NOVA Scribes

Join lettering artist and graphic recorder Heather Martinez and NOVA Scribes for two hours of creative exploration, shared practice, and fresh approaches to making letters.

Heather brings a playful, practical perspective to lettering, drawing on her work as a visual practitioner, artist, and teacher. Her approach connects clear communication with expressive possibilities. Discover how letters can convey both information and character.

Together, we’ll explore ways to bring energy and individuality to our lettering while keeping readability in mind. With curiosity and experimentation guiding our practice, we’ll consider how small changes in letterforms can create new possibilities for the words we put on paper.

This workshop will offer NOVA Scribes members a look inside Heather Martinez’s Let’s Letter Together practice, where practical lettering skills meet creative exploration. Heather will introduce her approach to developing personal style and making letters both expressive and readable. You'll get a taste of the lessons, prompts, and shared learning that shape her online lettering community.

Whether you’re developing your lettering practice or looking for a fresh perspective on familiar forms, come enjoy the inspiration of lettering in good company.

Mapping Change: How to translate change conversations into visual maps of meaning
With Adriano Pianesi

When it comes to change, we know where we want to go, but we don't know where we are. The problem is orientation.
How do you listen to a conversation about organizational change and turn what you hear into a meaningful visual map?

Join NOVA Scribes and organizational change expert Adriano Pianesi for an interactive workshop exploring how graphic recorders and visual facilitators can recognize the underlying dynamics of change and make them visible.

Drawing on decades of experience leading organizational transformations, Adriano developed the Changemaker Atlas, an illustrated map of the challenges, opportunities, and obstacles people encounter when trying to make change happen. The map organizes these experiences into four essential territories: preparing for change, engaging people, providing compelling leadership, and measuring results.

In this workshop, we'll use the Changemaker Atlas as a framework for listening to real-world conversations about change. Through a practical case study, participants will explore how to recognize what's happening beneath the surface of a conversation:

• Where is the change effort getting stuck?
• What's missing?
• Who needs to be involved?
• What would meaningful progress look like?

We'll then explore how to translate those insights into a visual map that helps people see their situation more clearly, identify opportunities, and consider their next steps. Participants will practice identifying the patterns and relationships, organizing them visually, and using the map to reveal possibilities that might otherwise go unnoticed.

Whether you're a graphic recorder, visual facilitator, or change practitioner, you'll gain a new lens for listening to conversations about change and a practical framework for turning complex organizational challenges into visuals that support understanding and action.

Explore the Changemaker Atlas: atlas.pianesi.com

✏️ NOVA Scribes has entered into a partnership with the IFVP: the International Forum of Visual Practitioners! This workshop is an IFVP Learning Lab. All IFVP members have access to Learning Labs at https://ifvpforum.circle.so/c/learning-hub/

🎥This workshop will be recorded and posted on YouTube for anyone who cannot attend. You can find the YouTube link in the Comments section of this NOVA Scribes Meetup event once the workshop video has been uploaded to YouTube.

🎥You can find previously recorded videos at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJfInZHmS8prj2_DUaJ35CYY8n7SzoPMJ

💰We’re not charging for this workshop, but we will be asking for donations! Donations cover the costs of hosting events on Meetup, to honorariums for new graphic recorders, and scholarships.

💣Please be sure you are registered on Meetup! If your Zoom name doesn’t match your name on Meetup, you will not be admitted. (We’ve had Zoom bombers.)

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https://www.linkedin.com/company/nova-scribes/
https://www.novascribes.com/