In Your Words

FELT LIKE A LITTLE KID DELIGHTED TO WRITE BIG ON THE WALL — MARVELOUS TECHNIQUE!

“A few months ago, my husband and I attended a Private Interactive-Graphics Training. Such a marvelous technique for capturing information for easy sharing with a targeted audience. I felt like a little kid delighted to WRITE BIG on the wall. I mapped a 16-week Culinary Arts program in a timeline format. The map is currently on the wall near the teaching kitchen where students and chef instructors easily see weekly themes — leading to graduation and the ultimate outcome of either further training and/or employment. I can’t wait to prepare a chart for a 20-week program (am already practicing how to draw a better chicken, bowl of soup, fish, chef hat…it goes on!).

Francesca de Bastiani

My husband mapped and presented his succession plan to his Board of Directors and they truly appreciated his ideas being organized in the large-format, visual manner. And using his golf club as a pointer!

Additionally, Christina introduced me to her SHIFT-IT Graphic Coaching Process® and I have been fortunate to work with Phillis Benson, one of her coaches-in-training. Talk about a wonderful process. Phillis has a skilled way of using the visual maps, all the while in her own style. She is a master at moving me through the process and the flow is so natural. I look forward to what transpires as we focus on some fairly large career decisions. Very exciting!

Thank you Christina Merkley for introducing me to this wealth of experiences — I am turning into a happier, more creative individual in how I conduct my everyday work and personal life!”


Francesca de Bastiani
Curriculum Developer
Vancouver, British Columbia


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