Quick Tips!
- Listen with full presence. What is the speaker’s perspective?
- Synthesize in a few words and an image. What is the big idea?
- No judgement. Sketchnoting is a relaxing practice. Keep your pen moving. See where it takes you.
Read! A field guide to Graphic Notes website with links and videos to explore.
Read! Sketchnotes 101: Visual Thinking website worth a 3 minute read.
Try a book! The Sketchnote Handbook is a great read and worth the investment. True to sketchnote style, this book artfully combines image and text in an easy to flow structure.
Watch and practice! Practice creating a sketchnote while watching and listening to a video. Try the first three minutes of Brené Brown’s Ted Talk on Vulnerability.