2014 May Facilitation Mentored

Giving sunglasses, stepping on a butterfly

unintended impact on community.....

I was happy to give positive feedback for connect meeting where Iearned a lot

Liked the sticky wall

Learned how to use it

Learned to focus on process and avoid content as a process facilitator

Upon reflection on my community development work

I see I value authenticity 

Learned how Noel applied convergence /contrast of Neutral, Authentic and Mindfulness at conference.

Planning a session on wholistic world view analysis

(Factors that influence farmers income from rice)

Insight on use of ORID on team going to Cambodia

Reflection on the mentoring process

Introduction to picture notes April 2014

I introduced  picture notes (spanning sketch notes to wall charts and in between） to my friends at community development team CHE network meeting Phnom Penh, April 2014.

I had been doing Graphic  Recording for them already for one day on 4x8 foot chart. 

We had 35 participants from 7 different NGOs. 

To begin the session I distributed blank A6 notebooks as gift to each participant: 

"Please use picture and words to take notes of this session in this notebook" I said .

I spoke in English and my partner translated to Khmer for the in-country participants.

"Why ?" I asked 

"Why do we want to record with picture notes aka Sketchnotes aka idea drawings?"

And I started on a flip chart to write the word "why" and encouraged them to copy.

"Because it helps us with better memory" I said

And I drew arrow going in to fill opened empty head

And encouraged them to sketch likewise.

"and it is more fun"

Drew happy person jumping up, clicking heels

"Engages left brain and right brain"

Sketched head with two halves of brain exposed, and arrow pouring in

"Crosses language barrier"

Drew two PAC-man style heads facing each other , one with ABC, one with chinese characters

Sketchnotes can be done in different sizes: for yourself or 1-1 face to face discussions you can yourse

A6 size sketch note book

A4 paper

Back of napkin

These are easily portable

having A6 size notebook allows us to practice every day the style of taking notes with words and pictures.

These can be photocopied for easy reference and distribution.

Flipboard

AO flip chart

And big wall chart

Useful for bigger groups

Everyone can see content of discussion going on.

Can take photograph for reproduction and record.

Can arrange ideas in different ways to tell the story

Mind map is one way

Start with centre

Branch out to nodes

Each node may have subnodes

Arrange ideas of cause and effect like a problem solving tree with fruits and roots

Images and ideas should be drawn simply and clearly

Can use label 

One participant worried that he could not draw cow accurately:

My suggestion:

Just draw a 4 legged animal and label it "cow"

From the corner of my eye and a sneak peek here and there, I saw quite a few participants actually drawing and writing.

Emboldened by what I saw, I said I would tell them a story and ask thm to record the story in words and pictures.

I told the story of the prodigal son

As verbatim as I could from the gospel text.

Participants seemed to be responding well.

I was pleased with the effort.

Wall of Fame

At Inauguration of Singapore Women's Wall of Fame.

Attempted Flipchart Graphic Recording while seated at table.

Cardboard backing to flipchart.

Perched on table and lap.

Impression:

Not enough room for working.

Should have stood up and taped chart to door, wall or whiteboard easel.

Host: Aunty Pat who's mum Dr Maggie Lim was being inducted.

Work in progress, highlighting with pan pastels applied with make up sponge.

Stealth recording at dinner would have been easier on iPad, sketchnote, A4 or A3 format : I wanted to push the envelope and try A0 flipchart stealth mode.

By end of presentation my chart was ready, and my spiffy suit had some curious green coloured chalk marks! (Think yellow +blue!!!).

In retrospect would I have done anything different? 

I could have worn a more robust suit.

I could have stood/ sat in a rear corner of the ballroom/ hall.

I could have sought permission from the organizers .

All in all I enjoyed the experience and it helped me push the envelope and helped me grow. Plus my dinner host liked it!

A few days later my dinner host asked if she could have the chart; 

Here is a bit of the post production chart work:

Flipped the flip chart and ironed out the wrinkles folds and creases. Mainly dry but a tiny bit of steam for the most wrinkly bit.

Tested out an old chart with hair spray as fixer : must not apply top much!

Judicious amount of fixing hair spray sprayed.

Measured and cut cardboard roll as holder.

Rolled up chart.

Held in holder.

Chart with red Chinese seal.

Signature

and name card affixed.

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