Designing for time

XVI.4 July + August 2009
Page: 38
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TIMELINESUnderstanding visual thinking


Authors:
Christine Valenza, Jan Adkins

Graphic facilitation—facilitating a meeting by taking continual, visual notes on a large scale—demands both attention and suspension. It's the most intense work I know. Listening isn't enough; drawing isn't enough. It's a high-wire act that taxes nerves, and after a session my wits are fried. So when someone walks up in the pleasant hubbub of a break and says, "Great art! I wish I could draw like that," it reminds me that one should always carry a loaded cream pie. Although tempting, throwing a pie at a meeting participant is against the ethical guidelines of graphic facilitation. "Drawing" isn't…




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