Graphic Facilitation Books

PAGE DEFUNCT – PLEASE VISIT MY VISUAL HUB FOR LATEST VERSION! This is a short list of graphic facilitation books that I consider essential reading on the topic. I personally own all of these and more!

  • David Sibbett: Graphic Facilitation > One of the founders of this domain and a solid starting location. His other books are great, but follow the same ideas and extend them.
  • Brandy Agerbeck: The graphic facilitators guide and The idea shapers > Both great books, to build up skills on all facets of the work.
  • Martin Haussmann: Uzmo, Bikablo 2.0, Bikablo emotions > a very specific and popular style of images / icons. Uzmo goes way beyond the excelent iconography of the other books. A great read!
  • Anthology of authors – “Drawn together through visual practice” > A good overview of different uses, practices and ideas for graphic facilitation.
  • Kelvy Bird: Generative Scribing –  A Social Art of the 21st Century > Kelvy’s book really gets to the heart of scribing for visual facilitation – very solid.
  • Anna Lena Schiller: Graphic Recording: Live Illustrations for Meetings, Conferences and Workshops > Expensive BUT a great reference for inspiration and styles. I personally held off buying, but glad I did in the end. Thanks to Fran O’Hara for prodding me to get it.

Booked related to graphic facilitation I.e. visual thinking….

  • Gary Austin recommended “Visual Thinking Book” by Willemien Brand.  I have this book, as of EUViz2018, and I really like it. Very simple and clear with great ideas.
  • Coullomb & Collingwood-Boots: Collaboration by design. Not a graphic facilitation book as such BUT it really connects to the planning and delivery of facilitation with a very visual perspective. Purchased at EUViz2018.
  • Cara Holland: “Draw a better business”- not a book on pure graphic facilitation, but more of a visual thinking applied to business situations. Purchased September 2018.

Coming out soon: “The visual facilitation guide” edited by Rachel Smith, Tim Hamons and Jeroen Blijsie. This book includes a mass of chapters from a range of global practitioners and looks very interesting!

Others via twitter have recommended the following:

Are the any other Graphic Facilitation Books that you would recommend? If so, please leave a comment below.

[Image Credit: Adam Ciesielski]