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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!
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!)
C2D2 2005 and 2007 attendee, graphic recorder for C2D2 2007. Lead graphic recorder in the 5-person Graphic Recording Team for the 2008 NCDD conference in Austin. I created the graphic mural on the Framing Challenge: http://avrilorloff.com/uploaded_images/Framing-sm-718501.jpg
