Building Your Creativity Toolkit

“Creativity is not a talent. It is a way of operating”

These are words that came from comedy icon, John Cleese. Head to YouTube if you want to watch one of his talks on creativity, and the source of this quote.

The quote itself has really stuck with me over the years as I have attempted to bring more creativity to the research and evaluation worlds I work within. Especially when I work with academically trained individuals, who are brilliant but also lack the necessary creative training and experience required to thrive in a modern digital world.

Creativity is not one of those “you either have it or you don’t” kinds of things.

It’s a process.

And as a process, it’s something that can be taught, learned, and practiced.

Announcing my upcoming mini-workshop series.

Throughout 2024 I am going to hold a series of single session live virtual workshops (at least 6). Each of these little workshops is going to focus on a single practical method that once learned, can be added to your own personal creativity toolkit.

Here are the specific topics I have planned (for the first 6 sessions).

• Single Panel Comics
• Icon Arrays & Pictograms
• Simple Maps
• Timelines
• Annotated Charts
• Before & Afters

These sessions are not yet scheduled, but will be announced individually in the coming months.

There is only one way to enroll right now.

Want to be pre-registered for all 6 live sessions? Which will include lifetime recording access.

It’s simple. Register for next week’s Everyday Visual Reports workshop.

The most effective types of evaluation and research reports are short, clean, and visual (not long and complicated).

In this highly practical live course you’ll learn:

• How to design effective short visual reports for use as fact sheets, executive summaries, case studies, method briefs, and more.
• How to apply fundamental graphic design principles to give your reports that modern professional feel.
• A process you can use that will benefit both the writing and design of your report.

Registration in this course includes:

• Two live 90 minute sessions (on February 20 & 22 at 10 AM Eastern).
• Forever access to the recordings.
• Optional-to-attend after session Q&As (I’ll hang around for questions up to 30 minutes after each session).
• One year of office hours with Chris Lysy (a $250 value).

*Bonus* Creativity Toolkit Series

• Entry to 6 live single session mini-workshops to be offered throughout 2024. Dates/times TBD.
• Topics Include: Single Panel Comics, Icon Arrays & Pictograms, Simple Maps, Timelines, Annotated Charts, Before & Afters.
• Forever access to the recordings.