November 10, 2017

Federica Tabone - SE04 / EP03

50 minutes

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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