Graphics Made Easy Starter Workshop
One Day Starter Workshop
Learn how to combine graphics and words to
- capture and present ideas and information even more effectively
- increase group memory and recall
- add innovation and creativity to workshops, sessions or meetings
- get people really involved and interested in topics
Reserve your place for 12th June 2012 (Birmingham)
As a trainer, presenter or a facilitator, you know how great it is to work with people who are engaged, interested and involved. But, far too often, groups are subjected to word overload and ‘Death by PowerPoint’.
Join us at Graphics Made Easy one day Starter Workshop and learn how to combine graphics and words to keep people engaged, interested and involved. It’ll help your groups remember much more too!
Here are Eight Workshop Worries that you’ll leave behind forever when you come along to our open workshop:
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1) ‘I’m not an artist, so I can’t use drawing in a professional setting’
You will learn a set of simple images. You do not need to be an artist – anyone who can write the alphabet can draw these basic building blocks. Trainers, presenters and facilitators only need to use powerful, simple images to show ideas quickly.
2) ‘Our events always produce long lists of words. I would like to have alternative ways of presenting information at my fingertips.’
You’ll cover the ‘palette’ of ways to present information on paper!
3) ‘I would like to start off my sessions in a more powerful way.’
You’ll try out graphical templates. These let people see walls covered with graphics as they walk into the meeting room.
4) ‘I know that my writing isn’t as legible on a flip chart as it could be – and it only gets worse as I speed up.’
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We’ll look at how you can write quickly and clearly.
5) ‘We would like to help diverse groups to converge their ideas and thoughts in order to help each other see what they mean.’
By working to capture ideas as images, you will be able to draw out thoughts from a range of people and help them to understand.
6) ‘I get the feeling that people often forget a lot of what we do at events. I would like to find a way to help people recall what they have achieved and the buzz in the room.’
By using our methods to recreate the pictures from your event, the images will help people to remember it in much more detail.
7) ‘I want to be able to record what happens in sessions in real time for everyone to see.’
Simple graphic images drawn in real time alongside words build up a picture of the meeting as it progresses. You’ll learn how to build up simple images and practice them.
8) ‘Wouldn’t it be great it we could leave a meeting with agreed actions already documented?’
Using action templates and a camera, this will become reality!
Reserve your place for 12th June 2012 (Birmingham)
Meet the graphic gurus who will guide you through the day:
Penny Pullan
Penny is a Certified Professional Facilitator (CPF) of the International Association of Facilitators (IAF) and holds a range of professional qualifications. With a successful track record in consultancy, training and facilitation in blue chip multi-nationals over fifteen years she now runs Making Projects Work Ltd. However, what really sets Penny apart is her passion and skill in using graphics to make meetings and projects come alive. Her flair for generating ideas, doing things differently and really getting people on-side is pure gold. She uses graphics to engage groups in large corporate, government and charitable clients. She has also trained facilitators and project managers within Mars Inc. From starting a piece of work through to its completion Penny skillfully weaves in pictures, images and visual metaphors. People involved not only understand what’s going on they really see what they mean! |
Vanessa Randle
Having spent 20 years pondering over how ineffectively organisations often capture, present and communicate ideas and information, Vanessa set out to model a way of doing things differently and so be the change she wanted to see. Using her experience, skills and innovative thinking she developed a fantastic, vibrant and visual presentational style to capture and present information and ideas clearly and succinctly using words and pictures. She pitches up at a meeting or business event with her boards, pens, paper and coloured markers and transforms what people say and what she sees into a creative, large scale visual record; real time, right in front of peoples’ eyes. Her ability to see the big picture as well as the detail means that this way of capturing and presenting information helps to improve peoples’ understanding, communicate messages more effectively and bring ideas and information to life. Vanessa is passionate about the power of visual working and the value of communicating in a way that taps in to the human history of communicating in words and pictures. She is also an accredited NLP Master Practitioner. |
Between us, we’ve clocked up over thirty years experience as trainers, facilitators and presenters.
Using graphics, we’ve supported corporate, government and charity clients in the UK and aborad to get their messages across with impact.
We’ll make sure you can do that too!
Look forward to seeing you,
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Don’t just take our word for it – Here are the great things that people say about this workshop, from all over the world:
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‘Go for it! Well worth the investment’ Erica Hurley, MD Parallax Development and Facilitator, KIN (Knowledge Innovation Network), Warwick Business School |
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‘A fantastic introduction. Lots of handy hints and tips. Very, very helpful’ Jason Murray, BSkyB |
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‘The gradual build up of very practical skills worked really well. We were able to apply the skills easily to create a work based example’ Graham Shaw, Director, Vision Learning |
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‘I loved it. If you think you can’t draw, come on this course’ Mari Martin, Co-ordinator Restorative Approaches for Schools |
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‘It was absolutely fantastic, I couldn’t fault anything. I can’t wait to get going and use graphics in our training and improve our participants’ learning experience’ Rob Hayes, Training Manager, Mango Training |
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‘This will develop some core skills very quickly that you can apply straight away’ Peter Burton, Trainer, Transforming Conflict |
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‘Fantastic course – great value for money!’ Sarah Stokes, Director, Kangaroo Training |
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‘What went well for me? Everything! Meeting lovely people, drawing, receiving excellent training. It was ten times better than I thought it would be – and I had high expectations to begin with.’ Lorna Prescott, Senior Development Officer, Dosti |
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‘I liked the book recommendations, practice, tips and excellent materials. Penny and Vanessa are experienced trainers with a lot to offer.’ Rachel Davies, Agile Experience Ltd |
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The IAF’s European Conference 2007 chose our course as their Graphics Master Class.
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Graphic Gems – what we’ll cover together on the day
Graphical Kick Off
We’ll start off by introducing ourselves (graphically of course). We’ll record our objectives, how we’ll work together, what roles we will play and the agenda, after we’ve agreed the options for the afternoon.
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Banners and Flags drawn on the course
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Building Blocks of Graphics
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Letters and writing quickly!
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Bullet points and headings
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Lines, curves, banners
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Symbols, images, people
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Basic rules for use of colour
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Ten ways to display information – the palette for recording!
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Simple graphics to represent objects
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Simple graphics to represent ideas
Put it all together
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Simple graphics
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Loads of opportunity throughout the day to try things out, practice skills and review learning. Opportunities to work on small and large scale graphics and to link your learning to the work that you do. Chances to create a host of ways simple graphics will make a positive impact on your meeting, session or event.
Optional sessions in the afternoon:
- Using graphical templates to present information without having to draw anything!
- Introduction to cartooning.
- How powerful is graphic recall?
- Introduction to how technology supports the use of visuals
- Focus on your own upcoming session
- Plus even more opportunities to practice.
You’ll finish the day with tons of practical skills and a wealth of ideas and plans for your next meeting, course or presentation.
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What you can expect from our workshop:
You’ll get lots of chance to practice as you learn throughout the day. One of the highlights for previous attendees has been the chance to watch and then have a go straight away! By the end of the course you will have drawn so much that you’ll be ready to try it out back at work.
We believe that people learn most when they are enjoying themselves. We positively encourage discussion and sharing of ideas during the course, so that people can learn from each other.
We keep the group size to no more than nine per instructor, so you can get plenty of individual attention.
You can expect to leave with a set of graphics tools that you can apply straight away in your own meetings.
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Figures and images by a participant
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We will document the workshop in full colour, including a description and the graphics from the session. This acts as a powerful reminder of the concepts presented during the session. This is provided afterwards, by post, to supplement your course workbook .
The location is Aston Science Park, right in the heart of Birmingham at Faraday Wharf. It’s close to motorways, New Street station and hotels. We’ve chosen the room because there is so much space! It’s bathed in natural light and is air-conditioned. It’s a great environment for you to develop your graphical skills.
So what is your investment?
You know that the way that we train visuals will work for you – you’ve signed up and experienced our VVV (Versatile, Visual Vocabulary). Now, in just one day, you will gain in confidence, practice with an expert and gather a host of new tools and techniques to use back at work.
Not only this, but you’ll receive some great kit so you can use your new skills back in the workplace. Vanessa and Penny have tried out and discarded countless pens and pastels to find what really works. You won’t need to!
Your investment will be £425 +VAT – this covers the course, the graphics tool kit, your workbook, lunch, refreshments and an A3 book after the course including everything we did together and photographs of all your work.
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Special Offer
When you book at least four weeks before the course, you’ll receive bonuses worth more than £100!
BONUS 1
A further three months Versatile Visual Vocabulary for free (usual price £19.97 + VAT)
BONUS 2
A discount to bring the price down to just £395 + VAT all inclusive (worth £30)
BONUS 3
Our E-book: Graphics Made Easy – VVV Volume 1 (worth £19.97 + VAT)
BONUS 4
Our Meeting Start Up Template in A0 pdf and poster form (worth £50 + VAT)
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Booking information:
Immediately after you book online, we will send you confirmation and your receipt. If you are unable to attend, you may send another delegate in your place at no extra charge. Confirmed bookings may not be cancelled two weeks before the course.
If you would like to open up our workshop brochure to print, please click here.