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| Full Name: |
Avril Orloff |
| NCDD Member Since: |
Mar. 2, 2005 |
| About Me: |
When I was a little girl, I was fascinated by a story about a little girl who had a magic pencil. Whatever she drew with her magic pencil came to life and became real. I always wanted to have a pencil like that. In the past year I've been building a practice as a graphic facilitator, and realize that my childhood dream has come true: I now have that magic pencil! In my case, it's a palette of magic markers – but the outcome is the same: when I put my markers to paper in a roomful of people, whatever they say takes shape in an image and becomes somehow more real. I'm keen to use this new-found skill to enliven meetings and enable people to see "the big picture" - literally. I believe that adding a visual dimension to conversations taps into more creative ways of thinking about the issues and engages people at a more visceral level than can be achieved through just words. So far, most of my work has been done in visioning and planning meetings, for a variety of civic and community organizations. My dream is to also find ways to apply this work to conflict resolution, and to connect with others who are involved in arts-based dialogue/ community engagement/conflict resolution. I'm a big fan of World Cafe and Open Space, had a Transformative Experience doing forum theatre, and find magic in making music with others – especially mingling voices in harmony. If that's not dialogue, I don't know what is! |
| My Interest Areas: |
Graphic facilitation, conflict resolution, World Cafe, Open Space, using the arts in dialogue...I'm sure I will think of more! |
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| Title / Position: |
Graphic facilitator
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| Where to Find My Work: |
You can find samples of my work on my blog at http://avrilorloff.com |
| My Favorite Links: |
Great links for graphic facilitators include The Center for Graphic Facilitation at http://graphicfacilitation.blogs.com and Christina Merkley's website at www.makemark.com. The Public Conversations Project (www.publicconversations.org) has great downloadable resources for convening difficult dialogues. The World Cafe (www.theworldcafe.com) is a great place to hang out. Just Vision (www.justvision.org) inspires me. I unleash my inner Jackson Pollock at www.jacksonpollock.org (try it, you'll love it!) |
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| Email: |
[email protected] |
| Phone Number: |
604-876-8418 |
| Website URL: |
avrilorloff.com |
| Street Address: |
#213 - 3480 Main Street |
| City: |
Vancouver
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| State/Province: |
BC
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| Country (if not U.S.): |
Canada
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| Zip or Country Code: |
V5V 3N2
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| NCDD 2008 Attendee: |
Not yet
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| NCDD 2006 Attendee: |
Yes
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| NCDD 2004 Attendee: |
No
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| NCDD 2002 Attendee: |
No
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| Other involvement: |
C2D2 2005 attendee, registered (and on planning team) for C2D2 2007. OK, it's not NCDD involvement, but it's almost the same... |
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A few samples of my graphic recording work
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AOrloff's profile
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