Sketchnote Army Podcast Josie Dee brings sketchnotes to the office - SE10/EP06
In this episode of the podcast, hear from Josie Dee — a sketchnoter, author, script-writer, and poet as she shares how she entered into visual thinking and continues to use Sketchnotes every day in unique ways.
Josie found a niche at work where she captures sketchnotes that help clarify communications, and how initially it was a challenge to convince her colleagues of the benefits.
Hear the unique ways she meets colleagues where they are to teach sketchnoting and how she documents her research, using sketchnotes.
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Running Order
- Intro: Who is Josie Dee?
- Josie’s origin story
- Celebrating mistakes
- Using space to visualize
- Memory Palace Method
- Sketchnoting in the office
- Teaching sketchnoting to colleagues
- Sketchnotes for user research
- Sketchnotes for writing
- Using sketchnotes to break writer’s block
- Pandemic optimistic counterweights:
- New puppy, Scully
- Writing poetry
- Tools
- 3 tips
- Outro
Links
- Josie’s website
- Josie on Instagram
- Josie on Twitter
- Josie on Facebook
- The Memory Palace or Method of loci
Tools
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Tips
- Don’t stop because you’ve plateaued — just keep doing it!
- Play with alphabets and “Challenge Accepted!”
- Listen to music in a new way.
Credits
- Producer: Alec Pulianas
- Theme music: Jon Schiedermayer
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