What if you could make meetings smarter? More creative? More engaging, efficient and effective? Well you can! There are simple tried and true methodologies and practices for literally drawing out the best in participants - their best thinking, participation, creativity and their best selves - leaving everyone feeling energized, excited about the use of their time, and motivated and organized around a clear path forward! Come join us for this fun, experiential session on incorporating whole-brain visual tools to focus, capture and move groups forward towards agreed-upon outcomes with energy and creativity.
The field of graphic facilitation - the use of large scale imagery to lead groups and individuals towards a goal - is currently growing by leaps and bounds across the globe! After thirty years as a niche practice, it is becoming more mainstream as organizations from Nike to the American Heart Association to the CIA become convinced of its value based on the results that they're experiencing.
As a result of this session you will:
- Experience a highly interactive, creative approach to learning basic icons and visual tools
- Learn and practice tricks of the trade for improving lettering and presentations - communicating visually
- Learn proven frameworks/templates for working creatively and visually with groups - you can apply these immediately!
- Begin to map your path forward in your work through a whole-brain approach that is effective with groups and individuals
Deirdre Crowley, founder of Crowley & Company, has been facilitating strategic planning processes and conducting whole-brain workshops throughout Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America and North America since 1994. She has become a recognized leader and innovator in the increasingly critical field of graphic facilitation and strategic visioning through her commitment to helping groups move from an understanding of current realities to the ultimate achievement of their goals and visions. Deirdre's government clients include the President's Cancer Panel, the Ministry of Education of Guatemala, the Ministry of Health of Tanzania, the US Department of Defense and US Central Intelligence Agency. Deirdre also works with a broad range of private sector clients that include Deloitte, Microsoft, Lockheed Martin, and Glaxo Smith Kline. She and her associates at Crowley & Company have also worked with several non-profit organizations ranging from the Aspen Institute to the National Breast Cancer Coalition, the Lance Armstrong Foundation, and UNESCO. Crowley & Company's communication design work has been used in presentations to Congress and to the Joint Chiefs of Staff and has been reproduced in multiple languages around the world. Deirdre has been instrumental in advancing the standards of the graphic facilitation profession, creating The Graphic Facilitation University program for the Mid-Atlantic Facilitators Workshop in 2008. You can reach Deirdre at www.crowleyandco.us.
