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NOVA Scribes is a free and open forum for visual practitioners to share their knowledge.
We are anyone who uses visuals to move others: consultants and facilitators who use visuals, graphic recorders, scribes, sketchnoters, and others!
Since 2016, we've held workshops, graphic jams, open spaces, and webinars to share skills and learn from each other. We record our webinars for anyone to watch later, and if you're interested in presenting a topic, please let us know!
We're all volunteers! Anyone who wants to can be an organizer or presenter.
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/
Most of our online workshops are recorded and posted on YouTube for anyone who cannot attend. If you missed an event, you can find the YouTube link in the Comments section of this NOVA Scribes Meetup event.
You can find previously recorded videos at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJfInZHmS8prj2_DUaJ35CYY8n7SzoPMJ
We don't charge for most workshops, but we do ask for donations! Donations cover the costs of hosting events on Meetup, towards honorariums for new graphic recorders, towards scholarships to attend events like the IFVP conference, and towards direct donations to the IFVP.
If you'd like to attend an online workshop, 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.)
We organize our events using the Meetup app. You can find us at www.meetup.com/NOVA-Scribes
It's free to be a NOVA Scribes Member; please join us!
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Book Club: "Graphic Facilitation"
·OnlineOnlineNOVA Scribes Book Club: Graphic Facilitation
Join the NOVA Scribes community for a book club conversation exploring Graphic Facilitation: Transforming Group Process with the Power of Visual Listening by David Sibbet.
In this session, we will reflect on Sibbet’s foundational ideas about working visually with groups, including how graphic facilitation can support shared understanding, engagement, and better group process. We'll practice the methods and explore the foundational principles in Graphic Facilitation.
You are invited to read the book in advance if they wish. Copies can be purchased here: https://grovetools-inc.com/collections/meeting-facilitation-supplies/products/graphic-facilitation-w-dvd. That said, reading the book or owning a copy is not required.
Come ready to explore the ideas, share experiences from your own practice, and discuss how visual listening and graphic facilitation can shape the way we work with groups.
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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_DUaJ35CYY8n7SzoPMJWe’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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New Frontiers in Facilitation - 2026 MAFN Conference
Lokalizacja jeszcze nie określona‼️This is a MAFN (Mid-Atlantic Facilitators Network) event. To attend, register at https://mafn.org/event-6471409
WHEN: Friday, April 17, 2026 | WHERE: Mason Fuse Center - 3401 Fairfax Drive Arlington, VA 22201
Don't miss out on this opportunity to Explore | Sharpen | Connect
We’re bringing the MAFN community together in person this spring - Join us!What You will Experience
Expect a day filled with fresh ideas, meaningful conversations, and the energy of being in community. Attendees will direct their own agenda around the content themes through interactive workshops and meaningful opportunities to connect and network before and after the conference.CONTENT Themes:
- Business development in dynamic times
- Technology shifts in facilitation
- Facilitating amid polarization and conflict
Who Should Attend and Why
If you lead groups, facilitate change, or guide learning, New Frontiers in Facilitation is designed for you. This one-day, in-person conference brings together facilitators, trainers, educators, coaches, mediators, and organizational leaders to explore cutting-edge practices in business development, technology in facilitation, and working across divided contexts. Beyond the sessions, the conference emphasizes intentional networking to help you build meaningful connections that last well beyond the event. Join us and leave inspired, equipped, and connected for the future of facilitation.SCHEDULE
- Registration & Coffee Networking from 8:30
- Plenary
- Rae Ringel - Rupture & Renewal, How Facilitation Evolves in a Polarized AI-Driven World
- Six workshops in three parallel sessions (the opportunity to join three in the program)
- Bola Audena - Scaling with Purpose: Building a Thriving Facilitation Brand in the Age of AI
- Carly Chomer & Kim Fredrich - Make Your Business Development Meaningful Not Mechanical
- Christine Gerson & Eboney Dixon-Crump - Clarity, Curiosity and Connection: Coaching Through Polarization & Communicating Across Differences
- Jennie Toner-Algin - Find the Beat: Using Musical Techniques to Reduce Polarization and Navigate Group Conflict
- Mike Burns - AI and Facilitation: Asking Not What It Can Do, But What It Should Do
- Nikki Frias - Building Bridges in Conflict and Uncertainty with Applied Improv
- Lunch & Networking
- Parallel sessions
- Knowledge Cafe: Join table hosts for skills-based learning
- Open Space: Join fellow participants to reflect on key learnings, collaboratively explore emerging questions, and engage in self-directed dialogue with peers.
- Closing
- Happy Hour & Networking from 4:00
Sponsorships available
Interested in reaching 100+ facilitators and organizational leaders?
Contact us today to ask about being the sole presenting sponsor!
View Sponsorship Opportunities: https://mafn.org/resources/Documents/MAFN%20New%20Frontiers%20Sponsorship%20Deck.pdf
Email Us: treasurer@mafn.orgRates
Members:
Early-Bird (until 11:59 pm on 2/15/26): $99.00
Regular Rate starting 2/16/26: $129.00
Membership Bundle (Member & Registration): $199.00
Non-Members:
Non-Member Early Bird (until 11:59 pm on 2/15/26): $129.00
Students:
Current/Active Student: $79.003 uczestników
Let’s Play! How to Leverage Games for Enhanced Self-Awareness and Reflection
·OnlineOnlineSelf-awareness is a key ingredient for any type of personal, professional, and relational growth. The role of a facilitator is often helping a client see themselves as they are, and identify ways to help them in their journey to grow and evolve into who they hope to become.
Play is a highly effective yet underutilized tool for sparking reflections around self-awareness and catalyzing insights for making change.
This highly interactive session will share ways to use games for a more interactive facilitation approach. Specifically, we’ll explore games that highlight different communication and information processing styles, reveal critical insights about attitudes toward risk and change, explore values and priorities, and offer opportunities to practice different ways of showing up and leading.
By the end of the session, you’ll have tools to incorporate games into your practice to further engage clients and facilitate meaningful and sustainable progress.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn the principles of game-based experiential learning and its benefits.
- Explore how to integrate games into engagements for high-performance outcomes.
- Practice using games to address communication skills, values, identity, and overcoming barriers.
Alex is the CEO and co-founder of Barometer XP, whose mission is to create cultures where people thrive because they feel a strong sense of purpose and belonging. She uses games and play to grow human-centered leaders and strengthen team performance and accountability
---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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