The Power of Visual Facilitation
DATES: 15-16.5.2025.
LOCATION: Zagreb, Croatia
The Power of Visual Facilitation training is designed to give you a strong foundation in visual facilitation, blending theory with hands-on practice. You’ll explore the power of visual language to make group work more engaging and effective while developing the confidence and skills to start using it right away in your own projects.
- Understand the value of visual language and practice creating simple drawings and notes to enhance group activities.
- Discover the purpose and techniques of using a flipchart effectively in your work with groups.
- Build confidence in applying visuals during live discussions and learning sessions.
- Broaden your visual facilitation skills beyond the flipchart by exploring templates and engaging participants in co-creation.
Who the training is for
The training is designed for participants who have at least some level of experience supporting active group work, such as a facilitator, trainer, agile coach, team leader, or any other similar role.
No previous experience in drawing is needed. You can start even from the position we hear (too) often – I can not draw!
If you already have a good understanding of the topic, you can join us and develop a deeper understanding and practice many variations to extend your toolbox!
This training is for you if you want to get any of these benefits:
Facilitators
- Enhance communication with groups through clear and engaging visuals.
- Keep participants focused and aligned during discussions or problem-solving sessions.
- Use visual tools to summarize ideas, decisions, and next steps in real time.
- Foster creativity and participation by incorporating visuals into activities.
Trainers
- Design more dynamic and memorable training sessions using visual aids.
- Simplify complex concepts with diagrams, sketches, and templates.
- Increase engagement and retention among participants.
- Develop custom visual materials tailored to specific training topics.
Scrum and Agile Coaches
- Facilitate sprint planning, retrospectives, and reviews with visual tools.
- Make workflows, roadmaps, and processes easier to understand for teams.
- Help teams identify bottlenecks and solutions with clear visual representations.
- Encourage collaboration and alignment through shared visual boards or templates.
Team Leaders
- Improve team communication with visuals that clarify goals and tasks.
- Use visual techniques to manage meetings and decision-making processes effectively.
- Inspire creativity and problem-solving within the team through visual brainstorming.
- Provide clearer direction and alignment on projects with visual summaries.
Any other role you might have? All are welcomed if you see benefits that can help you in your work!
Which topics are covered
The Power of Visual Facilitation covers the following topics:
Introduction to Visual Facilitation
– Definition and importance of visual facilitation
– How visuals improve communication and engagement in group work
Benefits of Visual Thinking
– How visual thinking enhances understanding and memory.
– Applications of visual facilitation in various contexts.
Key Elemenst of Visual Facilitation
– Simplicity, clarity, and relevance in visual communication.
– Using colours, shapes, and symbols to convey meaning.
– Use of flipcharts, boards and walls
Simple Drawing Techniques
– Introduction to simple drawing techniques.
– Practical exercises using shapes and symbols.
Building a Visual Vocabulary
– Creating a library of icons and symbols.
– Developing own personal visual style.
Visual Templates for Facilitation
– Introduction to visual templates.
– Practical application of templates for brainstorming, planning, decision-making, feedback and reflections.
Visual Notetaking
– Techniques for writing and sketching during groupwork.
– Speed writing practice.
Integration
– Integrating visual facilitation into participants’ current roles.
– Developing own projects during the training.
– How about PowerPoint?
– What about online delivery?
– Developing individual action plans for further skill development.
– Recommendations for books, online courses, and communities for continued growth.
This training DOES not cover:
Online tools for visual facilitation, such as Miro, Mural, Zoom whiteboards and similar
Foundational facilitation and training skills
If you are interested in these topics, you can contact us for more information on how we may support you!
How do we work
This training is highly interactive and practical, with numerous exercises accompanied by brief lectures and group discussions. Intensive practice is followed by group analysis and feedback.
We use flipcharts, paper templates, papers of various sizes, pencils, crayons, markers, cards, post-its, and provide all needed for participants.
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Trainer
Miljenka Plazonić Bogdan is a professional facilitator, trainer and coach, with 20 years of experience of working in an area of organizational and people development.
She created this training to enable sharing of her knowledge and experience from using visual techniques extensivley in her work with groups in very different settings, from small to large groups, business to non-for-profits. She learned diverse techniques and approaches from the experts in the field.
Read more about her on our team page!
Pricing and logistic
Dates:
15-16.5.2025.
In-person, 9-17 each day
Location:
Language:
Training is delivered in English for international groups of participants.
In case of a group with only Croatian speaking participants, training will be held in Croatian.
Number of participants:
The number of participants can range from 6 to 12.
Register here!
Training fee:
The training fee covers:
- Two days of engaging learning program, in-person
- All necessary materials: papers of various sizes, pencils, crayons, markers, cards, post-its and similar.
- Participants materials (printed version)
- Training photo report (digital version)
- A personal bag with a set of 7 Neuland markers for each participant
- Refreshments and lunch included
Very-early bird* until 31.12.: 770 EUR
Early bird, until 30.3.: 860 EUR
Full price: 970 EUR
Team discount: Come with a colleague – use our team’s 20% discount for a second or any further person if you register as a team!
Alumni discount: If you have been previously participants in any of our training or your organisation is a client we work with, you can claim your 10% alumni discount.
Discounts cannot be used together – please choose the best option for you. If you are not sure how to use it, we would be glad to help you.
*Discounts do not apply to very-early bird prices.
To secure your price and place at the training, 20% of the payment needs to be made by the date listed.
Our terms and conditions apply.
What participants say about the training?
The Visual Facilitation workshop led by Miljenka was extremely useful and inspiring for all of us at Prava formula. The training design was well-thought-out, tailored to the group’s needs, and the facilitation style encouraged open communication and creativity. Miljenka generously shared her wealth of experience, motivated us to experiment, and consistently provided constructive feedback. Her approach to us further enriched the relaxed and supportive Prava formula atmosphere, which significantly contributed to our learning.
I highly recommend this workshop to anyone looking to enhance their visual facilitation skills in a creative and inspiring way. Thank you, Miljenka, and we look forward to the follow-up workshop!
Rajka Marković, Prava formula
