The point being that your sketchnotes are intended for an audience of one. I would argue that Mike is an artist (so on the surface we don’t have a lot in common), but I was impacted by an idea that he shared in the book that gave me permission in my own head to try (and fail) with sketchnoting: My first sketch note was a bunch of words and a couple of stick figures:īut shortly after I started the experiment, I read The Sketchnote Handbook by Mike Rohde. The tipping point for me came when I was trying to reflect on what my pastor had preached the previous Sunday and I couldn’t remember what it was! I knew I had copious notes in my digital notebook, but it obviously wasn’t helping me live my day-to-day life like I wanted it to.Īt that exact moment, I decided I needed to give sketchnoting a try – even though there were several things that terrified me about it. I’d never really been much of an analog fan, but I did find myself wanting to retain more information from the talks and lectures I was attending. The study found that laptop (digital) note-takers ended up transcribing the lectures they attended verbatim rather than putting it into their own words, causing them to process the information at a much shallower level that was ultimately detrimental to long-term learning. My sketchnoting journeyĪ while back, I came across a study that showed that students who took longhand (analog) notes using pen and paper retained more information than those who typed (digital) notes using a laptop. You’ve probably seen sketchnotes before, like this one I did during a Focus Course live event:īut if you’re like me, you might have thought to yourself, “there’s no way I can create something like that.” I understand - sketchnoting can be pretty intimidating when you’re just getting started.īut I’m living proof that anybody can do it. Sketchnoting is a powerful way to take visual notes that help you retain more of the information you hear.
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