The annual Elearning Guild’s DevLearn Conference & Expo was recently held on November 18-20 in Las Vegas, Nevada. DevLearn is the premiere event in the Learning & Development industry and one I anticipate the most. Three days of learning together with friends and colleagues by discovering … [Read more...]
Sketchnote With Me in a Session at Learning Solutions 2016
Sketching my notes is something I've been doing all my life long before it became a thing. As someone who enjoys drawing it is often a challenge to separate the difference between the skill and talent of drawing and sketching visual notes. First, sketchonting has zero to do with artistic ability. … [Read more...]
Step 6: #Sketchnotes: Action, Emotion, Color, and Adornments
In this final step of Sketchnote School: 6 Steps to Great Conference Sketchnotes we’ll look at a few things that bring your sketches to life. The pretty stuff, as I like to call it, are those little things that draw (pun intended) attention to specific key points or add mood, tone, or general visual … [Read more...]
DevLearn 2014 keynote: #Sketchnote of Neil deGrasse Tyson
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. … [Read more...]
Step 5: #Sketchnotes: Icons and Concepts: Developing your own style.
Stylistic lettering accompanied by lines, arrows, and shapes may arguably be the fundamentals of basic sketchnoting. Sometimes the term “less is more” can apply to sketchnotes by using icons and conceptual objects to communicate the same thing as a sentence or bulleted list. … [Read more...]
Step 4: #Sketchnotes: Headers, Titles, Captions, and Speech Bubbles
Let’s face it; notes are notes because of the text. Sketchnote text is…well, your handwriting. Duh. Again, there are no rules to Sketchnoting. These are just tips and techniques I’ve come across or developed over the years. The rule I pose on myself for the two are: Text: headers, titles, … [Read more...]