When you need to grapple with something but aren’t sure how to do it, you might need a WAYFINDER with navigation skills to guide you forward

by julie | journey mapping, visioning, visual thinking, wayfinding

I hope you’ve been well or as my aunt says these days “mostly well.” It’s been a lot, huh? If you’re like me, you may have found new meaning and purpose in your work and life as priorities have shifted. I’d love to hear what’s changed for you, where your...

Offsites: gain alignment and move forward together

by julie | graphic facilitation

In the last couple of years the offsite meeting has come back because we are humans and when we get in a room with each other there’s more opportunity for honest dialogue, deeper conversations, less distractions, and more trust is built as we relate to each...

what’s lighting you up?

by Krista | Uncategorized

I’m so excited to tell you what I’ve been up to. It’s been a little while, huh? I’m a decade into this business and I still adore the work I do with my fabulous clients all over the world (that’s YOU) because every project, problem and convening you bring me into is...

How engaging are you?

by julie | conferences

Or more to the point…how engaging are your engagements? With your clients? Team? Company? Conference attendees? As someone who’s hired to be at meetings and conferences, I’ve experienced just about everything, and I still see people with the best of intentions...

Visualizing a World Cafe on belonging.

by julie | world cafe

What does belonging mean to you? I loved this project because it brought together several components that make it especially fun and rewarding: a really juicy policy issue facing our country, an amazingly dedicated and caring staff, and a fabulous facilitator who I’ve...

Visually mapping obesity for the CDC.

by julie | conferences

At the Weight of the Nation conference, 1200 public health policy makers and health professionals gathered in DC to assess where we are as a nation on the challenge of addressing obesity. I provided graphic facilitation so attendees could see their content visually....

Talking graphic facilitation to students in Canada via Skype.

by julie | graphic facilitation

I had the distinct pleasure of talking graphic facilitation to a bunch of budding managers when my friend Heather Plett invited me to be a guest speaker in her class at the University of Winnipeg’s Professional Applied Continuing Education program on effective...

Merry Merry Merry

by julie | graphic facilitation

On this day of solstice as the world slows down and the starry night is long, I want to express my gratitude for all the wonderful experiences I’ve had with the friends, clients, colleagues, partners and teachers who’ve crossed my path during my many...

Feel anyway.

by julie | visioning

Recently, Jen Louden asked a bunch of brave, sexy, creative women, “How you are claiming your power, trusting it, and using it to transform the world right now?” The answers they gave are beautiful and inspiring. Here’s mine: When so much in the...

Bending the arc of justice.

by julie | graphic facilitation

The arc of justice bends because people are tugging at it. A couple of weeks ago, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and several other leaders from the Atlanta community gathered at The Friends School for An Inter-generational Dialogue on Human Rights as part of the school’s...