Category: Misc.

There’s a new article in my articles section – a summary of the presentation I gave at the Int’l Forum of Visual Practitioners Conference 2007. Once a year the professionals of my diverse field gather to celebrate, have fun and learn from one another. This year I was asked to come share the journey of… Read more »

Ok, this one is a little out of the range of my usual coaching and graphic facilitation / recording theme – so I hope you will forgive the intrusion of a very personal topic. My local friends and clients have been mentioning how they saw my picture and quotes in a newspaper story that was… Read more »

Chameleon’s 2009 Magnetism Map Vision Originally uploaded by graphiccoach   Facilitated a very inspiring tele-session on Thursday with two powerful Vancouver coaches (Denise and Theresa) who are building a coaching, speaking, facilitation practice for First Nations and relationship systems work called Chameleon Strategies (strategies for creative change). They asked me to guide them through some visioning work… Read more »

6. Another “At the Crossroads” Map Originally uploaded by graphiccoach   Hi, Christina Merkley here. As you hopefully know, I’m The SHIFT-IT Coach … and I’m an innovator in the use of visual thinking techniques with individuals, couples and biz partners. After working for over a decade as a Graphic Facilitator in all sorts of… Read more »

In order to become a match to the things that we really, really want in our lives, we first need to vibrate like them.  That means we need to somehow come into the same energy or frequency as them.  My Law of Attraction teachers, Esther and Jerry Hicks (via the teachings of Abraham) have many… Read more »

    I want to do a little shout out to the Neuland company.  I have been a guest contributor to Neuland’s monthly newsletter for a few years now – back when they approached me to write a few articles for them on the topic of graphic recording and graphic facilitation (for those of you… Read more »

Hi all! This just in from graphic colleagues, Alphachimp Studios in Pittsburg – they now have their Missing Link meeting support technology available.  A good resource for visual practitioners who need online post meeting documentation access for their clients.  Doesn’t really fit for me with the graphic coaching work I have primarily moved into doing… Read more »

The great thing about the IFVP Conference is that there are tons of talented colleagues – who share the work of communicating what happened at the event. Fellow Visual Practitioner, Leah Silverman, has put together a nice visual overview of some of the sessions she attended (unfortunately she doesn’t have much from my session, but… Read more »

Balance Rock Originally uploaded by graphiccoach Been taking a few days after the wonderful Int’l Forum of Visual Practitioners Conference to drive back up to Victoria.  Have a few clients and contacts to see along the way … not the least of which is stopping off in Boise to pick up a new horde of… Read more »

45. wall review Originally uploaded by graphiccoach Had a blast at the International Forum of Visual Practitioners Conference held this past weekend in Santa Fe, New Mexico. I’ve blogged about this event repeatedly prior to it being held, so won’t go into the overall details again (especially as its almost 3am!).  The event wrapped up… Read more »