Urrrggghhhh, doesn’t it suck when you get in those situations where something or somebody really gets to you. Maybe it’s an unpleasant work situation with an employer, client or colleague, or a personal one with a friend or family member. Or some sort of agency, organization or outfit you have to deal with that isn’t… Read more »
June SHIFT-IT Weekend Workshop
It happens once a year – the in-person SHIFT-IT Weekend Workshop. A chance to come together, face-to-face, with other folks interested in SHIFTing life for the better. This year’s date is just around the corner: two and a half days on June 22-24, 2007 here in gorgeous Victoria, BC, Canada. I personally facilitate this group using… Read more »
Five Year Vision for Secondary School
Mea culpa for not writing much in the blog lately – I have been tres busy as its facilitation season. Been traveling and bopping about helping different groups with their visioning and planning needs (as well as being a coach, I’m also a facilitator and change consultant to groups and organizations). Last week I was… Read more »
May’s Meeting Graphics 101 Workshop
Besides my coaching and facilitation practices, about a third of my work these days is in training other professionals (trainers, consultants, facilitators, coaches, project managers, mediators, etc) on the basic graphic skills that can be used with groups and individuals. You see, this graphic way of working is rare, and even more rare is finding someone… Read more »
Periodic Table of Visual Methods
This in from the Visual Literacy Program – a European online program sponsored by four universities … to help engineering, software, science students, etc. better understand and use the various visual methods available to help express and communicate their ideas and creations. They have created a “Periodic Table of Visualization Methods” that pulls together all… Read more »
Spring in Victoria, BC
As many of you know, I am currently based in lovely Victoria, British Columbia,Canada. After almost a decade in San Francisco, I returned to Victoria (my home town) about five years ago. Spring is spectacular here on the west coast. I have two large cherry trees outside of my… Read more »
Be Brave With Your Innovations
Last week I hosted one of my Graphic Bootcamps: an advanced skills training workshop for people who want to learn more about the graphic way of working with groups and individuals. I noticed a really interesting trait in my attendees: a lot of them are just itchin’ to make their work more fulfilling and interesting… Read more »
The Secret Behind The Secret
If you’ve been an ezine reader of mine for a while (or one of my coaching clients), you’ll know that I’m a big fan of Law of Attraction (LOA) principles. I use them constantly in my facilitation and coaching work and in my own personal life (with graphics of course!). There has been a lot of… Read more »
Great Graphic Bootcamp
Last Wednesday and Thursday, I hosted my Graphic Bootcamp here in Victoria, BC. Twelve folks from all over North America came to further hone their custom chart work, graphic recording and graphic facilitation skills. There was a gigantic handbook of samples and examples, lots of demos, small table work to sketch things… Read more »
Graphic Recording Skills
Tomorrow I lead my Graphic Bootcamp here in Victoria, British Columbia. Its an advance skill development and marketing / business development workshop for graphic recorders and graphic facilitators – people who want to further improve their ability to graphically record and facilitate business meetings, community events, conferences and the like. Who want some help boosting… Read more »
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