by The Grove | May 30, 2019 | Graphic Facilitation, Graphic Recording, Strategic Visioning, Visual Leadership
The National Parks Institute (NPI) Executive Leadership Program has made a comeback, and The Grove is once again centrally involved. Over the course of ten days, 22 leaders from 11 countries and eight U.S. Parks immersed themselves in a learning journey, taking them...
by The Grove | Aug 5, 2018 | Graphic Facilitation, Graphic Recording, Grove Workshops
You’ve asked and we’ve listened! We are pleased to announce the launch of The Grove’s new two-day Graphic Recording Intensive (November 14-15, 2018 and July 22-23, 2019) at our San Francisco location. This continuing-education opportunity is for people who have been...
by Rachel Smith | Sep 16, 2015 | Graphic Facilitation, Team Performance
Do you know, I mean really know, what your teammates do? Do you know how they produce information they give to you and what they do with information you give to them? Do you understand their roles to the point where you could fill in for them for a day? The better you...
by The Grove | May 21, 2015 | Graphic Facilitation
At the 2015 Geography of Hope: Women and the Land conference, The Grove’s Laurie Durnell and Associate Kathy Evans drew from an unusual mix of visual facilitation methodologies to listen, engage, and reflect participants’ thoughts. A final summary image was the fruit...
by Rachel Smith | Dec 16, 2014 | Graphic Facilitation, Virtual Graphic Facilitation
The following article is excerpted from “Collaborative Bandwidth: Creating Better Virtual Meetings” by Rachel Smith, part of the Organization Development Journal’s Winter 2014 special issue on “OD in the Digital Age.” Remote participants often...
by The Grove | May 12, 2014 | Graphic Facilitation
The Grove’s Laurie Durnell facilitated a multi-stakeholder process with all of the public-land management agencies for Mt. Tamalpais. The resulting collaborative will sustain the well-being of the mountain on which Laurie grew up. Seeds for a multi-agency...