Testimonials

Ann-Louise Howard

OD Consultant, Lecturer & PhD candidate

“It was playful and fun and I was delighted to discover I could creatively capture ideas visually”

  • “I learned many technical things about visual note taking in the LMDWIM workshop, it was playful and fun and I was delighted to discover I could creatively capture ideas visually. With my new confidence and skills, I went on to use visuals in my consulting practice to help clients make sense of their experiences. Thank you, Alina!”

Lina M. Tangarife

Life Strategist & Coach

“I learned new tools to take notes and even organize my thoughts with images.”

  • “Let Me Draw What I Mean was a powerful course where I learned new tools to take notes and even organize my thoughts with images. I fully recommend Alina's course to anyone willing to improve their communication skills. Thank you Alina. You were amazing!”

Florence Lefrancois, M. Sc

Consultant - Strategy & Innovation - ERNST & YOUNG

“Alina’s approach is game changing. I definitely recommend this keynote to any organization”

  • “It was such a refreshing experience! I have since started adding icons to some of my emails, and using visual metaphors in my presentations. Alina’s approach is game changing. I definitely recommend this keynote to any organization”

Johana Cadavid

Director of Learning

“I was thrilled when my creative side just began slipping out of me during the workshop.”

  • “I have known Alina in many capacities, from being her teacher, to her colleague, and to eventually her student. Although I learned many technical things about visual note taking in her workshop, what stood out for me most was how I was able to free myself from my negative self-talk about my artistic abilities. With Alina’s gentle but spirited facilitation, I was thrilled when my creative side just began slipping out of me during the workshop. It was playful and fun and I was delighted to discover I could creatively capture ideas visually. With my new confidence and skills, I went on to use visuals in my consulting practice to help clients make sense of their experiences. Thank you,

    Alina!”

Angela Arroyave

Marketing Management, PR & International sales

“I gained so much confidence that it is easier for me to take a pen and start doodling in my group meetings.”

  • “I had the honour to be part of the first virtual course "Let Me Draw What I Mean " and the experience was insightful and very useful. The course helped me improve the way I take notes and the information I focus on during a meeting. It also helped me to understand how to visualize my thoughts in a way that others can understand and how to use it for efficient decision making. I gained so much confidence that it is easier for me to take a pen and start doodling in my group meetings. Thanks Alina”

Jacinthe Montplaisir

Community organizer and lecturer in social work - UQAR

“She made me believe myself and the importance of sharing my ideas through visual notes.

  • “From my first contact to the formation of visual notes I fell in love with Alina's work, for the person she is! she made me believe myself and the importance of sharing my ideas through visual notes. There is a before and after Visual versa in my practice. I feel lucky to have met Alina”

Catalina Velasquez Uribe

Product Marketing manager

“Simple tips and exercises helped me understand the basic steps for taking visual notes.”

  • “I took Alina’s course  on visual notes and an introduction into graphic facilitation, and I fully recommend her. Alina is a great teacher and coach. Her simple tips and exercises helped me understand the basic steps for taking visual notes. This course helped me understand how to visualize my ideas in a way that others can understand the information and use it for efficient decision making. If you are working in a team, this is definitely a great way to document meetings. And Alina’s method of teaching can definitely make you comfortable in adapting to this new way of note taking.”

Pascal Gravel

Behaviour Change Consultant

“Collaborating is like fully  jumping into creativity and collective intelligence. ”

  • Collaborating is like fully  jumping into creativity and collective intelligence. She grasps people’s needs and the internal language of groups- even the unspoken! She knows - and it's an art - how to generate a safe space and engage participants in collective reflection and action through visuals.

Chief Sustainability & Human Rights Officer - L´OREAL

Maya Colombani

”Talented, generous and strategic are perfect words to define Alina.”

  • ”Talented, generous and strategic are perfect words to define Alina. She is intuitive, pedagogical and impactful is why we choose to work with her recommend at 300%”