More Productive & Engaging Meetings
Our engaging processes build trust, help groups “see the big picture”,  tackle hard or complicated issues, create connections and problem-solve faster with greater consensus.  We’ll help you clarify your needs and goals, then design a process to fulfill them. As neutral facilitators, we’ll use graphic and interactive tools to help your group work more productively.

Custom worksheets and templates organize ideas and keep everyone on track. Interactive learning games create real change. Charts and drawings document your work, achievements and agreements.

Custom Templates for Rich Input and Participation
Templates help groups self-facilitate, collect community input or data, develop a plan, collaborate to  identify issues and solve complex problems.  Data and ideas are documented directly from the source.

Unite Diverse Groups
Visuals speak when language falls short or cultures collide. Unite a broad range of communities, businesses, non-profits and state and government agencies and close gaps among international and special language groups. See Client Sample

Communications Workshops
Need and elevator speech training? Developing a marketing, promotions or communications strategy? Our tools to help you identify your audience, develop compelling talking points and devise a strong communications plan.  See Client Sample

Training Program Enhancement
Train better. Strengthen your current training program and materials with proven tools and strategies can enhance outcomes that improve long-term impacts. See Client Sample

Facilitator Support
We’ll enhance your your facilitative process with proven graphic tools, learning games and new innovations.

WHAT
is Graphic Facilitation & Meeting Design

Graphic Facilitation is an enhanced facilitated process that incorporates graphic tools to make meetings, workshops, forums and events more effective, efficient and engaging.

A Graphic Facilitator works with clients to identify and clarify needs then designs and implements a meeting process to achieve desired outcomes. During a meeting or event, we act as a neutral facilitator and use graphic and interactive tools to create an experience that is both memorable and productive.

Meeting Design includes clarifying strategies and objective then designing a process to reach your goals. Considerations also include recommendations on meeting space set-up, timing, use of appropriate tools which may include graphic recording, graphic templates, small and large group activities, interactive learning games, and pre- and post-event activities.

WHY
Graphic Facilitation

Graphic Facilitation Activates Whole-Brain Thinking. Our unique and proven processes combine standard verbal or linear work processes with visual tools and interactive experiential learning games that energize participants and stimulate mental processes and increases mental productivity. Graphics enable people to focus on objectives, see trends, commonalities, acknowledges differences and issue then work together to move forward.

High-impact. Dynamic Enhancement.
Part-entertainment, all engaging, Graphic Facilitation offers a dynamic and interesting way to energize teams, increase productivity and efficiency and generate powerful outcomes.

(See Why Graphics?)

WHY
Graphic Tools & Learning Games

Our Graphic Tools & Learning Games Create Peak Experiences
Energize groups and activate higher level thinking. Games and graphics activate peak performance and enable groups to learn new materials, or tackle hard or complicated issues in a systematic way, encouraging big picture thinking while also considering critical details.

  • Custom Worksheets, Templates, and Storymaps keep workgroups on track and allow teams to document and organize detail rich ideas and data with easy to understand instructional worksheets and group templates. We can also create high-end finish art in the form of a storymap, infographic or clear and concise instructional illustrations that outline processes, systems and/or educational materials.

    Breakout groups working with custom process graphic templates at the Department of Health 2015 PAN Forum Conference, Honolulu Hawaiig-template

  • Interactive Learning Games create shared experiences and powerful memories that drive real change. Concepts and ideas become personal and real. Great tools for building strong teams and unifying diverse groups.
  • Graphic Charts and Drawings document your work, achievements and agreements.

Maintain Momentum: Post, Share and Like-Love It.
Display actual charts and work materials to share your work with others and update non-attendees, remind participants and inspire follow through. Include photos or downloadable PDFs of charts, or selected images from the event on your website, in follow-up emails, postcards, social media. Send PDF copies of charts to attendees. Reuse images for save the date mailers for your next event. Post on all your social media accounts for community awareness or general promotions.

WHERE & WHEN
Graphic Facilitation is used

  • Strategic Planning
  • Community Meetings
  • Training Programs
  • Leadership Development
  • Organizational Development
  • Systems & Processes Development
  • Forums
  • Team Building
  • Retreats
  • Mission & Vision Development/Re-Development
  • Summits
  • Brain storming Sessions
  • Workshops
  • ….The possibilities are endless…

    • This is the second event I’ve been involved with where you were facilitating the process. As both a ‘participant’ and a board member I have a greater understanding of the value your service provides. I was able to see and hear first hand the feedback from our community stakeholders and that alone was worth it’s weight in gold.

      Drawing out genuine honest comments from everyone can be a challenging process. But you’ve created a way where it seemed natural and easy. The outpouring of emotion in some folks at my table, clearly underscored how effective it all was.”

      Captain Ed Enos
      Hawaii Pilots Association, Kanehunamoku Voyaging Academy Board Member
    • Cynthia is the best kind of professional around. She is talented, visionary, and upbeat. I have utilized her insight and skills on multiple projects and can’t wait to do so again. Her graphic recording lights up a room. It adds possibilities and connections to meetings and sessions that go way beyond conversation and decisions. I and my clients love her. I highly recommend Cynthia.”

      Greg Zlevor
      Global Leadership Development Consultant,
      President, Westwood International

    Work Smarter.
    Be More Productive.

    Visual processes increase group consensus by 21%

    Graphic meetings produce 22% more outputs in 13% less time.

    People are more engaged in graphic meetings and collaborate better, even when the topic is tough.

    Staying Power.

    Large-scale charts are hard to ignore.

    Agreements, issues and next steps go on record in large graphic formats to help hold teams accountable. 

    Active & Actionable

    Graphic Facilitation compels active participation.

    Ideas become tangible while learning games create meaningful and transformative experiences and uncover hidden potential.

    Rich Data, Ideas and Input collection

    Templates organize input and stimulate focused thinking.Rich and diverse ideas are documented and preserved.

    Participants can self-facilitate and work together productively.