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Dead pets.
C-suit conflict
Music that facilitates
Art as a truth serum

When you give 5 creative facilitators a marker and say dive….this groups asks, “how deep?!”

@sitarify, @theadamrosendahl, @peterdurand, Denise Blanc and myself gathered for 3 hours, drawing together, listening to Arjun’s music and exploring questions about collaboration, @hatchexperience, facilitation, art as business and life itself.

My heart and mind are full! I feel inspired to use drawing not only as a way to communicate clear ideas but to bring community together and forge new friendships. Ah! What an incredible afternoon!

#drawingtogether #creativecommunication #facilitatingfriendship @lateniteart @_alphachimp_ @twolinestudios by @twolinestudios

Graphic recorders UNITE! What a blast being with this beautiful crew of artists! We laughed so hard talked about everything from new books coming out, animation series, the sanitation department, meditation, mediumship, motherhood, and pet parenting.

I’m still filled with so much joy! by @twolinestudios

Simplicity draws out understanding.

Early in graphic recording careers, I see people frantically trying to capture everything that is said. I get it, it’s important to capture the ideas!

BUT when everything is captured, nothing is clear.

It takes the art of synthesis and spacial mapping to help DRAW OUT the main, then support it with a detail, a phrase or a visual metaphor that anchors the understanding.

It’s not easy, simply capturing the most important ideas, gracefully and with ease, takes practice….sometime 20 years of practice.

But the simplicity is what helps people understand.

#closeupexperience #cueday53 by @twolinestudios

Yup….I was not paying attention.

Last night out with @inspiredpurposecoach and I was caught not listening.

We were talking about being present….and I was anything but that. I was looking for the next smart thing to say, thinking about the stories I could tell and exercise antidote to emphasize my point….

I realized then and there, that PRESENCE is a practice.

We know what to do…but it doesn’t pay off unless we put it into action.

Presence is a PRACTICE.

#closeupexperience #cueday49 by @twolinestudios

We are living in uncertain times. How often do we have to hear it?!?

While we can’t creatively solve all the problems…we can help.

Distress sends our brains into fight, flight or freeze mode. In this state, our senses narrow, we experience tunnel vision, our clarity diminishes and we may only remember the most emotionally charged moments.

At these times, especially in Q1 of this year, local clients brought @twolinestudios in to map conversation, make listening visible and document the action items and next steps.

Clients say we helped to bring people back into the room when distracted, focus the flow of conversation and help teams remember their commitments….even when the outside world is very upsetting.

Visualnotes, are not entertainment, they are tools to help foster productivity, even when the world around us is very distracting.

#cueday45 #closeupexperience #visualnotes #uncertainty by @twolinestudios

Find the big dream.

Ask better questions to find ways to provide inspiring experiences.

My favorite (for the past 20 years…) is, “what does SUCCESS look like for YOU? How do we make you look like a rockstar?”

People let their guard down and are real for a minute. They tell you what the REALLY want and not just what their boss asked for.

#bettersolutions #cueday44 #closeupexperience @twolinestudios by @twolinestudios

What is the purpose of this?!?

Ever thought that while pining for anything other than a long winded speaker and a 82 page PowerPoint deck?

What is your purpose? Is the most powerful question I ask leaders every day. It helps to focus, elevate and increase a meetings excitement…and makes it more productive as well!

#closeupexperience #cueday41 @twolinestudios by @twolinestudios

Listen with your eyes!

#closeupexperience #cueday41 by @twolinestudios

Conflict is our friend. ❤️

Wait. I’m not going to go that far!

I used to avoid conflict like the plague…at work, with my family, with my internal debates whether to go to the gym or not!

But then I learned that conflict heightens energy. That shared energy between people brings clarity. Working towards clarity builds connection and that connection and lead to deeper trust.

I’m still exploring my relationship with conflict but I will say in the past year I have gotten a lot more curious about it and am better at exploring its value in different parts of my life.

#cueday40 #closeupexperience #conflictresolution @twolinestudios @dianemushohamilton by @twolinestudios

Them are fightin’ words!!

There are so many ways for us to talk about our practice and how we serve clients. It really comes down to understanding the clients goals and objectives (regardless of what they call our work!)

I’ll be honest, call me old school, but I am resistant to be lumped into the “entertainment category” with giant scrabble games and roving robots.

I love helping people see themselves through their own stories and connect with others. I love it when they come back to see “their drawing” because it speaks to their experience not just a dopamine hit before happy hour.

I don’t discredit art as entertainment….I freakin’ LOVE it in the right context….the question is, what is the context and what is the goal clients hope to achieve.

#graphicrecording #visualstorytelling @twolinestudios #doodle #cueday38 #closeupexperience by @twolinestudios

How do you get angry executives to sit down and be quiet?!?

Write down what they say in worlds and pictures.

Graphic facilitation helps people feel seen, heard and understood.

End. Stop.

#cueday35 #closeupexperience #graphicfacilitation #visualnotes @twolinestudios by @twolinestudios