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Dive into the world of visual thinking with our blog. At Lizard Brain, we specialize in visual facilitation. Based in the Washington, D.C. Metro Area, we offer teams across the country an evolved approach to brainstorming, helping them unlock their full creative potential and achieve breakthrough results.
Here on our blog, we share insights, tips, and stories about the power of graphic facilitation and recording. Discover how to transform your meetings, spark creativity, and achieve breakthrough results. Join the conversation and learn how to make your ideas truly visible.
YOU ASKED FOR IT: THE VIRTUAL FACILITATION WORKSHOP IS NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Since 2016, we've taught hundreds of facilitators how to be at their best online. We just updated The Virtual Facilitation Workshop in August 2020 to apply the realities of living in an online world. In this 3-hour interactive, online workshop, we’ll cover best practices and activities for facilitating groups online.
7 UPCOMING NOVA SCRIBES EVENTS
NOVA Scribes is about to have its busiest season, with more events than ever! These are filling FAST!
AS WE GO BACK TO WORK, DON'T DO BLENDED MEETINGS
A blended or meeting is whenever you have the hybrid approach of some people meeting in a room together and others dialing in with web-conferencing software or over the phone. Blended meetings are also a really bad idea…
QUICK TIPS FOR VIRTUAL MEETINGS 6: HOW TO SUCK AT VIRTUAL MEETINGS
We’ve shared plenty of advice on how to have good online meetings. We thought we’d take a different angle and share our favorite pet peeves. Continuing our series on tips for virtual meetings, here are six ways to guarantee your online meetings will be absolutely terrible.
JULY 7 5:30PM EST - VIRTUAL FACILITATION OPEN SPACE!
Open Space is a meeting format that sets up multiple simultaneous discussions on whatever topics you have interest and energy in. You suggest the topics for multiple breakout discussions, then you participate and discuss those topics with others that share your interest.
ATTEND THIS YEAR'S IFVP ONLINE CONFERENCE FOR FREE AS A NOVA SCRIBES SCHOLAR!
How would you like to a scholarships to attend the upcoming International Forum of Visual Practitioners (IFVP) online conference for free? This year, NOVA Scribes is sending 5 of its members to attend IFVP.
A PLACE TO PRACTICE YOUR ONLINE FACILITATION
If you’ve got a 30-minute to 3-hour workshop, training, or facilitated process you’re working on and would like to pilot before delivering it to a live studio audience, NOVA Scribes might be the place.
SUPPORT THE END OF STATE-SANCTIONED VIOLENCE
Lizard Brain stands alongside the peaceful protesters around the nation, desperate for change, exhausted from generations of unjust treatment, without proper consequences for those guilty of crimes against their fellow man.
NEW EBOOK ON DIGITAL SCRIBING BY MALGOSIA KOSTECKA
Malgosia has written an accessible, easy-to-use, step-by-step guide on digital scribing: the art of electronic illustrated note taking. She demonstrates using an iPad Pro and Procreate, which are fast becoming the industry-standard for digital scribing. Having said that, except for the most technical tips, the techniques she shares are universal.
LAST CALL FOR VIRTUAL FACILITATION WORKSHOPS!
This is it! This is the last call to register for any of our Virtual Facilitation Workshops! We’re down to the wire with only a few spaces left for the last seven sessions.
5 STEPS TO STAY FOCUSED WHEN TEACHING ONLINE
The world of fitness has tapped into a workout model designed to maximize results through balancing performance and rest. In this article, we apply the HIIT model to virtual meetings in an effort to help everyone do their best work from home.
IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO REGISTER FOR THE VIRTUAL FACILITATION WORKSHOPS!
Lizard Brain, in partnership with the Ringel Group and Dancing with Markers, has launched five new Virtual Facilitation Workshops. After completing any workshop, you’ll receive a promotion code to participate in as many of the other workshops as you like at a 25% discount.
REGISTRATION OPEN FOR THE VIRTUAL FACILITATION WORKSHOPS!
Lizard Brain, in partnership with the Ringel Group and Dancing with Markers, is launching five new Virtual Facilitation Workshops. We took what our participants said were the most valuable parts of the original Workshop and designed fresh perspectives on them. If you participated in the Virtual Facilitation Workshop, you’ll see a few familiar concepts, but you’ll also see new practices, tools, methods, and modalities.
QUICK TIPS FOR VIRTUAL MEETINGS: GET PARTICIPANTS READY BEFORE THE MEETING
The meeting should not be the first time your participants are using the technology platforms! Here's a few things you can do to get participants up to speed on the tech BEFORE the meeting.
VIRTUAL PIZZAZZ FOR TEACHERS - EPISODE 4: TOOLS FOR ENGAGEMENT - WEBCAM
It’s episode 4 of Virtual Pizzazz for Teachers, the series of videos we’re creating for teachers and instructors. We’re sharing our best tips on how to bring what you do in the room online.
VIRTUAL PIZZAZZ FOR TEACHERS - EPISODE 3: TOOLS FOR ENGAGEMENT - ZOOM CHAT
Here’s episode 3 of Virtual Pizzazz for Teachers, the series of videos we’re creating for teachers and instructors. We’re sharing our best tips on how to bring what you do in the room online.
VIRTUAL PIZZAZZ FOR TEACHERS - EPISODE 2: DESIGNING FOR SUCCESS
My colleague Rae Ringel and I are launching a series of quick videos for teachers and instructors. We’re sharing our best tips on how to take what you do in the room and bring it online.
QUICK TIPS FOR VIRTUAL MEETINGS: IT'S ALL ABOUT THE NUMBERS
The math is different when you’re planning for a virtual meeting! Here’s some rules of thumb to keep in mind.