Teresa Bidlake, Principal
Concepts Captured - Visual Facilitation
Giving ideas visibilitySM
PO Box 3497 | Sunriver OR 97707 | 541.815.3292 | www.ConceptsCaptured.com
From: Teresa Bidlake [mailto:teresa@conceptscaptured.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 7:08 AM
To: 'blog4g40.ifvp@blogger.com'
Subject: Voices of Visual Practice 2009 - Reflections
The 2009 Conference of the IFVP is concluded and all the participants have returned to their respective corners of the world. We’re each back at work – or back looking for work – and searching out opportunities to put our learnings from Montreal into practice. At a minimum, we all have a new visual metaphor for Change! I’ll definitely be using it in a trust building workshop with some public safety folks in a couple of weeks. Thanks, Chris McGoff!
I left the conference with a renewed sense of possibility and personal capability for the work of visual practice. The generous sharing of information by professional peers with a combined wealth of experience in the field is tremendously appreciated. Hearing their stories and gleaning their wisdom was the best validation I could imagine.
The absolute apogee of the event for me was the connections made with some warm and wonderful, truly remarkable practitioners. The voices at this conference were not only international, which is testimony enough to the organization: they were also authentic, thoughtful and caring. I thought I’d be the first to get invitations out on LinkedIn, but I was surprised and honoured to find invitations from others when I [eventually] got back to work [late] Monday morning. I expect the feeling of being connected to colleagues and having a true sense of professional community will help sustain me over the long winter to come.
To the conference committee and our extraordinary virtual administrative staff, a world of thanks for your amazing talent and unflagging commitment. For those who were unable to attend, you were missed.
Teresa Bidlake, Graphic Facilitator
Making ideas visibleSM
PO Box 3497 | Sunriver OR 97707 | 541.815.3292 | www.ConceptsCaptured.com
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