Author Talk: KELVY BIRD

NOVA Scribes is launching a new series of AUTHOR TALKS! In this series, we're inviting authors who have written about the visual practice to talk about their work. Listen in, practice your sketchnoting, and learn from the best in the business.

AUTHOR TALK: KELVY BIRD

Kelvy Bird is an artist and internationally recognized scribe, translating content and dynamics into visual, tangible formats to aid with reflection and decision-making. She has worked in the fields of human and organizational development since 1992, with a focus on collaboration, collective intelligence, and systems thinking. As a co-founder of the Presencing Institute, Kelvy has been core to the development of Global Forums, u.lab (through MIT and edX, launched in 2015 with over 100K participants to date), and most recently GAIA Journey, a COVID-19 response and inquiry into civilizational renewal.

Kelvy also works as a visual facilitator to support all scales of organizations and institutions. Long-standing partners have included: dpict llc, The Value Web, MIT Exec Education, Harvard Ed School, The Ashland Institute, Dialogos, and MG Taylor, as well as Fortune 500 and local community organizations alike.

BOOK: GENERATIVE SCRIBING

Scribing—visually representing ideas while people talk—is a distinct social art form that facilitates group learning and cultural memory. Scribes listen and draw simultaneously, creating large pictures that integrate content, prompt insight, and aid with decision-making.

Generative Scribing extends this art by attending to the field of energy and relation between people, and to the emerging potential of a system.