Fundamentals of Working Visually: Home Study Kit

Professional Online Study Kit Teaches Process Professionals From Across the Globe!

For Managers, Leaders, Consultants, Facilitators, Trainers, Coaches, Therapists, Scribes and Others Who Work with Groups and Individuals. Also for Illustrators, Designers, Artists and Other Creatives.

Can’t do the times of my live courses? This Home Study Kit is a convenient way for you to get immediate access to my Fundamentals of Working Visually course. The material has been honed from my organizational development, change management, facilitation and coaching experience across a broad range of corporate, governmental and not-for-profit settings.

This Kit covers all four ways of working visually:

1. Studio Work (pre-prepared visuals);
2. Graphic Recording (live, spontaneous note-taking);
3. Graphic Facilitation (visually facilitating processes with groups);
4. Graphic Coaching (visually facilitating processes with individuals);

FYI, I am no longer offering this course publicly, although private trainings (you come to me) and in-house trainings (I come to you) are possible. Instead, I’m focusing my public trainings exclusively in the Graphic Coaching genre via Fundamentals of Visual Coaching. This Kit gives you access to not only Visual Coaching but the other genres too, if those are also of interest to you.

Now get 3 Kits for the price of 1!

Additionally, I’m bundling Fundamentals of Working Visually with two additional Kits! On companion topics that are also of interest to budding visual practitioners.

Quick Links:

Curriculum: 18 Modules
How To Access and Use The Kit
About Your Trainer: Christina Merkley
Your Training Investment
What’s Included and Payment Options
Testimonials

HOME STUDY CURRICULUM: 18 TRAINING MODULES

In this Kit you follow a 9-week online class (that met twice a week) as they make their way step-by-step through the program. You are guided in the same order as the class you are watching. You witness their ah-hahs and insights and in turn, apply the material to the specifics of your own situation.

1. Kick-Off
2. Context & Definitions
3. More Definitions & Benefits
4a. Space, Supplies & Create Your Studio
4b. Hanging Paper, Graphic Aerobics & Lettering
5. Zen of Icons
6. Formats & Your First Studio Piece
7. Feedback
8. Graphic Recording: Demo & Assign
9. Feedback
10. Graphic Facilitation: Demo and Assignments
11. Feedback
12. Graphic Coaching: Demo and Assignments
13. Christina’s Coaching Journey & SHIFT-IT
14. Photo Management, Documentation & Reports
15. Money, Marketing & Biz Development
16. Mindset and Resistance Busters
17. Next Steps and Action Plans
18. Class Closure and Implementation Coaching

PLUS BONUS VIDEOS:

• The Neuroscience of Working Visually with Dr. Mandy Wintink;
• The Ins and Outs of Whiteboard Videos with Liisa Sorsa and Disa Kauk;
• Working Virtually (digital technology: tablets, smartboards, etc.) with Rachel Smith;
• Materials and Supplies with Laurie Durnell of The Grove Consultants;
• Materials and Supplies with Guido Neuland of The Neuland Company.

PLUS TWO ADDITIONAL HOME STUDY KITS: 

Shift into Digital Work: Navigate your hardware and software choices in order to also work digitally. This Home Study Kit mirrors the live online course led by Christina, Lisa Moore, and Karen Lloyd.

Cartoon and Storyboard Techniques: Unlock the secrets of animation storytelling guided by Animation Director Karen Lloyd. Learn how to craft captivating cartoons and storyboards that resonate with your clientele.

PLUS QUALIFY FOR THE REPEATER OPTION ON LIVE ONLINE COURSE:

• • Interested in the Fundamentals of Visual Coaching, which greatly expands on the Visual Coaching module in this Kit? As a purchaser of this Fundamentals of Working Visually Kit, you qualify for the Repeater Rate – another great savings!

HOW TO ACCESS AND USE THE HOME STUDY KIT:

The Home Study Kit is instantly available via instant online purchase. Upon registration, you receive a private password to my SHIFT-IT School and access to the Fundamentals of Working Visually class area. I encourage you to proceed through the material in the order it is laid out, however, access to all modules is immediately given in case you have an urgent need to view certain topic areas.

The program is in English. A standard video/audio player is required to view videos and MP3s, and a PDF Reader to download and read the documents. The program is divided into 18 Modules (listed earlier on this page). You simply watch the videos, read the PDFs on each module and follow the assignments.

You are instructed on the materials you need to source (paper, markers, tape, etc.) and how to set up a Studio Space to do your assignments. Private coaching (Deluxe Option) is available to answer questions and provide you with feedback on your work and guidance on your business development.

YOUR TRAINING INVESTMENT:

When you take valuable professional training don’t just look at what it costs, look at what it’s truly WORTH to you overall. The going day rate for Visual Practitioners is $500 on the low end and $2,500 in the mid-range. Some higher-end consultants using visual methods charge $5,000+. My day rate is $3,000, so in essence, I’m teaching you my craft for less than what it costs to hire me for half a day.

The cost of this training can be recouped quickly using your new skills. Or if you’re internal, in the satisfaction of doing your work in a whole new way that pleases you and your employer (perhaps saving them from having to bring in an external resource). The price of this training is very fair given how you are being ‘taught to fish’ – a skill that can keep you fed, happy and intrigued for years to come (let alone all the great insights, breakthroughs and results your clients will reap). As you can read in the testimonials, some participants recoup their investment within weeks and many go on to create new careers or enhance existing ones.

Also, an important FYI … fees are in Canadian funds. Currently, the Canadian dollar is low, so for Americans, Europeans, and some other locales, this translates into additional savings for you! Now is a really good time to secure these highly useful skills. See currency converter.

ABOUT YOUR TRAINER: CHRISTINA MERKLEY

Christina Merkley coaches individuals and partners, facilitates groups, and is an internationally respected teacher.

Through her SHIFT-IT School, she has trained thousands in all aspects of working visually. One of a handful of early Graphic Facilitation trainers, she’s been a supportive midwife in the global spread of the specialty.

With a Masters Degree in Organizational Development and transformation (ODT), she began her career in San Francisco as a Graphic Recorder and Facilitator, initially employed by David Sibbet and The Grove Consultants International. Her organizational clients have included Hewlett-Packard, Stanford, The American Institute of CPAs, the U.S. Department of Energy, the British Broadcasting Corporation, The Institute for the Future, The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and NASA.

Her love of personal growth drew her to the emerging field of Coaching, where she naturally integrated visual methods into process work with individuals, partners and intimate groups. She is the creator of the SHIFT-IT Visual Coaching System®, with 40+ visual tools.

In 2009, she experienced a kundalini rising that heightened her intuitive and energetic sensitivities.

A trauma-informed practitioner, Christina is well versed in many modalities: Strategic Planning, Visioning, Scenarios, Team Performance, Conflict Resolution, Appreciative Inquiry, Alchemical Hypnotherapy, Neurolinguistic Programming, Voice Dialogue, Parts Work, BodyTalk, Shamanic Journeying, Systemic Constellations, Compassionate Depossession and Psychopomp, The Unconditional Model and Non-Dual Inquiry.

Christina lives in beautiful Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Metchosin on the ancestral lands of the Sc’ianew First Nation.

FEES, LEVELS AND PAYMENT PLANS:

There are TWO LEVELS to choose from: Basic and Deluxe. Plus various payment plans.

In closing, if you are attracted to the visual way of working, I hope I have made it clear why this Home Study Kit is a smart and convenient professional investment. I look forward to training you!

Yours in visual expansion,

P.S. Further Questions? Email admin@shift-it-coach.com. You can also request a free ’30-Minute Exploratory Chat’ to chat directly with me if you’d like.

P.P.S. Sometimes people are really pulled to come to this training and don’t quite understand why, as it’s an intuitive hunch, not a rational decision. Like my previous attendee Val, who wrote 10 weeks afterwards to tell me she landed an Executive Director position at double her salary by using ‘visuals’ to seal the deal (she used a visual template to not only interview the Board that was interviewing her, but to engage the front line staff as well – which they loved!). She and her initially skeptical husband were very happy with her return on investment from this training and that she followed her intuition to get it!

TESTIMONIALS

What past participants say about their experience with my trainings: