Sketchnotes

Sketchnotes are, simply put, notes that use pictures. I accidentally stumbled into sketchnotes as an intern at Workday, when I was going to a lot of talks and trying to remember a lot of information. I quickly realized that it’s more fun to draw while listening to someone talk than it is to take rigorous bulletpoints. Even though my notes looked less detailed, I was able to remember details, and I had a much better time while doing it. Plus, people sitting next to me would always ask me what I was doing. Since I don’t just do this for the LinkedIn clout, I wanted to share what I’ve learned with others!

Workday Design Week 2019

I gave a speech about sketchnotes at the 2019 Workday Design Week, an internal conference for all of Workday’s creatives. I had the honor of speaking on the main stage, right after a very cool external speaker (hi, Billie Mandel!) and two VPs. People tell me I crushed it. I feel pretty good about it.

Sketchnotes: The Blog Post

I also wrote a blog post for the Workday Design Blog, which you can read here. It was a fun challenge to take what was essentially a transcript of my speech and make it into something readable. Even though I invested a lot of time in my talk and my slides, writing is a completely different medium, and different things work in text. Some jokes are funnier in speech form. That being said, I’m prone to talking really fast, so that’s not a problem with reading. 

Sketchnotes 201: The workshop

I kneaded and stretched my 10-minute talk into an hour-long workshop. I’ve only given it once to date, but I would love to give it again! The workshop format was great because we actually got to delve into the “how” of sketchnoting and try it out, as opposed to me pontificating about it to an audience who would have to go forth and try it on their own. I’m hoping to lead another workshop at Design Week 2020!