Visual Facilitation

Meeting and team facilitation using large visuals and experiential methods to guide participants towards collaborative outcomes.

Lizard Brain facilitates an energizer in preparation for an Open Space facilitation

Lizard Brain facilitates an energizer in preparation for an Open Space facilitation

Brian Tarallo records ideas onto a knowledge wall following a World Cafe

Brian Tarallo, CEO Lizard Brain, records ideas onto a knowledge wall following a World Cafe

Ideas from participants are transcribed onto a knowledge wall by Lizard Brain

Ideas from participants are transcribed onto a knowledge wall by Lizard Brain

Lizard Brain visually facilitates a strategic planning session

Lauren Green and Brian Tarallo visually facilitate a strategic planning offsite

Brian Tarallo of Lizard Brain facilitates a strategic planning offsite

Lizard Brain facilitates a visual World Cafe for art educators

Participants draw their ideas in a visual World Cafe

Lauren Green of Lizard Brain facilitates a strategic planning offsite

Participants draw their futures at a strategic planning offsite

Participants map their ideas using visual templates

Lizard Brain visually facilitates a strategic planning session

80 people write with one marker for a Lizard Brain visual energizer

Keep the ideas in the area! A Lizard Brain energizer

Visual templates help participants organize their ideas

The best visuals are the ones participants draw themselves

A team energizer facilitated by Lizard Brain

Leadership plays an important role in every visual facilitation

Hannah Sanford prepares to capture a graphic history

Participants map their ideas using visual templates

Visual facilitation makes the decision process transparent

Kevin Reese facilitates a kinetic model representing the future

Keep the ideas in the area! A Lizard Brain energizer

Lizard Brain facilitates an Open Space for Volunteers of America

Morning percolations is an open conversation for participants to share any ideas

A knowledge wall captured St. Louis' development needs

The Marshmallow Challenge has teams build process, people, and task skills

Visual templates help participants organize their ideas

Lizard Brain visually facilitates a strategic planning session

Brian Tarallo of Lizard Brain facilitates a strategic planning offsite

Brian Tarallo of Lizard Brain facilitates a context map

Lauren Green of Lizard Brain facilitates a strategic planning offsite

Brian Tarallo and Lauren Green of Lizard Brain facilitate an Open Space for Volunteers of America

Graphic Recording

Silent visual note-taking captured live and in-person. Graphic recording gives ideas a visual reference and builds group memory.

Brian Tarallo graphic records a strategic planning meeting

Brian Tarallo and Claire Tarallo scribe a TEDx talk

Brian Tarallo of Lizard Brain graphic records a strategic planning meeting

A knowledge wall captures the social determinants of health

Graphic illustrations of TEDx Talks are visual reminders

Graphic recordings can capture many ideas in context

Lizard Brain specializes in capturing conversations on diversity, equity, and inclusion

A Lizard Brain graphic recording on the social determinants of health

Brian Tarallo of Lizard Brain captures a team conversation

A graphic recording by Lauren Green and Brian Tarallo of Lizard Brain

Together, graphic charts from a TEDx conference formed a single image

A 37' graphic recording by Brian Tarallo on diversity, equity, and inclusion

A Lizard Brain graphic recording on homelessness intervention

A graphic recording for the Center for Constitutional Rights

Lauren Green of Lizard Brain visual records for a technology conference

Graphic recordings by Lizard Brain visually capture all ideas

Close ups of drawings translate well to social media

Large-scale visual note taking of a keynote presentation by Lizard Brain

Virtual Facilitation

This virtual facilitation thing? We’ve been doing it since 2013.
We facilitate remote meetings and teams using webmeeting and collaboration software. If it can be done in the room, we can do it virtually. We train others in how to facilitate virtual meetings, too.

Screenshot from "The Virtual Facilitation Workshop" by Lizard Brain

Brian Tarallo facilitates a virtual energizer

Facilitation using webmeeting and group software

Brian Tarallo teaches virtual facilitation

Students learn virtual facilitation by doing

Translating in-person facilitation activities into virtual activities

Zoom is our preferred platform for virtual facilitation

Virtual facilitation is not just presenting; it is collaborative work

Translating in-person facilitation activities into virtual activities

Participants learning virtual facilitation leave with new tools

Vision Maps

Vision Maps are illustrations that show complex future states, current environments, or plans, projects, and proposals on a single sheet of paper.

Vision maps illustrate complex environments and strategies

Vision maps begin by mindmapping as much information as possible.

Volunteers of America used a vision map to illustrate its leadership development program

Participants work together to identify relevant information

Vision maps are non-linear, allowing viewers to follow their interest

Participants tell stories from draft vision maps to refine the message

A process map using a factory metaphor

Vision maps can contain sensitive information for new products and services

Vision maps tell a story with a visual metaphor

A vision map tells a story of growth and progress

Heather Martinez teaches vision mapping to the Mid Atlantic Facilitator Network

A vision map simplifies complex ideas

Rich visual metaphors help tell the story

Participants iterate on vision maps, adding and refining ideas

Vision maps identify trends and pressures facing an organization

The Mid Atlantic Facilitators' Network practices skills necessary to map visions

The Mid Atlantic Facilitators' Network practices vision mapping

The Mid Atlantic Facilitators' Network practices the Six Thumbnails method

Whiteboard Animation

High-speed, time-lapsed illustration captured on video and voiced explanations to communicate messages quickly and effectively.

Scene from whiteboard animation for Nysmith School for the Gifted

Scene from whiteboard animation on early childhood education

Scene from whiteboard animation for Volunteers of America

Virtual reality explainer video

Training

Training in visual facilitation, virtual facilitation, graphic recording, strategic facilitation, design thinking, and traditional facilitation.

We’re not convening in person, but we are offering one-on-one remote visual facilitation training. Click here to schedule a free 30-min Zoom call to talk about your goals for learning.

You can also follow public online workshops through our partnership with NOVA Scribes.