Graphic recording experiences with World Cafe - The World Cafe Community 2010-10-13T08:52:55Z http://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/forum/topics/graphic-recording-experiences?feed=yes&xn_auth=no Dear world cafe people, As v… tag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2010-10-06:3306069:Comment:31028 2010-10-06T09:41:39.654Z Reinhard Kuchenmüller http://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/ReinhardKuchenmueller Dear world cafe people,<br /> <br /> As visual recorders we have drawn our images at several world cafe`s over the years, and shown them to the participants afterwards in a slide show. So we came across several ways to practice your concept.<br /> <br /> I love the basic idea of world cafe, and am glad that drawing or scribbling on the table cloth is a part of it (I believe that Nancy Margulies has influenced this a lot, thank you Nancy!). Only this idea is realized in very different ways. Some facilitators ask people… Dear world cafe people,<br /> <br /> As visual recorders we have drawn our images at several world cafe`s over the years, and shown them to the participants afterwards in a slide show. So we came across several ways to practice your concept.<br /> <br /> I love the basic idea of world cafe, and am glad that drawing or scribbling on the table cloth is a part of it (I believe that Nancy Margulies has influenced this a lot, thank you Nancy!). Only this idea is realized in very different ways. Some facilitators ask people very carefully to use this possibility to express their ideas in pictures, some rarely mention it. Some hang the table cloths on wires afterwards like a little exposition, others destroy them after each round without comment.<br /> <br /> The participants often only write, seldomly put energy into scribbling. Once in Vienna I saw a girl producing phantastic drawings, the whole cloth was a piece of art, but this was just once. May be that the pure size of the cloths makes people a bit shy.<br /> <br /> My idea thinking about the possibilities of visualizing the ideas, feelings, results, and making all the little images seen and honored afterwards:<br /> <br /> Perhaps you could propose, that people draw on little cards which lay on the tables. Just one idea per card, and adding a few words to it. Afterwards one can gather all the cards and hang them on a prepared picture wall. If it goes well and there is time and energy for that, the participants also can cluster the cards, and come to a broad view of the day.<br /> <br /> The idea of the small cards of course is taken from our way of visualizing, I am using these little cards since 16 years now, you can see this method on our website (below). Only so far we seldomly asked people to use them, so this would be an innovation.<br /> <br /> I would love to discuss these possibilities with you! Hi all There will be a train… tag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2010-08-24:3306069:Comment:28628 2010-08-24T12:27:19.742Z Rowan Simonsen http://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/RowanSimonsen Hi all<br /> <br /> There will be a training in Brussels on how to develop your own graphic recording and harvesting abilitities.<br /> See the event here if you are interested.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/events/graphic-harvesting-training" target="_blank">http://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/events/graphic-harvesting-training</a><br /> <br /> /Rowan Hi all<br /> <br /> There will be a training in Brussels on how to develop your own graphic recording and harvesting abilitities.<br /> See the event here if you are interested.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/events/graphic-harvesting-training" target="_blank">http://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/events/graphic-harvesting-training</a><br /> <br /> /Rowan The WC I facilitated had abou… tag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2009-12-24:3306069:Comment:17550 2009-12-24T18:30:34.730Z Heath Harding http://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/HeathHarding The WC I facilitated had about 60 people. At the end of round three, I asked people to write/draw their best ideas on 8x11 sheets of white paper large enough so they could be seen from a distance. We posted them on a big wall. I then gave them blue sheets to write themes/categories. (Could add another color for arrows or other symbols.)<br /> <br /> I was nervous about this prior to the event but magic happened as I invited everyone up to post their ideas and to help organize the ideas. A few people stepped… The WC I facilitated had about 60 people. At the end of round three, I asked people to write/draw their best ideas on 8x11 sheets of white paper large enough so they could be seen from a distance. We posted them on a big wall. I then gave them blue sheets to write themes/categories. (Could add another color for arrows or other symbols.)<br /> <br /> I was nervous about this prior to the event but magic happened as I invited everyone up to post their ideas and to help organize the ideas. A few people stepped up because it was their strength to see patterns and organize them. A group of people hovered and made suggestions for organizing. Others not interested in this part of the process continued to talk about the ideas and some even started conversations about how to move towards implementation.<br /> <br /> The whole group felt a lot of buy-in since the final design, although less sophisticated, was their creation. Nancy's books are fantastic.… tag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2009-07-30:3306069:Comment:3509 2009-07-30T06:17:39.066Z Avril Orloff http://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/AvrilOrloff Nancy's books are fantastic. I also get a lot of use out of the Grove books, especially their 'Graphic Facilitation'. Tony Buzan's books on mind mapping are also very helpful. Nancy's books are fantastic. I also get a lot of use out of the Grove books, especially their 'Graphic Facilitation'. Tony Buzan's books on mind mapping are also very helpful. Susan Kelly has a great manua… tag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2009-07-30:3306069:Comment:3499 2009-07-30T05:26:31.485Z Maria de los Angeles Cinta http://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/MariadelosAngelesCinta Susan Kelly has a great manual called The Nature of Graphic Recording. It is a wonderful resource as well.<br /> <br /> Warmly,<br /> <br /> Maria de los Angeles Susan Kelly has a great manual called The Nature of Graphic Recording. It is a wonderful resource as well.<br /> <br /> Warmly,<br /> <br /> Maria de los Angeles WE ARE STARTING the practitio… tag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2009-07-30:3306069:Comment:3496 2009-07-30T04:59:48.753Z Luis Carlos Jacobsen http://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/luiscarlosjacobsen WE ARE STARTING the practitioner´s community with our pioneer viviana torrijos. we want to start formal and non formal ways to train visual recorders, besides pure experience.<br /> <br /> i know margulie´s books. what other resources there are? WE ARE STARTING the practitioner´s community with our pioneer viviana torrijos. we want to start formal and non formal ways to train visual recorders, besides pure experience.<br /> <br /> i know margulie´s books. what other resources there are? What a wonderful thing to be… tag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2009-07-26:3306069:Comment:2831 2009-07-26T04:54:24.917Z juanita brown http://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/JuanitaBrown What a wonderful thing to be happening....thank you to the Visual Practioners who have been such an integral part of the evolution of the World Cafe...and to you Nick, for offering this space for a learning exchange among visual practitioners.<br /> <br /> With warm regards,<br /> Juanita Brown What a wonderful thing to be happening....thank you to the Visual Practioners who have been such an integral part of the evolution of the World Cafe...and to you Nick, for offering this space for a learning exchange among visual practitioners.<br /> <br /> With warm regards,<br /> Juanita Brown Great contribution, Ria. My… tag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2009-07-26:3306069:Comment:2828 2009-07-26T03:56:03.391Z John Roodt http://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/JohnRoodt Great contribution, Ria.<br /> <br /> My personal concern is that I end up filtering the ideas through my own perspectives, thereby taking on an awesome responsibility as the Recorder. I'm not at all against this since I aspire to "systems architecting through visual dialogue". But I would need to have built up a significant level of trust and credibility with the participants so that they are prepared to accept me as the "architect" of the system under discussion.<br /> <br /> But this means moving away from the role… Great contribution, Ria.<br /> <br /> My personal concern is that I end up filtering the ideas through my own perspectives, thereby taking on an awesome responsibility as the Recorder. I'm not at all against this since I aspire to "systems architecting through visual dialogue". But I would need to have built up a significant level of trust and credibility with the participants so that they are prepared to accept me as the "architect" of the system under discussion.<br /> <br /> But this means moving away from the role of "recorder". Your thoughts on this would be appreciated. I can certainly vouch for you… tag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2009-07-26:3306069:Comment:2827 2009-07-26T03:45:28.410Z John Roodt http://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/JohnRoodt I can certainly vouch for your approach. The only concern I have is that "prevailing wisdom" suggests that by capturing what everyone is saying, and using their exact words, creates a sense of joint ownership and a feeling that each and every contribution is valued. Do you agree? And if so, how would you work to achieve that? I can certainly vouch for your approach. The only concern I have is that "prevailing wisdom" suggests that by capturing what everyone is saying, and using their exact words, creates a sense of joint ownership and a feeling that each and every contribution is valued. Do you agree? And if so, how would you work to achieve that? Julie said: "What I'm leaning… tag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2009-07-25:3306069:Comment:2810 2009-07-25T19:54:16.611Z Ria Baeck http://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/RiaBaeck Julie said: "What I'm leaning toward now is to focus more on the big picture than the details, so that instead of madly trying to capture all the ideas in the room, I'll try to stand back a bit and attend to the larger story that's emerging. ........ - but I'd like to see if it wouldn't be more effective to move the recording up to a more "meta" level."<br /> <br /> When I do this kind of harvesting, I never try to capture 'all the ideas in the room'. Indeed, I try to stand back a bit and atten to the large… Julie said: "What I'm leaning toward now is to focus more on the big picture than the details, so that instead of madly trying to capture all the ideas in the room, I'll try to stand back a bit and attend to the larger story that's emerging. ........ - but I'd like to see if it wouldn't be more effective to move the recording up to a more "meta" level."<br /> <br /> When I do this kind of harvesting, I never try to capture 'all the ideas in the room'. Indeed, I try to stand back a bit and atten to the larger story. My view on this is that we are not just 'a graphic recorder' = recording in a graphic way what is said in the conversations, but caputuring the deeper patterns, listen for it, and then bring it together in a way that most people have a kind of memory about it. For me this is indeed about the meta-level and that's why it is good to look from a distance, stand back a little...<br /> A next level is then to have an indepth conversation from his harvest with the hosting team (client / facilitator + ?), that brings even a next level of clarity and harvest!