Complimentary Lunch & Learn Webinar: VISUAL MEETINGS--A Revolution in Group Productivity
Thursday, February 3, 2011 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Pacific Time
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Ever been trapped in a meeting with no apparent agenda or outcomes, mind-numbing presentations, and hundreds of bullet point PPT slides?
Visual Meetings is the title of David Sibbet’s latest bestselling book where he unpacks how the hot field of visualization can transform your meetings. He is a world leader in graphic facilitation and visual thinking, drawing on more than 40 years of experience as a pioneering designer, consultant and trainer with companies in Silicon Valley and around the world. In our program Sibbet will unveil the alchemy of designing and conducting memorable meetings that unlock creativity, collaboration, and breakthrough thinking to get exciting results. David will demonstrate and explain some of the simple practices, tips, and tricks including:
- Using visual listening to energize teams, sales presentations, staff meetings, and brainstorming
- Applying visual planning, story boarding and graphic templates for understanding and alignment
- Looking at how new media platforms support visual meetings at a distance
- Understanding how visual language cuts through complexity and supports working across boundaries
About the presenter: David Sibbet is president and founder of The Grove Consultants International (www.grove.com), a San-Francisco based firm that supports organizations, teams and individuals to envision their futures and deal with change. He was involved with the growth of Apple Computer in the 1980s, worked at HP and Agilent for many years, leading strategic visioning sessions for groups and divisions and developing leadership programs and change projects.
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