Visual Thinker
Solve complex problems with visuals, and make a visible difference in any meeting by mastering how to use simple visual techniques to create clarity and spice up your presentations and storytelling.
What does the course cover?
Why draw?
Drawing sets you free since you are not bound to visuals, icons, and templates that already exist.
Everybody can draw
You will learn to create drawings you never thought possible with simple tips, tricks, and tools.
Your professional visual language
We can create a visual language tailored directly to your area of expertise.
Agenda
Introduction
Welcome to a more visual way of working
Sprint 1
Use basic shapes and seven elements to draw anything
Sprint 2
Discover and grow your own professional visual language
Application
Learn how bring your visual skills to offline and online meetings using pen, paper and digital whiteboards
Next Courses
What's included in the price?
- Questionaire
- Miro self test
- Access to "Learning Arena" Miro board
- 3½ hours engaging online session
- Maximum 18 participants
- 2 trainers
- Course material (e-book)
- Course templates in Miro
- Continued access to Academy & "Learning Arena" Miro board
- Course certificate
- Possibility of purchase of additional individual and team coaching
What you need to attend
Equipment
You need a camera, a good microphone and preferably two screens. We also recommend using mouse.
Teams
We run the courses using Teams. Before each session you receive an invite with ID and password.
Miro
We use the digital whiteboard Miro in all our courses. If you don't have, we provide guest access.
Pen & Paper
We often use simple sketching to prototype and communicate ideas. No prior skills required.
Time
Set aside time to prepare, get the tech working, and arrive. Courses often have pre-assignments.
Course features
Visual Tools
We use powerful visual tools to ensure effective learning and skill building.
Learning Space
We use predesigned learning spaces to host and harvest our learnings.
Certificate
We use certification as documentation for your new found capabilities.
Case work + peer coaching
We work, test, present, and receive feedback and coaching from each other.
What participants say
Great combination of instruction and hands on opportunity to participate.
Marge Dolan
All of the content is AMAZING. Super engaging workshop. I learned a lot and have tools I can use immediately in my work.
Kathleen Bright
It was a fully packed workshop. Rich in different exercises, a very thought through approach and beautifully executed.
Marianne Berendse
Meet your instructors
Loa Baastrup
Co-author of Visual Collaboration
Loa designs and facilitates large scale strategy processes and has trained more than 1500 people in Visual Collaboration Loa is co-author of Visual Collaboration.
Jacob Ackey Wolf
Designer, illustrator
Jacob is a designer and illustrator with a master's in Play Design from DSKD. He can turn any idea into engaging visuals that resonate.
Ole Qvist-Sørensen
Co-author of Visual Collaboration
Ole has 20+ years of international experience in assisting leadership teams in cultivating a more visual way of working.
Ole is co-author of Visual Collaboration.
Ole is co-author of Visual Collaboration.
Bettina Gulya
Process facilitator
Bettina is a highly experienced UX designer and trainer. She is a master at getting anyone back on track if devices tease or tools freeze.
Need an introduction before you sign up?
Want to talk and explore options?
Get started with a chapter of our award-winning book
Winner at the Independent Press Awards for best design.
Bronze medal winner at the Axiom Business Book Awards.
Rated ☆☆☆☆☆ by leading Danish newspaper Børsen.
What readers say
This book gives you the building blocks for meetings, processes or projects. It works as a new language for collaboration. In a world where we need tools and approaches to tackle our complex world this book can help you come up with solutions that work.
In my current role at Microsoft I don’t have the luxury of working with people face to face, so we do a lot of joint visualizations on digital whiteboards while connecting team members from all parts of the world. Visual Collaboration provided an extremely helpful method for clarifying goals, working out joint plans and shared responsibilities, and avoiding cultural or language barriers in our teams
Visual Collaboration is an inspiring guide for anyone who is interested in a more visual approach to organizing and hosting meetings and workshops. The book walks the reader step-by-step from discovering a new visual language to enabling others to work more visually. As a reader one doesn’t only find helpful hands-on tips but also inspirational templates which can be easily customized for any kind of meeting and workshop