Reviews
Praise for Visual Meetings "David Sibbet is the father of visual facilitation. This book finally lets us see meetings as he sees them--as eye-opening opportunities to discover what people really think. David's approach to visually recording and visually facilitating meetings will help you become a better meeting leader and participant, see a whole new side of business--and a whole new side of yourself." -Dan Roam, author of The Back of the Napkin "I have experienced the transformative power of David's pioneering visual methods and tools. Open this book and you will get a clear vision of collaboration in the future--groups inspired and energized, tapping into their collective wisdom to create sustainable solutions: the global brain at work." -Meryem Le Saget, Meryem Le Saget Consulting, Paris "David Sibbet is a genius. Buy this book, and study it, not only for better meetings, but for better organizations, better teams, and a better future." -Alan M. Webber, co-founder of Fast Company magazine "This amazing book shows you how visualization can bring clarity to the growing complexity around us." -Bob Johansen, Distinguished Fellow, Institute for the Future "This book is like David's workshops--fun and fruitful. Time and again, I have seen the principles and processes described in this book yield a rich harvest among audiences in Singapore." -Dawn Yip, Soulbreath Consulting Singapore "Visual Meetings is an elegant and immensely practical guide to transforming group productivity. It provides novices with a fast start to making the most of scarce group time." -Paul Saffo, Technology Forecaster Visiting Scholar, Stanford Media-X Network " 'What If Meetings Were Really Fun AND Productive ?' Can you imagine? Visual meetings master David Sibbet has done it--put all the competency, wisdom, language, technique, resources, tools, everything you need in one delightful book?" -Robert E. Horn, author of Visual Language: Global Communication for the 21st Century
Table Of Content
Introduction xi The Power of Visual Meetings I: Just Imagine What if Meetings Were Really Fun AND Productive? 1 1. Visualization is Worth 80 IQ Points 3 Tapping Energy, Intelligence, & Creativity 2. Everybody Knows Graphic Language 19 It's Gesture with a Pen 3. Four Easy Ways to Get Started 37 Personal Visualization, Napkins & Flipcharts, Graphic Templates, & Getting Others to Draw II: Engaging Groups & Building Rapport Why Visual Listening is So Compelling (and Easy!) 51 4. Getting People Involved 53 Using Pictures to Interact 5. Presentation without PowerPoint 69 Simple Drawings & Graphic Templates 6. Consulting & Selling with Graphics 81 Drawing Out Customer Interests 7. Hands-On Information 89 Sticky Notes & Dot Voting 8. Using Images & Interaction 97 Collage & Picture Cards III: Graphics for Visual Thinking Mapping Ideas & Finding Key Patterns 107 9. Group Graphics 109 Seven Ways to Write on the Wall 10. Problem Solving 133 Getting Unstuck & Thinking around Corners 11. Storyboarding & Idea Mapping 147 How Innovators & Designers Work 12. Visual Planning 157 Using Graphic Templates to See the Big Picture 13. Multiple Meetings & Gallery Walks 173 Making Sense of Things over Space & Time 14. Digital Capture 183 Extending Your Meeting with Visual Documentation 15. Visualizing at a Distance 189 Using Tablets in Web Meetings IV: Graphics for Enacting Plans Visuals for Teams, Projects, & Getting Results 195 16. Supporting Team Performance 197 Visualizing Goals, Roles, & Action Plans 17. Decision-Making Meetings 205 Aligning on Agreements & Getting Commitments 18. Project Management Meetings 209 Mapping Progress with Pictures 19. Facilitating Innovation & Change 215 Playing with Prototypes 20. Training & Workshops 223 Leveraging Action Learning V: Seeing It All Come Together Tools for the Seriously Hooked 229 21. The Path to Visual Competency 231 Learning from the Groups You Lead 22. The Future is Visible Now! 237 Seeds of a Real Revolution in Meetings 23. Resources & Networks 247 Grove Tools, Web Resources, Bibliography Index 255
Synopsis
Use eye-popping visual tools to energize your people Just as social networking has reclaimed the Internet for human interactivity and co-creation, the visual meetings movement is reclaiming creativity, productivity, and playful exchange for serious work in groups. Visual Meetings explains how anyone can implement powerful visual tools, and how these tools are being used in Silicon Valley and elsewhere to facilitate both face-to-face and virtual group work. This dynamic and richly illustrated resource gives meeting leaders, presenters, and consultants a slew of exciting tricks and tools, including Graphic recording, visual planning, story boarding, graphic templates, idea mapping, etc. Creative ways to energize team building, sales presentations, staff meetings, strategy sessions, brainstorming, and more Getting beyond paper and whiteboards to engage new media platforms Understanding emerging visual language for leading groups Unlocking formerly untapped creative resources for business success, Visual Meetings will help you and your team communicate ideas more effectively and engagingly., Eye-popping visual tools can energy your meetings! When people work visually they have better ideas, make better decisions, and are more committed to producing results. A twenty-first century guide to using the latest visual thinking techniques with your groups and teams, Visual Meetings give you a bounty of tools and tricks to unlock creativity, collaboration, and breakthrough thinking. Use graphic recording, visual planning, storyboarding, idea mapping, and similar techniques Give better presentations without resorting to PowerPoint Consult and sell with graphics and visualization tools Get beyond paper and whiteboards to tablets, iPads, and other new media platforms Make all meetings more interesting and productive Improve both face-to-face and virtual group work And much more, Use eye-popping visual tools to energize your people! Just as social networking has reclaimed the Internet for human interactivity and co-creation, the visual meetings movement is reclaiming creativity, productivity, and playful exchange for serious work in groups., Use eye-popping visual tools to energize your people! Just as social networking has reclaimed the Internet for human interactivity and co-creation, the visual meetings movement is reclaiming creativity, productivity, and playful exchange for serious work in groups. Visual Meetings explains how anyone can implement powerful visual tools, and how these tools are being used in Silicon Valley and elsewhere to facilitate both face-to-face and virtual group work. This dynamic and richly illustrated resource gives meeting leaders, presenters, and consultants a slew of exciting tricks and tools, including Graphic recording, visual planning, story boarding, graphic templates, idea mapping, etc. Creative ways to energize team building, sales presentations, staff meetings, strategy sessions, brainstorming, and more Getting beyond paper and whiteboards to engage new media platforms Understanding emerging visual language for leading groups Unlocking formerly untapped creative resources for business success, Visual Meetings will help you and your team communicate ideas more effectively and engagingly.
