Life is Hard Enough Without Visual Thinking
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
Photo Above: Documented proof of how painful it is to go without the use of visual thinking in your life.
Photo Below: Incontrovertible evidence that when I conduct an Intro to Visual Thinking Workshop, it brings people significant amounts of joy.
Okay, so I jest. I forced my students to express happiness after an 8-hour day of learning visual thinking techniques. But if you ask them, I don’t think they were truly coerced. Click on the photo to see pictures of them in action and my assertion that they were enjoying themselves will be more credible. I even had one gentlemen – originally late to class and hiding in the back – have a breakthrough in his willingness to draw at all, much less in front of others. It was one of those moments that, as a facilitator, you live for. Well worth drafting a customized 30-page curriculum. The topics covered in the workshop ranged from shapes, figures, faces and listening techniques to a closing discussion on fairly sophisticated information design (this group moved fast). I would have liked to have someone draw me a diagram on the intricacies of the Hula dance, but we ran out of time. 
Tags: HMSA, Visual Thinking, workshop
