1. Sketchnotes: what & why

2. What are sketchnotes?
• Taking notes of conversations or ideas in a
richer, visual way
• Less about words, more about visualizing
core ideas

3. Benefits of sketchnotes
• Personally:
– Improved memory & recall
– Improves focus
– Makes notes more meaningful
• Professionally:
– Sketching practice
– Material for your portfolio
– Sharing with your peers

4. Some examples

5. Lee Gingras @ CHI
“…my notes are a lot more accessible to
me after the fact in this format.
Since I have to quickly take what
someone says and try to figure out how to
represent it visually, I actually do more
analysis and less transcribing…
Also, the notes are immediately visually
sensible to me and are highly browseable,
whereas my regular style of note-taking
requires actually reading.”

14. The plan
• Create sketchnotes during danah boyd’s JSB
Symposium talk
Next Tuesday, 2 pm, Blau auditorium
• Scan & send to dlauter@umich.edu, or bring
to Ignite event on Tuesday
• We will post the entire collection online