Nancy White  Full Circle Associates November 2009 A  picture  is worth a  thousand  words
"Every child is an artist. The   problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up."  - Pablo Picasso
http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10278643
T his is a chart by the French civil engineer, Charles Joseph Minard , drawn 50 years after Napoleon's Russian campaign of 1812. He wanted to show the impact and true cost of war upon men’s lives.
http://flickr.com/photos/leelefever/2246194618/in/set-72157603857270660
http://flickr.com/photos/leelefever/2243219038/in/set-72157603857270660
But you know this….
A story…
L I S T E N
…  somehow more  NEGOTIABLE…
… invite  storytelling     and  meaning-making
…  the  power  of  making our  mark …
share  identity
Organize  our thoughts
 
Najwa Adel
We can “ write on the table ” together.
We can create  wall-sized graphics
We create  visual remixes  and  Collaborative collage
We can use images online to help us  establish context,   make meaning  and create  memories  to continue our experience?
Outcomes  from Sibbet and Margulies,The Change Hanbook Increased participation & engagement Group-level, big picture (systems) thinking  Increased memory & continuity
Supporting Specific Large Group Methods  The World Café Open Space Appreciative Inquiry
Theoretical Basis (from Sibbet and Margulies and the work of Arthur Young,  noted in The Change Handbook, ) http://www.bkconnection.com/ProdDetails.asp?ID=9781576753798 Poster- focus attention; differentiate List – find the flow; line up Cluster – activate comparisons; space Grid – build combinations; cross Diagram – grow understanding; branch Drawing – animate meaning; analogize Mandala – show unity; center
Let’s draw together…..
Did you say draw? Me  draw ?   Yeah,  you !
uh oh, the inner censor…
In doing F2F graphic work, new worlds have been opened up to me.  What would they look like online?
Well, it can’t quite be as sensual as eating together, eh?
Learning how to not screw up communicating together online all the time….
 
 
http://www.beautydialogues.com /
http://bgblogging.com /
http://www.commoncraft.com/blog
http://www.scienceblogs.com/bioephemera/
http://xkcd.com/382/
http:// palojono.blogspot.com/2008/01/story-behind-product.html
Enhancing Telephone Conferences
On phone calls, a simple visual practice can help us “see” each other in new ways…
 
 
Thinking and organizing ideas together
What happens when we organize our words visually? http://www.kstoolkit.org/Mindmapping
Visual harvest from in “in world” World Café in Second Life – February 2008
http://www.flickr.com/photos/choconancy/sets/72157605091310649/ Capture and share artifacts from F2F events
Drawing online together
Can we draw together online?
Using existing images… like  FLICKR!   Or Video like   YouTube? http://www.flickr.com http://www.youtube.com
Go find a picture that expresses….
So what?
Be  obvious Accept  offers Fail  cheerfully http://palojono.blogspot.com/2008/02/lessons-from-improv-for-design-be.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Johnstone
But you knew that.
More, More, More http://onlinefacilitation.wikispaces.com/Graphic+Recording+and+Facilitation http://onlinefacilitation.wikispaces.com/Online+Visual+Tools+and+Methods http://onlinefacilitation.wikispaces.com/blogging+to+drawing http://del.icio.us/choconancy/visual_blogs http://del.icio.us/choconancy/visual_thinking http://www.fullcirc.com  (my blog)

Graph Facand Vis Thinking Examples November09 Public

Editor's Notes

  • #4 I could tell you why visuals have a powerful role through history… but you know that. This is a famous diagram done by Florence Nightingale to show issues around soldier mortality during the Crimean war that was used to successfully lobby for better conditions for soldiers. She showed that more soldiers died of infections rather than wounds, contrary to popular opinion. The compelling graphical presentation was a persuasive tool.
  • #5 They have changed our understanding of the world, as in this graphic that represents the immense loss of life in war. This is a chart by the French civil engineer, Charles Joseph Minard , drawn 50 years after Napoleon's Russian campaign of 1812. He wanted to show the impact and true cost of war upon men’s lives.
  • #6 I could tell you how visuals help us communicate across language and culture and inform us at every step along our paths… but you know that
  • #7 I can tell you how visuals pique our interest and curiosity… but you know that
  • #9 I noticed drawing helped me shut me up, allowing me to contribute in new ways that don’t dominate a “conversation”
  • #10 How doodles have helped me listen in new ways…
  • #11 While working overseas, even in meetings supposedly in English, pictures changed things.
  • #12 We told and remembered our stories with pictures.
  • #13 And invited each other to make our marks
  • #14 Beyond photos, what happens when we represent ourselves individually? Share our identity
  • #15 I have a brain that is always overflowing with ideas. It gets so busy. When presenting, I can get incoherent. Some of you can testify!
  • #28 All these changes I noticed as I began to get more involved in drawing on walls changed my practices. They changed me. So now I’m wondering how they are going to change my online practices. How these online practices might be useful to more than me. Like maybe, to YOU!
  • #31 Or how we fatigue with a stream of text, as near and dear as it is to our hearts and minds…
  • #32 How even the utility of simplicity can demand a break… but you know that
  • #33 So how do you feel when you step into an oasis of beauty? Recall a beautiful website you recently saw. Now notice your breathing. Notice what your eyes did. Notice your physical and mental reaction. Especially while sitting at your computer. Linda Stone is now writing about “email apnea” – how we stop breathing while we read email. How can THAT be good for our bodies?
  • #35 What happens when a visual just makes everything click?
  • #36 Or understand something in a new way?
  • #37 Why is humor experienced differently when it is visual?
  • #38 I love the blogger who summarizes an idea with a quick sketch.
  • #44 http://www.kstoolkit.org/Mindmapping