Graphic snapshot If graphic recording is more a visual summary of the whole event then graphic snapshots are more a way to capture visually some of the ideas of the event. Graphic snapshot don’t aim to give an overall picture of all the main key ideas. The advantage of graphic snapshot is that they allow […]
Visual message The main components of a visual message are words, colours, patterns and shapes. These main components may be used in many different ways to design, produce, transmit and interpret messages. Principles of visual message design are unity, harmony, hierarchy, proportion, similarity and contrast.
Mind maps Mind Map is a highly effective way of getting information in and out of your brain. It is also a tool to visually organize information or to generate, visualize, structure, and classify ideas. Some tips: use colours, symbols, emphases, associations. Mind maps can be drawn in different shapes, such as a tree, fish, octopus, jellyfish
Sketchnoting Sketchnoting is a way of enhancing memory of the material presented through text and visuals in the form of various hand-made drawings, sketches and doodling (as proclaimed by definition Mike Rohde, author of the book The Sketchnote Handbook, it is a mix of handwriting, drawings, hand typography, shapes, visual elements such as arrows, boxes,
Visual minutes A form of sketchnoting or graphic recording used during meetings to capture the essence of a meeting, also what people said and agreed on. The final visual minute is then photographed and sent to the participants of the meeting to share the outcomes and planned actions. Used for: – capturing the essence of
Graphic recording Also known as graphic listening. It is a visual interpretation of conversations, where the graphic recordes emphasizes the relations among certain qualities. By using drawings and images we can document a process and outcomes of meetings, trainings or conferences. At the end we get a large scale colourful image, that can be shared
Templates A template is a form or pattern that serves as a starting point for a new document, it is used as a model. It has already some components in place, that can be filled-in or adapted. Templates are general and reusable. Thus, they can simplify our work by saving time (instead of creating a
Doodling A doodle is a drawing made while a person’s attention is otherwise occupied. Doodles are simple drawings that can have concrete representational meaning or may just be composed of random and abstract lines, generally without ever lifting the drawing device off of the paper, in which case it is usually called a “scribble”. Used
