Learn How to Sketchnote - No Art Degree Required! (Japan SciComm, October 2021)

Have you ever seen a sketchnote? It’s when a person sketches and takes notes, often live, to bring research, public service announcements and TED talks to life. It is a powerful visual tool that engages audiences and makes the content of the lecture more accessible and easy to understand. You can use this powerful tool in your own work. This workshop will show you how.

At the end of this workshop, you will be able to…

Understand why sketchnoting is more engaging and accessible than text-only reports
Sharpen your listening skills to convert ideas into visuals
Create your very first graphic recording—no art degree required!

Transcript

1. CJ Hostetter October 26th 2021
2. Me, some years ago
4. Why Sketchnotes are More Engaging than Text
5. via SketchOwl Katharina Blum Mike Rohde
6. The Federalist Society YouTube
8. Sharpen Your Listening Skills
9. Sketchnoting requires us to move both our brains and our hands. This means we are limited to capturing only as much information as our hands can produce.
10. The benefit of this is that we are forced to focus on the most important takeaways of the talk.
11. 1. What does the audience I’m writing for want to know about this talk? 2. What are the key takeaways? (usually ~3) 3. What are things I can represent in images rather than text? Ask yourself...
12. How to Start Sketching
13. There are five basic shapes used for sketchnoting...
14. ...and we combine them to make shapes.
16. Don’t focus on drawing well at first. Sketchnoting is all about listening and speed.
17. Let’s listen to our first talk. No drawing! LISTEN 5 MINUTES
18. Megan Pozzi Winner of Three-Minute Thesis 2013
19. Let’s draw our sketchnote! DRAW 5 MINUTES
20. 2 MINUTES What was easy for you? What was difficult? REFLECT
21. Let’s listen to our second talk. No drawing! LISTEN 3 MINUTES
22. Yuta Nakagawa Winner of Three-Minute Thesis 2020
23. Let’s draw our sketchnote! DRAW 5 MINUTES
24. Take your favorite sketchnote and polish it. DRAW 5 MINUTES
25. Take a photo and share! SHARE 5 MINUTES
26. Q&A
27. World Sketchnoting Day 2021.01.11 https://sketchnotearmy.com /wsd