A Process Container to Help You SHIFT … Now!

THE MAGIC MARKER MASTERMIND 4-Month Incubator for Visual Practitioners March 5 – July 2, 2012 (weekly webinars plus 2 day retreat) 7 spots left – deadline to apply is Feb. 24th Interest in the visual way of working is spreading like wild fire!!! You are a consultant, educator, facilitator, coach, visual scribe or other process… Read more »


A Note From Christina

Visual Coaching with Christina Merkley

2012 started with a whimper (me in bed with a nasty flu … hate it when I get time off and that happens) but now it’s off to a BANG … with lots of course registrations and private coaching & private training inquiries flooding in. Every year the appreciation of and interest in Interactive-Visuals grows… Read more »


In Your Words

Heather Martinez - Graphic Designer and Visual Practitioner

“THE WORK ITSELF IS QUITE PROFOUND BOTH PROFESSIONALLY AND PERSONALLY” “New to graphic recording, I have found that the work itself is quite profound both professionally and personally. After taking the Fundamentals of Interactive-Visuals, I took the opportunity to meet with Christina for a 1:1 coaching session. Her ability to listen and share the type… Read more »


How to Effectively Select a Graphic Facilitator

Audio Version: Click Player to Stream or Right Click on Link to Download. For full Audio Library of Past Messages, Click HereDownload MP3 If the rise in my web traffic and email inquiries over the years is any indication (and I think it is) then appreciation and interest in “Interactive-Visuals” is exponentially rising. As a… Read more »


In Your Words

DOW 30 CLIENT: HER ABILITIES ALLOWED US TO SEE THINGS WE’D BEEN TRYING TO COMPREHEND FOR WEEKS “I’ve worked with Christina on over a dozen consulting and change management projects since ’97. She’s exceptional. Reactions to her work have ranged from happily impressed to outright awe. On a particularly high-level e-business strategy workshop for a… Read more »


A Note From Christina

Happy New Year! Welcome to 2012! As a coach I love the New Year energy … and this year is such a special one too! Every year I gift my readers a ‘Mini SHIFT-IT Retreat” tool set … so see this issue’s article for exactly that. It’s a way for you to harness the New… Read more »


Visual Tools to Map Your New Year

shift-it retreat

Whether you’ve been doing personal visioning and planning work for a while, or are new to it, we can all benefit from doing a Mini SHIFT-IT Retreat every once in a while: checking in on how our life is going and what mid-course corrections we might want to make. Ideal times to conduct a mini… Read more »


A Note From Christina

Such a fascinating time of year … continuing to acclimatize to my new place, wrapping up fall classes (online Fundamentals of Interactive-Visuals was delightful!), moving into holiday celebrations and anticipating the New Year just around the corner.  So excited to be a part of this remarkable 2012 energy that we are all in the midst… Read more »


In Your Words

FROM A FACEBOOK POST… “I found a piece of paper tucked in the back of my journal. It has a little bit of my writing. I was stuck attracting sh*tty men. The rest is your writing. You were helping me to ‘Flip It’ good…Everything on that piece of paper…I found in Russ. It’s truly amazing… Read more »


Transformations Via the Tube

I’ve had an ‘interesting’ fall with lots of changes. Good change … but even positive change requires some integration time. While not a big T.V. watcher generally … I’ve found myself cocooned in front of the tube (or more accurately my laptop screen) as the days have grown shorter and darker … being a voyeur… Read more »