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SketchnotingRu Cindrea

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About me

- Software tester for over 10 years

- Managing partner and test consultant at Altom.ro

- Worst possible/absolutely non-existent drawing skills (does this make me a good or a bad choice for this presentation?)

- Started sketchnoting about a year ago

In this presentation

• How I ended up doing my first sketchnote

• What are sketchnotes?

• Reasons to use sketchnoting

• How to sketchnote

• Why is it so popular?

My Notes Before

A different way

• Ruud Cox - fellow tester from Holland

• http://ruudcox.wordpress.com/

• @ruudcox

http://ruudcox.wordpress.com/

More from Ruud

@ruudcox

BUT... I CAN'T DRAW!


SO WHAT?Ruud:

Another different way

@leventebalintMy colleague Levi from Altom


WHO CARES?Levi:

http://rohdesign.com/

Mike Rohde - designer, author, illustrator and sketchnoter

Free Intro PDF:

http://goo.gl/r3UQr

@rohdesign

The Sketchnote Handbook


http://goo.gl/r3UQr

SKETCHNOTES = RICH VISUAL NOTES

- Made out of handwriting, drawings, typography, shapes & visual elements

- Create a condensed visual map of what you are hearing, seeing and thinking

handwriting drawings typography shapes visual elements

My Notes Before

My Notes Now

I always know exactly:

- what I was thinking

- what it felt like

One look and I remember the topic + main points + what I liked/disliked

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual-coding_theory - from Alan Paivio (1971)

• Main points:

• visual and verbal information are processed along distinct channels

• mental images help learning

• both visual and verbal codes can be used when recalling information

Dual-coding Theory

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual-coding_theory

@rohdesign

Learn the main components

Practice

Use all the tools you can get

Learn the main components

• Hierarchy & Typography

• Containers & Connectors/Dividers

• People

• Common Objects

@rohdesign

•CAPITALS

• Bold lettering TYPE

• BLOCK LETTERS • Different “fonts”

• Bullets points

• Size

Hierarchy & Typography

Hierarchy & Typography

•CAPITALS

• Bold lettering TYPE

• BLOCK LETTERS • Different “fonts”

• Bullets points

• Size

Containers & Connectors

• BASIC SHAPES make for great containers

• Thought and speech bubbles

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• Arrows

• Lines

People & Faces• As simple as possible

• Star people

• Gray people

People & Faces

Common Objects

Common ObjectsWhat if I don't know how to draw certain objects?

Toolkit

• Research and “cheating” (looking up how to draw this or that)

• Actual drawing or sketchnoting

• Tools/Apps I like:

• Adobe Ideas (Free)

• SketchBook (Free option available)

• Notability

Smart phones & tablets

Hypothesis #1:

In the Agile world, visualizing ideas is becoming more and more popular in general

There's value in quick learning, quick recalling, quick explaining

Sketchnotes are like mindmaps

Hypothesis #2:

In the "Age of Distraction" and social media, it's good to:

- stay focused and extract key ideas

- share your original ideas/notes and improve your "virtual persona"

Hypothesis #3:

A lot of IT companies are looking for creativity when hiring new people

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Sketchnotes stand as proof that we are not afraid to be wrong and we can come up with original materials and ideas

"Story of the little girl"

Ken Robinson - How Schools Kill Creativity http://www.ted.com/talks/

ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html

http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html


Going back to:

CHILDREN NEVER SAY THEY CAN'T DRAW

The right question is not "How creative are you?”

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but !

"How are you creative?"

Online Resources for Sketchnoting

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• http://goo.gl/r3UQr - Link to Free PDF - excerpt from The Sketchnote Handbook

• http://rohdesign.com/ - Mike Rhode's website

• http://sunnibrown.com/doodlerevolution/ - Doodle Revolution from Sunni Brown

• http://sketchnotearmy.com/ - Sketchnote Army - A collection of first time sketchnotes

http://goo.gl/r3UQr


http://sunnibrown.com/doodlerevolution/

http://sketchnotearmy.com/

Thank you!

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