A quick glance into my sketchnote/scribing process

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Written By Jason Ramasami

I thought it would be fun to share my scribing process. Thanks to the guys at Scriberia I took a look at this excellent Ted Talk by Shawn Achor:

http://www.ted.com We believe that we should work to be happy, but could that be backwards? In this fast-moving and entertaining talk from TEDxBloomington, psychologist Shawn Achor argues that actually happiness inspires productivity. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes.

They recommended a two hour timescale so I watched the video through and made these notes in my sketchbook:

Then I picked up Procreate on my iPad and organised my initial thoughts into something more accessible. Here is a timelapse of the process:

For me the process is often more interesting than the finished result. I hope you find it useful having a look at the image develop. Procreate is very useful for capturing this kind of thing.

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“I like what I am seeing - could it be useful for my organisation?”

Consider some of the following possibilities as ways that scribing might benefit you:

  • live events - processing spontaneous and unexpected material 

  • repurposing existing content for greater usefulness

  • summarising key ideas in distinctive ways

  • grasping and making underlying connections explicit

  • aiding the retention of key messages when it most counts

For more information have a look at my dedicated scribing page.

Get in touch if you have any questions.

Jason Ramasami

I am a learning designer. I make visuals that explain stuff.

https://jasonramasami.com
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