Visual Meetings: How Graphics, Sticky Notes and Idea Mapping Can Transform Group Productivity

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This book is about VISUAL MEETINGS--using drawing and images the way people have always used spoken language -- as a real-time medium for makingsense of out things, and literally "seeing what we mean!"  It is about how this development is being used in Silicon Valley as a way for groups to work virtually and face-to-face. It is about the movement beyond paper and whiteboards to all kinds of other media, and the steady growth of a common visual language and sets of conventions.  If you haven't heard of visual meetings, graphic facilitation, graphic recording, sketch notes, visual recording, imagineering, story boarding, visual listening, group graphics, graphic templates, mind mapping, idea mapping, real-time design, or group graphics  don't despair. Revolutions take time to gather momentum, spreading along for years and then exploding into sight. You are catching up at just the right time. This book will treat you to a sweep of tricks and tools, all of which you can do yourself if you have a mind to practice just a little. Just has social networking has begun to reclaim the Internet for human interactivity and co-creation, the visual meetings movement is reclaiming everyday work for creativity, productivity and playful exchange. This book will trace the development of visual meetings, and shares the many tools and techniques that have emerged, and end with a speculation on where it all is going and how you can be a part of it. Have fun. It's intoxicating to draw out the best in people and watch them come alive. It's what organizations need, what the planet needs, and anyone who wants to work BOTH right and lift parts of their brain and use their whole body for communications will enjoy. About The Author David Sibbett (davidsibbett.com; grove.com) is a world leader in the area of graphic facilitation and visual thinking for groups. His is the founder and president of  The Grove, a company whose leading-edge group-process tools and models for panoramic visualization, graphic facilitation, team leadership and organizational transformation are used by consultants around the world, including many Silicon Valley firms.  The Grove's Graphic Guides templates help teams generate dialogue, create alignment, articulate a vision, and catalyze action. Sibbet was the "visual cartographer" for the 2008 TED conference, and created mind maps and diagrams of the lectures in real time.  In 2008 The Grove received the 10,000 person OD Network "Members Award" for Creative Contribution to the field of organizational development. Table Of Contents Introduction. The Power of Visual Meetings. I: Just Imagine. What if Meetings Were Really Fun AND Productive? 1. Visualization Is Worth 80 IQ Points / Tapping Energy, Intelligence, & Creativity. 2. Everybody Knows Graphic Language / It's Gesture with a Pen. 3. Four Easy Ways to Get Started / Personal Visualization, Napkins & Flipcharts, Graphic Templates, & Getting Others to Draw. II: Engaging Groups & Building Rapport. Why Visual Listening Is So Compelling (and Easy!). 4. Getting People Involved / Using Pictures to Interact. 5. Presentation without PowerPoint / Simple Drawings & Graphic Templates. 6. Consulting & Selling with Graphics / Drawing Out Customer Interests. 7. Hands-On Information / Sticky Notes & Dot Voting. 8. Using Images & Interaction / Collage & Picture Cards. III: Graphics for Visual Thinking. Mapping Ideas & Finding Key Patterns. 9. Group Graphics / Seven Ways to Write on the Wall. 10. Problem Solving / Getting Unstuck & Thinking around Corners. 11. Storyboarding & Idea Mapping / How Innovators & Designers Work. 12. Visual Planning / Using Graphic Templates to See the Big Picture. 13. Multiple Meetings & Gallery Walks / Making Sense of Things over Space & Time. 14. Digital Capture / Extending Your Meeting with Visual Documentation. 15. Visualizing at a Distance / Using Tablets in Web Meetings. IV: Graphics for Enacting Plans. Visuals for Teams, Projects, & Getting Results. 16. Supporting Team Performance / Visualizing Goals, Roles, & Action Plans. 17. Decision-Making Meetings / Aligning on Agreements & Getting Commitments. 18. Project Management Meetings / Mapping Progress with Pictures. 19. Facilitating Innovation & Change / Playing with Prototypes. 20. Training & Workshops / Leveraging Action Learning. V: Seeing It All Come Together. Tools for the Seriously Hooked. 21. The Path to Visual Competency / Learning from the Groups You Lead. 22. The Future Is Visible Now! / Seeds of a Real Revolution in Meetings. 23. Resources & Networks / Grove Tools, Web Resources, Bibliography. Index.