I was introduced to Sketchnoting at UX Australia. This presentation using pptPlex is about my journey, and how it has helped me. Thanks of course must go to people like Matt Balara, Dan Roam, and those who kindly upload their sketchnotes to the internet for others to view.

3. The Context
• I attend Too many meetings
– Brain can’t cope with all the logical stuff
• Conferences Deliver large amounts of
information in a small amount of time
• Want to strengthen the way I Convey
ideas

4. The Journey
• UX Australia – Scribble Your way to
success
Matt Balara http://www.mattbalara.com
• Search “Sketchnote” on flickr
• Great book - “Back of the Napkin”
by dan roam

5. The Art
• Its not fine art…
It’s a communication tool
• Can you draw these things?
…Then you can sketchnote.

7. Right Brain
• Remember what you did
last weekend?

8. Visual Thinking
• Better understand and recall
information
– doodlers have a 29% improved recall
• Visual Thinking is a big topic… We won’t
dive into it here.
– But read Dan Roam’s “Back of the napkin”

10. Getting your Sketch on…
• Speaker Rhythm
• Don’t get caught up in how it looks -
Sketchnotes are for yourself

11. Technique
• Focus on word pictures
• Listen to Sound bites
• Structure your notes but allow yourself
to be fluid/flexible
– not necessarily a list from top to bottom

12. Technique cont.
• Listen to filter ideas
• add some personality
• Practise with podcasts and Webcasts
• Build your own pictorial library
Here are a few of mine…

16. Personal outcomes
• Helped me show/ describe things to
others
• Better recall
• Non-linear sketching helped me uncover
the connections between things

17. Some Sketchnotes
• Don’t forget they are for yourself
• Mine aren’t pretty, but they allow me
to recall the info more easily
• I’ve included some others examples

21. @MattBalara

22. http://www.flickr.com/photos/overlobe/3991988471/