{"id":316,"date":"2019-10-04T15:03:34","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T15:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seriousplay.training\/blog\/?p=316"},"modified":"2019-10-04T15:03:34","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T15:03:34","slug":"i-can-draw-as-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seriousplay.training\/blog\/2019\/10\/04\/i-can-draw-as-well\/","title":{"rendered":"I can draw as well &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">This <\/span><span style=\"color: #757575; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Summer we had the opportunity to do something extra during a training. Having a great group of participants in Cracow, t<\/span><span style=\"color: #757575; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">ogether with my Polish business partner and certfied facilitator Klaudia Wojciechowska we introduced a drawing technique as a way of capturing the insights that participants develop.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #757575;\">One of the questions every facilitator gets in organizing a workshop for clients is: how do we keep the insights \/ results from a workshop. And one of the answers is always: we take photos and\/or video the essential stories through our mobile. <s><\/s><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #757575;\">So visuals are very related to the LEGO<\/span><span style=\"color: #757575; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;\">\u00ae<\/span><span style=\"color: #757575; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0SERIOUS PLAY<\/span><span style=\"color: #757575; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;\">\u00ae<\/span><span style=\"color: #757575; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"> method. <\/span><span style=\"color: #757575; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Why visuals ? \u2026That is easy. We know from a lot of publications and research over the last decades, that visuals:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #757575; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;\">help people to understand complexity better<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"text-indent: -18pt; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #757575;\">to remember the information longer<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"text-indent: -18pt; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #757575;\">to improve learning<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"text-indent: -18pt; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #757575;\">and ask question more easily<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"text-indent: -18pt; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #757575;\">give deeper insights when combining visuals with text and words<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #757575;\">Refreshing my understanding at bit through looking at the science again, there are quite some debates. Do visuals really improve learning, create understanding, support memorizing \u2026. which are obvious not the same things. How many people think visual or learn by visuals ? Is it 60% \u2026less ? And as we know &#8230; thinking is not the same as learning. So what are the numbers that do us believe that visuals actually work ?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #757575;\">Let bring up a couple of known numbers:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #757575; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;\">People remember 10% of what they hear<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #757575; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;\">2<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"text-indent: -18pt; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #757575;\">0% of what they read<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"text-indent: -18pt; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #757575;\">80% of what they do and se<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #757575;\">Another number \u2026people perform 323% better when following instructions combined with images, compared to those who only have instructions available.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #757575; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">While surfacing the internet of how visuals impact the learning experience in a workshop using LEGO SERIOUS PLAY, I realized that the numbers are very hard to get accurate. The best example to demonstrate this, is referring to the well-known <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edgar_Dale\">Learning Pyramid of Edgar Dale <\/a>\u2026you probably have seen it somewhere. The Pyramid goes with great numbers on effective learning although the developer never put the numbers in it himself &#8230;the numbers where added later on a non-scientific bases. So, what do the numbers give us ?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #757575;\">Still \u2026 reading and seeing all the articles I realized two things.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #757575; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -18pt;\">The scientific debate is very interesting, as well very specific and related to specific research topic.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"text-indent: -18pt; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #757575;\">Coming from all these specific topics and research results, right or wrong, proven or not, all numbers show positive effects on the use of visuals for learning and understanding \u2026 and it does already for decades.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #757575;\">Back to our training in Cracow<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #757575;\">On day 1 and 2 Klaudia drew some impressions of the training; about the method, the techniques, the exercises and the flow. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #757575;\">At the end of the second, after the training, we spent a few moments on some basic drawing techniques with the participants and created a few insights of how to use it during your workshops. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #757575;\">A few tips on that and some insights shared by Klaudia:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #757575;\">As a facilitator don\u2019t try to facilitate and draw yourself at the same time. So, hire someone \u2026 <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #757575;\">Most drawing artists are either good at the technique of making a drawing or .. they know how to capture the proces and group dynamics. What you want, is someone who can do both.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #757575;\">Introduce the artist at the beginning of your training and what he\/she will do and why he\/she is present. Know for a fact that having \u2018strangers\u2019 in the room influences your process with the participants.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"text-indent: -18pt; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #757575;\">Make sure that the artist does not disturb your group dynamics. He\/she should have the competence of being invisible.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #757575;\">Although every observation is an observation seen through the eyes of the observer, the artist should be as observative (neutral) as possible. It is about recording \u2026 not interpreting.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"text-indent: -18pt; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #757575;\">Capturing the insights of a workshop helps participants to feel recognized, heard and seen, also after your workshop.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #757575;\">It is fun and playful and contributes to a good experience<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #757575;\">The drawing (visual) contributes to the learning experience. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #757575;\">I can imagine you are curious of how this would work out in your workshop. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #757575;\">If you want to know more, I\u2019m sure there are courses in your neighborhood as well. Just try an introduction course yourself and have that experience of enriching your skill set. And also ask yourself if and how it can contribute to capture insight from your workshops. And I know from experience &#8230; everyone can draw<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Summer we had the opportunity to do something extra during a training. Having a great group of participants in Cracow, together with my Polish business partner and certfied facilitator Klaudia Wojciechowska we introduced a drawing technique as a way of capturing the insights that participants develop. 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