Clients, Sketching Sessions & Stories

Some of my biggest client breakthroughs don't make it to this page – the drawings stay behind closed doors. Here is a collection of client sessions, public sketchcasts, and presentations from Visual Minds members

Tad Hargrave storyboard

They hate marketing, but need clients

Tad Hargrave, Marketing for Hippies
"Drawing as a powerful and effective form of coaching? Who'd have thought? Not me."
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Rochelle Moulton storyboard

The Business of authority

Rochelle Moulton, Authority Brand Consultant
"Ingrid's magic is asking insightful questions and translating that to a powerful visual."
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NORDSEE workshop drawing

Imagining the Future

NORDSEE leadership workshop, Bremerhaven
"Some connections and gaps only really became clear to us through the drawing." — Raphael Gansch, CEO
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Calvin Correli – Big Picture Session drawing

All business blocks are mental

Calvin Correli, founder of Simplero
He built a platform for making business simpler. I'm a happy Simplero customer, so this is also my story.
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Signature Pattern session with executive coach Laurent Vuibert – video still

Four careers, one thread

Laurent Vuibert, executive coach
"Ingrid helps you uncover the deeper pattern running through your life and work."
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Helen Sanderson storyboard

From clutter to calm 

Helen Sanderson, The Clutter Therapist
Her client has a "PhD" in Projects Half Done. Her method is a garden: weeding, planting, maintaining.
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Finally a marketing method that works

Husain Shekhani PhD, Ultrasonic Advisors
"I'm so glad that we found what to niche down on. I'm picking up clients."
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Jennifer Timrott's Coast against Plastic slide: a drawn figure collecting plastic on a real beach photo

Fighting for the ocean, with a pen

Jennifer Timrott, "Coast against plastic"
"The courage to just go for it and share my work came from your course."
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Within days, I started making big decisions

Jason Donkersgoed, ICF Global Board Chair
"After we did the sketch, changes happene easily and naturally, focusing on what truly matters."
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Dave Gray storyboard

School of the possible

Dave Gray, author of Gamestorming
We sketched his vision for a new community that would recreate the creative buzz he had felt at art school.
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Mike Rohde storyboard

Sketchnote Course Dilemma

Mike Rohde, author of The Sketchnote Handbook
He came with a question: what should my next offer be?
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Sketch against hourly pricing

Jonathan Stark, Business Consultant
"The drawing makes it more tangible."
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From English teacher to confidence builder

Philippa Skillman, Exec. Communications Coach
"I absolutely love that. I feel even a little emotional."
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May Busch storyboard

Turns out I was clearer than I thought

May Busch, former COO Morgan Stanley Europe
Not the drawing alone – the drawing plus the strategy behind it.
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Sherry Richert Belul storyboard

Finding pinpricks of light

Sherry Richert Belul, Simply Celebrate
"It was the drawing of it. It allowed me to visualize the people I work with and how much I love them."
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Safe Harbour brand storyboard

The town is the hero

Safe Harbour, non-profit for the homeless
"Our story seemed too complex. Ingrid worked her magic into a storyboard the whole team can identify with."
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George Kao drawing

Soulful business coaching

George Kao, Business Coach
"Ingrid asks the right questions, helps me simplify the vastness of my work

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Shahroo Izadi storyboard

Changing habits with kindness

Shahroo Izadi, author of The Kindness Method
Her whole method on one sheet: know yourself, believe in yourself, like yourself.
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Monica Paredes storyboard

part therapy, part magic and ALL clarity

Monica Paredes, Holistic Business Mentor
I could see my new business identity unfolding.
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Website design in Seattle, sketched

Suzanne Harrison, Web Designer
"I was just talking, and Ingrid took my many words and put them down succinctly on this one picture."
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Lee Handley's Big Picture drawing

Profitability made visual

Lee Handley, profitability consultant
"All that stuff in my head that was killing me was finally coming out."
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Mick Holly storyboard

Three customers from one drawing

Mick Holly, Business by-the-numbers
"After sending your illustration in my newsletter, I have had 3 customers reach out to me."
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I want to communicate succintly

Michael Fox, 7-Figure Mindset Coach
"The picture helps me to sort it out in my mind."
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Anna Umbelino's Big Picture drawing

She sees what isn't there yet

Anna Umbelino, High-Performance Coach
"Ingrid listens on a deeper level than most people – and sees what isn't there yet."
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Greg Tutunjian storyboard

Affirming, inspirational, directional

Greg Tutunjian, Transformation Strategist
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Dr. Michelle Mazur storyboard

A three-word rebellion

Dr. Michelle Mazur, communication rebel
Her client is an expert nobody knows yet.
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Stepping into the next life phase

Susanne Hutzler, Architect & Coach
"I realized core clarity comes from the joy inside myself."
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Alex Baisley storyboard

Find your calling – start on Monday

Alex Baisley, Big Dream Program
"To see it visually like this is really very moving."
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