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Featured
Member Interview
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What was your path to becoming a Visual Practitioner?
It depends on how far down the rabbit hole you’d like to go! : ) The short version is I was working as an OD specialist contractor for an outdoor corporate challenge course (ropes courses that focus on corporate team building) and was introduced to the field by a consulting firm I was partnering with. I was hooked at first sight – or mark!
How long
have you been in practice?
Since 2003.
What is your greatest strength as Visual
Practitioner?
Clients have shared with me that they value my input to the session design to provide creative ideas regarding facilitation processes, overall logic flow design, group interaction, and generating custom tailored applications for how graphic recording can best support the session’s specific facilitation methodologies and the organization’s desired outcomes.
Cient quote:
“Stephanie,
I wanted to personally thank you for the fabulous work you did at the Texas Transportation Forum. Your ability and artistry still amazes me and your charts were appreciated by all the attendees. There have been so many positive comments about your work. We have posted your images on the TXDoT Forum website and have plans to use them in a print publication as well. Many people have asked to have copies of them. I really enjoyed working with you. You are organized and professional and you made my job so much easier.
Thank you again for a great experience!”
- Deana Ricks, Conference Planner, TXDoT Government and Public Affairs Division
What makes your style unique?
Clients frequently comment on my style of graphic recording as being largely concept-illustration focused and utilizing strong metaphors; taking overall concepts and top level themes to create a cohesive image that captures the main takeaway points with the end result being more of an illustrative model or information-graphic type of chart. …
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Tell
us about one of your favorite projects.
I recently had the honor of being featured and published in Harvard Business Review, September 2010 issue, in the article “Bored of Powerpoint? Then try this!” It’s so exciting to see that an institution of such high standing as Harvard is highlighting the value that graphic recording brings to events. The digitized chart below is the piece I created of a classic HBR article, “Marketing Myopia”, and was the piece that was published in the HBR article about graphic recording. |
What do you see in the future for yourself
as a visual practitioner?
I see graphic recording as becoming more of a common mainstay in how we conduct our business. I also see graphic recording as an important piece to regrasping the human-ness in our business and organizations – in some ways stereotypical text-heavy Powerpoint presentations has removed the human element from our messages. Hand drawn illustrations innately reflect our human quality to connect to other ideas and tell the story of what we are trying to convey.
For
the Visual Practitioner community?
I’m sure that technology will continue to play a role and I’m looking forward to future technology advances and the changes it will bring! And with the advance of technology, I also think that part of us is reaching back to what may be construed as more ‘hand made’ as we see a resurgence of hand-drawn illustrations (field of graphic recording) and back-of-the-napkin type supporting visuals.
Who are you inspired by?
I’m inspired by those people who maintain a fabulous insightful sense of humor when discussing our crazy world
What books are you currently reading?
- “What the Dog Saw” – by Malcolm Gladwell
- “Eat, Pray, Love” – by Elizabeth Gilbert
- “A Whole New Mind” – by Daniel Pink (read this some time ago, but it’s always a good re-read!)
- Wired Magazine – while not a book obviously, it is one of my favorite magazines.
Share with us two of your favorite websites.
www.ted.com Wide range of insightful talks.
What is one best practice you would like to share?
Keep an open mind when approaching each and every project. I try to continuously ask myself how I can customize the graphic recording approach to best support the specific meeting design and facilitation methodology the client has planned. This keeps it fresh, you get some unique results that you might not have thought of otherwise, and everyone benefits!
Who would you most like to meet whether the past or today?
One would definitely be Barack Obama. Jane Goodall has always fascinated me since I was a young girl and actually first inspired me to want to travel the world. Malcolm Gladwell continues to both excite my brain and simultaneously turn it to jelly! And I’m also a huge fan of John Stewart of “The Daily Show” – I know, not high brow but I think I would have a belly ache from laughing so hard!
Any final thoughts?
I love graphic recording, supporting the group process as they reach that AHA moment, and bringing those concepts to life through illustration and metaphor!
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