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Visual Meetings: How Graphics, Sticky Notes and Idea Mapping Can Transform Group Productivity

by David Sibbet

August 2010

Intermediate to advanced

288 pages

7h 59m

English

Wiley

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What Is Visual Language & What Are Visual Meetings?Can We Support Being Smarter as Groups?Power Tools for Effective MeetingsThe Powers of Visual MeetingsResponding to Drivers of ChangeThe Power of Visual LanguageVisualization Addresses Important IssuesOrganization of Visual MeetingsPart I—Just Imagine!Part II—Engaging Groups VisuallyPart III—Graphics for Visual ThinkingPart IV—Graphics for Enacting PlansPart V—Seeing It All Come TogetherMy Hope and DreamAcknowledgments
1.1. The Apple Leadership Expeditions1.2. Group Graphics1.3. Graphical User Interfaces for Meetings1.4. Peak and Valley Drawings1.5. Vision Stories1.6. Creating a Shared Frame of Reference1.7. We Live in a Hallucination1.8. Our Point of View and Task Orientation Guide Visual Thinking1.9. Visualization Makes Groups Smarter1.10. Meetings Start in Our Imagination1.11. Then We Engage and Explore1.12. A Lot of Thinking Is Visual Pattern Finding1.13. Taking Vision to Action1.14. Fast Forward
2.1. Gesture Is One of Our First Languages2.2. Most Kids Love to Draw2.3. Why Cartoonists Draw Like Second Graders2.4. Discover the Fun of Playing Around2.5. Practice in a Blank Sketchbook2.6. Great Beginning Journal Activities2.7. All Graphics Are Made of Basic Shapes2.8. Your Body Knows Graphic Language2.9. Working with Big Paper and Larger Meetings2.10. How to Hang Big Paper2.11. Getting it Straight and Flat2.12. Ideographs, Pictographs, and Seed Shapes2.13. The Meaning of Shapes2.14. The Experience of Drawing Provides a Clue to Meaning2.15. Basic Formats for Visualizing2.16. See Drawing as a Process and Not Just an Artifact2.17. Combining Formats and Graphic Elements
3.1. Personal Visualization3.2. Warm-Up Exercises3.3. Graphic Metaphors3.4. Napkins and Flip Charts3.5. Simple Graphic Templates3.6. More Simple Templates3.7. Getting Others to Draw3.8. Comparing New Plant Start-Ups at General Motors
4.1. Why Are Hand-Dawn Graphics so Engaging?4.2. Purpose and Trust Come First in Meetings4.3. Establish Rapport by Listening First, Telling Later4.4. Graphic Recording for High Engagement4.5. When to Use Graphic Recording4.6. Using Imagery to Engage4.7. Rooms as Graphic Statements—Visualizing Who Is Who4.8. On Being Truly Receptive
5.1. PowerPoint Is Push, Not Pull5.2. Pulling Creates Attention and Participation5.3. Pulling Out Simple Drawings5.4. In the Future We Will Look Like...?5.5. The Power of Sticky Notes to Get Involvement5.6. Affinity Charts5.7. Simple Templates5.8. Freeway Maps and More Elaborate Templates5.9. Using Geographic Maps5.10. Using Idea Maps as Presentation Charts5.11. Save the Redwoods League5.12. Creating Your Own Idea Maps
6.1. Drawing on the Same Side of the Table6.2. Agenda Planning Kits6.3. Customer Interest Interviews6.4. Pitching a New Boss on Your Value6.5. The Big Whack—Selling Learning Design6.6. Customer Discovery Workshops at HP Consulting6.7. Providing Visual Guidance

7.1. How to Collect the Notes7.2. Analyzing and Discussing Sticky Note Displays7.3. Practicing in Small Meetings and Agenda Design Sessions7.4. Looking at Global Warming Actions in Eight States with RE-AMP7.5. The Power Is in the Engagement
8.1. Personal Visioning with Collage8.2. Using Collage for Visioning8.3. Other Uses of Collage8.4. Primary Power of Collage8.5. Using Picture Cards to Stimulate Dialogue8.6. How to Work with Cards8.7. Sand Tray Work for Organizations
9.1. How Jazz Works9.2. Visual Meetings Improvisation9.3. Thinking about Graphics like Music9.3.1. Posters Focus Attention9.3.2. Lists Energize the Flow9.3.3. Clusters Activate Comparisons9.3.4. Grids Build Combinations9.3.5. Diagrams Grow Understanding9.3.6. Drawings Animate Meaning9.3.7. Mandalas Show Unity9.4. Background on the Keyboard9.5. Branching Patterns Provide the Architecture for the Plant World9.6. Discovering the Key to "Drawings"9.7. Coming Full Circle
10.1. Problems as Given; Problems as Understood10.2. Brainstorming & Solution Finding10.3. Evaluation Options10.4. Wicked Problems10.5. The Trim Tab Factor10.6. Causal Loop Diagramming10.7. Finding the System Drivers10.8. Thinking around Corners with Kinesthetic Modeling10.9. Design Charrettes10.10. Reinventing the Natural History Museum10.11. Problems That Are Not "Problems"
11.1. How Do Humans Make Sense of Things?11.2. Maps and Itineraries in Organizational Thinking11.3. Storyboarding Began with Disney11.4. What Is Mind Mapping?11.5. Using Idea Mapping with Groups11.6. Working with Metaphor Maps
12.1. HP Labs Looks for New Business Ideas12.2. Visualizing the Bristol Offsite12.3. Creating a Template for Strategic Planning12.4. Showing Off What Plotters Can Do12.5. Allow the Rest of Us to Draw12.6. Templates for Visual Planning12.7. Templates for Orienting and Process Planning12.8. Templates for Developing Hindsight12.9. Ways of Doing Graphic Histories12.10. The Importance of Scanning the Environment12.11. Situation Analysis12.12. Developing Vision and Foresight12.13. Focusing on Agreements12.14. Agreeing on Action Plans12.15. Designing Your Own Visual Planning Templates12.16. Seeing the Really Big Picture
13.1. Working with Breakout Groups13.2. Visual Meetings for Small Groups13.3. Output Oriented Group Process13.4. Gallery Walks and Panoramic Display13.5. Staging Techniques for Working with Big Paper13.6. Challenges and Solutions for Working BIG13.7. Creating Containers for Dialogue13.8. Meeting across Space and Time
14.1. Creating a Work Flow14.2. Investing in a Good Camera14.3. Learn How to Shoot14.4. Processing and Using Your Photos14.5. Support Group Memory with Printed Reports14.6. Using Online Capabilities14.7. Link to Additional Data
15.1. Visualization Increases Involvement15.2. Working with Web Conferencing Software15.3. Using Computer Tablets15.4. Working without Sketching Software15.5. Visual Teleconferences
16.1. What Is a Team?16.2. The Key to Team Performance Is Managing Four Flows16.3. Seeing Team Process in Four Flows16.4. Thinking about Teams In Action16.5. Visual Meetings & Team Performance16.6. Team Best Practices
17.1. Be Clear about Decision Choices17.2. Creating Decision Funnels17.3. Assign Owners and Communicate the Decision
18.1. Visuals for Project Review18.2. Making Roadmaps18.3. Visuals for Showing Progress18.4. Thermometers and Dashboards18.5. Visual Problem Solving in Total Quality Management18.6. The Importance of Feedback
19.1. We Need a New Business Model!19.2. New Experiences Change Minds19.3. Finding Innovative Business Ideas19.4. Using Big Picture Graphics to Support Change19.5. Organizations Using Storymaps Successfully
20.1. Using Visuals in Learning-Oriented Workshops20.2. Graphics Work Cross Culturally20.3. Working with Discovery-Based Learning Maps20.4. Graphical Presenter Interfaces
21.1. Competency Development Continuum21.2. Playing "What's Next"21.3. Getting Feedback from Groups
22.1. We Live in an Information Age22.2. Multitouch Walls and Tablets22.3. Video Is Becoming a Common Language22.4. Object Oriented Design Tools22.5. Collaboration Software and Social Media22.6. 3-D and Virtual Environments22.7. The Game Is Still between the Ears
23.1. Organizations & Websites

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Part III. Graphics for Visual Thinking: Mapping Ideas & Finding Key Patterns

III: Graphics for Visual Thinking

This section reviews specifics tools for writing on the wall, problem solving, storyboarding, visual planning, and all the ways to get groups to think together and generate breakthrough insights and meaningful plans.

Chapter 9: Group Graphics® How visual meetings are like jazz; the Group Graphics Keyboard; examples, applications and tips; the theory behind the Keyboard.
Chapter 10: Problem Solving How to understand problems and root causes; graphics for simple brainstorming and problem solving; solving wicked problems; understanding systems.
Chapter 11: Storyboarding & Mind Mapping Creating narrative flows with storyboards; thinking in branching patterns.
Chapter 12: Visual Planning Using graphic templates to guide visual planning; The Grove Strategic Visioning Model and Graphic Guides; creating decision support rooms.
Chapter 13: Multiple Groups & Gallery Walks Working with breakout groups; handling report-backs; managing large displays; gallery walks for seeing the big picture.
Chapter 14: Digital Capture Using digital photography for documentation; reporting formats; tips for processing chart photos; using graphics to link data online.
Chapter 15: Visualizing at a Distance How to work visually with web conferencing software; working with tablets; supporting interaction online. ...

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