I get invited into rooms where big ideas are taking shape—and sometimes where things feel stuck. I use visual thinking, storytelling, and live drawing to help people see what’s really going on, connect the dots, and imagine what’s possible next.
This short trailer captures the spirit of Patti Dobrowolski and Sunni Brown’s live work—where imagination, drawing, and insight unfold in real time. It offers a feel for experiences like Imagination Unbound and The Art & Science of Imagination.
Upcoming Live Events & Collaborations
With Acclaimed Authors, Seasoned Facilitators, and Keynote Speakers Sunni (Sun) Brown and Patti Dobrowolski
Dates: Thursday, July 30 and Friday, July 31
Times: 9:30a – 3:00p and 9:30a – 2:00p | U.S. Central
Format: Facilitated Live Onsite in Austin, TX
Investment: $1,297 **Early Bird Price = $997. Offer ends on May 15.
**Space is limited to 40 participants. Workshop includes:
✍️ ~10 hours of experiential learning in a beautiful teaching space in the Austin hills (20 minutes from the heart of downtown!)
✍️ Training and coaching from two highly seasoned game facilitators
✍️ Signed copies of Gamestorming 2.0, The Doodle Revolution, and Creative Genius You
✍️ Gamestorming for Impact Certification
✍️ All essential work/play materials + onsite lunches
After two transformative online workshops — Imagination Unbound and The Art & Science of Imagination — we’re bringing the work of gamestorming + imagination into the analog world for a high-touch, in-person experience.
Boost Your Brilliant Light is a two-day workshop in Austin, Texas that blends insights from visual thinking, embodied imagination, and the best-selling book Gamestorming 2.0 into an experience that’s playful, profound, and practical.
In our time together, you’ll learn to see the imaginal capacity not as a marginal tool but as a very real force for transformation, and gain confidence in using gamestorming to accelerate it — for you, your clients, your teams, and your community.
This is an immersion for facilitators, coaches, consultants, leaders, entrepreneurs, and creative professionals who want to learn to lead and facilitate with imagination more purposefully, confidently, and effectively — as a critical capacity for innovating, thinking, teaming, dreaming, and the future of work.
During the workshop, you will:
Sunni (Sun) Brown is founder of the Center for Deep Self Design and is co-facilitating this workshop with her long-time friend and colleague, Patti Dobrowolski.
Patti Dobrowolski is founder of Up Your Creative Genius, a consulting firm that uses visual and gameful processes to help companies and individuals accelerate growth and change. Patti is a critically-acclaimed performer, high-performance business consultant, 4-time TEDx speaker, and internationally recognized keynoter. She is the author and illustrator of multiple books including The Non-Obvious Guide to Drawing Your Future, Creative Genius You, and Drawing Solutions: How Visual Goal Setting Will Change Your Life.
As a business consultant, Patti has brought innovative techniques to both small business owners and Fortune 100 companies, as well as government agencies, non-profits, and educators across the globe. Her mural-sized strategic illustrations grace the walls of Nike, Mastercard, Amazon, Starbucks, PepsiCo, The Gates Foundation, and the Seattle Space Needle.
Patti works with teams at all levels to capture their vision and unlock the power of conscious imagining to design and give momentum to bold business strategies. From building wealth to improving health to discovering what truly matters, Patti helps clients opens the door to a hopeful future waiting to be lived.
At its heart, Polly’s Army of ONE is about how we become ourselves—and what it costs, what it takes, and what we carry along the way.
Polly’s Army of ONE is a one-woman theatrical work blending storytelling, humor, and direct audience address to explore identity, resilience, and chosen family across a lifetime. Performed by a single actor embodying multiple ages and perspectives, the piece traces one queer woman’s journey from childhood through later life as she navigates belonging, love, loss, and self-acceptance.
The structure is episodic and character-driven, moving fluidly between past and present. Humor is used alongside moments of vulnerability to invite reflection on how personal history, societal norms, and internalized expectations shape identity. The work is intimate in scale, designed for flexible staging and minimal technical requirements, making it well suited for fringe and small-venue presentation.
I am excited that you are interested in having me speak at your event!
My calendar always fills up fast, so please complete this form and the first thing I will do is put your date on hold if it’s available. I, or a member of my team will then contact you to discuss your event in more detail.
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