Visual Thinking And Sketchnoting Boot Camp

Learn how to use simple drawings and sketches to solve complex problems, explain, and communicate better.

What you'll learn
Draw to explain complex concepts and to teach, draw to learn and better memorize, draw to sell and to persuade other people
Requirements
No prior drawing skills are required.
Description
Illegible handwriting, the fear of drawing or the belief that it’s a tool for designers or artists are often what prevent people from using #visualthinking. Anyone can learn how to use this powerful tool to improve their communication and productivity as well as helping explain complex things and find effective solutions to entangled problems. Explore the endless possibilities of visual thinking and sketchnoting techniques by signing up for this online course. Unlike so many other courses, this one follows the unusual approach where each student is encouraged to take their notes visually by following along with the trainer. Video lectures are tailored specifically for that.The course suggests many real-life examples of the application of the tool to the domain of creating technology and software products that are laden with complexity and ambiguity.It is time to learn how to use simple drawing and sketching techniques to become a better professional!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Approach to completing the course

Lecture 2 Materials for the course

Lecture 3 Warming up your drawing skills - learning to draw simple faces

Lecture 4 Introduction to visual thinking

Lecture 5 Sorting out terminology

Lecture 6 Application of visual thinking

Section 2: Mapping organizational complexity

Lecture 7 Mapping

Lecture 8 Relationship types

Lecture 9 Icons part 1 - organizational complexity

Lecture 10 Choosing scope of mapping

Lecture 11 Mapping organizational complexity

Section 3: Mapping plans and timelines

Lecture 12 Icons part 2 - plans and timelines

Lecture 13 Finding new icons

Lecture 14 More icons!

Lecture 15 Mapping plans and timelines

Section 4: Mapping processes

Lecture 16 Mapping processes

Lecture 17 Scrum events - the example of mapping a process

Section 5: Visual storytelling

Lecture 18 Sketching human figures

Lecture 19 Sketching emotions

Lecture 20 Visual storytelling

Section 6: Sketchnoting

Lecture 21 Sketchnoting in a meeting

Lecture 22 Sketchnoting in a training class

Section 7: Bettering your handwriting

Lecture 23 Legible handwriting 101 - introduction

Lecture 24 Legible handwriting 101 - bad handwriting factors

Lecture 25 Legible handwriting 101 - vanilla letterform

Lecture 26 Legible handwriting 101 - improving your handwriting journey

Scrum masters, agile coaches, developers, UX designers, product designers, UI designers, graphic designers, project managers, product managers, product owners, testers, business analysts, sales people