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A Thousand Words Consulting uses visual storytelling to help improve the way we connect with and collaborate on social issues.

IT’S MORE THAN A PRETTY PICTURE – IT’S ABOUT BETTER DEFINING AND UNDERSTANDING COMPLEX IDEAS AND BEING MORE INCLUSIVE AND ENGAGING THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.

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Idea illustration

You have a kick-ass idea, but words are not doing it justice. You want people to understand it, engage with it, and be inspired. I help clarify complex ideas with illustrations that help your message land. Sometimes you want all this magic to happen in the moment. I can work with you graphic recording your idea on a sheet of paper, a full-on poster or digitally on a screen during a live presentation.

Try this for: concepts, academic abstracts, graphical abstracts, company reports, research findings, policy analysis, proposals, presentations, educational resources, poems, things that are awkward to talk about

or trying to figure it outIllustration for ideas

This is classic brainstorming on a whiteboard or the back of a napkin – whether done solo or as a team. The process is more important than the product. By mixing illustration and facilitation, I can help you arrive at an idea, build consensus and make everyone feel heard.

Try this for: drafting, planning, strategy workshops, feedback sessions,  participatory research and visual research methods, uncomfortable conversations

You want to do both

Me too! You’ve found my sweet* spot!

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*  ‘dulce’ is Spanish for ‘sweet’, so this is literally my spot.

Feedback

 


Fantastic visual summary of our Bristol Green Capital Partnership gathering on the city’s carbon neutral ambition!

Ian Townsend, CEO, Bristol Green Capital Partnership

 


Thank you again, we all LOVED your drawing. It really spoke to all of us on the team!   


Laurie Denyer Willis, Research Fellow, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Thanks so much for this – it’s really good and also really useful as it summarises what I was otherwise going to summarise myself in written form.

Anna Owen, Network Coordinator, South West International Development Network