Use eye–popping visual tools to energize your people! Just as social networking has reclaimed the Internet for human interactivity and co–creation, the visual meetings movement is reclaiming creativity, productivity, and playful exchange for serious work in groups. Visual Meetings explains how anyone can implement powerful visual tools, and how these tools are being used in Silicon Valley and elsewhere to facilitate both face–to–face and virtual group work. This dynamic and richly illustrated resource gives meeting leaders, presenters, and consultants a slew of exciting tricks and tools, including Graphic recording, visual planning, story boarding, graphic templates, idea mapping, etc. Creative ways to energize team building, sales presentations, staff meetings, strategy sessions, brainstorming, and more Getting beyond paper and whiteboards to engage new media platforms Understanding emerging visual language for leading groups Unlocking formerly untapped creative resources for business success, Visual Meetings will help you and your team communicate ideas more effectively and engagingly.
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Praise for Visual Meetings “David Sibbet is the father of visual facilitation. This book finally lets us see meetings as he sees them—as eye–opening opportunities to discover what people really think. David’s approach to visually recording and visually facilitating meetings will help you become a better meeting leader and participant, see a whole new side of business—and a whole new side of yourself.” –Dan Roam, author of The Back of the Napkin “I have experienced the transformative power of David’s pioneering visual methods and tools. Open this book and you will get a clear vision of collaboration in the future—groups inspired and energized, tapping into their collective wisdom to create sustainable solutions: the global brain at work.” –Meryem Le Saget, Meryem Le Saget Consulting, Paris “David Sibbet is a genius. Buy this book, and study it, not only for better meetings, but for better organizations, better teams, and a better future.” –Alan M. Webber, co–founder of Fast Company magazine “This amazing book shows you how visualization can bring clarity to the growing complexity around us.” –Bob Johansen, Distinguished Fellow, Institute for the Future “This book is like David’s workshops—fun and fruitful. Time and again, I have seen the principles and processes described in this book yield a rich harvest among audiences in Singapore.” –Dawn Yip, Soulbreath Consulting Singapore “Visual Meetings is an elegant and immensely practical guide to transforming group productivity. It provides novices with a fast start to making the most of scarce group time.” –Paul Saffo, Technology Forecaster Visiting Scholar, Stanford Media–X Network “ ’What If Meetings Were Really Fun AND Productive ?’ Can you imagine? Visual meetings master David Sibbet has done it—put all the competency, wisdom, language, technique, resources, tools, everything you need in one delightful book?” –Robert E. Horn, author of Visual Language: Global Communication for the 21 st Century
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Eye–popping visual tools can energy your meetings! When people work visually they have better ideas, make better decisions, and are more committed to producing results. A twenty–first century guide to using the latest visual thinking techniques with your groups and teams, Visual Meetings give you a bounty of tools and tricks to unlock creativity, collaboration, and breakthrough thinking. Use graphic recording, visual planning, storyboarding, idea mapping, and similar techniques Give better presentations without resorting to PowerPoint Consult and sell with graphics and visualization tools Get beyond paper and whiteboards to tablets, iPads, and other new media platforms Make all meetings more interesting and productive Improve both face–to–face and virtual group work And much more…
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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A Very Practical Guide to how you can bring your work with groups to life
21 Jun 2011
By P. Pullan
Format:Paperback
I think that this book is fabulous.
Why? I was trained in David's methods and tools in 2001. Since then, I've used them with groups of all sizes from England, where I'm based, to New Zealand, the Middle East, Singapore, the USA and all over Europe. This stuff really works.
A visual meeting is quite a different experience from a normal meeting - it's shorter, more memorable, more participative, lots of fun and incredibly productive. Overall, in my experience, visual meetings are far more effective. This inspirational book covers a huge range of tools and methods.
Another review talks about this book being basic as 'it's a beginners guide to drawing'. Well, guess what? Visual meetings mean just that. Visuals. Graphics. Lines, shapes even people, all drawn to support the work of the group. Most people don't have the confidence to be able to draw large pictures or even lines (!) in public in front of groups. Yes, this means that being confident drawing lines, circles etc is important and needs practice. Without confidence, you won't be able to use the really cool stuff in the 99% of the book that isn't about basic drawing.
I would commend this book to everyone, from staff and managers in commercial organisations, to teachers in schools, to government agencies and NGOs.
Why? I was trained in David's methods and tools in 2001. Since then, I've used them with groups of all sizes from England, where I'm based, to New Zealand, the Middle East, Singapore, the USA and all over Europe. This stuff really works.
A visual meeting is quite a different experience from a normal meeting - it's shorter, more memorable, more participative, lots of fun and incredibly productive. Overall, in my experience, visual meetings are far more effective. This inspirational book covers a huge range of tools and methods.
Another review talks about this book being basic as 'it's a beginners guide to drawing'. Well, guess what? Visual meetings mean just that. Visuals. Graphics. Lines, shapes even people, all drawn to support the work of the group. Most people don't have the confidence to be able to draw large pictures or even lines (!) in public in front of groups. Yes, this means that being confident drawing lines, circles etc is important and needs practice. Without confidence, you won't be able to use the really cool stuff in the 99% of the book that isn't about basic drawing.
I would commend this book to everyone, from staff and managers in commercial organisations, to teachers in schools, to government agencies and NGOs.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Back in 1998 had the privilege to attend a training workshop by David Sibbet. I was highly sceptical about the concept sketching out ideas in serious business meetings, but since that training I've used visual techniques with dozens of clients and had quite extraordinary results. So, when I saw Visual Meetings in a book store I had to buy a copy.
You'll find this book useful if you're finding it hard to get agreement when it comes to problem solving, creative ideas and decisions. The author clearly explains the power of visualisation and using sketches for interaction - whether its on a napkin, flip chart or whiteboard. For those who think they can't draw (like you and me) he also explains how to pick up a pen and doodle your way into other people worlds. What a great way to create rapport and joint understanding.
You'll find some very good material in the book and if you approach it a bit like a workshop in print you will get a lot from it.
Unlike many business books this one gets the message across with plenty of graphics (as you might expect) and concise prose.
Highly recommend.
You'll find this book useful if you're finding it hard to get agreement when it comes to problem solving, creative ideas and decisions. The author clearly explains the power of visualisation and using sketches for interaction - whether its on a napkin, flip chart or whiteboard. For those who think they can't draw (like you and me) he also explains how to pick up a pen and doodle your way into other people worlds. What a great way to create rapport and joint understanding.
You'll find some very good material in the book and if you approach it a bit like a workshop in print you will get a lot from it.
Unlike many business books this one gets the message across with plenty of graphics (as you might expect) and concise prose.
Highly recommend.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good but repetitive, good but repetitive, good but repetitive, good...
28 Jun 2012
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I loved this book.
It has some wonderful ideas and helps prove that you do not need to be a van Gough to accomplish effective visuals in meetings or the classroom.
My only complaint is that it does try to reinforce the same points again and again.
It has some wonderful ideas and helps prove that you do not need to be a van Gough to accomplish effective visuals in meetings or the classroom.
My only complaint is that it does try to reinforce the same points again and again.
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Inspiring
Lots of tools for better meetings, very visual and easily adaptable. Recommend to all facilitators and consultants who arrange workshops
Published 3 months ago by Erkki Petäjä
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Visual Meetings David Sibbet
Nicely mapped out and instructive book. A useful reference book for visual meetings. This guy has been there and done so you know he's talking in practical terms.
Published 4 months ago by Rick and Sarah Coleman
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Nice Book
Arrived on time, well packed, useful book as a reference, lots of good ideas and will be a good reference for many years to come.
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Possible the single worst book I've ever bought to help with my business. I though it would teach me some visual techniques to assist with fairly boring meetings but unfortunately... Read more
Published on 19 Feb 2011 by D Lambert
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GREAT BOOK - Image is fundamental in any meeting
This is a very cool book.
Grove is a very well know company in this field and the book corresponds to expectations. Read more
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