Visual methods of facilitation provide powerful ways for reaching across all kinds of differences. In this session you will be working in groups, using a set of images as a visual tool and merge it with interactive graphic facilitation and collaborative mapping processes. This will allow you to observe and define interaction patterns that provide clues to a variety of cultural patterns that are, naturally, exposed in visual creations. As visual language evokes more intuitive information it therefore easily encourages the sharing of various undercurrents. These visual techniques accommodate various communication styles and levels language differences which invites full inclusion of all participants and all worldviews.

Dr. Regina Rowland consults from a highly creative perspective, using her expertise in trans cultural communication, design strategies, game design, and visual methods to solve contemporary organizational problems on a global level. She designs and facilitates transformative experiences for performance improvement, leadership development, organizational effectiveness, and strategic visioning. Dr. Rowland holds a doctorate from the California Institute of Integral Studies, is a tenured professor of visual communication, and teaches, additionally, intercultural communication and graphic facilitation. She is also a certified NLP Master Practitioner, a certified Intercultural Communication Practitioner, graphic coach, faculty developer, and an associate of the Thiagi Group.