Category: Visual Skills

anything having to do with visual skills, graphic facilitation, graphic recording, (working visually with groups and organizations).

In Your Words: Greg Whicker

“I FOUND HER COURSE CONTENT TO BE THOROUGH, KNOWLEDGEABLE AND WELL ORGANIZED …” “Christina Merkley offers a number of fantastic programs (both online and in-person) for personal and professional development in and around the various fields related to Graphic Facilitation. In attending “Fundamentals of Interactive-Visuals I found her presentations and course content to be thorough,… Read more »


7 TIPS TO BUILD YOUR 50-300K BIZ

Audio Version: Click Player to Stream or Right Click on Link to Download. For full Audio Library of Past Messages, Click Here Download MP3 I’ve operated my own facilitation- coaching-training biz since 2001. When I made the leap to the independent lifestyle, I was excited but scared as heck. Along the way I have learned… Read more »


A Note From Christina

Last few weeks have been filled with project management tasks – getting our new e-Learn Kit finished: Biz Essentials for Process Professionals.  This program is for consultants, facilitators, trainers, coaches, counselors, body/depth/energy workers, scribes and others who do process work with groups and/or individuals. For new or seasoned practitioners to build or refresh operations in… Read more »


In Your Words

“GRATEFUL FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR GRACIOUS GENEROSITY” “I know you realize the power of the deep spiritual nature of the work that you do- I just wanted to thank you for inspiring me over the last few months with SHIFT-IT Online and Fundamentals of Interactive-Visuals. I can’t think of any course that I have… Read more »


SHE’S LEARNING IMPORTANT CONTRACT NEGOTIATION FOR GRAPHIC RECORDING

This one is for the up and coming Graphic Recorders. I coach Process Professionals on various Outer and Inner Work topics. I have “Graphic Recorders” in my coaching clientele, having been one myself in the early days of my process career (before I transitioned into lead Graphic Facilitation, pioneering the Visual Coaching niche, and mentoring/education).… Read more »


SHE NEEDS TO CREATE A ROOM

Another client story from my coaching work with Process Professionals … this one’s about developing your niche and getting yourself out there as a content leader. My client is embedded in a well-known IT company. I think it was her first real job and she’s climbed herself up over 15 or 20 years. She has… Read more »


A Note from Christina

Whew, where is this year going eh!? Time is whizzing by. It’s May … so that means Fundamentals of Interactive-Visuals, the In-Person version. Given the number of online courses I run now, this is one of the few opportunities that I actually get to meet folks face-to-face, and place markers in hot hands! It’s always… Read more »


Day 3: The DEEP DIVE Day

Day 3 in Fundamentals of Interactive-Visuals is the deep dive day — where we enter the juicy domain of Visual Coaching/Counseling.  How to work visually with individuals and partners in coaching, counseling, therapy and other personal growth processes. It’s a very powerful day, often with huge breakthroughs for participants – as not only are they… Read more »


Day 2: Emphasis on Graphic Facilitation

The wheels turned, the markers squeaked, the chalk dust flew — and this group churned out some really impressive work on their 2nd day of Fundamentals of Interactive-Visuals. On Day 2 my aim is to really drill home what Graphic Facilitation is (as compared to Studio Work and Graphic Recording).  No better way to do… Read more »


We Declared Victory on Day One …

Today has been highlighted as an important day in my calendar for quite some time – and its finally here.  Kick off day to my annual in-person Fundamentals of Interactive-Visuals course. It’s a highlight cause I get to meet people interested in the visual way of working … in person (a novelty given most of my… Read more »