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Graphic Facilitation

We listen and sense what’s being said in conversation, charting a map in real time so that you can see emerging ideas and patterns of group genius. We make your ideas visible by harvesting the wisdom of the collective in visual processes and artifacts that enable deeper understanding, participation, clarity of vision, ideation, engagement and cross-fertilization. We reveal the system to itself. Sometimes we are there as listeners/synthesizers and sometimes we guide these conversations.

The smartest person in the room is the room itself.

Our visual mapmaking offers a way to see more than what’s being said. We are visual storytellers, sense-makers and system seers, bringing your ideas and insights to life in a way that other methods of reflecting conversation fall short.

We give real time feedback into the room as our art making on behalf of the collective process offers a cartography of the evolving terrain of a group’s thinking. We are in service to the emerging wisdom of the group and we follow the thread of that storyline all the way through.

You were an automatic “in” for our annual staff retreat. Our CEO Rip Rapson loves your work and told me to cut the budget somewhere else if necessary to make sure you would be at our retreat. You exceeded expectations.

— Crystal Y. Sewell, Director Human Resources, Kresge Foundation

It’s the kind of thing that’s hard to imagine until you see it in action, and afterwards, it’s hard to imagine your convenings without it. People are blown away by how much they get out of it because it activates how our brain actually works–combining images and words. 

As humans we have always used images and maps to make sense of things, and when social art is being created in a room it sparks something in people– they get more creative. (We can also come with lots of visual processes for your participants to do from a big bag of tricks).

In the end, you have a living art document that keeps alive those ideas, visions and commitments for all to see and ACT upon. And that’s key. 

When you are imagining something new or creating new ways of working together, graphic facilitation is a powerful tool that brings energy, focus, alignment and delight to your brilliant thinking.

You can use graphic facilitation for:

 

  • Online or in-person convenings where you want to synthesize what’s being said
  • Brainstorming and sense-making
  • Mapping out a proposal or a pitch–we’re your secret weapon and differentiator
  • Client pitches– take us with you (it’s a fantastic leave-behind)
  • Idea walls–temporary at tradeshows & conferences or permanent at the office
  • Dynamic, live presentations (check this out–these drawings were HUGE)
  • Client journey mapping
  • Process mapping
  • Tell your story visually (like we did with the Detroit Symphony which helped them secure a game-changing, multi-million dollar donation)
  • Create a visual model or diagram that you can redraw on the spot instead of that stale powerpoint–its impressive!!

Ready to use Graphic Facilitation?

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