Kudos
The Detroit Symphony organization of 200+ people used the key concepts and messages in the visual map Julie created to secure a game-changing, multi-million dollar donation.
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The visioning session was a huge success as well as life changing!! I have heard nothing but great, positive, and insightful feedback regarding your session. We have also sent a post survey out to the entire organization and will be reviewing the results of the survey soon. On a personal note, I loved your session. It impacted me in a way I was not expecting. I tapped into a part of myself that I had not fully acknowledged. I want to personally say “thank you” for the experience. I will not forget it.
“Just a quick note of thanks on behalf of myself and the team. We really appreciated the value created from your visuals. These boards will be a tremendous help to us as we continue to live the promise and as we scale these behaviours and ways of working throughout the organization.
Equally, thanks for your embodiment exercise. You were right, it blew our minds. WAY out of most people’s comfort zones, but I might get more positive feedback about that than just about any other part of the meeting. People had real breakthroughs in experiencing how it feels to be unstuck. Powerful!
Let’s look for opportunities to work together again, it was absolutely a pleasure!”
Dawn Bell | Novartis Canada
I’m clear from our brief time together you are a master of creating value. Recently, an in-person half day period opened up spontaneously for four of the Planetary CARE leaders with Julie present. After a few questions she asked of us, she created an ‘experience’ for us that blended intuition and insight. By the time we finished a few hours later, a deeper sense of clarity about who we are as Planetary CARE, what is important and how this might be expressed emerged. I’m looking forward to the next opportunity we will have to work with Julie. She is a masterful facilitator with an insightful ability to sense into what is needed in the moment at hand.
All in all stepping back and thinking about how we were when we arrived and where we were when we left, the amount of movement that occurred within the group was considerable. Most significant was on thinking of ourselves as having potential as a group. The group as an opportunity to exploit. Impressive. We’re clearly an opportunity.
Julie’s ability to guide is very, very, effective and strong. Very nice job. She definitely has a talent and a gift to do the guiding-thing and the visual-thing simultaneously. To take a group who were not an intact team and get us to a place where we felt like a collective which can contribute to the space about change speaks to her skill set and how particularly effective it is.
There was an enhanced and increased level of honesty spoken within the group, which we had not experienced before. The difference was primarily Julie.
John Fleming | GP Strategies Corporation
I engaged Julie to facilitate a day-long retreat with a group of very experienced consultants and facilitators because I knew she had the wisdom and experience to do a great job. From the initial discussion through the post-workshop followup, the process was flawless.
Linda Hoopes | President | Resilience Alliance
What a truly enlightening visual experience you provided for our USA Funds Symposium! We expected great things from you and you did not disappoint. You left our audience in awe of your many talents – listening, synthesizing, drawing, creating and sharing. The way you were able to mentally connect with the speakers and visually map this connection was truly phenomenal.
Your ability to pull the participants into your murals speaks for itself. It was so amazing to see presidents, provosts and CFOs stand in front of your maps and create unique applications for teaching, processing, planning and even preserving a culture! This exemplifies what we hope for always–that our participants will find a way to internalize the messages they hear – but this is a first for internalizing the messages they see! With the number of inquiries you received for specific projects – well, I rest my case – you arrived a graphic facilitator and left a rock star!
Julie, on behalf of the symposium planning team, I want to thank you for crafting such wonderful visual memories and resources for all of us, especially twenty-three teams and two enthusiastic speakers! We so appreciate the effort we know you put forth to ensure a dynamic and engaging visual experience for everyone.
Best wishes for continued success in helping others discover those “memorable experiences that deliver visual relevance, deeper context and lasting value.” I hope we have an opportunity to work together again.
Marshall C. Grigsby | Member, Board of Trustees | USA Funds
For a year I have had the pleasure of receiving an updated wall size chart with my action items every quarter – both motivating and a great reminder of my goals. I highly recommend Julie as your ‘coach with markers’ – she is a wonderful partner and motivator and just plain fun to be around!
“Julie guided us DEEP into the “why” we do what we do, into alignment with what’s most important, and into coherent dynamics within our team. As a result, we are clearer, stronger, and passionately committed individually and collectively–really leaning in to our possibility.”
Kirsten Gallo | Planetary Care L3C
Fully agree with Dawn’s comments. I was one of the scientists who puts mind over feelings/body and for whom this was WAY out of my comfort zone. Please note the word ‘was’ – it was very liberating and interesting to do and the exercise really had a central place in what we were trying to accomplish. Very well done, and on a personal note highly appreciated!
Thanks for facilitating our group’s exploration of a potential alliance last week. I think we accomplished much more thanks to your facilitation – not only from the standpoint of your objectivity but also the extraordinary way you managed to frame up the conversation and capture our words into a visual map. You probably moved us ahead 3 to 4 months in the span of only 24 hours. Great stuff! Many thanks for all your help.
Jeff Butler | Strategy Execution Advisor
As a founder I had free-flowing anxiety and a web of things I had to know, you helped untangle them and make them achievable in the nicest way. It felt like you knew us. I’m not sure how you did that so fast.
You brought outsider eyes and concrete suggestions of “do this” “don’t do that” and lots of brainstorming with specific end results. You have a wealth of business experience, a tremendous asset, which you shared freely. We felt comfortable with your suggestions. It just felt right on. And it’s so much more useful to see everything in “analog” rather than “digital.” We’ve struggled with tech, with Evernote and Dropbox. Seeing everything on the wall crystalized it immediately.
It’s perfect! I’m beaming with THANKS, and a great deal of awe. I love it! Thank you for holding such an amazing container for our work!! You are so beautifully and powerfully awesome.
Laura Selis | Owner | Gentle Presence
Thank you for the last two days. You were an amazing facilitator and overall contribution to the work!!
“Thank you for your exceptional contribution to the Detroit Regional Chamber Mackinac Policy Conference. Your participation and expertise directly resulted in the success of the Conference tightly focused on innovation, collaboration and the 21st century global market.
The artistic service and value you provided was undeniably the best interpretation and documentation ever provided at the Conference. The visual facilitation was remarkable and a key component that helped drive home results. It was part of the foundation that kept the positive buzz of the Conference going amongst Conference attendees and the various media outlets. The Conference was greatly enhanced by your talents!
Julie, thank you again for your expertise and creative insight. I hope you share my excitement and gratitude of the accomplishments achieved with this year’s Conference. Let’s do it again next year!”
Sandy Baruah | Detroit Regional Chamber
“I’m still blown away by the paparazzi snapping pictures of your work. Everyone at the conference loved it. It was a huge hit. I haven’t worked with someone of your skill before. You have so much flexibility, a great sense of humor and you know how to adapt to a situation.”
Joel Mills | American Institute of Architects
We have something tangible now. A great piece for our sales people to use to open the door and get in front of potential customers. A very fun but factual, easy to understand way to demonstrate how we can bring these services to life for our clients and how valuable it is for them.
We’re going to use it as a marketing piece. The artwork and handwriting has a nice feel and flow. It lets the images tell the story.
We are exactly where I want to be at this point, exactly!
“You’re the easiest person I have worked with. Thanks!”
Amgela Kageni | Independent Observer of the Global Fund | Aidspaon
