Category Archives: Effective meetings
Online and Offline Tools for Weddings
Anyone who has organized a wedding likely knows that it can come with its fair share of stress. As someone who often plans engaging events for others, the pressure is on for my own wedding! I have found two tools … Continue reading
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Dining for Women in Rossland
This post is to share two great things: 1. Dining for Women is a group that originated in the US to support and empower women in developing countries. Instead of going out for dinner to a restaurant, women … Continue reading
People perspective and empowerment
Today was Day 1 of the Graphic Facilitation Workshop I have been organizing with Nancy White. I organized the workshop with the ulterior motive of wanting to take the workshop and learn more about visual practice. It was a great … Continue reading
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Doodling is a serious tool
The August 9-10 graphic facilitation workshop is fully sold-out. The trainer is preparing a WIKI with information for all participants to get us started. I took a sneak-peak and found this interesting TEDx talk. It speaks to how important using … Continue reading
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Vancouver’s PechaKucha on Sustainability
Last night, the City of Vancouver launched a conversation on sustainability with an evening of PechaKucha. This is a group- chit-chat on a design topic where people have 20 seconds for 20 slides over the course of six and half … Continue reading
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Graphic Facilitation – I want to see more!
I first was asked to engage in drawing at a KM4Dev workshop in 2006. The hosts used a technique called river of life, a visual narrative method that helps people tell stories of the past, present and future. Since then, … Continue reading
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Easing conflicts in meeting situations
Lately I have been exposed to potential meetings where conflict may arise. At a minimum people who participate are dissatisfied or have a beef to voice. They may have legitimate concerns and being prepared to listen and work with the conflict … Continue reading
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