Sketchnote Podcast

In this episode, I talk with compulsive sketchnoter and designer, Rasagy Sharma from India.

Learn how Rasagy came into design and sketchnoting from computer science, coding and engineering. Hear Rasagy talk about the hard work of improving his handwriting and how that led to his sketchnoting practice.

I think you’re going to enjoy this interview!

Sponsored by Concepts

This episode of the Sketchnote Army Podcast is brought to you by Concepts.

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Everything you draw in Concepts is a flexible vector, so you can move your notes around the canvas, or change their color, tool or size with a simple gesture.

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Running Order

• Intro: Who is Rasagy?
• Rasagy’s origin story
• How handwriting and need for focus moved Rasagy to sketchnoting
• How engineering impacts structuring of sketchnotes
• Importance of typography awareness in sketchnotes
• The importance of simplification
• Sketchnoting in India
• Rasagy developing a sketchnoting scholarship program
• How sparks can influence others to visualization
• Rasagy’s teaching experience
• Rasagy’s interest in data visualization and cartography
• The importance if visualization in business
• The sketchnoting engine applies to other areas
• Rasagy’s Pandemic Positives:
  1. Building iPad Pro and Procreate experimentation
  2. Exploring how he can better archive sketchnotes
• Tools
• 3 tips
• Outro

Links

• Rasagy’s website
• Rasagy’s sketchnotes
• Rasagy on LinkedIn
• Rasagy on Instagram
• Rasagy on Twitter
• Eva-Lotta Lamm’s Flickr
• Swiss Style
• Basic rules of typography
• Graphic Facilitation India Community
• Ben Crothers
• Piyuesh Modi

Tools

Amazon affiliate links support the Sketchnote Army Podcast.

• Muji 0.7 Liner in Blue-Black
• Sakura Micron Fineliners
• Kuretaki Brush Pen
• iPad Pro
• Apple Pencil
• Procreate
• Roam Research
• Obsidian

Tips

1. Be kind to yourself.
2. Sketchnote for yourself, not others.
3. Find your tribe!

Credits

• Producer: Alec Pulianas
• Theme music: Jon Schiedermayer

Subscribe to the Sketchnote Army Podcast

You can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or your favorite podcast listening source.

Support the Podcast

To support the creation, production and hosting of the Sketchnote Army Podcast, buy one of Mike Rohde’s bestselling books. Use code ROHDE40 at Peachpit.com for 40% off!

Subscribe to the Sketchnote Podcast

You can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube or your favorite podcast listening source.

Support the Podcast

To support the creation, production, and hosting of the Sketchnote Army Podcast, buy one of Mike Rohde's bestselling books. Use code ROHDE40 at Peachpit.com for 40% off!

Sketchnote Lab is Mike Rohde’s space designed to bridge the gap between sketchnote theory and practice. You don’t need to be an artist to think visually. Join Mike and learn to use sketchnotes to clarify your thinking, solve problems, and move forward. Learn more about Sketchnote Lab.

Mike is the author of The Sketchnote Handbook and The Sketchnote Workbook, bestselling books that teach regular people how to start sketchnoting and build a regular sketchnoting practice.

He founded the Sketchnote Army and hosts the Sketchnote Podcast, where he interviews visual thinkers to understand what makes them tick.

Mike teaches recorded, live, and in-person workshops to accelerate your sketchnoting practice and provides personalized coaching for your specific visual-thinking challenges.

He is the illustrator of bestselling books like REWORK, REMOTE, The $100 Startup, Honest SEO, The Culture Playbook, and The Future Begins with Z.

Become a Supporting or Founding Lab Partner to support Mike’s work.

Some links in Sketchnote Lab posts are affiliate links. If you purchase through them, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. I only recommend tools and resources I use and believe in.

©2026 Mike Rohde, Sketchnote Lab

In this episode, Ari Alvarez, a visual thinker, design thinker, and teacher from Mexico City, Mexico, talks about her shift from being an industrial design professor at university into full-time visual thinking and teaching.

She shares how experiencing professional and person burnout led her to this radical change into full-time visual thinking.

This is an inspiring discussion you won’t want to miss!

Sponsored by the Sketchnote Ideabook

This episode of the Sketchnote Army Podcast is brought to you by The Sketchnote Ideabook, the sketchbook designed for sketchnoters.

Equipped with a no-bleed, now show through paper, The Sketchnote Ideabook can take almost any marker or pen you can throw at it.

Save 15% on your entire order of Sketchnote Ideabooks and Autoquill Pen sets at the Airship Store when you use code IDEABOOK15 through December 31, 2021.

To claim your 15% off visit airship.store today!

Running Order

• Intro: Who is Ari?
• Ari’s origin story
• Dealing with burnout
• Ari’s transition into visual thinking
• Teaching visual thinking to others
• Working with Clubhouse
• Teaching in Spanish
• Ari’s Masters in self-driven learning
• Tools
• 3 tips
• Outro

Links

• Ari’s website
• Ari on LinkedIn
• Ari on Instagram
• Ari on Facebook
• The Sketchnote Handbook
• Mexican Art
• Clubhouse

Tools

Amazon affiliate links support the Sketchnote Army Podcast.

• The best tool will not save a poor visual map
• Copic Markers
• Tombow
• Sakura Micron
• Chameleon Markers
• The Sketchnote Ideabook
• Moleskine Dot Grid
• iPad Pro
• Apple Pencil
• Noteshelf
• Apple Notes
• Procreate

Credits

• Producer: Alec Pulianas
• Theme music: Jon Schiedermayer

Subscribe to the Sketchnote Army Podcast

You can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or your favorite podcast listening source.

Support the Podcast

To support the creation, production and hosting of the Sketchnote Army Podcast, buy one of Mike Rohde’s bestselling books. Use code ROHDE40 at Peachpit.com for 40% off!

Subscribe to the Sketchnote Podcast

You can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube or your favorite podcast listening source.

Support the Podcast

To support the creation, production, and hosting of the Sketchnote Army Podcast, buy one of Mike Rohde's bestselling books. Use code ROHDE40 at Peachpit.com for 40% off!

Sketchnote Lab is Mike Rohde’s space designed to bridge the gap between sketchnote theory and practice. You don’t need to be an artist to think visually. Join Mike and learn to use sketchnotes to clarify your thinking, solve problems, and move forward. Learn more about Sketchnote Lab.

Mike is the author of The Sketchnote Handbook and The Sketchnote Workbook, bestselling books that teach regular people how to start sketchnoting and build a regular sketchnoting practice.

He founded the Sketchnote Army and hosts the Sketchnote Podcast, where he interviews visual thinkers to understand what makes them tick.

Mike teaches recorded, live, and in-person workshops to accelerate your sketchnoting practice and provides personalized coaching for your specific visual-thinking challenges.

He is the illustrator of bestselling books like REWORK, REMOTE, The $100 Startup, Honest SEO, The Culture Playbook, and The Future Begins with Z.

Become a Supporting or Founding Lab Partner to support Mike’s work.

Some links in Sketchnote Lab posts are affiliate links. If you purchase through them, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. I only recommend tools and resources I use and believe in.

©2026 Mike Rohde, Sketchnote Lab

In this episode I talk with Dario Paniagua, visual thinker, coach, and ex-advertising agency veteran. Dario’s mission? Helping amateur scribes become professional visual thinkers with his courses and his coaching.

You’ll hear about his journey out of the agency world into visual thinking. You’ll also learn about his courses that help you create metaphors without using cliches — and how his coaching is tailored to his students.

This is going to be a fun one, so don’t miss it!

Sponsored by the Sketchnote Ideabook

This episode of the Sketchnote Army Podcast is brought to you by The Sketchnote Ideabook, the sketchbook designed for sketchnoters.

Equipped with a no-bleed, now show through paper, The Sketchnote Ideabook can take almost any marker or pen you can throw at it.

Save 15% on your entire order of Sketchnote Ideabooks and Autoquill Pen sets at the Airship Store when you use code IDEABOOK15 through December 31, 2021.

To claim your 15% off visit airship.store today!

Running Order

• Intro: Who is Dario?
• Dario’s origin story
• The oddness of teaching online in a pandemic
• The importance of metaphors over cliche icons
• Metaphors are mini-stories
• Make regular icons a little crazy to develop metaphors
• The creativity of pre-schooled, no-rules kids
• The expanding field of visualization and impact on work quality
• Being disruptive as a solution for clients and for you
• Parallels to print and web design disruptions
• Animations of metaphors as a differentiator
• Dario’s Metaphors Course overview
  • Commandment 1: Think the Opposite
  • Commandment 2: Draw a part not the whole
  • Commandment 3: Blend or Join
• Playing with his kids helped Dario remain positive during the pandemic
• Cartoon: The Magic School Bus
• Cartoon: Adventure Time
• Cartoon: Apple and Onion
• Cartoon: The Pink Panther Show
• Feedback tip: This works or it doesn’t work
• Tools
• 3 tips
• Outro

10% OFF METAPHOR MEMBERSHIP FROM DARIO!

Dario has kindly re-opened enrollment to his Metaphors Membership and you can get 10% off for the first year. Use code: SKETCHNOTEARMY on the checkout page of the Membership Plan you choose.

https://www.dariopaniagua.com/metaphors-euro-membership

Move quickly! This offer lasts until Thursday, September 30, 2021!

Links

Amazon affiliate links below support the Sketchnote Army Podcast.

• Dario’s website
• Dario’s Metaphors Course
• Dario on LinkedIn
• Dario on Instagram
• Dario YouTube
• Book: Made to Stick
• The Magic School Bus
• Adventure Time
• Apple and Onion
• The Pink Panther Show

Tools

• The best tool will not save a poor visual map
• Procreate
• Flip A Clip
• iPad Pro
• Apple Pencil
• Procreate

Tips

1. Read your visual map, does it flow?
2. Remember whitespace to let your visuals breathe
3. Read other books UNRELATED to your field
4. Try new things, different things
5. Visual thinking is about THINKING!

Credits

• Producer: Alec Pulianas
• Theme music: Jon Schiedermayer

Subscribe to the Sketchnote Army Podcast

You can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or your favorite podcast listening source.

Support the Podcast

To support the creation, production and hosting of the Sketchnote Army Podcast, buy one of Mike Rohde’s bestselling books. Use code ROHDE40 at Peachpit.com for 40% off!

Subscribe to the Sketchnote Podcast

You can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube or your favorite podcast listening source.

Support the Podcast

To support the creation, production, and hosting of the Sketchnote Army Podcast, buy one of Mike Rohde's bestselling books. Use code ROHDE40 at Peachpit.com for 40% off!

Sketchnote Lab is Mike Rohde’s space designed to bridge the gap between sketchnote theory and practice. You don’t need to be an artist to think visually. Join Mike and learn to use sketchnotes to clarify your thinking, solve problems, and move forward. Learn more about Sketchnote Lab.

Mike is the author of The Sketchnote Handbook and The Sketchnote Workbook, bestselling books that teach regular people how to start sketchnoting and build a regular sketchnoting practice.

He founded the Sketchnote Army and hosts the Sketchnote Podcast, where he interviews visual thinkers to understand what makes them tick.

Mike teaches recorded, live, and in-person workshops to accelerate your sketchnoting practice and provides personalized coaching for your specific visual-thinking challenges.

He is the illustrator of bestselling books like REWORK, REMOTE, The $100 Startup, Honest SEO, The Culture Playbook, and The Future Begins with Z.

Become a Supporting or Founding Lab Partner to support Mike’s work.

Some links in Sketchnote Lab posts are affiliate links. If you purchase through them, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. I only recommend tools and resources I use and believe in.

©2026 Mike Rohde, Sketchnote Lab

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.

Sponsored by the Sketchnote Ideabook

This episode of the Sketchnote Army Podcast is brought to you by The Sketchnote Ideabook, the sketchbook designed for sketchnoters.

Equipped with a no-bleed, now show through paper, The Sketchnote Ideabook can take almost any marker or pen you can throw at it.

Save 15% on your entire order of Sketchnote Ideabooks and Autoquill Pen sets at the Airship Store when you use code IDEABOOK15 through December 31, 2021.

To claim your 15% off visit airship.store today!

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

Amazon affiliate links below support the Sketchnote Army Podcast.

• HP Convertible Laptops
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Canva
• Concepts
• Procreate
• Uni Pin
• Sharpie
• Neuland
• Moleskine Sketchbook

3 Tips

1. Preparation in advance is key.
2. Practice active listening.
3. Keep a pack of sticky note handy to capture fast information
4. Make sure you have lots of backups

Credits

• Producer: Alec Pulianas
• Theme music: Jon Schiedermayer

Subscribe to the Sketchnote Army Podcast

You can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or your favorite podcast listening source.

Support the Podcast

To support the creation, production and hosting of the Sketchnote Army Podcast, buy one of Mike Rohde’s bestselling books. Use code ROHDE40 at Peachpit.com for 40% off!

Subscribe to the Sketchnote Podcast

You can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube or your favorite podcast listening source.

Support the Podcast

To support the creation, production, and hosting of the Sketchnote Army Podcast, buy one of Mike Rohde's bestselling books. Use code ROHDE40 at Peachpit.com for 40% off!

Sketchnote Lab is Mike Rohde’s space designed to bridge the gap between sketchnote theory and practice. You don’t need to be an artist to think visually. Join Mike and learn to use sketchnotes to clarify your thinking, solve problems, and move forward. Learn more about Sketchnote Lab.

Mike is the author of The Sketchnote Handbook and The Sketchnote Workbook, bestselling books that teach regular people how to start sketchnoting and build a regular sketchnoting practice.

He founded the Sketchnote Army and hosts the Sketchnote Podcast, where he interviews visual thinkers to understand what makes them tick.

Mike teaches recorded, live, and in-person workshops to accelerate your sketchnoting practice and provides personalized coaching for your specific visual-thinking challenges.

He is the illustrator of bestselling books like REWORK, REMOTE, The $100 Startup, Honest SEO, The Culture Playbook, and The Future Begins with Z.

Become a Supporting or Founding Lab Partner to support Mike’s work.

Some links in Sketchnote Lab posts are affiliate links. If you purchase through them, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. I only recommend tools and resources I use and believe in.

©2026 Mike Rohde, Sketchnote Lab

We kick off season 10 with talented illustrator and creative leader, Alejo Porras!

Alejo is creative lead at The Sketch Effect, a company that offers graphic recording and explainer videos.

He’s a trained and talented illustrator and also works as an artist coach, helping artists reclaim their joy in art.

He shares stories about his work at The Sketch Effect, including how they navigated through the pandemic business shift and more.

You’re really going to love this episode!

Sponsored by the Sketchnote Ideabook

This episode of the Sketchnote Army Podcast is brought to you by The Sketchnote Ideabook, the sketchbook designed for sketchnoters.

Equipped with a no-bleed, now show through paper, The Sketchnote Ideabook can take almost any marker or pen you can throw at it.

Save 15% on your entire order of Sketchnote Ideabooks and Autoquill Pen sets at the Airship Store when you use code IDEABOOK15 through December 31, 2021.

To claim your 15% off visit airship.store today!

Running Order

• Intro: Who is Alejo?
• Emily Mills’ impact on Alejo
• How The Sketch Effect adapted analog to digital in the pandemic
• What is means to be a Creative Lead at Sketch Effect
• Alejo’s origin story: like using a metal detector to find his way
• Finding your style
• What impacts have the pandemic had on visual notes?
• The pandemic expanded what graphic recording could be
• Alejo’s scratchboard technique
• Tools
• 3 tips
• Outro

Links

• Alejo’s website
• Alejo on Twitter
• Alejo on Instagram
• Alejo on YouTube
• Alejo on LinkedIn
• The Sketch Effect Website
• The Sketch Effect Instagram
• Emily Mills SE02 / EP06
• Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD)
• Alejo’s Scratchboarding

Tools

Amazon affiliate links below support the Sketchnote Army Podcast.

• Claybord Sctachboard
• Scratchboard tool Kit
• Windsor & Newton Fineliner Fine Point Pen
• Faber-Castell Ecco Pigment Pen - 0.8mm
• The Sketchnote Ideabook
• Leuchtturm 1917 120GSM Notebook
• Lemome Dotted Bullet Notebook with Pen Loop
• iPad Pro 12.9”
• Apple Pencil
• Procreate

3 Tips

1. If you’re stuck, get help.
2. Ask the question of where you are to define the problem.
3. Acknowledge that everything changes and you have a chance to change things for the better.

Credits

• Producer: Alec Pulianas
• Theme music: Jon Schiedermayer

Subscribe to the Sketchnote Army Podcast

You can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify,Amazon Music or your favorite podcast listening source.

Support the Podcast

To support the creation, production and hosting of the Sketchnote Army Podcast, buy one of Mike Rohde’s bestselling books. Use code ROHDE40 at Peachpit.com for 40% off!

Subscribe to the Sketchnote Podcast

You can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube or your favorite podcast listening source.

Support the Podcast

To support the creation, production, and hosting of the Sketchnote Army Podcast, buy one of Mike Rohde's bestselling books. Use code ROHDE40 at Peachpit.com for 40% off!

Sketchnote Lab is Mike Rohde’s space designed to bridge the gap between sketchnote theory and practice. You don’t need to be an artist to think visually. Join Mike and learn to use sketchnotes to clarify your thinking, solve problems, and move forward. Learn more about Sketchnote Lab.

Mike is the author of The Sketchnote Handbook and The Sketchnote Workbook, bestselling books that teach regular people how to start sketchnoting and build a regular sketchnoting practice.

He founded the Sketchnote Army and hosts the Sketchnote Podcast, where he interviews visual thinkers to understand what makes them tick.

Mike teaches recorded, live, and in-person workshops to accelerate your sketchnoting practice and provides personalized coaching for your specific visual-thinking challenges.

He is the illustrator of bestselling books like REWORK, REMOTE, The $100 Startup, Honest SEO, The Culture Playbook, and The Future Begins with Z.

Become a Supporting or Founding Lab Partner to support Mike’s work.

Some links in Sketchnote Lab posts are affiliate links. If you purchase through them, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. I only recommend tools and resources I use and believe in.

©2026 Mike Rohde, Sketchnote Lab

I have great guest interviews for your listening pleasure, including:

1. Alejo Porras
2. Eleanor Beer
3. Dario Paniagua
4. Ari Alvarez
5. Rasagy Sharma
6. Josie Dee
7. Matt Ragland
8. Sheena Mays
9. Ben Norris
10. Mister Maikel
11. Mina Legend
12. Marc Gutman
13. Ahn Bui

I think you are going to LOVE season 10!

New episodes start next week Monday, September 6th, 2021 with Alejo Porras, so keep your eye on your podcast app every Monday morning!

CREDITS

• Producer: Alec Pulianas
• Theme music: Jon Schiedermayer

SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES

You can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes.

SUPPORT THE PODCAST

To support the creation, production and hosting of the Sketchnote Army Podcast, buy one of Mike Rohde’s bestselling books. Use code ROHDE40 at Peachpit.com for 40% off!

Subscribe to the Sketchnote Podcast

You can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube or your favorite podcast listening source.

Support the Podcast

To support the creation, production, and hosting of the Sketchnote Army Podcast, buy one of Mike Rohde's bestselling books. Use code ROHDE40 at Peachpit.com for 40% off!

Sketchnote Lab is Mike Rohde’s space designed to bridge the gap between sketchnote theory and practice. You don’t need to be an artist to think visually. Join Mike and learn to use sketchnotes to clarify your thinking, solve problems, and move forward. Learn more about Sketchnote Lab.

Mike is the author of The Sketchnote Handbook and The Sketchnote Workbook, bestselling books that teach regular people how to start sketchnoting and build a regular sketchnoting practice.

He founded the Sketchnote Army and hosts the Sketchnote Podcast, where he interviews visual thinkers to understand what makes them tick.

Mike teaches recorded, live, and in-person workshops to accelerate your sketchnoting practice and provides personalized coaching for your specific visual-thinking challenges.

He is the illustrator of bestselling books like REWORK, REMOTE, The $100 Startup, Honest SEO, The Culture Playbook, and The Future Begins with Z.

Become a Supporting or Founding Lab Partner to support Mike’s work.

Some links in Sketchnote Lab posts are affiliate links. If you purchase through them, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. I only recommend tools and resources I use and believe in.

©2026 Mike Rohde, Sketchnote Lab

In this final episode of season 9, the Sketchnote Army Podcast audio engineer Alec Pulianas and I take time to reflect on each one of the season 9 episodes, and each guests unique perspectives and ideas they sparked in us both.

We hope this episode sparks you to revisit and reflect on season 9 episodes with new ears, so you can learn and apply the valuable teachings from every one of the guests on the show.

SPONSORED BY

This episode of the Sketchnote Army Podcast is brought to you by The Sketchnote Ideabook, the sketchbook designed for sketchnoters.

Equipped with a no-bleed, now show through paper, The Sketchnote Ideabook can take almost any marker or pen you can throw at it.

Save 15% on your entire order of Sketchnote Ideabooks and Autoquill Pen sets at the Airship Store when you use code IDEABOOK15 through May 15, 2021.

To claim your 15% off visit airship.store today!

RUNNING ORDER

• Intro: Alec and Mike frame the episode
• Episode 1: Lee LeFever
• Episode 2: Ana Reinert
• Episode 3: John Muir Laws
• Episode 4: Ania Staskiewicz
• Episode 5: Martin Hausmann
• Episode 6: Debbie Baff
• Episode 7: Benjamin Felis
• Episode 8: Ceren Yildirim
• Episode 9: Grant and Paddy of Visual Jam
• Episode 10: Diana Soriat
• Episode 11: Guillaume Wiatr
• Episode 12: Brian Tarallo
• Episode 13: Michael Janda
• Outro

LINKS

• Alec Pulianas Website
• Ferrite
• Ben Norris
• Lee LeFever
• Ana Reinert
• John Muir Laws
• Ania Staskiewicz
• Martin Hausmann
• Debbie Baff
• Benjamin Felis
• Ceren Yildirim
• Grant and Paddy of Visual Jam
• Diana Soriat
• Guillaume Wiatr
• Brian Tarallo
• Michael Janda

CREDITS

• Producer: Alec Pulianas
• Theme music: Jon Schiedermayer

SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES

You can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes.

SUPPORT THE PODCAST

To support the creation, production and hosting of the Sketchnote Army Podcast, buy one of Mike Rohde’s bestselling books. Use code ROHDE40 at Peachpit.com for 40% off!

Subscribe to the Sketchnote Podcast

You can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube or your favorite podcast listening source.

Support the Podcast

To support the creation, production, and hosting of the Sketchnote Army Podcast, buy one of Mike Rohde's bestselling books. Use code ROHDE40 at Peachpit.com for 40% off!

Sketchnote Lab is Mike Rohde’s space designed to bridge the gap between sketchnote theory and practice. You don’t need to be an artist to think visually. Join Mike and learn to use sketchnotes to clarify your thinking, solve problems, and move forward. Learn more about Sketchnote Lab.

Mike is the author of The Sketchnote Handbook and The Sketchnote Workbook, bestselling books that teach regular people how to start sketchnoting and build a regular sketchnoting practice.

He founded the Sketchnote Army and hosts the Sketchnote Podcast, where he interviews visual thinkers to understand what makes them tick.

Mike teaches recorded, live, and in-person workshops to accelerate your sketchnoting practice and provides personalized coaching for your specific visual-thinking challenges.

He is the illustrator of bestselling books like REWORK, REMOTE, The $100 Startup, Honest SEO, The Culture Playbook, and The Future Begins with Z.

Become a Supporting or Founding Lab Partner to support Mike’s work.

Some links in Sketchnote Lab posts are affiliate links. If you purchase through them, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. I only recommend tools and resources I use and believe in.

©2026 Mike Rohde, Sketchnote Lab

In this episode, I have a fantastic discussion with Michael Janda, a business coach for creatives, author, and agency veteran.

Michael shares his suggestions for sketchnoters who are asked to create sketchnotes for money but don’t know where to start.

If you’re doing sketchnoting for hire or are considering it, this episode is a great foundation to help you think about your clients and your work differently.

SPONSORED BY

This episode of the Sketchnote Army Podcast is brought to you by The Sketchnote Lettering Live Workshop Replay.

This is the year to upgrade your lettering with my 2 hour video replay, where I teach you my signature lettering style showing you how I create letters, tips and tricks, and my lettering philosophy.

Watch as I demonstrate 2-line, 3-line, condensed, extended lettering, script and faux script and handwriting techniques.

This session includes a Q&A portion where I answer student questions and downloadable PDF reference and practice sheets so you can follow along.

Buy this video replay for only $15 at Vimeo.

RUNNING ORDER

• Intro: Who is Michael Janda?
• Michael’s origin story: from agency employee to creative coach
• How do we answer the question: How much does you sketchnote cost?
• Michael’s 3 pricing variables
  1. What’s the baseline cost this sketchnote work will be? Your floor pricing.
  2. What’s the market value of my sketchnotes? Someone else or market cost.
  3. What’s the client’s budget? What will they actually spend on this?
• Don’t be afraid to ask! What’s your budget?
• No client price range? Reply with a price range.
• Price ranges should be anchored with the high price first, then low!
• Anchor against others who to the work.
• People buy you: don’t just email, call them to talk.
• The better your relationship, the higher your price could go.
• Calls let you see more client body language.
• Question 1: Red flags to watch out for!
• How to counter the red flags before you get stuck
• Phasing and invoicing sketchnoting projects
• The benefit of teaching clients about your process
• Be the expert, lead the discussion!
• Question 2: Should you have a contract? YES!
• How contracts shape projects, good and bad!
• Contract basics
  1. Nothing done unless it’s in writing and confirmed
  2. Clear, detailed contracts are better
  3. Present the contract, don’t just email it!
• Watch Michael’s free proposal and contract course!
• How can I deliver more than expected for the customer?
• Exceeding expectations and relationship are the secret sauce
• Presenting the work is important!
• Not just a delivery but a full presentation of the experience
• Think ahead of the customer: come with solutions and ideas
• The importance of framing your work
• What gets Michael excited? The global creative community
• Tools
• Talk yourself into the better version
• Outro

LINKS

Amazon affiliate links below support the Sketchnote Army Podcast.

• Michael Janda’s website
• Michael on YouTube
• Michael on Instagram
• Michael on Twitter
• Michael on LinkedIn
• Michael Janda’s Freelance Course
• Book: Burn Your Portfolio
• Book: The Psychology of Graphic Design Pricing
• Michael’s free proposal and contracts mini course
• Teespring

TOOLS

Amazon affiliate links below support the Sketchnote Army Podcast.

• Adobe Suite
• Adobe Animate
• BizBuds Podcast
• iPhone 12 Pro Max
• Camo Studio

CREDITS

• Producer: Alec Pulianas
• Theme music: Jon Schiedermayer

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Support the Podcast

To support the creation, production, and hosting of the Sketchnote Army Podcast, buy one of Mike Rohde's bestselling books. Use code ROHDE40 at Peachpit.com for 40% off!

Sketchnote Lab is Mike Rohde’s space designed to bridge the gap between sketchnote theory and practice. You don’t need to be an artist to think visually. Join Mike and learn to use sketchnotes to clarify your thinking, solve problems, and move forward. Learn more about Sketchnote Lab.

Mike is the author of The Sketchnote Handbook and The Sketchnote Workbook, bestselling books that teach regular people how to start sketchnoting and build a regular sketchnoting practice.

He founded the Sketchnote Army and hosts the Sketchnote Podcast, where he interviews visual thinkers to understand what makes them tick.

Mike teaches recorded, live, and in-person workshops to accelerate your sketchnoting practice and provides personalized coaching for your specific visual-thinking challenges.

He is the illustrator of bestselling books like REWORK, REMOTE, The $100 Startup, Honest SEO, The Culture Playbook, and The Future Begins with Z.

Become a Supporting or Founding Lab Partner to support Mike’s work.

Some links in Sketchnote Lab posts are affiliate links. If you purchase through them, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. I only recommend tools and resources I use and believe in.

©2026 Mike Rohde, Sketchnote Lab

In this episode, I talk with Brian Tarallo — author, graphic recorder, and meeting facilitator — about his new book, Surviving the Horror of Online Meetings.

Hear how Brian came up with the book concept while he was stuck in a traffic jam heading for a graphic recording session and how his years of learning how to make online meetings less scary will help you raise your game in your own online meetings.

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RUNNING ORDER

• Intro: Who is Brian?
• Brian’s origin story
• The story of Surviving the Horror of Online Meetings
• If you can do it in the room, you can do it online!
• The advantages and disadvantages of online meetings
• Importance of trust and inclusion
• Brian’s outline of book chapters
• I wonder what’s going to break today?
• Brian’s positive thing: better than being in person, pickling, and sourdough
• Tools
• Tips
• Outro

LINKS

Amazon affiliate links below support the Sketchnote Army Podcast.

• Brian’s Website
• Book: Surviving the Horror of Online Meetings
• Brian on Instagram
• Brian on Twitter
• Brian on LinkedIn
• Challenger: The Final Flight
• George Washington Memorial Parkway
• 20 Tips for Facilitating Virtual and Blended Meetings
• NOVA Scribes

TOOLS

Amazon affiliate links below support the Sketchnote Army Podcast.

• Neuland Markers
• Charter Markers
• Butcher Paper Rolls
• Arc Compass
• Heather Martinez’s Orbits and Hexit Templates
• iPad Pro 12.9”
• Apple Pencil
• Procreate
• Malgosia Kostecka’s Procreate Brushes
• Mural
• Miro
• Mentimeter
• Dr. Marc Brackett’s Mood Meter App

TIPS

1. Treat adults like adults.
2. Watch your stories, what message am I sending on camera?
3. Be present!

CREDITS

• Producer: Alec Pulianas
• Theme music: Jon Schiedermayer

SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES

You can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes.

SUPPORT THE PODCAST

To support the creation, production and hosting of the Sketchnote Army Podcast, buy one of Mike Rohde’s bestselling books. Use code ROHDE40 at Peachpit.com for 40% off!

Subscribe to the Sketchnote Podcast

You can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube or your favorite podcast listening source.

Support the Podcast

To support the creation, production, and hosting of the Sketchnote Army Podcast, buy one of Mike Rohde's bestselling books. Use code ROHDE40 at Peachpit.com for 40% off!

Sketchnote Lab is Mike Rohde’s space designed to bridge the gap between sketchnote theory and practice. You don’t need to be an artist to think visually. Join Mike and learn to use sketchnotes to clarify your thinking, solve problems, and move forward. Learn more about Sketchnote Lab.

Mike is the author of The Sketchnote Handbook and The Sketchnote Workbook, bestselling books that teach regular people how to start sketchnoting and build a regular sketchnoting practice.

He founded the Sketchnote Army and hosts the Sketchnote Podcast, where he interviews visual thinkers to understand what makes them tick.

Mike teaches recorded, live, and in-person workshops to accelerate your sketchnoting practice and provides personalized coaching for your specific visual-thinking challenges.

He is the illustrator of bestselling books like REWORK, REMOTE, The $100 Startup, Honest SEO, The Culture Playbook, and The Future Begins with Z.

Become a Supporting or Founding Lab Partner to support Mike’s work.

Some links in Sketchnote Lab posts are affiliate links. If you purchase through them, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. I only recommend tools and resources I use and believe in.

©2026 Mike Rohde, Sketchnote Lab

In this episode, I talk with Guillaume Wiatr, a strategy consultant who uses visual thinking, sketchnoting and graphic recording to help his clients visualize solutions.

Hear how Guillaume got his start in this space and how he has become a guide to the companies he works with using visuals as his secret weapon.

You’re going to love this one!

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RUNNING ORDER

• Intro: Who is Guillaume?
• Guillaume’s origin story
• Discovering the power of visualization
• The importance of handing the pen to participants
• Building a career is like making a good soup
• Facilitators are not the star of the show
• The importance of writing as well as drawing
• What makes Guillaume happy
• Tools
• Tips
• Outro

LINKS

• Guillaume’s Website
• Metahelm Insights Mailing List
• Guillaume on Twitter
• Guillaume on Instagram
• Guillaume on LinkedIn
• The One Thing A CEO Must Do - the benefits of writing and drawing as a process
• 3 Minutes to Change my Life - the post where I tell the story about the project I saved by having the team draw it
• Sketchnotes from the GeekWire Conference
• [GeekWire Sketchnotes 2019]https://www.geekwire.com/2019/real-magic-happens-head-illustrations-capture-organize-geekwire-summit-highlights/
• [GeekWire Sketchnotes 2018]https://www.geekwire.com/2018/extreme-doodling-geekwire-summits-graphic-facilitator-illustrates-listening-can-art/
• [GeekWire Sketchnotes 2017]https://www.geekwire.com/2017/art-note-taking-geekwire-summit-artist-turns-conversations-inspiring-visual-maps/
• [GeekWire Sketchnotes 2016]https://www.geekwire.com/2016/watch-visual-strategist-guillaume-wiatr-draw-excitement-geekwire-summit-2-days/
• [GeekWire Sketchnotes 2015]https://www.geekwire.com/2015/how-this-muralist-turns-geekwire-summit-tech-talks-into-art/
• Paperlike: Guillaume Wiatr
• A time-lapse video of me sketchnoting / recording live with Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft
• Book: Reinventing Organizations by Frederic Laloux
• Brandy Agerbeck

TOOLS

Amazon affiliate links support the Sketchnote Army Podcast.

• Bateman Recycled Sketch 50/Sheets 8.5 x 11
• Papermate Flair
• Pilot G2 0.3mm
• Neuland Markers
• Stabilo Boss Fluorescent Highlighters
• Moleskine Large Sketchbook
• iPad Pro”
• Apple Pencil
• Procreate

TIPS

1. Commitment and discipline, set habit challenges and achieve them.
2. Explore your freedom with different mediums, small, large, 3D, logos?
3. Take risks because that’s where the rewards are! “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” — Anaïs Nin

CREDITS

• Producer: Alec Pulianas
• Theme music: Jon Schiedermayer

SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES

You can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes.

SUPPORT THE PODCAST

To support the creation, production and hosting of the Sketchnote Army Podcast, buy one of Mike Rohde’s bestselling books. Use code ROHDE40 at Peachpit.com for 40% off!

Subscribe to the Sketchnote Podcast

You can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube or your favorite podcast listening source.

Support the Podcast

To support the creation, production, and hosting of the Sketchnote Army Podcast, buy one of Mike Rohde's bestselling books. Use code ROHDE40 at Peachpit.com for 40% off!

Sketchnote Lab is Mike Rohde’s space designed to bridge the gap between sketchnote theory and practice. You don’t need to be an artist to think visually. Join Mike and learn to use sketchnotes to clarify your thinking, solve problems, and move forward. Learn more about Sketchnote Lab.

Mike is the author of The Sketchnote Handbook and The Sketchnote Workbook, bestselling books that teach regular people how to start sketchnoting and build a regular sketchnoting practice.

He founded the Sketchnote Army and hosts the Sketchnote Podcast, where he interviews visual thinkers to understand what makes them tick.

Mike teaches recorded, live, and in-person workshops to accelerate your sketchnoting practice and provides personalized coaching for your specific visual-thinking challenges.

He is the illustrator of bestselling books like REWORK, REMOTE, The $100 Startup, Honest SEO, The Culture Playbook, and The Future Begins with Z.

Become a Supporting or Founding Lab Partner to support Mike’s work.

Some links in Sketchnote Lab posts are affiliate links. If you purchase through them, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. I only recommend tools and resources I use and believe in.

©2026 Mike Rohde, Sketchnote Lab