CREATIVITY CONSULTING
DRAWING CONNECTIONS PROCESS
With all the challenges that organizations are facing today, new and creative ways of working and learning together are needed. To address this need, I have created a new and unique visual - arts based method for designing a community of practice through the DRAWING CONNECTIONS PROCESS.
Working in direct collaboration with organizational stakeholders, the DRAWING CONNECTIONS PROCESS begins with a complimentary two - hour consultation. This consultation will provide me with an understanding of the issues and / or concerns facing the organization as it pertains to how people work and learn together. This consultation will also provide organizational stakeholders with the opportunity to determine the process format that works best for everyone. The identified organizational issues and process format will also inform the type of customized creative process and design thinking exercises I will use in the three components found in the DRAWING CONNECTIONS PROCESS.
Each of the three components, Visual Knowing, Visual Connections and Visual Effects serve a different function in the DRAWING CONNECTIONS PROCESS. In the first component, Visual Knowing organizational stakeholders examine and explore prior learning processes and future - learning needs. In the second component Visual Connections, stakeholders begin the process of collectively designing and developing the community of practice. The focus of the final component, Visual Effects is the development and implementation of an evaluation process to measure the success of the community of practice in meeting its objectives within the organization.
With all the challenges that organizations are facing today, new and creative ways of working and learning together are needed. To address this need, I have created a new and unique visual - arts based method for designing a community of practice through the DRAWING CONNECTIONS PROCESS.
Working in direct collaboration with organizational stakeholders, the DRAWING CONNECTIONS PROCESS begins with a complimentary two - hour consultation. This consultation will provide me with an understanding of the issues and / or concerns facing the organization as it pertains to how people work and learn together. This consultation will also provide organizational stakeholders with the opportunity to determine the process format that works best for everyone. The identified organizational issues and process format will also inform the type of customized creative process and design thinking exercises I will use in the three components found in the DRAWING CONNECTIONS PROCESS.
Each of the three components, Visual Knowing, Visual Connections and Visual Effects serve a different function in the DRAWING CONNECTIONS PROCESS. In the first component, Visual Knowing organizational stakeholders examine and explore prior learning processes and future - learning needs. In the second component Visual Connections, stakeholders begin the process of collectively designing and developing the community of practice. The focus of the final component, Visual Effects is the development and implementation of an evaluation process to measure the success of the community of practice in meeting its objectives within the organization.
CREATIVE LEARNING DESIGN FRAMEWORK
The underlying framework for the Drawing Connections Process is the Creative Learning Design Framework. The Creative Learning Design Framework is an arts based, learning design process. The Creative Learning Design Framework is comprised of three components, Visual / Creative Knowing, Visual / Creative Connections and Visual / Creative Effects. Each of the three components serves a different function; Visual / Creative Knowing explores prior learning programs and future-learning needs, Visual / Creative Connections begins the process of collectively shaping new learning programs and the focus of the Visual / Creative Effects component is the development of an evaluation process for the newly developed programs. Within each of the three components, visual art based creative process exercises are utilized. An important part of these creative process exercises are the guiding and reflective questions used in each component. The creative process exercises used in Creative Learning Design Framework vary depending on the subject or focus of the learning program or service being developed.
The underlying framework for the Drawing Connections Process is the Creative Learning Design Framework. The Creative Learning Design Framework is an arts based, learning design process. The Creative Learning Design Framework is comprised of three components, Visual / Creative Knowing, Visual / Creative Connections and Visual / Creative Effects. Each of the three components serves a different function; Visual / Creative Knowing explores prior learning programs and future-learning needs, Visual / Creative Connections begins the process of collectively shaping new learning programs and the focus of the Visual / Creative Effects component is the development of an evaluation process for the newly developed programs. Within each of the three components, visual art based creative process exercises are utilized. An important part of these creative process exercises are the guiding and reflective questions used in each component. The creative process exercises used in Creative Learning Design Framework vary depending on the subject or focus of the learning program or service being developed.
In my role as Creativity Consultant, I bring an interdisciplinary mix that includes designing and facilitating unique arts infused community engagement and social innovation programs, a diverse range of experiences in the human services field, various management roles within the non-profit sector and an ongoing visual arts practice. Complimenting and informing this diverse background is an equally diverse educational background that includes a Master of Education in Adult Education, Bachelor of Education (Visual Arts Specialist), Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fine Arts, Certificates in Adult Education, Non – Profit Sector Management, and Advanced Design Thinking. Along with these credentials I am also a Certified Coach and PLAR (Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition) Practitioner