At this year’s InnoVAte Virginia Jason Allen Ashlock (@jasonashlock on Twitter) gave the afternoon keynote on “The Storyteller’s Secret: How Narrative Intelligence Can Transform Your Organization.” A highly engaging speaker, he started with a hook, then told us he was going to talk about five types of story arcs that businesses use to tell a […]
When Scrum meets Sketchnoting
On February 26 Mike Rohde, author of The Sketchnote Handbook and curator of The Sketchnote Army, interviewed Marianne Rady, a scrum master and sketchnoter. Listen to the Sketchnote Army Podcast on SoundCloud and learn about Marianne’s take on the intersection between Agile and Visual Thinking.
Whiteboarding Pro Tips from Mike Rohde
At last weekend’s Sketchnote Symposium Mike Rohde (@rohdesign), author of The Sketchnote Handbook, shared some pro tips for sketching on whiteboards in meetings. Below is my sketchnote of Mike’s talk. Do your homework. Learn the topic beforehand so you go into the meeting with a shared understanding of the content. Plan your layout. Plan ahead […]
Sketchnote Selfies – a reflection of you
How do you share with others your vision of yourself? Using streaming content in social media you can choose a platform that matches your needs. Using Blogs and personal website content you own the pace at which others learn about you. With both of these approaches your reach is only as broad as the number […]
Using Canva.com to spice up your website
I use Canva.com as a composition tool. It’s a simple yet extremely powerful web (and app) based tool for creating graphical assets. There a large variety of ready-made template for a lot of applications, but what I find most powerful is the ease with which a graphics layman (me) can create stunning visuals. And Canva […]