As a visual facilitator, as the word says, we make things visible. We listen to statements, quotes and ideas, but we also look for hidden things, like emotional positive reactions or conflicts. We are able to raise awareness around that in a neutral way.
A good friend of mine, Martin Haussmann, says: A visual facilitator is like being the marker – being the pen for the group.
So we bring onto this canvas what the people say and through drawing it we reflect it back to the group. We are acting as a mirror for the group process and help them through that change.
We are quite often not completely aware what the detailed discussion is about and that is not needed because we’re working a bit underneath the content layer. In this way, it doesn’t replace meeting minutes. We create a richer picture but not a detailed summary.