Meet our Graphic Recorders and Facilitators or our hard-working Business Office. Our core team is distributed across the United States from Chicago, New York, Washington DC, Nashville, Pennsylvania, California, Texas to parts of Canada, with access to a world-wide network of talent.

Thursday
Apr292010

BRUCE VAN PATTER

GRAPHIC RECORDING & ILLUSTRATION | PENNSYLVANIA – Bruce can draw fast.  Good thing – he’s been tested by nearly 30 years of illustration deadlines and by a decade of drawing in front of live audiences in schools, where he’s entertained and inspired 100,000 students to connect to their own creativity. 
 
He brings to graphic facilitation a speedy marker and a quick wit.  With his years of leading brainstorming workshops, Bruce has a keen ear for capturing key concepts and translating them into visuals.  He loves to work at the crossroads of creativity and communication.
 
Living in central Pennsylvania with his wife and children has been perfect fodder for his published picture books, which have various farm animals acting childishly.

 

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Tuesday
Apr072009

Deirdre Crowley

GRAPHIC FACILITATOR & TRAINER | WASHINGTON, DC - Since 1994, Deirdre Crowley has been providing innovative graphic facilitation, graphic recording and communication design services to clients throughout North America, Europe, Africa and Latin America.

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Tuesday
Apr212009

Diane Durand

MANAGING DIRECTOR | NASHVILLE - Diane has spent most of her life adapting to change. Moving 23 times by the age of 16, she was always the “new girl”. At an early age, she learned the importance of understanding the pattern language of a group and learning how to adapt. Out of this experience, Diane has evolved a powerful emotional intelligence and intuition that serves her well in working with individuals and groups in transition.

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Tuesday
Apr072009

Drew Dernavitch

GRAPHIC FACILITATOR & ILLUSTRATOR - After moving to Boston, Drew began drawing political cartoons for a variety of weekly newspapers, earning Massachusetts and New England Press Awards for his work. He also began careers carving gravestones, and capturing business meetings graphically, both of which he still does. Drew had his first cartoon published in the New Yorker magazine in 2002.

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Thursday
Aug132009

Heather Willems

GRAPHIC FACILITATOR | NEW YORK - Trained as a professional artist, Heather came to be a visual practitioner through…waitressing!?! When explaining her creative process to a table of consultants, as “transcribing eavesdropped conversations in to pictorial murals using text and image,” they were more interested in her potential as a graphic recorder than they were in dessert!

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Tuesday
Apr072009

Jim Nuttle

GRAPHIC FACILITATOR & ILLUSTRATOR | WASHINGTON, DC - For the past 25 years, Jim has lived and worked in the Washington, DC area, providing design and illustration services to a host of corporate, nonprofit and government clients. When not working, Jim can be found puttering in his garden, or in a secluded cove near his hometown on Maryland's Eastern Shore, angling for the "big one". Naturally shy and self-effacing, Jim has been known on occasion to tell rambling, pointless anecdotes and show off his dueling scar.

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Tuesday
Apr072009

Joe Sterling

GRAPHIC FACILITATOR | SAN DIEGO - Joe's greatest strength is in working with large bodies of executives and thought leaders in creating future scenarios, visions, strategic plans, and policy. He has been working passionately on regional and organizational sustainability issues in the greater San Diego region since 2003, including coordinating rescue and rebuilding efforts after massive canyon fires devastated his community, where he still lives on a ranch with his wife and a host of animals, large and small.

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Tuesday
Apr072009

Launa Post

VIRTUAL BUSINESS ASSISTANT | WASHINGTON, PA - With her warm voice and bright personality, Launa is the first contact for clients and team members. She drafts proposals, agreement letters and coordinates all logistics for projects and events. She has a degree in Speech Communications and collects Christmas tree ornaments--her house has over 10 trees at Christmas time!

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Tuesday
Apr072009

Leah Silverman

GRAPHIC RECORDER | PITTSBURGH - Prior to life as a graphic recorder, Leah was the creative director of a biotech company and managed a blues club for 11 years. She still maintains a strong affinity to the service and hospitality industry and is a part-time bartender with the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. In her spare time she is Executive Producer for Social Innovation Conversations, part of the Conversations Network, an online platform for podcast distribution. When not working she pursues the sport of bargain hunting and relishes quiet time at home with her husband and two wacky dogs.

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Friday
Apr102009

Melanie Benn

GRAPHIC RECORDER | TORONTO - Originating from a family of visual learners in Red Hat, Canada, Melanie has been following in her parents footsteps. She has been working professionally as a graphic recorder since 2005. Her specialty is strategy and community development.

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Thursday
Apr292010

Nate Dailey

GRAPHIC RECORDING & INFORMATION GRAPHICS | CHICAGO - Designer and strategic facilitator, Nate has spent over 10 years making information and online tools better and easier to use. In that time he has helped a number of companies you may have heard of develop innovative solutions to their business and creative problems.

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Friday
Apr102009

Nathaniel Bellows

GRAPHIC RECORDER/WRITER | NEW YORK CITY - He has worked as a graphic recorder in the Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Accelerated Solutions Environment netowrk since 1999 for a long list of professional engagements. An author and visual artist living in NYC, his style is very narrative and illustrative, with wit and intelligence.

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Tuesday
Apr072009

Nora Herting

GRAPHIC RECORDER | NEW YORK CITY - As an artist, Nora has exhibited her photography and digital artwork extensively across the country. She has been the fortunate recipient of several awards and grants for her artwork. Most recently, she is taking portraits of Brooklyn residents in response to a grant from the Brooklyn Historical Society.

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Saturday
Apr112009

Peter Durand

NASHVILLE - Along with my wife, Diane, I co-founded Alphachimp Studio Inc., an information graphics and facilitation firm, in 1998 in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood. We moved to Pittsburgh after 9/11 for five great years living in the Mexican War Streets, and now live on Nashville’s West End. I always imaged Diane and I would be like Ray and Charles Eames. But we are more like Barney and Betty Rubble. These days, Diane is busy with two little girls, and I am just the ghost in the machine--the company is really run by out fantastic virtual assistants, Launa and Becky. And, the talent lies with the other graphic recorders and facilitators who serve our clients around North America, Europe and Asia.

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Tuesday
Apr072009

Rebecca Ramsey

VIRTUAL BUSINESS ASSISTANT | WASHINGTON, PA - Calm, cool, collected and creative, Becky keeps our business operations running smoothly. Her responsibilities are varied and include anything from general clerical work to charting the future direction of the company. She received her Master Virtual Assistance certification in 2003. As a team member of Alphachimp Studios, Rebecca handles all invoicing and receivables. Rebecca began her adventure as a Virtual Assistant in 2003 when she founded the company Virtual Business Solutions, LLC.

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Tuesday
Apr072009

Stephanie Crowley

GRAPHIC RECORDER | COSTA MESA, CA - Stephanie is active in her professional community serving on the Board of Directors for the IFVP, the International Forum of Visual Practitioners. She also is a speaker at the annual IFVP Conference sharing her knowledge, skill, and experience with colleagues. In her spare time, Stephanie is a committed marathon runner, having completed several marathons to raise funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

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Thursday
Aug132009

Sunni Brown

GRAPHIC FACILITATION | AUSTIN, TX - Sunni Brown, M.P.A., is a trainer, facilitator and expert in information design. And this energetic Texan is all over the graphic facilitation and visual thinking scene.

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