WHAT IS VISUAL CONSULTING?

From updating your strategy to scaling your team, growth is change and change is hard.

Visual Consultants are hired to “facilitate the organization to perceive, understand, and develop the organization’s business and human processes, in order for the client to improve the situation themselves, as they define it.”

Visual Consultants work with clients to {quite literally} paint the picture their teams are trying to describe in vivid detail that is both clear and easy to understand. In other words, visual consultants are the map makers and cartographers for our ideas in order to define and put plans into actionable stories.

If you are experiencing the following, you may need someone to consult with on your vision, culture, story or strategy.

There are growth pains felt throughout the business
Your C-Suite is trying to do everything themselves
It feels like your leaders are speaking different languages
You have no idea if you’re measuring what matters

Read more: "What to Look for in a Visual Consultant"

VISUAL FACILITATION

Whether you're looking for virtual conference solutions, a skilled facilitator for your next meeting or strategy session, or a consultant to act as a high-level thinking partner, we bring the work of visual and process consulting to you using remote and collaborative tools like Zoom, Teams, MURAL and Mentimeter.

Read more: Our Top 10 Murals from 2020 (and their outcomes).

GRAPHIC RECORDING

Graphic recording is the practice of taking visual notes at a meeting, event or strategic planning session. At Illustrious, we do this digitally and virtually in real time while we facilitate for our clients. Our graphic recorders use Procreate and can export high-resolution deliverables and time-lapse video. Here are some examples.

Infographic with illustrated quotes and values to welcome participants to a leadership retreat.

Infographic with illustrated path detailing the customer experience journey.

Infographic with illustrated portraits of panel members for a leadership development retreat.

Infographic with 3 illustrated personas and their potential attributes, lifestyles, and habits to develop ideal customer profiles.

Graphic recording of illustrated trees, birds, and pathway to show team values, vision, and mission.

Why Use Graphic Recording?

The “wow factor” - a good graphic record gives the client a great feeling at the end of a meeting or session. This feeling provides an emotional anchor for the work done and commitments made by the client in one of our facilitated sessions, adding future value.
The graphic record keeps the participants or clients attentive and engaged.
Graphic Recording keeps the energy level high by engaging the client or participant's curiosity.

We think and process information visually - A graphic record is a strong mnemonic device that brings the outcomes of the session quickly to mind.
A graphic record becomes a souvenir, artifact or takeaway for the participants or clients to share their work, lessons and insights with stakeholders.
Graphic records show participants that their contributions were heard. It is validating, empowering and creates community.

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