

Check out MeetingMakers for more.

Testimonials

  • “Thank you for the quality of service provided by you and Renatta. We sincerely appreciate your efficient, gracious customer service, the level of detail and accountability you have demonstrated for each workshop, and the way you conduct business as a whole. Our team could not be more satisfied with your work, and we look forward to continuing this relationship.”

    KELLĒ JONES, AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH

  • "Lauren's friendliness is a beautiful entree into shared knowledge. She's so easy to work with and a real expert in digital facilitation, in-the-room facilitation, and graphic recording. She creates psychological safety with every group she leads."

    WORKSHOP PARTICIPANT

  • “Daily, I hear positive reflections on our time together from various team members. You made a great impression and they are actively using the tools you shared with us. The session was fantastic and exactly what our team needed. I'm excited to see them implementing what we learned, and I hear from them often that they really appreciate the tools and training.”

    JULIE BREWER, USDA FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

Ready to get started?

To start the conversation or learn more about how we can support your meeting or event, reach out on our contact page. We can help identify the right service for you and how we can best support your team.

Get in touch