Christine Chopyak's guest appearances

Christine Chopyak

The  Happy Startup School

The Happy Entrepreneur

Ben Johnson

Marianne Cantwell

Jon Barnes

Rei Chou

Sophie Develyn

Beccie D'Cunha

John Parkin

Nigel Berman

Petra Smid

Ed Barton

Phoebe Tickell

Christina Kisley

Kim Slade

Ole Kassow

Haje Kamps

OwlTail

Stories and knowledge from the community to help anybody out there who's starting a new venture or going through some radical changes in their existing business. We're here to take away the overwhelm of making critical and complicated decisions that will have a big impact not only on your business but also your life. We're here to create a safe space to find the answers for yourself. We'll open the door to new ideas and opportunities and show you what's inside. It's then up to you to take the step forward. If you want to make money, do good and be happy then I highly recommend listening along.

Visualising your business strategy with Christine Chopyak

 On this episode of the podcast I talk to Christine Chopyak, a visual strategist and idea builder from Denver, Colorado.We met last year at our Alptitude retreat on Mount Hood in Oregon. She's the author of Picture your Business Strategy, a book that helps you master the principles of "strategic illustration", a proven system for visualising ideas.Christine discovered the power of visual strategy nearly 20 years ago and it’s changed her life and how she relates to people. For her it’s a way to make ideas come alive.Christine will be joining us at this year’s Summercamp and will be running a workshop for people who want to learn how to use drawing to help them get more clarity for their business.Here are some nuggets from our conversation:Too many thinkers like to hear themselves talk.Designing your week to help you manage your energyWhen you’re too attached to an idea you can forget what you’re actually trying to doVisual strategy helps you see where you’re going and see where you’ve been in one breathThe brain processes images 60 times faster than textIn order for your brain to understand an image it only needs to be 30% accurate80% of the population learn visuallyFrom the ages of 0 to 3 we make sense of the world through shape and colour and so we all have the capacity to visualise ideasPrototyping and storyboarding your service or product is the best way to understand your customer. It’s both fun and revealing.The more complicated your business the more important it is to try and visualise itWe don’t get to see the diversity of solutions unless we try and visualise themEngaging with your customers and clients using a visual approach can help you uncover what they really needOnce we get our ideas on a page we see patterns that we can’t see when we’re in our own headsWhen you give people a picture they’re not so quick to start editing while they’re much more keen to edit your textDrawing together helps you start building togetherDoodling helps you listen and retain information betterUse word anchors if you feel like you’re not great at drawingJoin us at Summercamp to get hands on experience of being a visual strategistFind out more about Christine on her website - www.arlosoul.comAnd you can email her on info@arlosoul.com.Her book is available on Amazon and is called Picture Your Business Strategy: Transform Decisions with the Power of Visuals

On this episode of the podcast I talk to Christine Chopyak, a visual strategist and idea builder from Denver, Colorado. We met last year at our Alptitude retreat on Mount Hood in Oregon. She's the author of Picture your Business Strategy, a book that helps you master the principles of "strategic illustration", a proven system for visualising ideas. Christine discovered the power of visual strategy nearly 20 years ago and it’s changed her life and how she relates to people. For her it’s a way to make ideas come alive. Christine will be joining us at this year’s Summercamp and will be running a workshop for people who want to learn how to use drawing to help them get more clarity for their business. Here are some nuggets from our conversation: <ul><li>Too many thinkers like to hear themselves talk.</li><li>Designing your week to help you manage your energy</li><li>When you’re too attached to an idea you can forget what you’re actually trying to do</li><li>Visual strategy helps you see where you’re going and see where you’ve been in one breath</li><li>The brain processes images 60 times faster than text</li><li>In order for your brain to understand an image it only needs to be 30% accurate</li><li>80% of the population learn visually</li><li>From the ages of 0 to 3 we make sense of the world through shape and colour and so we all have the capacity to visualise ideas</li><li>Prototyping and storyboarding your service or product is the best way to understand your customer. It’s both fun and revealing.</li><li>The more complicated your business the more important it is to try and visualise it</li><li>We don’t get to see the diversity of solutions unless we try and visualise them</li><li>Engaging with your customers and clients using a visual approach can help you uncover what they really need</li><li>Once we get our ideas on a page we see patterns that we can’t see when we’re in our own heads</li><li>When you give people a picture they’re not so quick to start editing while they’re much more keen to edit your text</li><li>Drawing together helps you start building together</li><li>Doodling helps you listen and retain information better</li><li>Use word anchors if you feel like you’re not great at drawing</li><li>Join us at Summercamp to get hands on experience of being a visual strategist</li><li> </li></ul> Find out more about Christine on her website - <a href="http://www.arlosoul.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.arlosoul.com</a> And you can email her on info@arlosoul.com. Her book is available on Amazon and is called Picture Your Business Strategy: Transform Decisions with the Power of Visuals