What is Graphic
Facilitation? (From The
GroveConsultants)
Graphic Facilitation is an interactive style of
leading groups using large-scale imagery and displays. It grew
out of a network of west-coast consultants in the 1970's who
were inspired by the approach of designers and architects while
problem solving and collaborating on projects. It has come to
embrace a wide range of principles and practices that use
creative media to help people to "see what they mean." This
essay traces some of the early influences and strategies that
have shaped the field, and how it has evolved to include
influences from more psychologically influenced facilitation,
storytelling, large scale collaborative practice and other
approaches to managing group process.
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About Visual
Thinking... (From XPlane)
A is
for Apple. E is for Elephant.
Description: This animal has big, flappy ears; legs like tree
trunks; a long, flexible nose that it uses to feed itself; gray,
wrinkled skin; and horns called tusks that protrude from the
side of its face.
How do you think someone who had never seen an elephant before
would imagine one based on that description?
Our children learn to read by putting words and letters together
with pictures. Why is this so effective? Pictures are concrete
representations of reality. Words are abstractions.
Why it works
Have you ever read a book and then
gone to see a movie? You were probably disappointed by the
movie, and here's why: As you read a book, you build a picture
in your head. Because every reader builds a different picture,
it's just impossible for a movie to live up to every reader's
imagination.
But if you see the movie first, the film-maker's view becomes
“stamped” in your mind. Then when you read the book, you
envision the film's actors as the main characters. Your
imagination is conforming to the “world view” of the film-maker.
A verbal or written message is subject to interpretation. A
message contained in a picture is concrete.
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