It was a great joy and a challenge to our visualization process to tread new ground and combine music and pictures. The spoken word took a backseat and the task was to open other channels and make experiences visible through intuition. Here are two current examples:

  
   A group of 50 young people (www.youngamericans.eu) motivated, integrated and inspired 350 remedial pupils and Roma children in Cologne. In a three-day program filled with song and dance, the group devoted undivided attention to the young people, helping to bring them on stage for a large performance. We donated our pictures to the pupils to help support this terrific work.

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   "Analogous mosaic – light the fire and touch the hearts!"

The Beratergruppe Neuwaldegg (a consulting company) from Vienna invited us to this workshop to try out proven and innovative analogous accesses and to reflect on these in a dialog.

Visualization, so it turned out, is a popular analogous intervention to activate the participants creatively, similar to a company theater, rapping, drumming or photography (these were the other intervention techniques presented in Vienna).

However, visualization distinguishes itself from the others: it is a sustainable medium! Pictures stay anchored, and can be reactivated in the following process steps!

 
   If we are integrated early enough into the concept development of events, the visualization can produce lasting, meaningful processes, creating joy and a wealth of experiences. Here are three current examples:

  
   The German Railway wanted us to draw up training material for them. They got involved with our experiment: a dozen experts freely discussed the explosive topic, "From the administration to the company" and Reinhard Kuchenmüller did live visualization. The participants clustered their pictures according to past and future, and each person selected two pictures whose statement they wanted to identify with, and then commented on them.

The experiment was a success! The pictures will now be implemented analogously in 29 training courses in the whole year of 2009: the participants will use the pictures as well for identification and personal expression of their views.

The flexible, small formatted pictures are particularly suited to this purpose.

  
   BASF invited the American and German employees of a department to get to know one another and become familiar with each other's goals.

Their visions were visually recorded on huge cubes for the presentation. The entire event was reflected by 3 visualizers.

Feedback from BASF: 'As soon as I have the scanned material and our Intranet page is up-to-date, I shall enter the pictures and the cubes there for 'virtual auctioning' to the employee who has the best idea for applying and implementing the picture. The employees can then display them in the different offices. In this way, the themes will remain permanently anchored in their memory, and are ready to be applied.

'We had a great experience using this type of protocol. The results will be implemented and referred to in our department on an ongoing basis! “!

 
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