VisualsSpeak

Is the VisualsSpeak ImageSet for You?

The VisualsSpeak ImageSet has been designed for people who want to do more than simple icebreaker exercises. Its a tool that will take your strategic visioning work, team-building, diversity training or cross cultural communications work to a new level. And yes, it can be used for icebreaker and group energizer exercises as well.

Who buys the VisualsSpeak ImageSet?

People who use the VisualsSpeak ImageSet work in a wide variety of professions: training, facilitating, consulting, human resources and others.

Users of the VisualsSpeak ImageSet share certain traits. They value quick and engaging processes, stimulating exercises, experiential learning, meaningful conversations, and fun in learning.

People who use the VisualsSpeak ImageSet generally fall into one of the following categories.

Coaching / Consulting:

Anyone who sells their expertise or helps clients acheive results.

• Strategic planning, strategic visioning, strategic change, process improvement, organizational development, communications… and more

Facilitating:

Anyone who facilitates meetings or processes.

• Communication, conflict management, conflict resolution, strategic planning, strategic visioning, strategic change, organizing, diversity, cross-cultural skills…and more

Human Resources:

Anyone who looks after the needs of employees.

• Training, compliance, personal and professional growth, conflict management, conflict resolution, diversity training, cross-cultural skills…and more

Training:

Anyone who teaches, educates or trains clients, including workshop and seminar leaders.

• Team building, organizing, communication, diversity, cross-cultural skills, conflict management, conflict resolution, personal growth…and more

I have just begun to understand the power of the pictures to open up an honest and straight forward discussion. I would highly recommend it [the VisualsSpeak ImageSet] to anyone involved in organizational work. (more)

Bob Phillips
Consultant, President and CEO
RW & Associates, Inc.
Bend, Oregon USA

Who is most likely to be successful using the VisualsSpeak ImageSet?

Our clients and customers typically share many of the following characteristics. If any of these fit you, then you are likely to be someone who can benefit from using the VisualsSpeak ImageSet.

• Willing to invest in yourself and your business – This is the best investment of all and what gives you the edge on the competition.
• Creative Solutions – You are flexible in your approach to serving clients. This is how you help them solve problems and embrace new directions.
• Client-focused – Your main concern is how you can deliver more value to your clients.
• Continuing Education – You are committed to success and are always expanding your knowledge base. Learning never stops.
• Like creative processes – You like creative processes, because they tap into your clients’ deepest potential.
• High standards – You strive to be the very best in your field. Poor delivery is not an option.
• Competitive Differentiation – You like to try new things, because this is a way to differentiate yourself from the competition.
• Making a contribution – What you do isn’t just about the money. You strive to make a difference for those you work with and the world at large.

If you fit the above profile, you can benefit from using the VisualsSpeak ImageSet.

The Challenges

Do you face any of the following challenges?

Building solid teams is key to your clients’ success - You know that every member of a team brings his or her own beliefs, values, and assumptions to whatever they do. And building a solid team depends on your ability to incorporate each member’s values with the team’s goals, which will lead to fostering respect and commitment amongst the team members. After all if some basic level of trust and commitment isn’t established then the team will not flourish. But how do you get people to talk about their values in a safe, non-threatening way without people feeling like they are being cornered or put in a box?

Strategic visioning and innovation processes are creative - In the initial stages, strategic visioning and innovation processes are creative in nature. Starting these processes off by using tools such as flipcharts and spreadsheets are counter-productive. They help keep people in the box instead of giving them permission to look at every possible solution. The challenge is that there aren’t many tools and techniques out there that help people tap into their creative problem-solving abilities and don’t limit their capacity to achieve new solutions.

Diversity and cross-cultural training are about building cultural competence - Cultural competence is achieved when people gain an appreciation for other people’s strengths, insights, and values. Some of the greatest challenges of this work are how do you help people understand other people’s beliefs, values and assumptions without them going into ‘defensive mode’? How do you assist people in stating who they are in a way that opens a dialogue instead of closing the door?

If one or more of these scenarios is true for you, read on. You’re in the right place. Our tools and techniques can help you.

Benefits of using the VisualsSpeak ImageSet

If you use the VisualsSpeak ImageSet along with the ideas and resources on this site you can expect to see the following benefits:

How your clients benefit

• Getting them engaged, keeping them engaged - Your clients are more engaged in the processes you facilitate. Our customers constantly tell us about how involved their clients get when they use our tools.
• Teams feel more connected - When you use the VisualsSpeak ImageSet for team-building, people’s beliefs, values and assumptions naturally arise to the surface without even asking. People feel more connected, because everyone has a better idea of who their team members are. This is also true for colleagues who have known each other for a while. A greater level of trust is developed. Processes that utilize VisualsSpeak tend to get strong commitments or buy-in to the team goals, because everyone has a chance to speak. Our techniques invite everyone to the table, instead of only hearing from the people who are most vocal or outgoing.
• Innovation processes are more creative - The VisualsSpeak ImageSet puts people in the creative zone. Our tool invites people to go deep into their creative selves, into their imaginations where there are no limits to the solutions they seek. Using the ImageSet sets up your processes so that the sky is the limit in terms of solutions. It invites people to explore. Give your clients charts, spreadsheets, etc for putting their ideas into action after using the VisualsSpeak ImageSet to generate their ideas and solutions. The is a case of putting the horse before the cart. They’ll appreciate you for it.
• Cultural Competence is increased - People stand the best chance of increasing their cultural competence when they are allowed an opportunity to see the “other” as human beings. The VisualsSpeak ImageSet helps Diversity and Cross-cultural processes, because it naturally surfaces people’s beliefs, values and assumptions in a non-threatening, non-confrontational way. Participants have the chance to explore and discuss cultural similarities and differences both literally (what they hear) and metaphorically (what they see).
• No Boxes! - Our processes are participant-led and don’t rely on interpretation by an ‘expert’. Your clients will tell you what the meaning is. You aren’t required to do any interpretation. As a matter of fact, we encourage you not to interpret meaning for your clients. They’ll thank you for that!
• Resolve Conflicts - The key to resolving conflict is to assist people in seeing what the conflict is actually about. You will be able to help people see, literally and metaphorically, what the nature of their conflict is in a non-threatening way.
• Insights Develop Quickly - VisualsSpeak is a holistic approach that engages both the analytical and creative parts of your clients. Insights develop quickly allowing for faster processes that yield results.
• Fun - Your clients will appreciate the “fun” aspect of VisualsSpeak tools and techniques. Fun is a key ingredient in making learning ‘sticky’, connecting people, and promoting creative problem solving, because fun is the path to creativity and innovation.

How you benefit

• You are innovative - Your clients will perceive you as being innovative. VisualsSpeak tools and techniques are unique. There is no one else doing what we do. The only place you can find the tools we have developed is at VisualsSpeak. Add your distinctive methods and nobody will be doing things the way that only you can do them.
• You deliver more value - Your clients will perceive you as bringing more value to them, because you are able to deliver creative problem-solving processes that are fast and unleash their potential.
• You are unique - You will easily differentiate yourself from the competition, because of the unique nature of our tools. Your competition will have a long way to go to match the results you get from using VisualsSpeak tools.

Our Guarantee:

If for any reason you are not satisfied with any VisualsSpeak product, you may return the unused product within forty-five days of purchase for a complete refund. No hassles. Sorry we do not refund shipping costs.