Earlier this week, I interviewed Susanne van der Meer and you now can listen to our discussion here.
From the Purposeful Planning Institute announcement of the interview:
Guest Speaker: Susanne van der Meer, Big Picture Consultant at Sift Visuals/Legal Visuals at www.SiftVisuals.com
Host: Stephanie West Allen, JD, PPI Dean of Neuroscience and Contemplative Practices
Understanding of procedures, facts, processes, laws, systems, policies, and agreements can be enhanced by pictures and other visuals. Because visuals are brain-friendly, they can improve the efficiency and quality of strategizing, decision making, planning, brainstorming, and teaching. Even the most difficult communication or negotiation can be made easier and clearer with images. Join us as we talk once again with visual communication expert Susanne van der Meer as she explains the ways she has used her processes and suggests ways for other professionals to learn to use the power of images.
Introduction to Our Guest Speaker
Susanne van der Meer is a creative lawyer, strategic illustrator, and visual thinking facilitator. Prior to emigrating to Denver, Colorado, United States she worked twelve years as an attorney and corporate lawyer in the Netherlands. She currently works as a Self-Representing Litigant Coordinator at the Third Judicial District in Trinidad, Colorado.
For over a decade Susanne has operated her own design, training and consulting business to support lawyers and others in user-friendly visual communication and creative thinking. She is the author of Visual Language for Lawyers. Her Web sites: www.siftvisuals.com, www.legalvisuals.nl, www.goodmoodlaw.info.
[Here is a summary in English of a book by Susanne published in Dutch titled Visual Language for Lawyers.]
Recent publication in Legal Business World: “Creative Leadership to Bring Design Thinking and Other Innovation Models to Life in Legal Business.”