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Think With Ink®
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.
AVAILABLE NOW! SURVIVING THE HORROR OF ONLINE MEETINGS
I’m very happy to announce my new book, Surviving the Horror of Online Meetings, is available now on Amazon!
THE VIRTUAL MODALITORY - MARCH 9 + APRIL 7
You’ll learn and practice virtual modalities to connect and energize participants, bring out and capture ideas, decide from among those ideas, plan the way ahead, and reflect on how to apply and customize what you’ve learned to your own work.
ANNOUNCING: SURVIVING THE HORROR OF ONLINE MEETINGS
To continue to share virtual facilitation methods, I’m very happy to announce a new book, Surviving the Horror of Online Meetings.
TAP YOUR FINGER, DRAW A PICTURE
“I'm constantly thinking about how to speed up my workflow and found myself drawing the same icons over and over again...I decided to turn my most used icons into stamp brushes and share them with all of you! You can add these icons to your Procreate canvas with the tap of your stylus and can change their color, size, and opacity. I hope you love these as much as I do!”
JAN. 7 + 8 - RAISE YOUR VIRTUAL FACILITATION GAME!
NEW DATES FOR OUR VIRTUAL FACILITATION WORKSHOP: JANUARY 7 FROM 4:00PM TO 7:00PM EST AND JANUARY 8 FROM 8:30AM TO 11:30AM EST
PROCREATE TOOLS
Transitioning from graphic recording to digital scribing? Procreate is fast becoming the digital scribe’s app of choice.
NOV. 5 - RAISE YOUR VIRTUAL FACILITATION GAME!
NEW DATE FOR OUR VIRTUAL FACILITATION WORKSHOP: NOVEMBER 5 FROM 11:00AM TO 2:00PM EST
NOVEMBER 5 - NEW DATE FOR THE VIRTUAL FACILITATION WORKSHOP
We’ve just posted a new date for our Virtual Facilitation Workshop: November 5 from 11:00AM to 2:00PM EST
3 WAYS PARTICIPANTS DISRUPT
What I’m talking about here are disruptive behaviors that are COUNTER-productive to group processes. A counter-productive disruption shuts down healthy dialogue, prematurely eliminates ideas before they’ve been given a thorough examination, or attacks people whether they’re in the room or not.
ALL THE NOVA SCRIBES WEBINARS IN ONE PLACE
Here are YouTube links to NOVA Scribes’ recorded webinars. I’m also including links to the each event page, which includes photos and sketchnotes of the events.
10 QUICK TIPS FOR VIRTUAL MEETINGS
If you can do it in a room, you can do it online. Here are some best practices for you and your participants to make the transition to virtual meetings easier.
4-0-6-3 BREATHING
Breathing exercises and techniques promote mindfulness, wellness, can help ease pain, and supports mental health.