One of the most powerful aspects of a Participatory Action Research is the way you present all perspectives on a particular issue in a visualization. This gives PAR participants the opportunity to learn about the entire system in which a problem is embedded and gain insight in the different ways the problem is viewed by different stakeholders. This in turn provides possibilities to let participants draw new conclusions and envision their ideal situation. This forms the perfect base on which they can get to new ideas and solutions that they can work on together. Therefore: never underestimate the power of a good visualization!
But how to make a good one?
That’s what you will learn during the Visualizations Training! You will:
- Get acquainted with the different types of visualizations in PAR
- Learn how you can build up a visualization based on your results of the System Exploration stage
- Learn how visualizations can be presented and used during the Insights sharing & Solution identification stage
- Practice facilitating reflective dialogue based on the visualization and facilitate ‘eureka moments’
- Learn how to proceed your PAR from then onwards.
All PAR trainings are facilitated by our SevenSenses Certified PAR trainers. Upon your needs, this training may take three to six hours. It is also suitable when you want to apply visualizations in your work or project, without it being a PAR.
During the PAR Practitioners Program you will learn the highlights of visualizing and practice it shortly. During the Visualization Training you will learn all about it and have plenty of time to practice your skills!
Free virtual brainstorm
Are you curious to hear more about what SevenSenses can do specifically for you with regards to the Visualization Training? Please don’t hesitate to contact us to arrange a free one-hour brainstorm with us.
Visualization is also explained in our Handbook Participatory Action Research (in Dutch).
