The Context
• I attend Too many meetings
– Brain can’t cope with all the logical stuff
• Conferences Deliver large amounts of
information in a small amount of time
• Want to strengthen the way I Convey
ideas

The Journey
• UX Australia – Scribble Your way to
success
Matt Balara http://www.mattbalara.com
• Search “Sketchnote” on flickr
• Great book - “Back of the Napkin”
by dan roam

The Art
• Its not fine art…
It’s a communication tool
• Can you draw these things?
…Then you can sketchnote.

Right Brain
• Remember what you did
last weekend?

Visual Thinking
• Better understand and recall
information
– doodlers have a 29% improved recall
• Visual Thinking is a big topic… We won’t
dive into it here.
– But read Dan Roam’s “Back of the napkin”

Getting your Sketch on…
• Speaker Rhythm
• Don’t get caught up in how it looks -
Sketchnotes are for yourself

Technique
• Focus on word pictures
• Listen to Sound bites
• Structure your notes but allow yourself
to be fluid/flexible
– not necessarily a list from top to bottom

Technique cont.
• Listen to filter ideas
• add some personality
• Practise with podcasts and Webcasts
• Build your own pictorial library
Here are a few of mine…

Personal outcomes
• Helped me show/ describe things to
others
• Better recall
• Non-linear sketching helped me uncover
the connections between things

Some Sketchnotes
• Don’t forget they are for yourself
• Mine aren’t pretty, but they allow me
to recall the info more easily
• I’ve included some others examples

@MattBalara

http://www.flickr.com/photos/overlobe/3991988471/