Sketchnotes-SF Meetup :: Round 18 :: Talk w/a pen & Listen w/a pen [Wed May 27, 2015]

SKETCHNOTES-SF : MEETUP | MAY 27, 2015
Sketchnotes-SFWelcome!
Tonight’s topic:
Talk w/a pen
&
Listen w/a pen
May 2015 @sketchnotesSF

thanks to our hosts
http://www.neo.com/
@neoinnovate

• Pizza talk
• warm-up
• rapid-rounds
• practice sessions
• gallery & critique
what we’ll do

intro
Holding the pen
Basics
“when you hold the pen, you
hold the space to listen”

Whatʼs different
about capturing a 1:1?
•!Personal & intimate
•!Collaborative
•!Bring structure to a narrative
Discuss.

why visual listening?
•!externalize and clarify ideas
•!communicate with others
•!get in a different groove
•!be super cool
tonightʼs goals
•!be conﬁdent with using a pen
in 1:1 conversations
•!use your skills as much as possible
•!grow & reﬁne your skills

Via @rohdesign

Gray marker or pencil
Gel pens (.3 / .5 / .7) Unlined Moleskine
Common materials

Good-enough
materials

Everyone got
materials?

warm-ups
quick activity to
get your hands
moving.

30 seconds

rapid rounds
lettering
icons
expressions
story

basic • serif • double • bubble • block
lettering
5 from 1
Via @katerutter

Note to regulars...
Try a new basic style!

basic
serif
double
bubble
block
Via @katerutter

basic
tall
wide
30 seconds Via @katerutter

icons

20 seconds

alarm

shopping

work

friends

lunch

weather

expressions
sketch-a-long

smile frown
up brows
neutral
down
brows
no brows
add a mouth...
add eyebrows...
Expressions matrix

story
solo sketch

5 minutes to capture
5 minutes to clarify
• Make visual notes of a summary of your day...
When did you wake up? Where did you go?
What did you do? What was the weather like?
sketch your day
• Take 5 minutes to visually clarify:
* structure the layout (connect the parts)
* add text emphasis (5 from 1!)
* add icons
* add labels (name, date, times) & color

share
5 min!

Practice
sessions

I want to become a better sketcher,
listener and documenter.
I want to remember key
information and have something to
share with others after a session.
I'm a big visual
learner & I want to
remember things
more easily.
I want to tell a
story very quickly.
I want to learn to
effectively communicate
visually.
I want to make hard
concepts more
accessible.

Talk
with a pen
1
10 minutes

3 minutes to explain
2 minutes to reﬂect
talk with a pen
• Think of a concept you know well that
is hard to communicate to others.
• Using a pen and paper, explain it
visually to a partner.
• Reﬂect together when you are done.

swap!

discuss
5 min!

Listen
with a pen
2
10 minutes

3 minutes to record
2 minutes to reﬂect
• Ask your partner to tell you about
something that is important to him or her.
• Use a pen and paper to record while your
partner talks.
• Reﬂect together when you are done.
listen with a pen

collaborative
critique

feedback &
improvements

How do YOU
want to use visual
communication?

shout
out To the amazing
Molly Clare Wilson
for pioneering the
talk+listen activity
@mollyclare
http://molly.is/here

Sketchnoting
http://sketchnotearmy.com/
http://whiteboardwarrior.org
http://www.meetup.com/Sketchnotes-SF/
Resources

General Visual Practice
Resources

Graphic recording & facilitation
International Forum of Visual Practitioners:
http://ifvpcommunity.ning.com/
Center for Graphic Facilitation:
http://graphicfacilitation.blogs.com/
Resources

People to follow Sketchnote Army
http://sketchnotearmy.com/
Mike Rohde
http://rohdesign.com
@rhodesign
Sunni Brown
http://sunnibrown.com
@sunnibrown
David Sibbet @ the Grove
http://grove.com
Dave Gray
http://www.davegrayinfo.com
@davegray
Doug Neill
http://www.thegraphicrecorder.com/
@douglaspneill
Sacha Chua
http://sachachua.com
@sachachua
Alexis Finch
http://graphitemind.com
@agentﬁn
Austin Kleon
http://austinkleon.com
@austinkleon
Eva Lotta-Lamm
http://www.evalotta.net
@evalottchen
Jeannel King
http://jeannelking.com/
@jeannelking

Sketchnotes-SF Meetup
Wed May 27, 2015
Joyce Gagnon | @joycefgagnon
Kate Rutter | @katerutter
may the sketch
be with you!

Sketchnotes-SF Meetup :: Round 18 :: Talk w/a pen & Listen w/a pen [Wed May 27, 2015]

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