Visual Notes

seeing what mattersOK…and being a little different

Too much data out there

What?

Can’t hear ya

Of course not

I wasn’t using a critical sense

Let’s try again…

Too much data out there

People forget what they read, see, hear, experience

be a full witinclude your visual senses

to focus on

what you can see

Ahhhhhhh!

Frustrated note taker

Focused on too many damn details

Writing, writing, writing…

Just to keep up

What if…

we could bite-size it down?

By focusing on capturing…

the big ideas

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sketchnotesvisual maps for

meetings : speeches : conferences : books : TED talks…

whateva

words and imagesFor the meaningful ideas only

Engage your mind

What you hear activates your hand to create

visual notes

Created real time

or not

Can you do this?We’re you ever a kid?

Convey ideasCommunication over art

Perfect sux

the basics

PracticeYou’re in a gob of meetings anyway

some tips

why sketchnote?

whole brain :: better recall :: feel stuff

get in

relaxFree yourself to focus on the

big stuff

I like type

Sketchnote anatomy

typography

how about something we could

all do

The breakdown

a little photoshop anyone

intimidated by

faces?me, too.

don’t be

the dave gray method

drawing type

all the same but different

arrows; bullets; lines; connectors;dividers; icons; oh my

Mike Rohde

Let’s

practice

again…art over communication

we’ll start with

faces

figures

elements

shucks

poor

me

Good or bad…it’s just a dog

You suck.So what.

compare

you

to

you

linear✔ story-like

✔ 2-page spreads

❌ rigid flow

radial✔ organic flow

✔ add info anywhere

❌ little harder to read, complex

vertical✔ easy to read

❌ once you commit…

path✔ describes steps

❌ can run outta room

modular✔ organizes info well

❌ can limit info

skyscraper✔ say for, panel discussions

⚠ pace yourself

❌ limited space

popcorn✔ go for it. anything works.

✔ emphasize info vs location

❌ can be difficult to follow

That’s all I’m gonna say for structure

whew

well…almost

the basics

scan cover of handbook here

get sticky

goingdigital

❤ iPad

“cheating” allowed

visual-one-page-summary-book-

notes

collageit

steal like an artist

takeaways?

so…rather than…

feel…

yesyoucan

the beginningyour beginning

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