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This week Mike Rohde is joined by Federica Tabone, a Psychologist who uses creative expressions like sketchnoting in her work to help businesses and students develop their soft skills with experiential learning.



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RUNNING ORDER

• Intro
• Federica’s origin story
• How Federica uses Sketchnotes in her work
• Sketchnotes as a visual map of the consultation
• The Power of holding a marker
• Showing progress via sketchnotes
• Sketchnotes for self evaluation
• Tools
• Analog over digital
• 6 Tips
• How to get started using sketchnotes in a conversation

TOOLS

• Paper
• Wedge nib markers
• Neuland markers - https://eu.neuland.com/
• Muji Pen - https://www.muji.eu/pages/online.asp?Sec=13
• Camscanner App - https://www.camscanner.com/

3 PHYSICAL TIPS

• Keep it simple - just use a few lines
• Stay Big - use large fonts to stress importance
• Leave some white space - it helps frame icons and words

3 MENTAL TIPS

• You don’t have to be a design, just use sketchnoting in your everyday life
• Find your style - font, color,
• Be more familiar with using Sketchnotes in everyday life - in meetings, planning a trip etc.

LINKS

• Federica’s website - http://www.federicatabone.com/

• Sketchnote sample 1 - http://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/1019667/27746065/1510412464527/Coaching+Sketchnote+example+by+F.+Tabone_1.jpg

• Sketchnote sample 2 - http://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/1019667/27746067/1510412502650/Coaching+Sketchnote+example+by+F.+Tabone_2.jpg

• Federica on Twitter - https://twitter.com/federicatabone
  
  
PAST PODCAST SEASON LINKS

• Season 1 - https://soundcloud.com/sketchnote-army-podcast/sets/sketchnote-army-podcast-season

• Season 2 - https://soundcloud.com/sketchnote-army-podcast/sets/sketchnote-army-podcast

• Season 3 - https://soundcloud.com/sketchnote-army-podcast/sets/sketchnote-army-podcast-1


Special thanks to Christopher Wilson for the show notes - @mrchrisjwilson https://twitter.com/mrchrisjwilson

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