Visual Problem Solving: 5 Diagrams in 15 Minutes

Can you solve problems visually? Using 5 diagrams in 15 minutes, you do not need to know how to draw in order to discover and identify tools, resources, ideas, methods and processes to figure out how to do everything from making breakfast to examining new ideas to improve business.

Diagrams are often disregarded as visual problem-solving tools, particularly as tools for facilitation. As taught in this session, diagramming, particularly with the five diagrams as a problem-solving framework, becomes a powerful force for discovery and decision-making. Diagramming can remove the stigma of having to draw “well” to be a graphic facilitator, and can add another complete visual toolkit to graphic recorders looking for powerful visual methods to organize content. If you can diagram, you can facilitate AND organize content powerfully for your clients!

In this workshop, Dean Meyers will demonstrate the use of 5 simple diagrams: the mind map, the 2x2 matrix, the system map, the force field, and the storyboard.

About the presenter
Dean Meyers has worked in and with technology for over 30 years. During that time, he has been on the cutting edge of new technologies involving visual content and using visual processes. He developed acumen in marketing and business strategy, and focused heavily on using design thinking and the principles of user experience design to develop digital and live experiences for products, services and learning. He calls himself a “Visual Problem-Solver”, and relies on graphic facilitation methods and techniques for groups and individuals looking for breakthrough thinking, planning and execution. He is a certified Lego® Serious Play® facilitator as well as a certified virtual facilitator and a certified (ICF) Coach.

We'll be recording
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.

We need a scribe!
If you are interested in graphic recording this workshop for a small honorarium, please reach out to brian@lizardbrain.com. We are only accepting one graphic recorder: please let new practitioners have the experience if you are already an accomplished scribe. One scribe only please: first come, first served!

Where is the payment going?
Dean will be donating his proceeds from this event to the Whitethorne Foundation, which provides art education and scholarships to indigenous peoples.