Category: Misc.

In Your Words

"FOLKS WERE FASCINATED WITH THE VISUAL RECORDINGS!" “Thank you Christina for Fundamentals of Interactive-Visuals! Not only did I get some amazing new skills but you also took me deeper in my personal journey …I have another community now too! I’ve just returned from a Quality Academy for healthcare professionals that we teach – a 6-month… Read more »


How to Handle Visual Skeptics

  Audio Version: Click Player to Stream or Right Click on Link to Download. For full Audio Library of Past Messages, Click HereDownload MP3   Lately I’ve been experiencing some similar conversations … chats with my students, mentees and interested bystanders about how to persuade authority figures who are skeptical about the visual way of… Read more »


Events Calendar

PRIVATE INTERACTIVE-VISUALS TRAINING Spring/Summer 2012: Booked Privately Thursdays-Fridays Add the power of working visually to your process toolkit! Between now and September I have some availability for private Interactive-Visuals instruction in beautiful Victoria, British Columbia. Get customized, one-to-one attention focused on your specific situation and needs. From a seasoned pro who intimately knows the visual… Read more »


A Note From Christina

Spring has sprung. The early cherry trees have burst into bloom … this morning as I walked back from the gym it was like walking through petal snow … so many of them blowing through the morning breeze.  At the gym I’m incorporating a medical movement specialist into my workouts. Turns out that my SHIFT from working… Read more »


In Your Words

Thomas Pfister

"VISUAL COACHING – A PERFECT ADDITION TO MY BUSINESS" “I came across Christina Merkley’s name in 2008 at different training sessions at The Grove Consultants in San Francisco. I was attracted by Christina’s very well elaborated three-step program for VVisual Coach Certification. As a visual addicted individual I was driven to participate. The mix of… Read more »


A Note From Christina

Things are going really great these last few weeks. Really hitting our stride in this season’s programs. SHIFT-IT Online wrapped up after its 7 week run … wonderfully supportive cohort with members with a high degree of personal awareness and ability to be vulnerable and share. A real pleasure. This week we kicked off the… Read more »


In Your Words

“VERY SATISFIED WITH VISUAL COACH CERTIFICATION® AND THE RESULTS WE CREATED” “I am really grateful to Christina and I really appreciate her and Visual Coach Certification®. I learned a lot and many things changed around me. We got gorgeous videos and a fabulous toolkit; we were taught how to properly employ The SHIFT-IT Visual Coaching… Read more »


How to Successfully Launch a Graphic Facilitation Career or Hobby

Basic Icons & Wall work

Audio Version: Click Player to Stream or Right Click on Link to Download. For full Audio Library of Past Messages, Click HereDownload MP3 I’ve been in the Interactive-Visuals field for going on two decades now … and the field just gets richer, deeper and more known every year. It’s truly an exciting time to enter into… Read more »


Events Calendar

Magic Marker Advanced Mastermind March 5 – July 2, 2012 (weekly Webinars plus in-person retreat) I’m happy to announce a new intermediate-level program to support blossoming visual practitioners (scribes, facilitators and coaches). For people who have already received base visual training (from me or equivalent experience), and are keen to build the next phase of… Read more »


A Note From Christina

It’s a mild winter here in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada now. We had our snowstorm over the holidays but now it’s the usual rain, rain, rain (which keeps the trees green). Its perfect weather for the cocooning I am doing — holed away putting my Certified Visual Coaches from 2011 through their final exit exams.… Read more »