Facilitators,


You have 20 minutes to get the cranky IT guy and the busy CEO on the same page.

What if you could sidestep miscommunication and get to the heart of the matter fast?
No awkward silences. No arguments. No roadblocks.

A shift happens. No one can explain how or why, but everyone can feel it. There’s energy, excitement, a sense of connection in the room.

If you didn’t know better, you’d almost think they’d fallen in love. The C-levels and the engineers and the marketing people are not only talking to each other, but they’re also understanding each other.

Everyone’s gone from stuck to what’s next.

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You’ve just witnessed VisualsSpeak in action.

VisualsSpeak helps you get teams of very different people unstuck fast.
Sometimes you don’t have three days for bonding exercises, appreciative inquiries, and stakeholder interviews.

The problem isn’t a lack of ideas or communication. The problem is everyone has a different framework. The same words mean different things.

VisualsSpeak enables everyone from the CEO to the facilities manager to
instantly tap into their inner storytellers.

It’s intuitive. It’s powerful.
And it’s not so kooky that high-level executives won’t love it.

Open the door to tough conversations.

What do Google, Nike, and Symantec all have in common?

They all use VisualsSpeak to build consensus fast. Once people find out about our tools, they tell us they consider VisualsSpeak a competitive advantage. Read the testimonials on the right from facilitators who were willing to share their secrets.

You’re probably wondering how it works.

  1. You ask a framing question.
    Example: “What kind of place do we want this organization to be?
  2. Each participant answers the question by choosing images, arranging them on a background sheet.
  3. After 5 minutes, participants describe the images and their meanings.
    • some use literal descriptions
    • some metaphoric
    • some describe individual images
    • others find meaning in the collection as a whole.
  4. You discuss the group’s responses and note connections, patterns, similarities.
  5. Together, you unlock insights it would have taken months to uncover with conventional methods.

Here’s why it works.

The bottom line? You don’t need to understand why it works to benefit. But here’s the short version. (If you’d like more information, just ask.)

  • Participants feel safe because the focus is on images and meanings rather than on personal opinions.
  • Participants engage a different, more creative part of their brains than they’re used to. They have fun.
  • Conversations become meaningful and productive. Decisions become clear.
  • Both the images and the process are extensively tested. Our images were whittled down from 20,000 to 200 through two years of testing with live teams.

The VisualsSpeak Facilitator Set includes:

  • 200 evocative, custom photographs
    Gloss-laminated for durability
  • Over-the-shoulder black carrying case, with generous room for handouts
    Weight including carrying case = 4 lbs or 1.8 kg
  • 30 sheets of background paper
    2 tubes to protect background paper,
  • 2 - 11 x14 laminated visual decoder charts
  • 10 page guide to using the visual decoder charts
  • 52-page User Manual

Price: $445

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Try it risk-free for 45 days.

If VisualsSpeak doesn’t make your facilitation practice more effective, simply send it back. We’ll gladly refund your payment in full. We’ll pay the round-trip shipping costs, too.

We’re true believers in this process—and so are our customers. (We’ve never had a single return in our company’s history.) It’s worked for hundreds of teams. It can work for you, too.

Yes, I’m ready to feel a shift in the room.

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Testimonials

“At first I was scared to use VisualsSpeak because I had never facilitated with anything like it.   We took a chance with our Senior Management team to talk about vision. They LOVED it! We have used the tool with all levels of our organization– from the senior level team to sales teams, marketing, manufacturing employees, and restaurant employees.   All of the work groups like the process and feel like they have met their goals by the end of our sessions.   Our teams benefit, because they get to use their brains in ways that their work never allows them to do.This adds an element of curiosity and attention.   VisualsSpeak gives us an edge, because we come to ideas in a collaborative way that allows everyone to buy into. When there is buy-in, the results of the changed behavior are long term.”   Kelly Orehovec  Pyramid Breweries Portland, Oregon, USA
“I always felt that a void existed for most people to adequately describe a given team, organizational direction or how they would view a given issue. The words did not flow freely and because of the lack of trust that may exist in an organization. Words were protected! Once I started using Visual Speak to help people describe situations they seemed to open up and use words freely to describe the picture and their meaning of the picture. Because it was their “opinion” they were more open and honest. I have just begun to understand the power of the pictures to open up an honest and straight forward discussion. I would highly recommend the VisualsSpeak ImageSet to anyone involved in organizational work.” Bob Phillips Consultant, President and CEO RW & Associates, Inc. Bend, Oregon USA
“As a professional facilitator, I work with everyone from highly technical nuclear scientists to blue collar workers—and everybody in between! Although most people are comfortable in a group setting when asked to talk about ‘safe’ subjects, that is not typically the case if participants are asked to dig a bit deeper to uncover and discuss sensitive issues or problems. Without exception, VisualsSpeak has given people the freedom to speak—even on difficult topics. Using pictures provides a safe avenue for individuals to share sometimes surprisingly candid perspectives—and can actually draw out ideas from those individuals who typically sit with their arms crossed and mouth closed! VisualsSpeak is a key part of my facilitation tool kit. The more I use it, the more uses I find for it!” Carla Sanda, CPF Managing Owner – Consensus By Design, LLC Las Vegas, NV
“Tapping the creativity inside everyone gives my clients a more holistic look at their project, company and world. The fact that they are building those meanings themselves gives them ownership (and energy!), and makes my job much easier. VS also taps into the story-teller in each of us, and that powerful format helps clients transmit their goals and missions to staff, partners and customers. VS has definitely given me an edge in my work in branding, because the clients are now able to tell me what their story is, rather than depending on me to develop something for them. It is a powerful tool that I have seen work over and over in a wide variety of situations. I can’t wait for the next time!! Jody Lentz Sr. Consultant at LBMC Planning Services Franklin, TN, USA