Global Fellows Sharpen Virtual Facilitation Skills

img
By Yusuph Masanja
Global Alumni Coordinator

As virtual working becomes increasingly prevalent, our global fellows are at the forefront of visual facilitation techniques critical to remote learning and collaboration. Over 20 Global Fellows from across the globe gathered for a Visual Collaboration workshop on November 10th led by our partners at Bigger Picture in Denmark using their groundbreaking approach called the Five Building Blocks of Visual Collaboration.

BiggerPictureNews

Visual collaboration is a powerful toolkit for improving meetings, projects, and processes. In her remarks during the workshop, Lisa Dush, the Associate Professor at DePaul university said, “It’s amazing to see it working!”

BiggerPicture2020 03

 

In line with the Goldin Institute grassroots leadership curriculum hosted on the GATHER platform, the visual collaboration workshop helped participants to come up with Visual Languages to bring clarity and momentum to projects they care about. It also allowed Fellows to zoom in and out from individual to collective actions in an engaging and productive fashion.

Fellows went through a fast paced and interactive workshop on Visual Thinking processes and wrestled together with how to visualize their processes to maximize clarity in a collaborative environment. It was so impressive to see just how participatory the workshop was through zoom and mural.

BiggerPicture2020 02

As we work to expand the GATHER curriculum base, the Global Alumni network will continue to learn, practice and adapt the Visual Collaboration toolkit to their grassroots initiatives. It was an honor to host the breakout sessions with fellow Visual Thinking team leaders including Jacquelyn Moore, Ana Źnidarec Čučković, Robin Cline, and Lissette Mateus Roa.  This global dream team had already completed the full certificate training on Visual Collaboration with Bigger Picture. Based on the positive feedback and interest from the Alumni Network, this team will continue to provide technical support to our peers in the Alumni Network as they incorporate visual thinking in aspects of their grassroots work.

A very special thank you to Ole Qvist-Sørensen and the team at Bigger Picture for designing and hosting this informative and interactive workshop!

Related Articles
  • img
    Goldin Global Fellows - November 25, 2020
    Community Responses to COVID-19 Across the Globe
    As Coronavirus cases soar globally, and the pandemic too often hits the most vulnerable communities the hardest, Goldin’s Global Fellows around the world widen a cycle of compassion to provide support, food and feed their neighbors in need.
  • img
    Global Goldin Fellow - November 14, 2020
    Solidarity through the Struggle in Kenya
    In the global coronavirus pandemic, we're all facing the same storm but we're not all in the same boat. In Makindu Village, a rural Kenyan enclave home to Global Fellow Miriam Ali Famau and approximately 10,000 people, the pandemic has been especially disruptive.
  • img
    GLOBAL GOLDIN FELLOW - November 02, 2020
    Growing Despite the Coronavirus Pandemic In South Africa
    Amidst the growing COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa, Dieudonne Allo and the team at Global Leading Light Initiative are helping youth succeed through social entrepreneurship in the technology sector.
  • img
    Introducing Our New Global Alumni Coordinator, Yusuph Masanja
    My name is Yusuph Masanja, a 2018 Goldin Institute Global Fellow from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. I’m writing to introduce myself and extend my gratitude to the Goldin Institute’s leadership for offering me an opportunity to serve my fellow Alumni as the Global Alumni Coordinator.