Thinking in Visual Metaphors

Name: Thinking in Visual Metaphors
Rating: 9.87 (200 reviews)

4.9 (200)

PJ Milani

@milanicreative

Everything you need to create visuals that get saved, shared, and remembered

This 3-week course shows you exactly how to turn your expertise into simple visual metaphors that make complex ideas instantly clear. While everyone else races to compete for attention, you're about to do something different. You're about to master the art of making people understand and remember your ideas more powerfully than walls of text ever could.

This isn't about drawing.
It’s about transforming how you think and share ideas. It's creating that moment when your visual metaphor makes someone say "Oh, NOW I get it." When your ideas get forwarded instead of forgotten. Learn the same frameworks I’ve used to attract an engaged international audience of 450,000+ people.

What to expect:

➡️ Weekly live sessions + on-demand recordings

➡️ Real-time feedback on your visuals from me and fellow visual thinkers

➡️ The complete Visual Thinking Toolkit (formats, frameworks, and recipes)

➡️ Visual strategies to make the abstract visible

➡️ A private community for ongoing support

➡️ Visuals you will create to immediately use in your work

Join 500+ professionals who've discovered that visual thinking can become your competitive edge.

What you’ll learn

Make your ideas stand out with visual thinking.

Start creating meaningful visuals from day one with tried and tested recipes
Learn a repeatable and reliable 3-step process to turn complex concepts into simple, powerful images

Learn to recognize patterns and visual opportunities others miss
Develop the ability to think and communicate in pictures, not just words

Learn that your style is more than just what colors and fonts you use
Explore your creative accent (how your unique voice sounds in this visual medium)

Learn directly from PJ

PJ Milani

Founder of Milani Creative | 22 yrs Film & Animation Teacher

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Who this course is for

Consultants, coaches and team leads who explain complicated ideas to busy people
Teachers and trainers who want lessons to stick after class ends
Writers and creators who want their posts to stop the scroll

What's included

Live sessions

Learn directly from PJ Milani in a real-time, interactive format.

Lifetime access

Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.

Community of peers

Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.

Certificate of completion

Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.

Maven Guarantee

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Course syllabus

6 live sessions • 96 lessons • 10 projects

Week 1

Nov 2—Nov 8

1: Foundations

Nov
3
Live-Session 1: Foundations
Tue 11/31:00 AM—2:30 AM (UTC)

15 more items

2: Introduction to I.C.E. (Intention - Capture - Examine)

Nov
6
Live Session 2: Making Visuals as Cool as I.C.E.
Fri 11/61:00 AM—2:30 AM (UTC)

10 more items

Week 2

Nov 9—Nov 15

3: Execution

Nov
10
Live-Session 3: Execution
Tue 11/101:00 AM—2:30 AM (UTC)

7 more items

4: Frameworks

Nov
13
Live Session 4: Frameworks
Fri 11/131:00 AM—2:30 AM (UTC)

10 more items

Free resource

Creating Your First Visual Metaphor

Why visual metaphors?

Stand out with a skillset few people use in their content.

The Anatomy of a Visual

Identify the ingredients that make up a visual metaphor.

Most Common Limiting Belief (and how to reframe it)

Overcome what keeps most people from tapping into the power of visual metaphors.

3-Step Checklist to create a Memorable Visual

Get a sneak-peak into my reliable and repeatable framework to get started on your first visual metaphor.

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Testimonials

PJ Milani has a remarkable ability to bring complex concepts to life. His creative visuals are masterful in illustrating and illuminating ideas.
Adam Grant
#1 New York Times bestselling author of THINK AGAIN
PJ's visuals have helped bring my social media writing to life in ways that I'd never be able to express on my own. Whenever I have something to say, that my writing can't capture on its own, I turn to PJ to design it. One of the most talented visual designers around.
Justin Welsh
The Diversified Solopreneur
PJ is truly a visual teacher. His ability to capture the essence of a complex, abstract idea and break it down into an engaging, single message is remarkable. His visuals don’t just complement a concept. They elevate it.
Sahil Bloom
Entrepreneur and Author
PJ never ceased to make me see the world in a different and clearer way through his use of his visuals. It's single-frame storytelling at its best.
Matthew Dicks
Author & Storyteller