Thinking with Photographs
September 6, 2007 – 9:58 pm |
Christine Martell adds another interesting dimension and approach to visualization and facilitation. Sometimes, people feel intimidated with creative activities like drawing. While using photos avoids that stress and allows people to still tap their inner creativity. The photos are compiled and organized by the participants to creatively describe their situation and solve their problems. We’re excited to have her have her demonstrate this interesting approach using real world problems from the participants. |
She is in charge of the creative path and marketing direction for VisualsSpeak. This includes research, conceptualization, product design and development of VisualsSpeak products and services. It also involves marketing the VisualsSpeak approach to prospective users and certifying professional facilitators to use the tools.
Christine is an accomplished consultant, public speaker and artist with more than 25 years of professional experience. The VisualsSpeak tool she developed has been used by corporate trainers, independent consultants, small- and medium-size businesses, global corporations, non-profits, educational institutions, and organizations focused on intercultural communications.
Christine earned a bachelor of fine arts in textiles in 1982 at the Rhode Island School of Design. Over the next decade, she worked primarily as a product artist, exhibiting and attracting awards for her work in a wide variety of venues across the United States.
In 1995, Christine made the transition from a product artist to a process artist, concentrating on helping others to discover the value inherent in the process of creating art. She served as a facilitator at the Penland School of Craft in North Carolina, where she developed ways to help art students reduce their creative anxiety and counseled them on issues related to classes and student affairs.
Christine earned a masters degree in education from Portland State University in 2004, where she researched the benefits of visual communication as a training tool. She holds certificates of completion in a variety of training & development topics including intercultural training, multi-media and Web-based training, and management of training.
Christine started VisualsSpeak in 2005 as a way of bringing the VisualsSpeak approach to a broad range of audiences. She is passionate about opening up the whole person so people can really be appreciated for who they are, and feels she is throwing life lines to people who really need to discover new openings.
