Presentation talk given at Elearning Guild's Learning Solutions 2014 Conference & Expo in Orlando, FL

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Sketchnoting
Sketchnoting - Capturing Ideas and
Concepts with Visual Narratives
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What are Sketchnotes?
Sketchnoting is a form of Visual
Writing by expressing ideas, concepts,
and important thoughts in a meaningful
flow by listening, processing, and
transferring what you hear by analog
or digital sketching.

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IDEAS,
NOT ART
Mike Rohde

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What are Sketchnotes?
Sketching notes is NOT
about drawing skills. It’s
about adding creative
style and emphasis to
your own notes.
Megan Dusablon – 9 yrs old.

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How to Sketchnote
Materials: Pens and Paper
Preparing: Live or Post
Format, Visual Flow
Who and Where?
Text and Dialogue
Icons and Concepts

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Pens and Paper

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Pens

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My Pens

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Pens
Faber Castel PITT artist pen
Prismacolor Premier
ZIG Millennium
Micron
Uni-ball Signo Gel Pen

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Faber-castel PITT

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Prismacolor premier

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Paper

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Paper

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Paper weight

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How to Sketchnote
Materials: Pens and Paper
Preparing: Live or Post
Format, Visual Flow
Who and Where?
Text and Dialogue
Icons and Concepts

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LIVE SKETCHNOTING
Advantage:
listening skills
Processing information
Visualization of information
Disadvantage:
Intimidating
Self-pressure and anxiety
Mistakes

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Tips for live sketching
Arrive 10-15 minutes early
Sit near front or screen
Under good light
Pre-sketch title and name
Conference or #hashtag

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Live sketch

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post SKETCHNOTING
Advantage:
shorthand
Use pencil
Clean up later
Disadvantage:
More time later
Temptation to erase
Sharing is delayed

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Tips for post SKETCHNOTING
Create a sketchnote plan
Identify talks
Set a time later for clean-up
and sharing.

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How to Sketchnote
Materials: Pens and Paper
Preparing: Live or Post
Format, Visual Flow
Who and Where?
Text and Dialogue
Icons and Concepts

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format

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FLOW

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Radial
Sketchnote Handbook – Mike Rohde

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Quad & Path
Sketchnote Handbook – Mike Rohde

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Scattered & crispy

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How to Sketchnote
Materials: Pens and Paper
Preparing: Live or Post
Format, Visual Flow
Who and Where?
Text and Dialogue
Icons and Concepts

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Who and Where?
Characters (WHO) add visual appeal
that may help pull notes into that
emotional context where mood and
tone are needed to emphasize a point.
Locations (WHERE) are simply what the
name implies – a place. A place to help
frame the context of the notes or
story.

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characters
In their simplest form a stick
figure is in fact a character.
It doesn’t have to be
anything more than that.
It’s what you do with your
stick figure that makes all
the difference.

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Tips for better stick figures
Add:
Mittens
Bootie
Lean the Center of
Gravity

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Help tell the story

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Exercise
Standing Walking
Running Jumping

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How to Sketchnote
Materials: Pens and Paper
Preparing: Live or Post
Format, Visual Flow
Who and Where?
Text and Dialogue
Icons and Concepts

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Text and dialogue
Sketchnotes are….well, your handwriting.
Text: headers, titles, statements, bullets.
Dialogue: captions, quotes, and anything
conversational which are in speech bubbles.
Speech Bubbles: quotes with characters

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Headers and titles

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Captions and Quotes

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Speech bubbles

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Seanwes.com
Sean McCabe
@seanwes
seanwes.com

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How to Sketchnote
Materials: Pens and Paper
Preparing: Live or Post
Format, Visual Flow
Who and Where?
Text and Dialogue
Icons and Concepts

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Icons

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Concepts

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How to Sketchnote
Materials: Pens and Paper
Preparing: Live or Post
Format, Visual Flow
Who and Where?
Text and Dialogue
Icons and Concepts

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Tell a Story

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Gerren Lamson from “Sketchnoting Handbook” by Mike Rohde.

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Mathew Magain from “Sketchnoting Handbook” by Mike Rohde.

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Timothy Reynolds from “Sketchnoting Handbook” by Mike Rohde.

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Francis Rowland from “Sketchnoting Handbook” by Mike Rohde.

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Chris Shipton from “Sketchnoting Handbook” by Mike Rohde.

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Paul Soupiset from “Sketchnoting Handbook” by Mike Rohde.

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Kyle Steed from “Sketchnoting Handbook” by Mike Rohde.

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Things to consider
Create your own visual style
Don’t have to fill page
Use symbols and icons
Keep your pen/pencil moving
Make mistakes!

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Practice
Draw it 100 times to make it your own!
When you don’t have to think about
what you’re sketching, you own it.

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Seanwes.com

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Mike Rohde - http://sketchnotearmy.com/
Eva-Lotta Lamm - http://www.evalotta.net/work/sketchnotes
Sunni Brown - http://sunnibrown.com/
books

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Resources
What Are Sketch Notes:
http://www.learnnuggets.com
Sketchnote Army:
http://sketchnotearmy.com/
Sacha Chua:
http://sachachua.com/blog/
Kevin Dulle:
http://thethinkingcanvas.com/
LinkedIn - I Sketchnote group
Skecthnote Flickr Group:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/sketchnotes/

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Sketch. Go Now!
kevin@learnnuggets.com
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