This introductory workshop will provide aspiring and emerging practitioners with a solid foundation in graphic facilitation and equip them with tools, visual frameworks, listening strategies, and capture techniques that will support the development of their craft. Seasoned professionals are also welcome to join to learn about new models, materials, and applications. If you’re looking to enter the world of graphic facilitation and want to hit the ground running, this course is for you.

Past participants have told us...

"One of the main takeaways is how powerful and deeply transformative this tool/skill/method/process is and can be. [I have] the confidence that even when I still have so much to learn, I can do it!"

"The depth, creativity, strategy, and intention of this work...y'all practice it in deeeep integrity and intention. Y'all are AMAZING!"

"[The most important thing I'm taking away is the] depth of this work as a systems change tool that I can take baby steps to integrate with practice."

"[I learned] how to approach graphic recording/facilitation as both an art and a discipline."

"Soooooo much gratitude!"

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

• Overview and history of the graphic facilitation field
• Foundations of visual vocabulary
• Drawing basics
• Lettering basics
• Visual frameworks
• Foundations of deep listening
• Tools and best practices
• Self care for graphic facilitators

WORKSHOP LEADS

Sita Magnuson

Sita Magnuson is a process artist, educator, and community weaver with over two decades of experience in process co-design, facilitation, and visualization. Her work spans diverse contexts, from global initiatives involving complex multi-stakeholder collaboration to local, place-based initiatives that engage communities in imagining and manifesting their futures. As a co-founder of Dpict, Sita collaborates deeply with partners to support individual, community, and organizational learning, employing multisensory tools to catalyze imagination, collaboration, and systems-aware decision-making. She has taught and mentored people from around the globe in the fundamentals of scribing and the radical repurposing of space. She is an active board member of Lighthouse Holyoke, a collaborative learning environment for students in grades 6-12, and the Co-Intelligence Institute, an organization focused on promoting innovations in collective wisdom, co-creativity, and collaborative governance. Sita resides in Easthampton, Massachusetts, on Nipmuc and Pocomtuc land, with her husband and two children.

Alicia Bramlett

Alicia is a world-renowned graphic facilitator with nearly three decades of experience using art and creative, visual storytelling to support change initiatives at all scales. She's been a student and practitioner of collaborative design and graphic facilitation since 1996. Alicia has supported organizations, communities, and networks worldwide, employing creative tools to help draw connections between disparate experiences, model ideas to reveal possibility, and help people see and understand their work and each other in context. In the past five years, Alicia and her Dpict colleagues have been building and delivering a curriculum to share our knowledge and skills with new practitioners of graphic facilitation and experience design. Alicia is an illustrator and maker, imagining and building for her garden and family and for participants and learners stepping into an immersive, creative experience. She lives in Cleveland, Tennessee.

FORMAT & METHOD

Our workshops balance large-group conceptual learning with practical application, small-group work, and one-on-one coaching and mentorship. We believe there is a lot we can learn from one another, and we design our workshops to weave together the experience of the practitioners in the room. We allow space for emergence in our design, and we value creativity, play, rigor, and good food.

SCHEDULE

• Monday, September 28: 4:30-6:30
• Tuesday, September 29: 9-5
• Wednesday, September 30: 9-5
• Thursday, October 1: 9-3

WHAT IS INCLUDED

The workshop fee includes breakfast, lunch, and an incredible toolkit of markers and supplies (valued at over $100) to help you continue learning when you return home.

Accommodations and dinner are NOT included in the fee. We are happy to help you find accommodations and will do our utmost to ensure you have a wonderful experience. Please let us know how we can be of service.

WORKSHOP FEES

Dpict offers this workshop on a wide sliding-scale depending on your individual and organizational access to money and wealth. We have limited scholarships available and are happy to work with you if you need support. Don't hesitate to contact Andy (andy@dpict.info) to explore options.

Our sliding scale is an intentional effort to distribute resources equitably. We know that our experiences regarding these factors are different and complex. This list aims to help you self-assess to consider what rate to pay.

Consider paying less if:

• you are supporting children or have other dependents
• have significant debt
• have medical expenses not covered by insurance
• receive public assistance
• have immigration-related expenses
• are an elder with limited financial support
• are an unpaid community organizer

Consider Paying more if:

• you own the home you live in
• have investments, retirement accounts, or inherited money
• travel recreationally
• have access to family money and resources in times of need
• work part-time by choice
• have a relatively high degree of earning power due to your level of education (or gender and racial privilege, class background, etc.)

If you have access to organizational support, we ask that you pay at the Full Rate and up.