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What Is Graphic Facilitation?

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It is well known that visuals are a great tool for learning for people of all ages in many different settings. Something that is less known is that there are professionals who create visuals specifically to help groups of people, who are often professionals themselves, to learn collectively and to come together to accomplish a particular goal. This process is known as graphic facilitation training. Here we will explain how it works, who can benefit from it, and how it began.

How does Graphic Facilitation Work?

Used in meetings, workshops, seminars, and conferences, among other settings, this technique involves the use of a blank board of some sort that a graphic facilitator turns into an illustration of the communication going on within the group, right in front of the participants’ eyes. In this way, the act of the visual being completed is a part of the group’s learning, as is the finished visual piece. It is a unique way to get members of a group to understand how the group is communicating and how they can come to meet a goal or make a decision. It can also be used for strategic planning and for creating a vision for a company.

Who can benefit from Graphic Facilitation?

People from many professions and walks of life can benefit from creating or learning from this technique. It can be used by consultants and executives to lead their employees to come to a decision together, and by helping professionals such as therapists, coaches, and counselors to help their clients. People who present information to others, such as authors, speakers, and trainers can also use it to organize their content in a different way for others’ benefit.

Many people are visual learners and will remember more of what they’ve see than of what they hear, so if you have a complex message to share or a big decision to make, this is a great way to help everyone involved to be able to participate to the best of their ability.

How did Graphic Facilitation Begin

Geoff Ball founded graphic facilitation, which he declared was useful for supporting learning together as a group and for giving a group a memory that they would share together. The first people to use this technique were inspired by psychology, designers, art, computer engineers, and architects. It has grown a lot since its start and continues to be popular today.

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