UK-based facilitator and graphic recorder, Cara Holland of Graphic Change, was featured in this month’s Inside Out, the magazine for members of the Institute of Internal Communications (IOIC).

The IOIC is the only professional institute in the UK dedicated to furthering internal communication knowledge and practice.

http://www.linkedin.com/groupItem?view=&srchtype=discussedNews&gid=669757&item=110474892&type=member&trk=eml-anet_dig-b_pd-ttl-cn&ut=1VUeoWzLJKWBc1How have I not heard of this before?!?

These are only three of the top 10 reasons to use a communal storymapping process.

"Fresh visuals provide a clarifying way for people to understand a complex situation," write David Sibbet, founder of The Grove Consultants International. "Different information may be flying all over an organization with few people knowing how pieces fit together."

Read a detailed description of why this process adds value to teams in this article at grove.com.

Peter and Diane Durand of Alphachimp Studio Inc. with their iPads at
the TEDMED event at the Kennedy Center.

As the couple worked in the Brushes app, their team in Nashville
coordinated with the TEDMED blogging team to publish both still images
and video montages for each batch of speakers.

See the results at http://www.alphachimp.com/tedmedscribe/

(via Amanda Geppert)

Conference to bring together influential cartoonists

An upcoming conference at the University of Chicago will bring together 17 world-renowned cartoonists for three days of discussion and public conversation about the past and future of graphic narrative. “Comics: Philosophy & Practice” will take place May 18-20 at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts.

This unprecedented gathering is the first in an annual series of conferences sponsored by the Richard and Mary L. Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry, a major new arts initiative aimed at fostering creative innovation at the intersection of academic inquiry and artistic practice. Artists attending the conference will include Art Spiegelman, Robert Crumb, Lynda Barry, New Yorker art director Françoise Mouly and numerous artists who have created cover illustrations for the New Yorker.

more at: http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2012/04/06/conference-bring-together-influential-cartoonists/

(Registration opens on Monday April 16th!)

from ImageThink:

Last week we returned with Ogilvy to the SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin TX.

This year our team of 4 graphic recorders created visual notes for 47 keynotes and feature speakers for audiences as large as 3200 people. View all the talks on our flickr page.

See full color report >>

The 2012 deadline for empowering coaches, therapists and other helping professionals to use Christina's custom Visual Coaching methods is fast approaching (this weekend!). If you are a process professional who wants to add the power of working visually to your own work with individuals, couples and teams check out: Visual Coach Certification

from Christina Merkley, Visual Coaching Pioneer:

Yes, you read correctly, I have FINALLY created a Training AND Certification Program to enable you – my consulting, coaching and counseling colleagues – to become a Certified Visual Coach® including use of my proprietary SHIFT-IT Visual Coaching Process® with its suite of 17 visual maps.

Now you can simply and professionally add the power of visual coaching and my SHIFT-IT templates to your own practice! The results: greater range, more clients, enhanced income – and the joy of doing work that you really love and believe in!

April 10 – June 19, 2012 (Tuesdays, 12-1:30 pacific) I’m hosting my next Visual Coach Training and Certification Program … it’s time for this fantastic way of working to make a bigger impact in the world, through caring and values-based professionals like YOU!

Learn more at The Visual Coach Certification.

Get all the details at: http://www.napkinacademy.com/