Canadian graphic facilitator, coach and mapmaker Christina Merkley of Make Your Mark, has begun a series of podcast interviews with established graphic facilitators.
In her first 2 podcasts, she explains the basics of the Graphic Recording and Graphic Facilitation genres and shares her own evolutionary story.
Other interviews include: Leslie Salmon-Zhu, Jim Channon, and yours truly.
The International Forum of Visual Practitioner’s Conference 2006!
October 26 – 29, 2006
Granlibakken Resort & Conference Center,
Tahoe City, California [see map]
Whether an old-timer with 30+ years of scrbing under your belt, or a newcomer eager to learn about the trade secrets, skills and practioners in this field, this gathering is well worth the journey.
From Studio 360, broadcast Friday, June 30, 2006 Kurt Andersen looks deep in the brain to find the human impulse to be creative: madness, mirror neurons, creative genius and animal artists.
Population: One. Simple and powerful representation on the world population and your place in it. Whew. That's perspective making.
Last night I was torn away from my summer reality TV watching schedule by a great show on PBS. It's provocative title "How Art Made the World" made me stop and listen. I happened to be catching it mid-season (episode 3 of 5). This episode was called "The Art of Persuasion" and taught me that Alexander the Great put his face on coins (the first to do so) to remind people who was in charge throughout his empire. This was one of the well-illustrated stories in the show. I invited you to tune in. PBS's site is full of great information about the program, local listings and a DVD of the series with and accompanying book.
Jarrel McAlister found this really interesting "Big Religion Chart" for side-by-side comparisons of world religions. He was shocked to find that Atheists don't have an afterlife! Jarrell notes that "the chart could really use some graphic loving."
Scibing makes Business 2.0 list of best-kept company secrets.
PCI, an American non-profit based in New York City, takes on the biggest, hairiest, most intractable problems. These are the issues that are so huge that should really be added to the original Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: HIV/AIDS, women's rights, population control, environmental degradation and global sustainability.
It's a small joke, but it works. A graphic artist embedded herself at the legendary radio show This American Life and created a comic book (all pictures) on how to make great narrative radio (no pictures).
Christina Merkley, the SHIFT-IT Graphic Coach, is offering several workshops and mentoring opportunities this summer and fall in Victoria, British Columbia Canada.