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DevLearn 2014 keynote: #Sketchnote of Neil deGrasse Tyson

November 24, 2014 By Kevin Thorn 4 Comments

DevLearn 2014 once again lived up to the Elearning Guild hosting the leading conference and expo in the industry. This was my fourth consecutive year attending DevLearn. While I could write a long post on the experience, this post is about this year’s keynote speaker, Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Dr. Tyson is arguably the most brilliant mind living today where one would be easily intimidated. Yet he’s a very a dynamic and entertaining speaker with a very open and approachable personality. I had been looking forward to seeing and hearing him speak for months leading up to the conference with hopes of meeting him if not for a brief autograph. What happened that day blew my mind!

Those of you that know me know that I like to draw. I’ve been sketchnoting for many many years but it never occurred to me that sketchnotting would become the trend it is today in sketching conference talks. While I may be able to whip up a drawing fairly quick, I am by far as talented as most sketchnoters and still struggle with structure and hierarchy. I didn’t care. I just wanted to say I had the opportunity to sit in and sketchnote a keynote talk by *the* Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Here it is:

Keynote sketchnote
Keynote sketchnote

It gets better…

At lunch with Tom Kuhlmann
At lunch with Tom Kuhlmann

I was invited to lunch to visit and ask Dr. Tyson questions after the keynote with 30 of my colleagues. During lunch several colleagues asked him questions and I listened intently while he shared his thoughts and philosophy on those topics. After lunch, to my surprise, we all had an opportunity to meet him and get our photos taken with him. I was sitting next to Tom Kuhlmann during lunch and I shared my sketchnote with him. Tom suggested I get Dr. Tyson to sign it. So I did.

He even broke out his special fountain pen!

The Autograph
The Autograph

 

Autographed Sketchnote
Autographed Sketchnote

In the big scheme of things my little ole signed sketchnote is trivial in most eyes. Like others, I’ve got autographs from celebrities, athletes, musicians and other notables I’ve met over the years. Aside from my newly acquired autographed sketchnote, there’s only one other autograph that I have that I think is really cool – singer/songwriter Sam Samudio, a.k.a. Sam the Sham of “Wooly Bully.”

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About Kevin Thorn

Chief NuggetHead, Kevin Thorn is an award-winning eLearning designer with over 30 years’ experience in the training industry. Kevin earned a Technology Management degree in pursuit of an IT career. With a pencil in his pocket, his interest in technology mashed with his passion for visual design, he founded NuggetHead Studioz, LLC. The Studioz is a custom design & development company providing services in instructional design, storyboarding, eLearning development, Articulate Storyline training, illustration, graphic design, storytelling, cartooning and comics.

Comments

  1. Jenise Cook says

    November 25, 2014 at 8:25 pm

    Kevin,

    What a memorable experience for you!

    Thank you for sharing. Love what you put in your Sketchbook.

    As adults, let’s continue to cherish the creativity of the child within us. Grateful for the reminder.

    Have a terrific Thanksgiving this week!

    Reply
    • Kevin Thorn says

      November 26, 2014 at 1:46 am

      Thanks Jenise!

      I especially enjoyed when he referred to kids jumping in mud puddles – “Cool! I’m making craters!”

      Reply
  2. Brian Dusablon says

    November 25, 2014 at 9:05 pm

    Very cool. Everything I’ve read tells me I missed a great keynote and meeting a pretty awesome guy. Excellent illustrations as always! Keep posting!

    Reply
    • Kevin Thorn says

      November 26, 2014 at 1:46 am

      It was pretty awesome! Tweeting the Pope during is talk was epic, too!

      Reply

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