Sketchnote Army Podcast Eleanor Beer and her path from analog to digital - SE10/EP02
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.
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Running Order
- Intro: Who is Eleanor?
- Eleanor’s origin story
- The influence of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and Tetris on sketchnoting practice
- How Eleanor’s visual pivoted to digital in the pandemic shift was like jumping in the deep end
- What changed with Eleanor’s clients to open up digital work
- Eleanor’s UN digital sketchnoting story
- What’s helped Eleanor remain positive during the pandemic?
- Tools
- 3 tips
- Outro
Links
- Eleanor’s website
- Eleanor on Instagram
- Eleanor on Twitter
- Eleanor on LinkedIn
- Debbie Baff on using sketchnotes to earn a PhD - SE09 / EP06
- Eva-Lotta Lamm
- Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
- Tetris
- Ben Felis
- The United Nations (UN)
- Bitcoin
- GIF
Tools
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- HP Convertible Laptops
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Canva
- Concepts
- Procreate
- Uni Pin
- Sharpie
- Neuland
- Moleskine Sketchbook
3 Tips
- Preparation in advance is key.
- Practice active listening.
- Keep a pack of sticky note handy to capture fast information
- Make sure you have lots of backups
Credits
- Producer: Alec Pulianas
- Theme music: Jon Schiedermayer
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