Crackerjack Visual Thinking

Category: Communication

  • Crackerjack ‘Scribble Labs™’ coming soon! #visualthinking #communication #creativity

    Crackerjack’s ‘Scribble Labs™‘ are designed to help you explore and develop the skills you need to use the power of Visual Thinking in your work (and outside of work too)!

    Scribble Labs™ Logo

     

    So if you would like to:

    • Develop your drawing skills…
    • Capture ideas, conversations and concepts visually as they happen (often referred to as scribing or graphic recording)…
    • Use visual thinking approaches to increase creativity and collaboration in your meetings and events…

    …then do contact us or visit www.crackerjackvisualthinking.com

    More information to follow shortly…

  • Small details = Big Conversations #visualthinking #engagement

    I’ve just completed a rich picture for a client to help them communicate some important ideas to one of their key customers. As with all of our visual thinking work, the images we create are there to facilitate the right conversations between people.

    To do this we ensure each element of the image serves a purpose and communicates a key message. It’s often the small details included in the images that can create the biggest conversations!

    The example below shows just a few small elements of a much larger image we created for the client:

    To find out how Crackerjack Visual Thinking can help you visualise the small details you need to facilitate the ‘big conversations’ in your organisation, visit www.crackerjackvisualthinking.com or email info@crackerjackvisualthinking.com

  • Seeing the ‘big picture’ #visualthinking #engagement

    One of Crackerjack’s clients sent through a picture of the rich picture we created of their organisations past and future journey. It was great to see it in pride of place in their office!

    A Crackerjack rich picture
    A Crackerjack rich picture visualising an organisations journey in one of our clients offices

    We created the rich picture using a collaborative approach with the organisations team members, using their initial thoughts and ideas as the basis for the final image.

    The rich picture is used to by existing team members to keep the organisations mission and objectives at the front of their minds in the work they are doing. The rich picture is also used as part of the induction process for new team members and as an introduction for visitors to the organisation and its work.

    To find our more about our work visit http://www.crackerjackvisualthinking.com or email info@crackerjackvisualthinking.com

  • Crackerjack googled by Google! #visualthinking #google

    Very pleased to report that Crackerjack Visual Thinking will be graphic recording an event for Google later this week in London.

    And yes, when I asked how Google found out about Crackerjack Visual Thinking, they said they did find us on Google!!!

    Google

  • Forming closer #strategic #partnerships using #visualthinking

    I’m currently designing a visual rich picture for a client to use with one of their own key customers. The rich picture is visualising my clients ideas about how their customer can increase sales in a specific category in their UK-wide store network.

    Here’s a quick work in progress peek at one very small section of the rich picture:

    Shopping 2

    What’s great from my perspective is that my client really wants to support their customer for both of their mutual benefits (i.e. increasing sales is good for both parties). They want to be a strategic partner and not just simply a ‘supplier’.

    And of course, investing in having a one page visual rich picture created to tell their story and share their ideas with their customer helps communicate their thinking so much more quickly and effectively than a report or multi-page powerpoint presentation.

    If you want to discuss how you can share your story with your customers, do contact us or visit www.crackerjackvisualthinking.com

  • What’s your plan for this week? #achieve #visualthinking

    Monday morning’s here again!

    Do you plan for the week ahead? I don’t mean just ensuring that you know when you’ve got meetings in your diary this week!

    Have you taken the time to think about how the actions you take this week will enable you to achieve your personal and professional goals?

    If not, here’s a visual template for you to complete that will help you quickly get the big picture on your week ahead. Just click on the picture to download it. Hope you find it helpful!

    Plan for the Week Small

    John
    Crackerjack Visual Thinking
    info@crackerjackvisualthinking.com
    www.crackerjackvisualthinking.com

  • These organisations have one thing in common: #visual #thinking

    What do Macmillan Cancer Support, the NHS and Westmill Foods all have in common?

    The answer is that they all want to use visual thinking tools to help communicate information to people (including in these cases staff, patients and strategic business partners) and start or continue important conversations in their organisations.

    They have recognised how incorporating visual approaches increases the understanding and engagement their target audiences have with their work.

    Crackerjack Visual Thinking will be creating solutions including rich pictures and an interactive improvement guide to support the above organisations in their work.

    Find out more about how we can help you by phoning us on +44 (0)775 282 6227, emailing us or completing our contact form.

    John Ashton
    Crackerjack Visual Thinking

    #visualthinking #collaboration #communication #engagement

  • Getting ready for the Cancer: Join The Dots event in Durham for #Macmillan and Durham County Council

    Crackerjack will be producing a rich picture visual following today’s Cancer: Join the Dots event. The picture is of some initial notes taken before the event begins. Lot’s more info to capture during this mornings session! 

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