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Book SynopsisUse 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.
Trade ReviewPraise 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 ContentsIntroduction 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
