Visual Facilitation Boot Camp (In Person)
This practical workshop introduces you to visual tools and methods that will enhance your work with teams and meeting participants. This is a hands-on workshop designed to take you from “I can’t draw” to “I’m a visual facilitator” in 2 days.
In this course you’ll receive an introduction to graphic recording (also known as scribing or live visual note taking) as one tool in the visual facilitator’s toolkit. You’ll also be introduced to designing visual templates to support group collaboration, preparing engaging flip charts and posters, creating interactive graphics, how to design more engaging, effective meeting agendas, and much more. No previous drawing experience is required.
Day 1 Highlights:
Hands-on practice with professional markers
Lettering tips and tricks
How to make your writing more legible
Enhancing your flip chart skills
Developing a library of easy-to-draw icons
Drawing people: Yes you can!
Introduction to graphic recording – how, why, when?
How to listen and draw at the same time
How to “chunk” and cluster information
Practice and coaching
Max Class Size: 12
Day 2 Highlights:
Preparing posters with punch
How to design visual templates for individual and group work
Creating interactive graphics for meeting evaluation, data visualization and more
15 great visual ice-breakers that require little to no drawing skill
Making your meeting agendas more visual, engaging and effective
Using simple visuals to help redirect a conversation and get a group back on track
Tips for partnering with professional graphic recorders
Practice lab and coaching
Stay tuned for our 2024 dates!
Workshop Fee:
$1,800 (Early bird fee before December 31: $1,650)
As part of our commitment to anti-racism work, we offer financial assistance to independent Black, Latinx and Indigenous consultants engaged in social justice work. To be considered, please fill out this application.
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Virtual Visual Facilitation online tutorial
Visual Facilitation Boot Camp participants will get access to two self-paced online tutorials, “Procreate Basics” and “Digital Drawing for Virtual Meetings” for no additional cost. These tutorials will help you translate the skills you learn during Boot Camp to the virtual environment.
What they’re saying
“It was fabulous! Nevada is a uniquely creative and practical facilitator and instructor.”
Workshop participant
“It was great to see Nevada encourage everybody to step out of their comfort zones and build confidence in small successes and see the evolution of our work from the first exercise to creating a template on Day 2.”
“[Nevada's] energy, passion, craft and welcoming facilitation style [elevated] our skills and confidence […] This is the 1st workshop I've experienced since my days at IDEO where I was truly impressed.
I'm so excited to apply the skills I learned.”
In-House Workshop Participant
“One of the best work-related workshops I've been in!
Nevada taught us some useful drawing skills that are directly applicable to facilitation /communication activities. Would love to do her 2-day visual facilitation workshop!”
In-House Workshop Participant