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Visual Communication Tools & Resources for Self-Proclaimed Scatterbrains!

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How to Love Our Scattered Brains

Creative and Innovative brains that are always moving and brainstorming can often feel scattered. Along the way we pick up lies about ourselves that we are too much, too scattered and not responsible enough. Today I share 6 ways to love on your brain and a visual support tool I created that I invite you to try out.

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Visual Prioritizing for Kaleidoscopic Thinkers

Learn how to use visual communication as an aid for prioritizing challenges for yourself and with your people. Types of aids that help with prioritizing are the ones that allow someone to see all of the ideas and categorize them in a gamified way. Then providing a visual aid to remember the final decision is a helpful way to allow those with active brains to remember what was discussed. When in doubt, check in with yourself or your client.

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Vision Mapping 101

Vision mapping allows teams to get on the same page before starting a project by identifying individual and group goals and painting the big picture of a group’s overall mission with that specific project.
This blog article will walk you through my step by step process that I use with clients when using Canva whiteboards, complete with a video example.

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Hand-Holding & Burnout

Adding visuals to your workload can lessen the need to hand-hold clients through your processes, and make your onboarding, any training you may create, and interactions you may have with your team and target audience much smoother and much easier to retain. These same aids can increase your accessibility for all clients and boost inclusivity for all readers.

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Kaleidoscopic Thinkers

Every human is different, so the fact that we think differently makes sense. Loving and knowing the kind of brain you are working with will help you connect with others. I love the terms Kaleidoscopic thinkers for Visual and Movement thinkers (often associated with ADHD but not exclusively).

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