About three or four years ago I wrote an article on the History and Evolution of the Graphic Facilitation and Graphic Recording Fields. In May, at the last Meeting Graphics 101 workshop, I finally got around to creating a visual to accompany the article. It’s a large, 12 foot mural, the sketches out the main… Read more »
See Yourself Through a Life Wheel: Free Graphic Coaching Tool for You at the End of This Article!
Feeling kind of off? Energy being sapped? Not as satisfied as you used to be? Chances are one (or several) of the eight main areas of your life are not functioning as well as they could be. As a first step to realignment, may I suggest doing a Life Wheel on yourself. A handy little… Read more »
Seattle Abraham Trip
Went on a trip to Seattle this past weekend – primarily to attend the Abraham-Hicks workshop held on Saturday, but also to fit in some sight seeing around the area (Space Needle, Mount St. Helens and Port Townsend). The Abraham event had an interesting cross-section of people and their questions: Philanthropist wanting guidance on how… Read more »
My Abraham-Hicks Addiction
If you are a coaching client or a subscriber to my e-zine, you will know that I have a serious Abraham-Hicks addiction. I have been following the teachings of Abraham, through the interpretation of Esther Hicks, for about five years now. And my ‘addiction’ is going strong, as I am working my way slowly but… Read more »
Recommendation: Holosync Meditation Technology
Something I want to bring to your attention that is very compatible with my SHIFT-IT graphic coaching work: a product called Holosync® Meditation Technology from Centerpointe Research Institute. Shifting your life is about coming to SEE what you are doing and making changes based off of that information. As a Graphic Coach, I spend my… Read more »
How to Deal with the ‘Bad’ Stuff
Urrrggghhhh, doesn’t it suck when you get in those situations where something or somebody really gets to you. Maybe it’s an unpleasant work situation with an employer, client or colleague, or a personal one with a friend or family member. Or some sort of agency, organization or outfit you have to deal with that isn’t… Read more »
Five Year Vision for Secondary School
Mea culpa for not writing much in the blog lately – I have been tres busy as its facilitation season. Been traveling and bopping about helping different groups with their visioning and planning needs (as well as being a coach, I’m also a facilitator and change consultant to groups and organizations). Last week I was… Read more »
May’s Meeting Graphics 101 Workshop
Besides my coaching and facilitation practices, about a third of my work these days is in training other professionals (trainers, consultants, facilitators, coaches, project managers, mediators, etc) on the basic graphic skills that can be used with groups and individuals. You see, this graphic way of working is rare, and even more rare is finding someone… Read more »
Periodic Table of Visual Methods
This in from the Visual Literacy Program – a European online program sponsored by four universities … to help engineering, software, science students, etc. better understand and use the various visual methods available to help express and communicate their ideas and creations. They have created a “Periodic Table of Visualization Methods” that pulls together all… Read more »
Spring in Victoria, BC
As many of you know, I am currently based in lovely Victoria, British Columbia,Canada. After almost a decade in San Francisco, I returned to Victoria (my home town) about five years ago. Spring is spectacular here on the west coast. I have two large cherry trees outside of my… Read more »