This article from www.MasterFacilitatorJournal.com describes the value we bring as facilitators when we let go of our (false) image as an authority figure and empower our people to access and utilize their own wisdom and problem-solving skills as a group. Often, this requires that we let go of our own self-importance and look a little silly!
House Minority Leader John Boehner, borrowing a tactic from the health care wars of 15 years ago, has put together an arresting graphic "to expose the truth about the Democrats' health care plan to the American people." Over at TNR, Jon Cohn has responded with onethat looks at how things work now. I'm posting both of them below. Which is scarier?
One of the most potent tools in the graphic facilitator's toolkit is that visual turn of language that packs serious cultural meaning in a surreal phrase: The Idiom. This NPR Morning Edition piece, An Enchanting Tour Through a World of Idioms, features an interview with author Jag Bhalla on his new book I'm Not Hanging Noodles on Your Ears, a compendium of worldwide idioms.
As part of the Post2Post book tour, I was invited to look at Ken Watnabe's book Problem Solving 101: A Simple Book for Smart People. Bar none, this is the first description of decision trees and gap analysis that I can categorize as "joyful".
Follow your natural rhythm to stay connected with yourself and your group: slow down, less is more, facilitate with experience and understanding. And remember: It's not all about you!
From FlowingData.com: It's good to see PBS is teaching strong values to grow up with with Sid the Science Kid and this lovely chart song (below). A chart is a handy dandy scientific tool...it gives you information that you can see with your eyes...a chart that you visualize...you get the picture... so do I... Best kid song ever.
Gerri Martin-Flickinger, CIO of Adobe, speaks to ZDNet Editor in Chief, Larry Dignan about her top priorities at the graphics software maker. She describes an emerging world of collaboration that graphic recorders and facilitators need to understand and adapt their services to...quickly!
It's the source of life but it's also the cause of a lot of unnecessary death. In places where clean water isn't available, water-related diseases like cholera cause massive diarrhea, dehydration, and thousands of deaths each day. Affordable water-treatment solutions exist. We'd like to see them flourish.
This post is part of a series featuring Worldchanging ally Andy Lubershane's original graphics. While many of the issues covered in the comics have been discussed on Worldchanging in the past, we hope that you'll be able to use this new medium in a different way … whether it's in your classroom, on your office wall, or to help explain ideas to friends and family.
Alex uses images produced by Ole of Bigger Picture in Denmark to illuminate his talk on how cities are making themselves viable in the carbon-constrained future.