The goal is not to make something beautiful - the goal is to capture the ideas as they come to you. Don’t fall into the trap of comparing your notes with others. The point of the sketchnote is to help you retain the information, not be put on display in a museum or shared via social media.
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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