How visual mapping enlivens conferences

by | conferences

Back in December (seems like so long ago), I spent six days with 15,000 brilliant earth and space scientists from around the world who flock annually to San Francisco for the AGU Fall Meeting. I was invited to visually map parts of the conference after I visually...

A visual business plan teleclass

by | visual thinking

So next Thursday I’m doing this thing, a teleclass, with my buddy Cairene MacDonald of ThirdHandWorks. I absolutely love Cairene and have participated in many of her Bite the Candy sessions where you carve out several hours to tackle a few of those things that have...

Feeling like a rock star here in San Fran

by | conferences

I’ve been here this week working at AGU’s Fall Meeting, which is the largest gathering of geospace scientists in the world. There are thousands of brilliant earth and space scientists sharing their research findings with each other, networking, drinking...

My boats. Where are my boats?

by | visioning

Yesterday my friend, the amazing Hiro Boga, held a free teleclass where she offered a taste of her amazing energy work. I never pass up an opportunity to tune into the depth of myself with someone as gifted as Hiro. On the Yellow Brick Road call, (if you weren’t on it...

In search of cartoon people with expressions

by | visual thinking

So I do this thing that requires me to draw in front of people. Fortunately I have my back to them while I’m in a flow state otherwise, gah! I would probably have all kinds of performance anxiety issues, which I do not. Thankfully. What I do have is a struggle with...

Got a business plan that makes you smile?

by | strategy unplugged

Do you have a three month business plan? Are you using it? Does it make you happy? Make you smile? Does it express the excitement you have for your business? Yesterday I created my three-month business plan and just looking at it makes me hysterically happy. My plan...

How did I get into this?

by | graphic facilitation

At the strategic meetings and conferences I participate in, I’m asked all the time, “How did you get into this?” Meaning how did I become the visual communicator, the information synthesizer, the strategic thinker, the person in the room with the big paper and pens?...