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Why start drawing today and become a visual facilitator tomorrow?

May 7, 2015 No Comments

Marcel van Hove Trainer and Agile Coach In everyday life, our brain processes picture all the time, for example when

The visual facilitation fishbowl

January 19, 2015 No Comments

Visual notes help us to remember and to structure our thinking. A visual facilitation fishbowl combines the strength of visuals with the facilitation format of a fishbowl.

Great Doodles at the Dare Festival

November 4, 2014 No Comments

I am happy at work when I can use my full potential to solve problems and deliver great outcomes. Normally that means I am standing in front of a white board drawing or coaching people. To be able to do so you need a work environment that enables you to and leaders who encourage and assist!

A great visual facilitation training day in 77 seconds

October 19, 2014 No Comments

We started with how to hold a pen and drawing basic shapes and lines. Then we went on to draw containers, shadows and colours and practised loads of figures and symbols. Everyone had a great day! Please enjoy the video!

Reactivate your drawing skills with bikablo® visual facilitation

September 6, 2014 No Comments

In almost every meeting or workshop I hear the same sentence: “I CAN’T DRAW!” In the early ages of our life we start to draw naturally. As soon as the kids can talk they explain their ideas in drawings.

Frontline explains their business model in an 80 second video

August 23, 2014 No Comments

When Frontline asked me to help them explaining their business model in a short video, I was instantly in it. Frontline is a not for commercial profit, member based retail buying group, working on behalf of the retailers and supplier.

Graphic Recording of Agile Australia

June 26, 2014 No Comments

Last week I had the honour to create a graphic recording for Activate Agile session of the Agile Australia 2014. It was a really nice day which brought students and future employers together.

Graphic facilitation on A4 paper – The golden middle way

May 1, 2014 No Comments

Almost every meeting I sit in and every workshop and training I attend – I doodle. It helps me to organize my thoughts and capture key insights I had. So why do I do it on A4 paper and not in my private notebook?

Graphic Recording for the Sustainable Living Festival of the City of Melbourne

February 25, 2014 No Comments

The topic of the “Sustainable & Fair Food” festival was “Going Local in 2020”. About 100 people were around discussing how the future of fruit farming and shopping will look like.

The waiting snake – High utilisation in the land of knowledge work

October 26, 2013 No Comments

During the last 3 month I am reading through the book Flow by Donald G. Reinertsen. I had it on my iPad for ages but was too busy to read it. This book belongs definitly to my Top10 of the most enlightening books ever read!

Visual Recording of Agile Management Innovation

September 9, 2013 No Comments

I love doing visual recordings in A4! It is just so little effort to prepare it and you can chuck out one slide if you made a mistake. If you want to get a grip on visual recording – I suggest creating a series of A4 slides like this one.

Visual Summary of the LAST Conference Melbourne

August 4, 2013 No Comments

I was looking forward to the LAST conference for quite a while. Last week the LAST conference took finally place at the Swimburn university in Melbourne.

The ScrumMaster – How to develop a team

June 16, 2013 No Comments

Marcel van Hove Agile Coach & Visual Facilitator This video describes the role of a Scrum Master and the journey

The Product Owner in Scrum

February 8, 2013 No Comments

Marcel van Hove Agile Coach & Visual Facilitator This video shows the core responsibilities of a product owner in Scrum.

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