[Ailist] Graphic Facilitation Class in SF Area in March

[Christine]

Hi Friends and those of you interested in an introductory class to graphic facilitation. I am hoping to hold a session on  one of the weekends below. Please let me know as soon as possible whether you are interested, and in which dates. 
 
 “DECONSTRUCTING GRAPHIC FACILITATION”
 Learning to facilitate using a shared visual workspace
 
 March 15 & 16 or March 29 & 30, 2007
 With a half day followup session in person or on-line in May
 
 Sausalito or Walnut Creek, California
 
 
 “Deconstructing Graphic Facilitation” is an introductory workshop that teaches the skills necessary to facilitate a group through the use of a shared visual workspace. By creating and refining a display that makes and holds a group’s thinking visible as it does its work, graphic facilitators are able to help groups function more smoothly, more effectively and achieve results more quickly. Because of the central role that using a shared visual workspace plays, this workshop will focus on its use as a primary facilitation tool, fusing the traditional roles of “facilitator” and “graphic recorder” into one.
 
 The course centers on the facilitative skill of listening, linking it to skills and methods of visual capture & display in increasing levels of complexity. I will also introduce the rationale for this way of working with groups, teach the logistics of set-up, of follow-through and explore contracting. The course should serve as a strong foundation for beginning to practice this way of working with groups, with participants ready after two days to begin to apply their skills. I will emphasize not only initial but continuing learning, with a half day follow-up session approximately three months after the initial workshop to share progress and set the stage for further learning. 
 
 
 WHO SHOULD ATTEND
 
 Anyone who helps groups work or learn together in a facilitative way – facilitators, consultants, leaders, teachers – and graphic recorders! Although this class centers on the skills of being able to facilitate through using graphics, rather than partnering with someone else to provide this skill, both facilitators and graphic recorders should find that this course helps them to get much more out of partnering with each other, both by increasing their understanding of the other’s role, as well as by introducing new tools and techniques.
 
 
 ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
 
 Christine Valenza is a pioneer in the field of Graphic Facilitation. For the last 18 years she has worked all over the world co-creating environments where necessary change can occur.
 
 Currently she is working at IMD University in Lausanne Switzerland on an Action Learning Team that considers graphic facilitation to be a critical productivity tool in their approach to innovation.
 
 She has also been a co-designer of many large scale change interventions ( up to 400 people) , and is as comfortable working with small strategic groups to create a shared workspace where great minds can “think alike”.
 
 She is the co-author of the award winning book; Visual Thinking: Tools for Mapping Your Ideas. And has illustrated many chapters in, as well as co authored a chapter of The Change Handbook ;The Definitive Resource on Today’s Best Methods for Engaging Whole Systems. She also illustrated many models for the consulting firm Dannemiller-Tyson and for their books Whole-Scale™ Change: Unleashing the Magic In Organizations and The Whole-Scale™ Change Toolkit Book.
 
 
 She is currently working on a workbook about graphic facilitation with Eileen Clegg, which should be out this spring. Eileen and Christine have a weblog, WritingOnTheWalls.com, which focuses solely on writing on large sheets of paper in real time with groups.
 
 
 
 COST AND APPLICATION
 
 The fee for the two and a half day course is $1150.00 per person. After submitting your application, we will arrange a short phone call in order to answer any questions you may have and to ensure that the course is a good fit. 
 
 Please contact Christine by email at vizthink at gmail.com or by telephone at 415-332-3322.
 
 
 

Christine Valenza      Art For Change 
Visual Synthesis of Ideas and Processes 
 
Phone:415-332-3322 
art.change at yahoo.com 
Blog: writingonthewalls.com
christinevalenza.com