bikablo® Visual Facilitation Training Workshop
What if your ideas landed everytime?
Most of us have sat through meetings, training, and coaching sessions where good things got lost; too many words, not enough clarity, and nothing to show for it afterwards.
This workshop gives you a practical visual language you can use from day one. On an A4 sheet, a flipchart, or a large-scale sheet. In a meeting, a workshop, or a training room.
No drawing talent required. Just a willingness to try something that works. The workshop is built on the bikablo® methodology and is hands-on throughout. You leave with real, usable skills and the confidence to use them.
What Participants Say
“I am so glad we were finally able to do it. My only regret is that I didn’t do it sooner! You put everything into your sessions, and it was world-class training. These skills will allow us to level up uniquely! ”
M.C.
“Fabulous workshop, I enjoyed it thoroughly. It’s going to help me transform my training and tap into my creativity.” M.B.
“I enjoyed every minute. Gill has a great way of explaining the concepts and helping you learn.” R.H.
Join the next hybrid workshop
9 July 2026: Session 1, Online, 14:00-18:00 SAST
16 July 2026: Session 2, Online, 14:00-18:00 SAST
1 August 2026: Session 3, full-day, Cape Town, In-person
More than 1000 participants worldwide attend this workshop every year. When you book bikablo®, you always get the original, 25 years of content, learning methods, and didactic concepts, 100% developed by bikablo®.
What you'll leave with
In this training workshop, you’ll build a solid foundation in visual facilitation, the
understanding, the techniques, and the confidence to start working visually straight away.
Your meetings, workshops, and training sessions become more engaging because you can make thinking visible in real time.
You will understand the building blocks of visual language, lines, shapes, pictograms, figures, and colour, and how to combine them with intention.
You leave confident to pick up a marker in front of a group, knowing exactly what to do with it.
You can adapt and build templates and posters that fit your context, your team, and your facilitation style.
Your participants grasp complex ideas faster, retain information longer, and stay more engaged.
Your meetings, workshops, and training sessions become more engaging because you can make thinking visible in real time.
What you will practise
Lines: Pen control and lines; confident, clean marks on large surfaces.
Graphics: Basic geometric shapes as graphic elements, containers, and meaning-makers.
Pictograms & figures: Drawing people and objects so subjects and situations come alive.
Combining skills: Connecting visual vocabulary to translate abstract ideas into
diagrams.
Colour: Colour strategies to add depth, dimension, and meaning.
Text & handwriting: Handwriting on the flipchart; legible, structured, and attractive.
Real-time application: Capturing information in real time, under realistic conditions.
Visual structure: Organising and presenting information so it’s easy to follow.
Poster design: Creating welcome posters, agendas, explanations, and facilitation visuals.
Test your learning: Giving and receiving peer feedback and continuing to build skills after the workshop.
Who should attend
This workshop is for you if you facilitate dialogue, lead learning, transfer knowledge, or drive change, and you want your visuals to do more of the heavy lifting.
Agile Coaches, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Coaches, Consultants, Facilitators, Trainers, Managers, Team Leaders, Teachers, OD practitioners, and Business Analysts all find an immediate home for these skills.
No prior drawing skills required. If you can write the alphabet, you can learn this technique. This workshop is the natural entry point into the bikablo® learning pathway.
Benefits of visual facilitation
Cross learning and language barriers
Ease engagement and stimulate interaction
Make content and process visible
Support the development of thoughts
Connect people visually to a discussion
Make the abstract tangible
Support problem exploration and ideas to find solutions
Make information easy to remember
Your investment
With this hybrid training workshop, you will reduce time and travel expenses while seamlessly incorporating this workshop into your daily schedule.
Early bird: R9,450 incl. VAT, closes 17 June 2026
Standard: R10,500 incl. VAT, bookings close 1 July 2026
Pay in three instalments; details provided on booking. Group and NPO rates are available. Contact Drawn In via the booking form.
What’s included?
A certificate of Participation: This confirms participation, and the topics covered.
Photo-documentation of your work: Participants will have access to digital photos of their work as a group that serves as a reference for later.
Free Top55 Bikablo Visuals App: The bikablo App can be downloaded to your desktop or smartphone so that you have the top 55 images at your fingertips to customise to your environment.
Starter Set: You will receive an eBook bikablo starter set for Part One and Part Two, which summarises the key concepts covered in the workshop. The starter set is available for download on the bikablo App.
A Neuland Goodie Bag: with a selection of premium Neuland markers couriered to RSA participants.
ICF Accredited Coaches: If you are an ICF Accredited Coach, you will receive Continuous Coach Education Points for full attendance.
An invitation to join our local Bikablo Online Community: An invitation to join our local bikablo, where you can connect with fellow practitioners from around the world.
Follow-up support with your peer group: You are invited to join follow-up sessions with your peer group after the workshop. These will be online. During the follow-up sessions, the group will meet to draw together, offer feedback, and review the bikablo principles.
Cancellation
Cancellations by participants
If you need to cancel your booking, please notify us in writing as soon as possible.
More than 30 days before the workshop: Full refund, including your booking deposit.
10 – 30 days before the workshop: Booking deposit forfeited; full remaining balance refunded.
Less than 10 days before the workshop: No refund issued. A credit equal to the full registration fee will be applied to any future bikablo® workshop, valid for 12 months from the original workshop date.
In all cases, you may send a substitute participant in your place at no additional cost. Please notify us in writing at least 24 hours before the workshop begins.
We understand that illness and emergencies happen. We handle these situations with compassion, please reach out, and we will do our best to find a solution. Documentation may be requested in these cases.
Workshop cancellation by Drawn In
We are committed to running every workshop we schedule. However, if minimum participant numbers are not reached, we may need to postpone the workshop. We will notify you no later than two weeks before the scheduled start date.
In this event, you will be offered a full refund or a transfer to the next available workshop date, whichever you prefer.