Sketchnote Podcast

In this episode, Ari Alvarez , a visual thinker, design thinker, and teacher from Mexico City, Mexico, talks about her shift from being an industrial design professor at university into full-time visual thinking and teaching. She shares how experiencing professional and person burnout led her to this radical change into full-time visual thinking. This is an inspiring discussion you won’t want to m...

In this episode I talk with Dario Paniagua , visual thinker, coach, and ex-advertising agency veteran. Dario’s mission? Helping amateur scribes become professional visual thinkers with his courses and his coaching. You’ll hear about his journey out of the agency world into visual thinking. You’ll also learn about his courses that help you create metaphors without using cliches — and how his coachi...

In this episode of the Sketchnote Army Podcast, I talk with Eleanor Beer , a Graphic Facilitator and Illustrator near Cardiff, United Kingdom. Hear Eleanor’s origin story of how she came into the visualization space as well as the challenges she overcame during pandemic by adding digital graphic facilitation to her analog work. Sponsored by the Sketchnote Ideabook This episode of the Sketchnote Ar...

We kick off season 10 with talented illustrator and creative leader, Alejo Porras! Alejo is creative lead at The Sketch Effect , a company that offers graphic recording and explainer videos. He’s a trained and talented illustrator and also works as an artist coach, helping artists reclaim their joy in art. He shares stories about his work at The Sketch Effect, including how they navigated through...

I have great guest interviews for your listening pleasure, including: Alejo Porras Eleanor Beer Dario Paniagua Ari Alvarez Rasagy Sharma Josie Dee Matt Ragland Sheena Mays Ben Norris Mister Maikel Mina Legend Marc Gutman Ahn Bui I think you are going to LOVE season 10! New episodes start next week Monday, September 6th, 2021 with Alejo Porras, so keep your eye on your podcast app every Monday morn...

In this final episode of season 9, the Sketchnote Army Podcast audio engineer Alec Pulianas and I take time to reflect on each one of the season 9 episodes, and each guests unique perspectives and ideas they sparked in us both. We hope this episode sparks you to revisit and reflect on season 9 episodes with new ears, so you can learn and apply the valuable teachings from every one of the guests on...

In this episode, I have a fantastic discussion with Michael Janda , a business coach for creatives, author, and agency veteran. Michael shares his suggestions for sketchnoters who are asked to create sketchnotes for money but don’t know where to start. If you’re doing sketchnoting for hire or are considering it, this episode is a great foundation to help you think about your clients and your work...

In this episode, I talk with Brian Tarallo — author, graphic recorder, and meeting facilitator — about his new book, Surviving the Horror of Online Meetings . Hear how Brian came up with the book concept while he was stuck in a traffic jam heading for a graphic recording session and how his years of learning how to make online meetings less scary will help you raise your game in your own online me...

In this episode, I talk with Guillaume Wiatr , a strategy consultant who uses visual thinking, sketchnoting and graphic recording to help his clients visualize solutions. Hear how Guillaume got his start in this space and how he has become a guide to the companies he works with using visuals as his secret weapon. You’re going to love this one! SPONSORED BY This episode of the Sketchnote Army Podca...

In this episode, sketchnoter, graphic recorder, author, and bullet journaling queen, Diana Soriat joins me to talk about her unique path into visual thinking and going full-time as an author, visualizer and teacher. We talk about how her past professional life gives her a deeper business understanding that helps her graphic recording and sketchnoting — and how her bullet journaling helps her keep...

In this episode, I’m joined by Grant Wright and Paddy Dhanda , the two guys who run the super-popular, monthly online meetup, The Visual Jam . Hear how their Visual Jam plans changed — from a local meetup in Birmingham England — to a truly international gathering during the pandemic and lockdowns of summer 2020 and beyond. And don’t forget to check out the link for Visual Jam Xtra on Saturday, Apr...

In this episode, I talk with Ceren Yildirim , an agile coach and avid sketchnoter and visualizer living and working in Turkey. Listen in as she shares how she integrates sketching and sketchnoting into her agile coaching practice — and how our pandemic lives have made for challenges — but also great opportunities for both our sketchnoting community and for the world. Enjoy the episode! SPONSORED B...

In this episode, hear from Benjamin Felis , a former graffiti artist and punk rocker turned graphic recorder, facilitator, sketchnoter and visual teacher. Hear how Ben’s early life as a graffiti artist led him into visual thinking and working large canvases, and how his time as a punk rocker helps him go for it every single day. This is a discussion you’re just going to love! SPONSORED BY This epi...

In this episode of the podcast, hear from Debbie Baff, a PhD Student in E-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning. Debbie has found sketchnotes have been instrumental in her academic work. Hear how mind mapping connects to sketchnotes for her and how she uses sketchnotes to better understand complex ideas. SPONSORED BY This episode of the Sketchnote Army Podcast is brought to you by Neuland, the...

In this episode of the podcast, I have a great discussion with Martin Haussmann , a visual facilitator, author, trainer and creator of the bikablo® visualization technique. Martin talks about how he developed his bikablo approach and the ways it has helped thousands of people around the world express themselves visually through training and bikablo visual dictionaries. SPONSORED BY This episode of...

In this episode hear from Ania Staskiewicz , a sketchnoter, graphic recorder, and visual thinking teacher in Poland. Learn how she made the leap from manager in a government office to full-time visual practitioner, fulfilling her childhood passion of drawing brought a huge energy boost that keeps her going. SPONSORED BY This episode of the Sketchnote Army Podcast is brought to you by Neuland, the...

In this episode hear the passion of John Muir Laws , a scientist, teacher and author who helps people forge deeper, more personal connections with nature through keeping illustrated nature journals. John and I talk about how he entered into nature journaling, the importance of parents encouraging kids to explore their interests, ways sketchnoters and visual thinking can enter into nature journalin...

In this episode of the Sketchnote Army Podcast, I have a fun discussion with Ana Reinert, the creator of The Well Appointed Desk. Pen fanatics will know Ana for her deep knowledge of fountain pens and inks and other pens too. Her Well Appointed Desk covers all kinds of other goodies, like pencils, paper, notebooks, and beautiful objects that make office work more joyful and fun. In this discussion...

We kick off season 9 with with Lee LeFever , co-founder of Common Craft , the pioneers of the explainer video and author of 2 great books. Lee and I talk about the process they follow at Common Craft, sharing their philosophy as well as tips and tricks. We also discuss Lee’s two books: The Art of Explanation and his latest book, Big Enough , with discussion about constraints fueling creativity and...

Hey everyone, it’s time to get back into season 9 of the Sketchnote Army Podcast! I have more great guest interviews for your listening pleasure, including: Lee LeFever of Common Craft innovator of explainer videos Ana Reinert of the Well Appointed Desk John Muir Laws, nature journaler Ania Staskiewicz, a graphic recorder and teacher in Poland Martin Hausmann, the creator of the Bikablo drawing sy...

In this episode, my good buddy (and fellow sketchnoter) Prof Michael Clayton interviews me about the 8th birthday of The Sketchnote Handbook! We’ll talk about 8 years since the book launched, translations into 7 languages, the community it enabled, the teaching opportunities it opened up, and the in-person and online events it inspired. 48% OFF The Sketchnote Handbook to celebrate its 8th Birthday...

In this episode, I talk with Raffaelina Rossetti and Karl Damke about their excellent work on lernOS to teach sketchnoting. LernOS is an open source platform for learning that relies on circles of learners to accelerate learning and provide both accountability and encouragement along the way. You’re going to love this episode! SPONSORED BY This episode of the Sketchnote Army Podcast is brought to...

In this episode, I talk with David Brittain , a co-founder of the powerful drawing tool, Concepts. We talk about David’s path into programming, the philosophy and origin story of Concepts for tablets. If you haven’t considered Concepts before, this discussion will give you insights into why Concepts works the way it does. SPONSORED BY This episode of the Sketchnote Army Podcast is brought to you b...

In this episode, I talk with Georg Petschnig, founder of Paper for iPad, and General Manager at WeTransfer. Georg talks about his entry into visual thinking, Paper’s origin story, and the team’s philosophy behind Paper. If you haven’t considered Paper before, this discussion will give you insights into why Paper works the way it does. SPONSORED BY This episode of the Sketchnote Army Podcast is bro...

In this episode, I talk with Patti Dobrowolski about her path into visualization and her passion for drawing your future. We talk about the power of visualization and how we as sketchnoters are perfect facilitators for this work in the world. SPONSORED BY This episode of the Sketchnote Army Podcast is brought to you by Neuland, the innovative maker of visual thinking tools. Every Neuland product i...