Thursday, August 7, 2008 from 9am to 10:30am
Facilitating Three Dimensional Image Making
John Ward, Visual Thinker, Many Minds, Breakthrough Facilitation

Most people express themselves far more spontaneously and skillfully in three dimensions than two. To draw well you have to flatten out your experience. A facilitator who wants to involve clients in the process of image making should consider leading them spatially. Everyone who feels an idea bubbling up in their mind waves their hands about and enthusiastically, unselfconsciously, rearranges the silverware on the table to explain themselves. This is pre-graphic kinesthetic modeling. It is also pre-verbal; and it is a great way to draw out original ideas in individuals and groups. Using this process most people can discover and articulate concepts they didn't know they had. They can fashion images and ideas that are hidden behind intellectual blocks, business as usual chatter, and social protocols.

Attendees will learn:
	Hear stories about the evolution and applications of Kinesthetic Modeling (KM)
	Observe a spontaneous demonstration of KM.
	Have plenty of opportunity to dialog with John about how KM can be applied to visual practice.

John Ward has been an active participant in IFVP conferences for over 10 years. He is a graphic facilitator who embraces a variety of arts based methods to help people in organizations think and work better together. His clientele includes Fortune 500 corporations, the US Government, numerous non-profits and small businesses. His recent work has focused on leadership development and the cultivation of visual literacy. This year, John and his wife Suzanne da Rosa, have moved to a home they built in San Miguel de Allende in central Mexico.

	Rob Benn will be recording John's session. Rob joined us in IFVP conferences in 2001 and is currently our Board President
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Referenced in John's talk:

Article: The Eureka Hunt

Daniel Pink's A Whole New Mind

Stuart Brown's National Institute for Play. Stuart on the podcast Speaking on Faith

Frank Wilson's book, The Hand

Richard Unger's book, LifePrints

Suggested by Kat:
Jill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of insight
Her TED Talk
Her book

Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics