Bikablo® Basics
Learn the foundations of the bikablo® visualization technique to make your next flipchart or whiteboard drawing one that’s worth remembering.
Available in-person.
Boring meetings are so last year.
It’s time to change up the way your facilitate your meetings, workshops and trainings.
You spend a lot of time in conversations and events with others, but by the end of your time together your whiteboard or flipchart sketches look like a hot mess when you put the marker down. You cringe when you see your illegible writing slant down the page.
As you listen and capture ideas and information, you know there must be a simpler way to structure content and make sense of everything. After hours in meetings or workshops, you want clear, concise documentation that actually summarizes what unfolded, highlights key decisions, and depicts the complexity of the conversation.
You want people in the room to remember the magic of the discussion they just participated in and recall the important details when they need them. Nobody wants more lists of bullet points to remember. You want a picture that you can easily share and use as a reference to tell the story of your next idea, how a new process works, outline a new strategic direction, or how the team came to a big decision.
The work you do with others is serious.
You also know there must be ways to bring more humanity to the way you work; to infuse more fun and lightness into conversations to stimulate new ways of thinking and spark curiosity.
Creating engaging and inviting spaces and working effectively is possible when you learn how to take a strategic approach to capturing information and have foundational skills at hand to dip into your creativity. It also helps to have templates and principles to fall back on when you’re unsure how to structure what you’re writing.
Your next meeting could be one where people leave the room snapping a picture of your visual notes, the visual storyboard you co-created or the amazing flip chart that explains a process in a compelling and memorable way. These outcomes are all possible with a little help.
With confidence in your visualization skills, you can transform the way you meet and work with others. You can discover how a marker can become a strategic tool for you and for others to do your best thinking. With visualization, making information visible and available to everyone can become a default way of working, not the exception. Ideas and information will no longer only be in people’s heads, you’ll have captured it in a clear way to help everyone instantly see.
Capturing information in a visible way supports sensemaking, creating connections, and gaining a deeper appreciation of the complexity of problems and situations you face everyday.
Visual work helps you and others feel heard and understood in conversations because you can literally see ideas on the page.
The act of writing things down acknowledges everyone’s voice. Imagine the levels of engagement possible when the people you work with feel validated and that their contributions are valued.
In the information age, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed.
Visualization helps you distill information down to its essential elements, creating clarity on what’s most important. The right icon or a simple picture can replace paragraphs of text, and lessen the cognitive load everyone experiences daily. Information overload and decision fatigue are real and with a marker in hand you can provide a solution.
With visuals, you can create representations of ideas, solutions, and situations that can be easy to understand, help you and others solve problems more effectively and allow you to leave meetings feeling like you’ve accomplished something meaningful that have a tangible outcome you can share with others.
Thinking about bigger projects, you’re excited to create visual summaries that highlight key information in a way that people remember.
Now think about the fun and creative expression you could infuse into your work, how sketching and drawing can lighten the mood of a heavy conversation, and for a little while you can step away from your computer screen and still get “real” work done.
Bikablo Basics
The Training
(available in-person or live online)
Bikablo basics training is a 1 or 2-day in-person training course designed to teach you the fundamentals of the bikablo visualization® method where you can go from zero skills in drawing and visualization to designing and creating your own custom visual templates and posters in just two days.
Bikablo basics is available as an in-person or a live online experience. Bikablo basics can be delivered in-house for a group of 8-12 people or as a private 1-on-1 offering. Check out the FAQs below for additional information. Upcoming training dates are listed below.
Note: For online sessions, the program is split into 2 separate trainings.
First, choose a 1-day and 2-day experience.
Day 1: Foundations of Visualization
8 hours of instruction
1 32-page starter booklet
Marker skills, containers, shading, icons, figures, and poster design
Day 2: Visualization Application Techniques
8 hours of instruction
1 32-page starter booklets
Lettering, headlines, live capture, mobile elements, and templates
What you’ll learn in bikablo basics training.
In just two days of visualization training with me, you will…
Learn foundational skills in visualization (how to draw containers, figures, speech bubbles, and icons) on a large scale (for whiteboards or flipcharts).
Get tips to improve your writing, effectively use colour, and create visual hierarchy.
Get past the fear of the blank whiteboard or flipchart by learning the bikablo layering approach.
Walk away with a collection of more than 25 layouts and visual templates you can use in various settings.
Know what tools you need to get started as a visualizer so that you have everything on hand to confidently capture things visually.
Discover the unlimited ways you can use visuals and visualization in your professional and personal life.
Know how to get started building your visualization skills to rapidly advance your skills, even if you’re just a beginner.
Visualization and visual thinking is for everyone!
I’ve taught professionals who work as; consultants, facilitators, educators, trainers, coaches, project managers, scrum masters, user experience, and service designers this training who have all found many ways to integrate these skills into their work.
What do you get when you take bikablo basics?
Bikablo Basics
Bikablo® StarterSet (pictured left): you’ll receive the official bikablo starter set, which includes 4 visualization markers and 2 exclusive 32-page starter booklets that summarizes the key principles, content, and techniques of the training. (Note: for online training, starter sets are shipped approximately 2 weeks before the training)
Photo documentation of the training will be provided in a digital format to use as a reference after the training.
A certificate confirming your participation in the training and a list of the content covered in the course.
An invitation to join the online bikablo® alumni community where you can access further resources, links, tips, visual inspirations, and connect with other visual practitioners around the globe.
Neuland discount: bikablo has an exclusive agreement with Neuland. When you complete the course, you receive a one-time 15% discount on a range of products (excluding. books; cannot be used in combination with other offers or discounts).
I’ve trained hundreds of people in this technique who’ve told me they have no artistic talent whatsoever, and after 2 days with me, I'm always shocked how far they’ve come in their drawing skills.
# of Trainings Delivered
30 +
# of Participants Trained
350 +
Bring bikablo to your workplace
Bikablo basics training makes a great professional development workshop for companies like yours looking to infuse some creative thinking into the workplace. For in-house or private group training, please contact me at jill@jilllanger.com for pricing.
Want to learn to build your skills in visualization to become a more effective facilitator?
Bikablo Basics 2-Day Course
(In-Person Calgary, AB)
2-day program which includes the Foundations of Visualization and Application Techniques.
Dates: TBD
Location: TBD
DAY 1: FOUNDATIONS
Date: TBD
Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm
DAY 2: APPLICATION
Day 2: TBD
Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Location: TBD
Address: TBD
*Please arrive 5-10 minutes early so we can start on time.
INVESTMENT (Early Bird) : $1600 CAD + GST
(Until February 23, 2024)
INVESTMENT: $1750 CAD + GST
(Until March 15, 2024)
Bikablo Basics (Day 1 Only)
(In-Person Calgary, AB)
This is Day 1: Foundations of Visualization using the bikablo technique.
Date: TBD
Location:TBD
Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm
DAY 1: FOUNDATIONS
Basic Lines & Shapes
Containers
Shadow & Color Application
Icons
Figures
Final Project
*Please arrive 5-10 minutes early so we can start on time.
INVESTMENT (Early Bird): $850 CAN + GST
(Until February 23, 2024)
INVESTMENT: $925 CAD + GST
(Until March 15, 2024)
Bikablo Basics Day 2 (Day 2 Only)
(In-Person Calgary, AB)
This is Day 2: Application Techniques using the bikablo technique.
Date: TBD
Location: TBD
Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm
DAY 2: APPLICATION
Emotions
Writing Skills
Headline Styles
Mobile Elements
Layouts
Live Capture
*Bikablo basics Day 1 is a prerequisite to participate in Day 2.
INVESTMENT (Early Bird): $850 CAN + GST
(Until February 23, 2024)
INVESTMENT: $925 CAD + GST
(Until March 15, 2024)
Registration Process
Step 1: Click on the “Register Now” button below your selection and I will receive an email about your request to register.
Step 2: Within 2 business days, you will receive a confirmation email from me and I will provide the details for payment (e-transfer or credit card via PayPal).
Step 3: One week before the training, you’ll get an email with all the details to prepare for the training.
I look forward to seeing you there!
Meet Your Visual Facilitation Trainer
I’m a visual facilitation trainer who helps people who want to create more creative and engaging spaces by teaching them skills to tap into their creativity and facilitate more effective, meaningful, and engaging conversations.