United We TransformCreate teamsGrade your agenda
Exercises/Mapping & Visual Canvases
Themes

Exercises for Mapping & Visual Canvases

Groups fill in a shared visual framework, such as a business model canvas, systems map, or spider diagram, to make relationships or structure visible on one page. Use these when a topic is too tangled to talk through and needs to be drawn out instead.

Explore exercises grouped by theme. Read each run sheet to check the task, group size and setting before choosing.

145 exercises

Spectrum Mapping

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

Making Masks

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Visual Icebreaker: Show and Tell

Visual Thinking · 5 to 15 minutes

Yarn and a Network

Visual Thinking · 15 to 30 minutes

Participatory Infographic

Visual Thinking · 60+ minutes

Panarchy

Relationship Mapping · 60+ minutes

Zine Creation

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

HELLO!

Relationship Mapping · 15 to 30 minutes

Drawing for Success Superheroes

Visual Thinking · 5 to 15 minutes

Southwest Model Draw

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

The Faces

Visual Thinking · 30 to 60 minutes

The Spider Web

Visual Thinking · 15 to 30 minutes

Tableau

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

Draw an Infographic

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

Context Map

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

Local Connections Map

Relationship Mapping · 60+ minutes

Drawing Together

Visual Thinking · 30 to 60 minutes

Solution Tree

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

Giants, Wizards, Elves

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Shared Book Boxes

Relationship Mapping · 60+ minutes

Wabi Sabi Reflection

Personal Disclosure · 5 to 15 minutes

Business Model Canvas

Visual Thinking · 30 to 60 minutes

Map Your Network

Relationship Mapping · 15 to 30 minutes

Design Your Hierarchy

Applied Improv · 15 to 30 minutes

Empathy Mapping

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

Where in the World

General Collaboration Exercise · 5 to 15 minutes

Tandem Drawing

Visual Thinking · 5 to 15 minutes

Map Making

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Prototype Gallery

Team Reflection · 60+ minutes

Visual Explorer Photo Cards

Visual Thinking · 30 to 60 minutes

Guided Visualizations

Relationship Mapping · 15 to 30 minutes

Rich Pictures

General Collaboration Exercise · 30 to 60 minutes

Blind Polygon

Team Reflection · 15 to 30 minutes

Post-It People Science Teams

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Back-to-Back Drawing

Visual Thinking · 15 to 30 minutes

Yellow Pages Mashup

Ideation Warm-Up · 15 to 30 minutes

Team Agreement Canvas

Team Reflection · 30 to 60 minutes

Mapping Connections Framework

Prompted Conversation · 5 to 15 minutes

No Look Portrait

Visual Thinking · 5 to 15 minutes

Online SDLT

Relationship Mapping · 15 to 30 minutes

Graphic Facilitation

Visual Thinking · 30 to 60 minutes

Collaborative Drawing

Visual Thinking · 5 to 15 minutes

Systems Mapping

Relationship Mapping · 60+ minutes

Engineering Serendipity: UWT Manual Matching

Relationship Mapping · 15 to 30 minutes

Even Flow

Workspace Ritual · 30 to 60 minutes

The Business Card

Visual Thinking · 5 to 15 minutes

Benefit Map

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

Ecocycle Planning

Relationship Mapping · 60+ minutes

Mapping Organizational Culture

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

Affinity Map

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

Empathy Map

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

Cross Questions

Relationship Mapping · 15 to 30 minutes

Drawing Together

Visual Thinking · 30 to 60 minutes

Word Drill

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Participatory Cause-and-Effect Flowchart

Relationship Mapping · 60+ minutes

Diaporama

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

Feedback Feedback

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Ball of Thread

Visual Thinking · 15 to 30 minutes

Closing Triangles

Relationship Mapping · 15 to 30 minutes

Anagram Expert

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Five Card Sets

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

Photo Analysis

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Mapping Business Models

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

Gallery of Results

Team Reflection · 60+ minutes

SQUID

Prompted Conversation · 15 to 30 minutes

Chapters: Serial Case Storytelling

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

Emotional Map

Relationship Mapping · 15 to 30 minutes

Equilateral Triangles Collaboration

Team Reflection · 5 to 15 minutes

Collaborative Mind Map

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

Community Garden Planning and Action

Ideation Warm-Up · 60+ minutes

KWL Chart

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Large Scale Art

Team Reflection · 30 to 60 minutes

The Caption Game

Relationship Mapping · 15 to 30 minutes

Mapping Design Operations

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

Open Space Technology

Relationship Mapping · 60+ minutes

Spider's Web

Relationship Mapping · 15 to 30 minutes

My Other Half

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Collaborative Life Drawing

Visual Thinking · 15 to 30 minutes

Stakeholder Mapping

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

Forced Connections

Ideation Warm-Up · 30 to 60 minutes

Stage Directions

Relationship Mapping · 15 to 30 minutes

Food Chain

Relationship Mapping · 15 to 30 minutes

Stumpers

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

Match and Mix Action Plan

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

Social Network Webbing

Name Learning · 30 to 60 minutes

Guess the Drawing

Visual Thinking · 15 to 30 minutes

Collaborative Sketching

Visual Thinking · 30 to 60 minutes

Favorite Sticky Review

Ideation Warm-Up · 5 to 15 minutes

Dirty Tricks: Spotting Logical Fallacies

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

Heat Map Voting

Visual Thinking · 5 to 15 minutes

Jigsaw Puzzle Mingler

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Creative Mark Exploration

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

Spider Web

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

Tickets Reward System

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Risk Mapping

Relationship Mapping · 60+ minutes

Graphic Info

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

Communication Styles Dichotomy Debate

Relationship Mapping · 15 to 30 minutes

Reducing Duplication of Work

Prompted Conversation · 30 to 60 minutes

Image Interpreter

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Social Network Webbing

Name Learning · 30 to 60 minutes

Generative Relationships STAR

Relationship Mapping · 15 to 30 minutes

Seeing Communities as Partners

Team Reflection · 30 to 60 minutes

Learning Canvas

Team Reflection · 30 to 60 minutes

Landscape Coloring

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Collaborative Mind Mapping

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Least Preferred Patient Test

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Facilitated Mind Mapping

Visual Thinking · 30 to 60 minutes

JourneyFolio

Workspace Ritual · 30 to 60 minutes

Grab That Spoon!

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Terms of Art

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

TRIZ Inverted Failure Brainstorm

Ideation Warm-Up · 30 to 60 minutes

McKinsey 7-S Model Workshop

Relationship Mapping · 60+ minutes

Virtual Museum Scavenger Hunt

Relationship Mapping · 15 to 30 minutes

Graphic Facilitation

Visual Thinking · 30 to 60 minutes

Book Group

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

Three Lines Soccer

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Photos of Family, Friends, Pets

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Comic Creations

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Context Map

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

Start With Why Workshop

Relationship Mapping · 60+ minutes

Cliques and Exclusion

General Collaboration Exercise · 30 to 60 minutes

Meaningful Work Workshop

Relationship Mapping · 60+ minutes

Sociometry Workshop

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

Shared Purpose and Vision Workshop

General Collaboration Exercise · 60+ minutes

Friendly Flyers

Relationship Mapping · 15 to 30 minutes

Bright Spots

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Change Journey Map

Relationship Mapping · 60+ minutes

Team Library Launch

Relationship Mapping · 15 to 30 minutes

Missing Sentence

Relationship Mapping · 15 to 30 minutes

The She Project

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

Presentation Vision Sheet

General Collaboration Exercise · 30 to 60 minutes

Go Fish

Workspace Ritual · 5 to 15 minutes

Empathy Mapping

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

Card Prompt Mapping

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Concept Map

Relationship Mapping · 15 to 30 minutes

Team Pictionary

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Envelopes

Relationship Mapping · 15 to 30 minutes

Concept Pictionary

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Interaction Map

Relationship Mapping · 30 to 60 minutes

Photos as Children

Relationship Mapping · 15 to 30 minutes

Telephone Pictionary

General Collaboration Exercise · 15 to 30 minutes

Agile UX Sketching and Scrum

Visual Thinking · 15 to 30 minutes

Concept Map

Visual Thinking · 15 to 30 minutes

Slide Show

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Riddle Relay

Relationship Mapping · 5 to 15 minutes

Browse other categories