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Category: Visual Thinking Training
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Helping the NHS transform using visual thinking #engage #communicate #NHS
In the news the NHS is never far from the headlines. ‘7 Day Working’, ‘Improving Quality’, ‘Focussing on Prevention’ and ‘Better Use of Technology’ are often mentioned and form key parts of the NHS 5 Year Forward View. This builds upon 15 years of improvement in the NHS and provides a broad consensus on what a better future for the NHS should be.
Over the last couple of years Crackerjack has been working with a number of NHS Foundation Trusts (Oxford Health Foundation Trust, Solent NHS Foundation Trust and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust) as they work on finding ways to implement the ideas and initiatives contained in the 5 Year Forward View. It’s pleasing to see that visual thinking approaches are playing a part in helping NHS Foundation Trusts in this important work. We’ve been involved in the following work to date:
- Designing and developing an interactive on-line ‘Improvement Guide’ for Oxford Health Foundation Trust.
- Creating a rich picture showing Solent NHS Foundation Trusts new vision.
- Designing and creating an interactive on-line ‘7 Day Services Guide’ for Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
- Graphic recording a number of strategy and engagement events for both Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
- Designing a graphically facilitated ‘Making Every Contact Count’ engagement session for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust.
- Running a graphic skills workshop for the Oxford Health Improvement and Innovation Team.
- Designing and creating an interactive on-line ‘Oxford Quality Improvement Toolkit’ for Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The tools and approaches we’ve created all have a single goal: to engage people and provide them with the information they need in the most accessible, informative and relevant way possible. Using visual thinking principles in all of our work enables Crackerjack to achieve this goal.
To find out more about how Crackerjack could help you engage and communicate with you people more effectively (whether you work in the NHS or in another sector), please contact us, call +44 (0)775 282 6227 or visit www.crackerjackvisualthinking.com
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We’ll soon be ‘revealing all’ about our busy summer here at Crackerjack! #visualthinking #communication #engagement
Hope you all had a great summer!
Whilst we’ve been able to fit a few holidays in over the summer, we’ve also been busy supporting clients in a number of different ways. Whilst we can’t yet reveal everything we’ve been doing (client confidentiality, hence the blurred images below!), we can tell that we’ve doing lots including:
- Creating a new interactive toolkit to help managers improve quality and care at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust. The toolkit is due to be launched in the next few days.
- Graphic recording for number of clients including Northumbrian Water, National Trust and Oxford University Hospitals.
- Delivering our first 1:1 Scribble Lab coaching programme for a client at EVHR Consulting.
- Creating a rich picture detailing Solent NHS Trusts new strategic direction.
We’ll be revealing more details on this work over the next couple of weeks. In the meantime, why not visit www.crackerjackvisualthinking.com to find out more about our work. Alternatively, feel free to contact us to discuss your requirements in more detail.
- Creating a new interactive toolkit to help managers improve quality and care at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust. The toolkit is due to be launched in the next few days.
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Great feedback for Crackerjack’s first 1:1 Scribble Lab coaching session! #visualthinking
Here’s some great feedback Crackerjack received from Sian Lloyd at EV HR Consulting following on from the first ever 1:1 Scribble Lab coaching session we ran for her:
“John’s graphic recording coaching is not only extremely valuable but also hugely enjoyable. My individual Scribble Lab session had been carefully planned to build on my abilities and with a clear direction of the goals I had said I wanted to achieve. Having this one to one attention from someone so experienced enabled me to move through my learning quickly and find answers to my many questions. A very inspiring day!”
This initial session helped Sian develop her drawing and page layout skills and will be followed up by four 1 hour on-line coaching sessions to help her develop her graphic recording technique.
To find out how Crackerjack Visual Thinking could help you develop your own visual thinking skills or support you in your work, please visit our website or contact us.
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House of Fraser L&D team develop their scribbling skills! #visualthinking
I spent half a day yesterday running a bespoke version of Scribble Lab 1™ with 12 members of the House of Fraser learning and development (L&D) team.
The team is keen to incorporate visual thinking approaches into their work and the workshop helped them begin to develop the core drawing skills needed to do this.
Developing these core drawing skills will enable them to feel confident in creating images to communicate information and drive conversation during the design and delivery phases of their work across multiple learning channels.
At the end of the session, the session participants were all able to identify immediate ways in which they could incorporate the skills learnt during the Scribble Lab™ into their current and future work.
To find out more about Scribble Labs™ and how they could benefit your organisation and teams, please contact us.
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House of Fraser chooses Crackerjack Visual Thinking’s Scribble Lab™ 1 to help develop its #visualthinking skills!
Crackerjack Visual Thinking is very pleased to have been asked to deliver a bespoke version of our Scribble Lab™ 1 visual thinking training workshop to House of Fraser’s learning and development team later this month.
Scribble Lab™ 1 enables participants to draw great graphics and use simple visual tools in the meetings and events they lead (ideal for learning and development teams).
To find out more about Scribble Labs™ click here or visit www.crackerjackvisualthinking.com
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NEW Scribble Lab™ Visual Thinking Skills Workshops
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.
We currently offer three different Scribble Labs™ and all are facilitated by John Ashton (owner of Crackerjack Visual Thinking). Available as both open and in-house workshops, we ensure that:
- All of our workshops are run using best practise visual thinking and graphic facilitation principles.
- No more than 8 people attend each workshop, so you can be sure you will receive plenty of direct coaching and support from John during your chosen Scribble Lab™.
To find about each of our Scribble Labs™ and decide which one is right for your needs, please read the overview of each workshop below and then click on the heading for more information:
Scribble Lab™ 1: Get Scribbling!
Enabling you to draw great graphics and simple visual tools that you can use in the meetings and events you lead.
Scribble Lab™ 2: Listen, Think, Scribble!
Introducing you to the art of creating real-time visual records of meetings and events (often referred to as Live Scribing or Graphic Recording) as they happen.
Scribble Lab™ 3: Including Scribbling In Your Event Design!
Helping you unleash the power of Visual Thinking in your meeting, workshop and event designs!
If you have any questions about our Scribble Labs™ then please do contact us or visit www.crackerjackvisualthinking.com
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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)!
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…
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Crackerjack featured in Research to Action article on Visual Note Taking at Conferences
Very pleased to be featured in an article by Laura french-Constant of Research to Action about Visual Note Taking at Conferences. You can read the article by clicking here.
To find out more about how Crackerjack Visual Thinking creates images that start a conversation, contact us at info@crackerjackvisualthinking.com or call us on +44 (0)775 282 6227.
