Hosted the April Drop-in Webinar for The Working Visually eCommunity on Thursday April 25th. This is a monthly support group for grads of our visual programs: Fundamentals of Working Visually, Intermediates of Working Visually, Fast & Loose Sketching and Visual Coach Certification. Visual Practitioners trained elsewhere are also welcome. Emergent Agenda from Members each month. … Read more »
I run a variety of Public Trainings in beginner and advanced Visual Skills throughout the year (both online and in-person). However, some clients, for various reasons, prefer to reserve me all for themselves through my Private Training and Apprenticeship options. That was the case this week with trainee Lindsay Risling. Her First Nation organization employs… Read more »
Couple more days into Sketching Fast & Loose workshop in San Miguel de Allende. Lots of eclectic folk art and architecture. Beginning to move into people and gestures. Gonna need a private with Rhoda Draws on faces (no more faceless star people if I’ve got a bit of extra time). Catrina parade is tonight …… Read more »
Graphic Recording, as many of my readers know, is a real-time visual note taking process done in a public manner, usually with large sheets of mural size paper (although other materials can also be used including digital means). If you are aware of the SketchNotes technique, it’s the same idea, but larger and with the… Read more »
Gained Invaluable Knowledge And Skills AND The Confidence to Draw and Visually Represent Idea Real Time in Front of Clients. “Early in my corporate career I realized the visual aspects of my work brought me the most joy and fulfillment AND allowed me to be more effective. Whether I was designing instruction, developing e-learning, facilitating… Read more »
SHIFT-IT AND VISUAL COACH CERTIFICATION: LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCES! “After several years of using visuals in my practice as a facilitator, I joined Christina’s Visual Coach Certification. Having experienced many changes in my personal and professional life (marriage, MA from Concordia in Human Systems Intervention, birth of my two children, and creating an independent practice) I knew… Read more »
Cynthia Stone is a therapist from Colorado who discovered my visual trainings many years ago. Like many, the creativity and unique lifestyle I represented to her, resonated deeply but a busy life snuck in and over a decade flew by. Just when she swung back to graphics, and joined the Visual Coach 2016 cohort, she was diagnosed with cancer. This remarkable woman dialed in from her hospital bed to attend the online classes. I’m pleased to report that she’s recovered her health and that this tenacious woman is also now a Certified Visual Coach. Please join me in wishing her all the best as she steps boldly into private practice!
A NEW WORLD OF TOOLS TO USE IN PRESENTING INFORMATION AND FACILITATING PROCESSES HAS OPENED UP. “Fundamentals of Working Visually delivers both the basics of working visually as well as the larger context of expanding these skills into more complex process work. Christina guided us through well paced material that she presented in an incremental… Read more »
NEW JOB OPPORTUNITIES HAVE OPENED UP DUE TO MY NEWLY ACQUIRED SKILLSET. THE INVESTMENT WAS COMPLETELY WORTH IT “Thank you Christina for your spirit of sharing with the Fundamentals of Working Visually. You have a wealth of knowledge and experience. Your approach to teaching gave me permission to try something new and tap into my… Read more »
If you saw last week’s eZine you know I’ve just returned from an amazing trip. I’m still processing all the stuff that happened at multiple levels … my head is literally still spinning from all the downloads. In short, it was heavy duty powerful. I received confirmation that I’m right on track with my professional… Read more »
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