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Visual Toolkit Visual Toolkit for Teaching Business

8-31-2021

Visual Templates Visual Templates

Iryna Molodecky

Sheridan College, [email protected]

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VISUAL TEMPLATES

FOR INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP WORK

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An important element of the Visual Toolkit is the visual template. Templates are one of the key visual strategies used in business meetings and offer structure, framework and support in leading people through a process. Templates can be customized to support the thinking at various stages of a project and are particularly suitable for systems process work where teams need to

collaborate and brainstorm solutions to complex business problems. The templates within this toolkit are organized into four categories for teaching and learning: Teacher-led, Learner-led, Individual Work and Group Work (see Figure 1).

These templates utilize visual metaphors and are structured within a creative thinking/

problem solving model framework commonly used in organizational settings to realize specific goals. These include vision or goal setting, gathering information, exploring and generating ideas, developing solutions, and implementing the solution. They incorporate visual formats that best correspond to the type of process work and thinking required (collaborative or reflective, divergent or convergent thinking) and include journey or road maps, concept maps, mandalas, timelines and matrices. These visual metaphor templates are designed to inspire visual thinking and freehand drawing. They are simple and easy to reproduce by both teachers and learners.

Also included at the end is a guide with tips for individual visual note taking.

Figure 1: Matrix for categorizing the templates in the Visual Toolkit.

VISUAL TEMPLATES

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DIG DEEPER

WHAT’S BELOW THE SURFACE?

WHAT’S HIDDEN?

WHAT’S OBVIOUS?

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ADD MOMENTUM

WHAT ARE THE SPARKS?

WHAT’S THE FUEL?

WHAT’S NECESSARY?

GOAL

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