Happy February! I wanted to let you know about the visual thinking events taking place inside Verbal to Visual this month.
If you’re already a member, mark your calendar for these workshops (you can also follow the links below to RSVP, once you’re logged in). If you’re not yet part of the community, this gives you a glimpse of what we do together each week.
In the video above (and in the descriptions below) I give you a quick run-down of the upcoming events.
How It Works
Inside Verbal to Visual, you get on-demand access to a full curriculum of hand-sketched video lessons that you can work through at your own pace.
To support that self-paced learning, we also gather live on Zoom every Thursday at 9:00 AM Pacific Time for 90-minute workshops. These sessions give us a chance to dive deep on specific visual thinking skills, share work, get feedback, ask questions, and connect with other visual thinkers from around the globe.
If you’re not able to join us live, worry not because the replays are posted later that same day.
February 5th – Q & A with Doug
This is your chance to share a piece of work for feedback, ask a specific question that’s come up in your practice, or figure out your plan for moving forward with visual thinking. These sessions are great because we spend the full 90 minutes seeing and hearing about your work. There’s always a wonderful cross-pollination of ideas.
February 12th – Workshop: Handwriting Styles
Since our work is called visual thinking, it’s easy to think that it’s all about drawing. But words are still important (not to mention that they, too, are in fact visual when captured on the page). In this workshop I’ll help you improve your handwriting and develop a few different styles that you can use consistently within your sketched models.
February 19th – Q & A with Doug
Another opportunity to share some work for feedback, ask a specific question that’s come up in your practice, or figure out your plan for moving forward with visual thinking.
February 26th – Book Club: Slow Productivity & Sustainable Ambition (Part 2)
Join us for Part 2 of our first quarter book club as we read / sketch Slow Productivity by Cal Newport and Sustainable Ambition by Kathy Oneto. In Part 1 we established a plan for reading and taking visual notes on the book. This Part 2 event is an opportunity for a mid-book check-in. Let’s chat about how the reading and sketching is going as you work your way through the book!
Here’s where you can learn about the other selections for our 2026 Visual Thinking Book Club.
Join Us!
What I personally enjoy about these events is getting to see the work that you’re up to. Visual thinkers are an interesting group of people using these skills to have a real impact, both in their personal lives and in the work they’re doing in the world.
If you’re not already part of Verbal to Visual, know that when you sign up for the curriculum you get six months of access to these community events. If you enjoy them, you can continue with a reasonable monthly or annual subscription. Either way, you maintain lifetime access to the curriculum itself.
So consider joining us this month. I’d love to see and hear about what you’re working on.
Cheers,
-Doug