VISUAL NOTETAKING 101

WORKSHOP NOTES
April 2016

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In this Short Presentation:

Google Search

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Who am I?

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Discussion/Activity 1
WRITE WHITEBOARD (1)

Who are YOU?

business or
Where - pleasure
Specifics?

At this stage, each attendee

introduced themselves and provided
a little information about why they
attended - for business, pleasure or
to shift their thought...

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 WHAT VISUAL NOTE TAKING IS
Definition: Defined As:
Visual notetaking is a process
of representing ideas non-
linguistically.
(i.e. 'drawing pictures'.)

Visual notetaking can include

concept mapping, but also
more artistic ways of visually
capturing and representing ideas.
showwithmedia.com/visual-notetaking/

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 What IT ISN'T

V NOT limiting
V NOT for specific levels
V NOT for 'Artists'
V NOT for linear thinking/breaking linear thinking by branching thought
V NOT a once off*
V NOT verbose
V NOT for Perfectionists*

* - - PRACTICE makes perfect - - *

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 Who, Why & Where

PEOPLE
'Time Saving'
'MEMORY'
JOGGING
ENHANCING BUSINESS PLEASURE
STUDY
USING CUES
VERBAL/VISUAL 'More engaging'

'Stimulates
'FUN' thought' through
'Extreme Doodling' Finding CONNECTIONS CAN'T PARAPHRASE
MORE UNDERSTANDING IS
VERBAL to VISUAL NEEDED
THREADS
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Discussion/Activity
EXAMPLES

Google Search

Google Search
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Examples Con.td.

Google Search

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Examples Con.td.
Even the
most complex
of concepts
can be broken
down... but how
easy are they
to decipher?
Well, yes
probably easier
than text...
and yet...

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Examples Con.td.

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 VISUAL NOTE TAKING 101

How?
4 Step
12 Process
 Digital Media
Materials Stationery Colours
Inkflow, DAGi, Bamboo Paper, Pens
RnB for THinkers Unlined Paper
Hard Backing
Active Listening

Practice PLANNING Research

PREPARATION
Synonyms/Antonyms
Note Taking Exercises The Noun Project
e.g. TED talks
Google Verbs
Google Icons
(brands, maps,
Sketching money et.c)
METHOD Nouns/Verbs Build your
Adjectives own Visual
Common Objects Dictionary
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TOOLS
Specifics
Discussion/Activity Write a 'TO DO' list
Think of VERBS/NOUNS you use regularly
PERSONAL/LIBRARY WRITE ON THE WHITEBOARD and REVIEW

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 ACTIVE
LISTENING

Remove distractions
Listen to sign and sound
Feedback/Clarify
Summarise - VERB/AUD
Connect the dots
AUDITORY CUES
UNDERSTAND https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2z9mdX1j4A
OR ASK! https://www.mindtools.com/CommSkll/
ActiveListening.htm
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 Discussion/Activity
ACTIVE LISTENING

Consider the facts

"...Given all this listening we do, you would think we'd be
about listening...
good at it! In fact most of us are not, and research
we retain so little...
suggests that we remember between 25 percent and
This section is about
50 percent of what we hear. That means that when
rebuilding 'listening'
you talk to your boss, colleagues, customers or spouse
skills from bottom up...
for 10 minutes, they pay attention to less than half of
like getting back to
the conversation."
https://www.mindtools.com/CommSkll/ActiveListening.htm the gym after a long
break...

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 Discussion/Activity
PERSONAL/LIBRARY

TO DO LISTS ARE SOMETHING WE GENERALLY DO FOR OURSELVES...

ACTIVE LISTENING IS NOT REQUIRED

NOW... LISTEN TO SOMEONE ELSES LIST

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Discussion/Activity https://www.ted.com/talks/julian_treasure_5_ways_to_
listen_better/transcript?language=en
PERSONAL/LIBRARY

https://www.ted.com/talks/
julian_treasure_5_ways_to_listen_
better?language=en

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 ACTIVE SYNTHESIZING/
VISUALISING
LISTENING THINKING
SUMMARISING
Lets look at how we
Remove distractions SYNTHESIZE
INFORMATION
Listen to sign and sound
Feedback/Clarify
Summarise VISUALLY
Connect the dots
TEXT
IMAGES
HIERARCHY/
STRUCTURE
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Discussion/Activity
REVIEW

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Discussion/Activity
REVIEW

A picture might tell

a thousand words,
but it's the text,
and images along
with the structure/
hierarchy that tell
the story...

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Google Search
Discussion/Activity
REVIEW

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Google Search
Discussion/Activity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dEGoJdb6O0

Understanding
people - ACTIVITY

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THERE IS ONLY ONE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MINDFUL
SYNTHESIS AND VISUAL SYNTHESIS:

SKETCHING OUT V.S. MINDFUL MAPPING

If you want to really mindfully relay

information, and visually capture it, introduce
adjectives, slow things down a bit:

VERB + NOUN + ADJECTIVE 25

SYNTHESIZING
THINKING SYNTHESIS

HIERARCHY
DISTINCTION - STRUCTURE
IMPORTANCE GROUPING VISUALISATION
TO IDENTIFY MAIN POINT FROM SUPPORTING DETAILS
VISUAL MNEMONICS (MEMORY GAME)

UNDERSTANDING VISUAL CUES

DIFFICULT TERMS FILTERING DETAIL
INTO CONCEPT
EMPHASISING
KEY POINTS

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 SYNTHESIZING
THINKING

HELPS MANAGE FLOW OF EMPHASISING

KEY POINTS -
INFORMATION ORGANISING RELATIONSHIPS
CONCEPTS AND LESSONS

Discussion/Activity
How to: STRUCTURE
CHARTS
Order a Coffee MAPS
Timeline WWI\WWII GRAPHS

Setting up a Tent
Sewing a Badge 27
Discussion/Activity
DIAGRAM WHITEBOARD (II)

Who are YOU?

business or
Where - pleasure
STRUCTURE
CHARTS
Specifics? MAPS
GRAPHS

IDENTIFY TRENDS
IDENTIFY PATTERNS
CONNECTIONS/DATA YOU NEED
TO EXAMINE

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 ACTIVE SYNTHESIZING
VISUALISING
LISTENING THINKING
SUMMARISING
Remove distractions TEXT
Listen to sign and sound IMAGES
Feedback/Clarify HIERARCHY/
Summarise VISUALLY STRUCTURE
Connect the dots

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 VISUALISING
SUMMARISING

AFTER
UNDERSTANDING
GATHERING
KEY CONCEPTS,
RELATIONSHIPS AND
SYBMOLS THEN
TRANSLATING INTO
VISUALS 30
Discussion/Activity
DRAW YOUR AVATAR/PEOPLE/RELATIONSHIPS

Drawing people and locations

for your visual library takes
time and practice. Each attendee
drew a story using the star
man:

Example
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 TAKE NOTE Research
VISUAL
Synonyms/Antonyms
The Noun Project
Google Verbs
Google Icons
(brands, maps,
Sketching money et.c)
METHOD Nouns/Verbs Build your
Adjectives own Visual
Common Objects Dictionary
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TOOLS
Specifics
Discussion/Activity
HOW TO BUILD YOUR PERSONAL LIBRARY - THE NOUN PROJECT

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Examples Con.td.

Google Search

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Discussion/Activity
PICTIONARY

Google Search

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Discussion/Activity
HOW TO BUILD YOUR PERSONAL LIBRARY - THE NOUN PROJECT

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 Discussion/Activity
PICTIONARY AND KEY CONCEPTS

Discussion/Activity
How to:
Start a hobby
Leave a situation
Change an event
Learn a Language
Listen to the radio

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 RESOURCES

https://youtu.be/3tJPeumHNLY https://www.mindtools.com/CommSkll/ActiveListening.htm

https://www.youtube.com/ TED -
watch?v=qRJG46hUAW8 https://www.ted.com/talks/sunni_brown
http://blog.ted.com/a-field-guide-to-ted-graphic-notes/
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=S5DJC6LaOCI VISUAL SCRIBES -
http://www.catherinemadden.com/
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=Le0hfVmCP_U http://www.scriberia.co.uk/scribing/ The Sketchnote Handbook
https://www.youtube.com/ http://www.visualscribe.ca/#thevisualscribe-1
watch?v=DNFk1HvlCho
STUDY FURTHER - • random word generators
https://www.youtube.com/
https://become-a-rockstar-scribe-at-school-or-work.teach- • adjectives/nouns/verbs
watch?v=t2z9mdX1j4A
ery.co/register
• draw your day
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=3tJPeumHNLY
http://smartupvisuals.com/scribing/ • notetake a TED talk
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