To piggyback on Harrison (and doesn't that sound fun!), if I am remembering accurately, David Sibbert created The Grove in San Francisco, California to train visual recorders. I have witnessed their incredibly impressive skills/talents at conferences. Their work richly augmented the conversation(s). It was almost like having a continuous video, including sketches of individuals, groups, (connecting) roads, pinpointing stars, etc., and all with riots of color.It was neither distracting nor intrusive and very well received by the participants. Awesome!
Coincidentally, I just received the current training schedule from The Grove, which I have c&p'd below for anyone interested. ;-) Appreciatively, Kate ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Hello Kate, Alternatives to PowerPoint and tools for more effective meetings are well within your reach! The Grove's Fall 2006 workshops are an opportunity to better engage your teams and get more effective results from your meetings and group processes. SAN FRANCISCO Principles of Graphic Facilitation September 27-29, 2006 Strategic Visioning October 12-13, 2006 BALTIMORE - Taught by David Sibbet Strategic Visioning October 9-10, 2006 Principles of Graphic Facilitation October 4-6, 2006 Strategic Visioning Workshops The Strategic Visioning workshop focuses on learning The Grove's Strategic Visioning(TM) Process to facilitate strategic planning and/or large-scale change. This workshop is recommended for consultants, organizational strategists, project managers and process managers who may not want to draw, but wish to learn a compelling, visual approach to setting and aligning direction among teams and strategizing change processes. The collaborative, panoramic, and very memorable visual experience is also highly valuable for a division, department or team developing internal business plans. Graphic Facilitation Workshops Principles of Graphic Facilitation (PGF) is a three-day workshop is an in-depth graphic facilitation course that shares the secrets of this engaging approach to work. Highly engaging, creative, productive, replicable and helpful in aligning goals, graphic facilitation is far more appropriate to 21st century literacy than monotonous computer presentations. This workshop is recommended for consultants, team leaders, project leaders, managers, facilitators or trainers experienced in facilitation who wish to use graphic displays for engaging participants, capturing ideas, and focusing work. The workshop includes small-group activities designed to enhance participants' skills with graphic facilitation practices and tools. A great deal of time is devoted to practice and feedback, and the workshop incorporates a graphic case study. This Fall The Grove offers a number of exciting opportunities to learn new planning and facilitation skills or update your technique. For more information on these and other Grove workshops, or to register, please call us at 415.561.2500. To learn more visit any of the links above at our web site, http://www.grove.com/learning_center/wkshp.html. The Grove Consultants International +1.415.561.2500 +1.800.494.7683 1000 O'Reilly Ave, San Francisco, CA 94129 USA | www.grove.com (If you no longer want to receive emails about The Grove's latest work, tools, products and services, reply with the word 'remove' in the subject line.) --- Harrison Owen <hho...@adelphia.net> wrote: > One caution about visual artists and other such > addendum. There is no question that visual > reflection of the conversation can add a powerful > dimension to the understanding of all the people. > And the caution is -- the visual artist must be part > of the conversation and not The Show. The good ones > I know manage this juggling act very well -- which > makes them good. But there are some others, and a > serious conversation prior to the gathering about > "place and role" can be very helpful. For me the > real art is the people and the conversation. > Everything else is just a supporting player. The > same would go for technology. Over the years I have > been approached by any number of bright techies who > have created what they think would be the "perfect" > addition to the OS bag of tricks. In one case the > folks were peddling "Computer Based Decision > Making." Everything passed through a computer by way > of large screens. They were incensed when I declined > their offer -- but I pointed out to them that I > thought it was entirely possible that the folks > could handle a conversation face-to-face. :-) > > One of the early folks in the "Visual Facilitation" > arena, David Sibbet, is an old friend. He may in > fact have been the originator, but in any event he > created something he called Group Graphics. In > fairness, the product was marvelous -- but I did > tease him a bit by suggesting that if he really > wanted to do Group Graphics, then everybody should > get in the act -- in whatever way they felt useful. > And actually in the First International Symposium > for Organization Transformation we did just that. > All 250 delegates were offered crayons, paints, > magic markers, whatever and confronted by yards and > yards of butcher paper. At the time nobody had a > clue what Organization Transformation was and even > less ability to talk about it intelligently -- so we > drew it. Collectively. Seemed to work. > > Harrison > > Harrison Owen > 7808 River Falls Dr. > Potomac, MD 20854 > USA > 301-365-2093 > 207-763-3261 (summer) > website www.openspaceworld.com > Personal Website www.ho-image.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Chris Corrigan > To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 2:03 PM > Subject: Re: Working with visual artists at an > Open Space > > > Romy: > > Great to hear from you! Thanks for those links > and stories, they will be very helpful. > > Cheers, > > Chris > > > On 8/11/06, Romy Shovelton <ro...@compuserve.com> > wrote: > Hi Chris > > If by visual artist you mean what might also be > called a graphic facilitator... > I use this in almost every event/programme I'm > involved in > > Captures the essence in '3d' (not literally), > with instant visceral memory (mind, body, spirit) > for those who were at the event recalling the > feelings etc that they had during the commitments > etc they made. Heck of a lot more effective than > report filed invisibly on the shelf. > > Also brilliant for telling the story to others > who weren't there. Eg. with event I did for the 40 > most senior people in our DTI (Department of Trade & > Industry)... The graphic was used afterwards to > bring the Minister up to speed with the decisions > etc. > > The graphic becomes the output of the people, in > the sense that they are asked to interact with the > graphic facilitator to ensure that what's visualised > portrays their experience. > > Used it recently to record appreciative stories > of the work of an organisation that was going thru > some fairly traumatic changes. Did the storytelling > the afternoon before going into a day of Open Space > about moving forward (with outputs also captured in > a graphic). > > These graphics were then photographed so that > they could be reproduced in various sizes and used a > motivational posters around the whole organisation > (in many different locations). Often we > 'encapsulate' the original and post it on the wall. > One I did for the Small Business Service is still > there some 3 years later being used as part of the > induction process for new people. > > Also used graphics to capture stories in N. > Ireland working with young people and then adults > again before a day's Open Space (captured). > > Dunno whether this is what you are looking > for... > Trusting it helps a little > > Romy > > Ps the person I mainly use is Tim Casswell who > is UK based, so probably not the best for what you > are needing. And... to get a flavour of the work we > do, you could look at www.creativeconnection.co.uk > and see Visual Minutes... tho' I reckon many of the > outputs he and I have capture show the potential > more than some of the pics on the site eg. the > balance of pics and words is more even in our work. > Btw I used to use folks from Grove who have a > different style they are all over the US. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > From: Chris Corrigan <ch...@chriscorrigan.com> > Reply-To: OSLIST > <osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu> > Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 09:51:07 -0700 > To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > Subject: Working with visual artists at an Open > Space > > > Hi mates: > > I have an opportunity coming up in the fall to > work with a visual artist for an Open Space I am > doing. The clients wants us to work together and > I'm excited by the possibility, but haven't ever > done that before. > > So what kind of good stories do you have of > working with visual artists (and visual art as a > modality) in Open Space. > > Daniel? Reinhardt? Is Nancy Margulis around? > Others? > > Chris > > -- > CHRIS CORRIGAN > Consultation - Facilitation > Open Space Technology > > Weblog: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot > Site: http://www.chriscorrigan.com > > Open Space Resources: http://tinyurl.com/r94tj > * * > ========================================================== > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > ------------------------------ To subscribe, > unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives > of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > > * * > ========================================================== > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > ------------------------------ To subscribe, > unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives > of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > > > > -- > CHRIS CORRIGAN > Consultation - Facilitation > Open Space Technology > > Weblog: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot > Site: http://www.chriscorrigan.com > Open Space Resources: http://tinyurl.com/r94tj * > * === message truncated === * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
