Graphic facilitation: using drawings for meetings and ideas generation
Meetings are part of any startup routine, but there are ways and ways to run them effectively. Here we are presenting one of our favourite techniques: graphic facilitation! If you are used to conducting meetings, you know how hard it is to take notes of everything, keep the conversation on the focus, engage everyone, and really get the expected results.This creative and simple technique will absolutely help you get your team on the same page, in an understandable and dynamic way, not missing any ideas. Let’s see how![caption id="attachment_10326" align="aligncenter" width="1500"] Copyright @ConverSketch [/caption] What is the graphic facilitation? Graphic facilitation or visual facilitation is simply connecting an image to a text to explain an idea, persuade and communicate. Its main function is conducting a group and shaping the conversation or meeting.Do not mistake it for a graphic recorder, which simply organizes information in a visual representation. And here’s why you should start using it in your team’s meetings right now! What are the benefits of using graphic facilitation? These drawings can be effective tools. And the best is that it doesn’t require any special skills! Graphic facilitation can be used on strategy, planning, product development… you name it. Besides stimulating participation, visual facilitation works as a note-taking method. It helps your team to memorize the topics, catch peoples’ attention, and facilitate understanding.When it comes to graphic facilitation, the most important thing is the meaning. Many advertisements are based on real-time drawings because people focus on meaning more than on the design or shape of things. Starting with graphic facilitation The process is quite simple: during a meeting, the graphic facilitator draws a visual representation of ideas as topics are discussed.The drawings are used to generate more ideas and help to summarize the discussion.A few arrows and shapes can describe so much more than plain text. I