There is something about Art Every Day Month that inspires me to make color charts. Or perhaps it gives me an excuse to make color charts. I’ve always liked them, and I like to hang them in my studio to look at and just to have around. I’m also very fond of Daniel Smith watercolors. [...] Click to continue reading »
Citra Solv Fall Leaves
Citra Solv is a great natural cleaning product that can be used to make really interesting sheets of paper by dissolving National Geographic pages.Citra Solv runs regular art contests, the current one is about Fall-ing Into Art. I started by scanning a piece of altered paper into the computer, adding some fall color, then layering [...] Click to continue reading »
Purple Stars
Created in Art Studio on iPad. Click to continue reading »
Getting to know co-workers better
Kathryn works for a regional mental health agency, alongside a team that has been together a long time. Even though they’ve been a group for a while, the pressure and pace of the work doesn’t give them much chance to talk. They are just too busy providing services for their clients. So Kathryn brought a [...] Click to continue reading »
Storytelling in business
Review of No Story No Fans by Raf Stevens I recently came across the work of Raf Stevens, and he sent me an advance copy of his new book, No Story No Fans for review. I’ve been slowly reading a section, then thinking about it, and reading more. I’ve also been thinking about how it [...] Click to continue reading »
Creating content for social media
It’s been a while since I posted on this blog. I was feeling badly about it, so I started to look deeper at why it was happening. It’s certainly not for lack of things to talk about. We have new products, improvements, and stories to tell. I started to make a list of all the [...] Click to continue reading »
Bright pink teardrops
Created in Art Studio on ipad. This type of pattern lends itself to iphones cases. Bright Pink Teardrops by visualsspeak Click to continue reading »
VisualsSpeak Improves Existing Leadership Programs
A few months back a large bank was looking to beef up the effectiveness of their leadership development program for new supervisors. At the same time, they wanted to get people up to speed more quickly. So they called on Doug to come onboard and rework the program. Doug’s an experienced facilitator and developer, and [...] Click to continue reading »
Visuals can Save You TIme
Visuals are not just another thing You’ve got 45 minutes. And easily an hour’s worth of content to cover. As it is, you’ll be racing through things, trying to make sure you get to all the key points that the folks in the room need to know. And now you have to add visuals, too!? [...] Click to continue reading »
Tip: Don't Try To Keep All The Balls In The Air
When facilitating a session–particularly one with VisualsSpeak–there is often a need to record, to keep track of what people are saying and doing. But even more than that, there is a need to be present, to be immersed in what’s going on. Sometimes, those two roles conflict. It’s hard to be present when you’re also [...] Click to continue reading »