This book was born from a dream
The dream that all people in the world can and dare to use drawing again as a tool for thinking and communicating. At the heart of the book is the technique of visual facilitation, which is the use of shapes, symbols, and keywords to create meaning. It is a technique that relies on our imagination and is based on simple drawing and writing.
Visual facilitation is the key to deep thinking, reasoning, understanding and communicating.
One of the biggest challenges in today’s society is that technology does so much for us. It’s like we don’t have to think deeply or look into each other’s eyes anymore. In an increasingly digital and visual world, we are becoming apathetic consumers. We don’t have to remember so many things anymore; we don’t have to create anymore. But the human brain is designed for both thinking and creating – the brain needs to make an effort just as the body needs to exercise. We have to leave the screens and meet face to face, and be creative.
This book also talks about being human.
It explains why drawing and imagination are so important to us and how to use them to rediscover and nurture the courage and playfulness we have to live a meaningful life.
Having learned, practiced, researched and taught visual facilitation for more than a decade, I am increasingly convinced that this technique can help us solve many of today’s challenges in education, mental health and innovation. I believe that even if it fails to save the entire world, it will definitely save some people, companies and initiatives. With this book, I want to show you why I think so.
The book is written for everyone who wants to bring more courage and playfulness into their lives.
This is for you if you dream of a more meaningful life.
You can find out here what it means that we all can draw and how simple drawing can help improve our lives.
In addition, you will learn a specific technique that will help you be a better thinker, planner, and doer.
This book offers something for every reader. Both for someone hearing about visual facilitation for the first time and for someone already a long-time practitioner. I’ve built it up through exercises, from learning the ABCs to creating more complex structures. However, all of this is connected by popular scientific approaches to various topics, which form the basis of visual facilitation and ways to use it. At the same time, this book is suitable for self-development, self-help, for boosting creativity, learning, teaching, and cooperation. The topics covered here are relevant for everyone, whether you want to use them with visual facilitation or not.
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Some of my readers feedback
PHILIP BAKELAAR
co-founder and president of IFVP Institute
The book really adds a unique resource to our field, it is very accessible, personal, and engaging, and inspires people to think broadly about quality of life and how visual thinking can be enriching in many areas! Well done!
KIMBERLY SARUBBI
at IoTecha Corp
This is a great book to reimagine how we communicate and help ourselves remember what we learn. When I attend events, I have started drawing what I hear and the retention has been fantastic. I am a visual person by nature and I get overwhelmed by too many words. By drawing my thoughts and ideas it becomes not only easier for me to retain but for others to understand. They say a picture is worth a 1000 words, there is a reason for that. This book will help you to rethink your thoughts and be more creative. Helping us to stimulate a long lost love of art and drawing. Highly recommend this book!
KARL MORTIER
Certified Master Facilitator, Consultant, Coach & Trainer, NLP certified master at The House of Coaching
This comprehensive guide delves into the principles and practices of visual facilitation, offering tools that inspire creativity and engagement for practitioners at every level. From drawing simple icons to structuring entire sessions visually, Visual Facilitation is a must-read for anyone passionate about making ideas visible.
LIINA KERSNA
Member of the riigikogu- Parliament of Estonia. Former Minister of Education and Science of Estonia
Kati is boldly ambitious, saying that this book can change lives. And honestly, if do you start visualising your goals according to Kat’s suggestions, it can change the your life. And change is always a prerequisite for development.
Based on scientific research and personal stories, the author provides simple and clear instructions on how we can all achieve our goals more effectively through visual facilitation.
The book offers great tips on how visual facilitation can help you set goals, stay motivated, be a better leader and collaborate, learn and teach more deeply, and even lose weight.
RITA RÄTSEPP
Actor, psychologist,
host of the “For Mental Health” podcast
Kat’s writing is so smooth that this book grabbed me in an instant. Kati passionately loves the topic of visual facilitation, it has become her Life Call. Deep passion can be felt in every sentence and it speaks from the heart.
In today’s world, where everything is made convenient and accessible, there is a deficit of creativity and imagination, which unfortunately affects people’s mental health. I am very glad that Kati emphasizes the need and limitations of imagination as a tool for mental health. It is an educational and practical book that provides in-depth knowledge of what visual facilitation is, what it means, and how it happens and works.
The book is suitable for everyone, including mental health professionals who can use this method in their work, for example with children and adults with special needs.
PIRGIT PALM
Mathematics teacher at Tartu Descartes School, active member of Estonian visual facilitation practitioners community
Kati is very inspiring as a person, and her book has the same effect. It is easy to read, I would even say soft reading because there is constant communication with the reader. The tasks given in the book are easy to do and touch the reader personally. In this way, Kat’s story suddenly becomes the reader’s story.
I believe that this book is especially suitable for those who do not yet see how visual facilitation can fit into their lives today. At the same time, it is also an interesting read for those who already practice the technique. The results of scientific research and Kat’s experience stories presented in the book support the belief in the necessity and possibility of visual facilitation in the life of every person, regardless of age, gender, or profession.
