In this episode of the podcast, hear from Debbie Baff, a PhD Student in E-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning.

Debbie has found sketchnotes have been instrumental in her academic work. Hear how mind mapping connects to sketchnotes for her and how she uses sketchnotes to better understand complex ideas.

This episode of the Sketchnote Army Podcast is brought to you by Neuland, the innovative maker of visual thinking tools. Every Neuland product is designed with passion to be durable and sustainable.

Check out their newly redesigned Neuland FineOne® line of water-based, refillable markers:

• The rich, black, permanent Outliner in bullet and brush options
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Save 15% with code neuland@sketchnotearmy-2021 at Neuland.com until May 30th, 2021

• Intro: Who is Debbie?
• Debbie’s origin story and path into sketchnoting
• Mind-mapping influences and connections to sketchnoting
• Two educational paths: art path and idea path?
• Development of thinking and style
• How Debbie integrates sketchnotes into her PhD work
• Heuristic Inquiry + sketchnotes
• Nick Sousanis and visual PhD work’
• What is Debbie excited about?
• Tools
• Tips
• Outro

Amazon affiliate links below support the Sketchnote Army Podcast.

• Debbie’s Website
• Debbie on Twitter
• Debbie Baff’s Sketchnotes Padlet
• Book: How to Use Your Head by Tony Buzan
• Brian Mathers’ Open Visual Thinkery
• Using Sketchnotes in PhD Research and Academic Practice
• Nick Sousanis
• Book: Unflattening by Nick Sousanis
• Nick’s Comic Studies Minor at San Francisco State University
• Interview with Nick Sousanis on Sketchnote Army Podcast
• Eleanor Beer
• Sketchnote Army Podcast on Self-Care

Amazon affiliate links below support the Sketchnote Army Podcast.

• Padlet
• Moleskine Hard Cover Art Sketchbook
• Sakura Pigma Micron Fineliner
• Tombow Dual Brush Grayscale 6-Pack Set
• Tombow Dual Brush Pink Marker
• iPad Pro 12.9”
• Apple Pencil
• Paper by WeTransfer
• Goodnotes
• Procreate

1. Use sticky notes to capture ideas before committing
2. Take a photo of the powerpoint for reference
3. Go for it! Your sketchnote might encourage others
4. Build your own icon library

• Producer: Alec Pulianas
• Theme music: Jon Schiedermayer

You can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes.

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!

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

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 podcast, I have a great discussion with Martin Haussmann, a visual facilitator, author, trainer and creator of the bikablo® visualization technique.

Martin talks about how he developed his bikablo approach and the ways it has helped thousands of people around the world express themselves visually through training and bikablo visual dictionaries.

This episode of the Sketchnote Army Podcast is brought to you by Neuland, the innovative maker of visual thinking tools. Every Neuland product is designed with passion to be durable and sustainable.

Check out their newly redesigned Neuland FineOne® line of water-based, refillable markers:

• The rich, black, permanent Outliner in bullet and brush options
• The crisp, fine lines and rich colors of the Sketch line
• The flowing, variable brushes and colors of the Art line

Save 15% with code neuland@sketchnotearmy-2021 at Neuland.com until May 30th, 2021

• Intro: Who is Martin?
• Martin’s origin story: how did bikablo come to be?
• What is it like taking bikablo training?
• How training is like a multiple course meal
• What’s most challenging about online training
• What are online training benefits?
• What is Martin excited about? Visual problem solving!
• Tools
• Tips
• Outro

Amazon affiliate links below support the Sketchnote Army Podcast.

• Bikablo
• bikablo on Twitter
• bikablo on Instagram
• bikablo on YouTube
• bikablo on LinkedIn
• bikablo on Facebook
• Kommunikationslotsen
• Book: Back of the Napkin by Dan Roam
• Book: Visual Language for the 21st Century by Bob Horn
• Brandy Agerbeck
• David Sibbet
• Dave Gray
• Benjamin Felis
• Martin’s live sketch 1
• Martin’s live sketch 2
• Martin’s live sketch 3

Amazon affiliate links below support the Sketchnote Army Podcast.

• Neuland Markers
• Neuland Twin One
• Book: Make a World by Ed Emberley
• TableTop FlipChart XL
• Generic A5 notebook as Martin’s extrabrain
• iPad Pro 12.9”
• Apple Pencil
• Procreate

1. Be systematic in your visualization so you can stay focused
2. Be systematic in your visualization style
3. Be systematic in your visualization strategy

• Producer: Alec Pulianas
• Theme music: Jon Schiedermayer

You can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes.

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!

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

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 hear from Ania Staskiewicz, a sketchnoter, graphic recorder, and visual thinking teacher in Poland. Learn how she made the leap from manager in a government office to full-time visual practitioner, fulfilling her childhood passion of drawing brought a huge energy boost that keeps her going.

This episode of the Sketchnote Army Podcast is brought to you by Neuland, the innovative maker of visual thinking tools. Every Neuland product is designed with passion to be durable and sustainable.

Now you can get your own custom printed Neuland Markers! Neuland prints your company’s logo, slogan, URL, or an individual message on markers – even in small batches. These markers are the ideal gift for workshop participants and customers.

Save 15% with code neuland@sketchnotearmy-2021 at Neuland.com until May 30th, 2021

• Intro: Who is Ania?
• Ania’s origin story: from government work to visual work
• The enjoyment Ania gets from challenging topics to capture visually
• Ania’s online workshops
• On becoming a full-time graphic recorder and sketchnoting
• The benefits of learning what you love before you go full-time
• Tools
• Tips
• Outro

Amazon affiliate links below support the Sketchnote Army Podcast.

• Ania’s Website in Polish
• Ania’s Website Translated into English
• Ania on Instagram

Amazon affiliate links below support the Sketchnote Army Podcast.

• Neuland Markers
• Molotow Markers
• Moleskine Sketchbook
• Canson Sketchbook
• iPad Pro 12.9”
• Apple Pencil
• Procreate

1. Draw regularly for 10-15 minutes every day
2. Find sketchnotes you admire, extract ideas and practice them
3. Don’t limit yourself - challenge yourself with tools and papers

• Producer: Alec Pulianas
• Theme music: Jon Schiedermayer

You can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes.

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!

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

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 hear the passion of John Muir Laws, a scientist, teacher and author who helps people forge deeper, more personal connections with nature through keeping illustrated nature journals.

John and I talk about how he entered into nature journaling, the importance of parents encouraging kids to explore their interests, ways sketchnoters and visual thinking can enter into nature journaling, and more.

This is a fantastic interview I know you’re going to love!

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.

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• Intro: Who is John?
• How John got into nature journaling
• What is nature journaling?
• Using journaling to slow down and pay attention
• Nature journaling is an invitation to the infinite
• I notice — words, pictures, numbers
• I wonder — what, why, how, when?
• It reminds me of — what else is like this in my experience?
• Creativity is useful connections between seemingly unrelated things
• Observing the world this way opens up your brain to curiosity
• There are infinite opportunities for curious exploration
• Observations can lead to biomimicry innovation
• Noting relationships between observations and things you understand
• John’s Sketchnote Handbook story
• How sketchnoting nature ideas expanded John’s process thinking
• We think we understand, but we’ve only scratched the surface
• The differences between science and mathematics
• You can be part of the process through observation and curiosity
• Human memory is unreliable: visual documentation is critical
• Visualization is a critical thinking tool
• Tools
• Outro

• John Muir Laws Website
• John’s Blog Archive - loads of gems in there
• Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference
• John Muir Laws on Twitter
• John Muir Laws on Instagram
• The Nature Journal Club
• John Muir Laws Store
• Book: The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling
• Book: The Laws Guide to Drawing Birds
• Book: Sierra Birds: a Hiker’s Guide
• Book: The Laws Guide to the Sierra Nevada

Amazon affiliate links below support the Sketchnote Army Podcast.

• Growth Mindset is critical
• Actively, intentionally harness your curiosity - do curiosity
• Prismacolor Col-Erase Non-Photo Blue Pencil No. 20028
• Pentel GraphGear 1000 Mechanical Pencil 0.5mm
• Bic Round Stic Xtra Life Ballpoint Pen
• Strathmore Hardbound Toned Tan Paper Art Journal
• Strathmore Hardbound Mixed Media Gray Paper Art Journal
• John’s Field Sketching Supplies and Naturalist Equipment

• Producer: Alec Pulianas
• Theme music: Jon Schiedermayer

You can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes.

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!

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

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 have a fun discussion with Ana Reinert, the creator of The Well Appointed Desk.

Pen fanatics will know Ana for her deep knowledge of fountain pens and inks and other pens too. Her Well Appointed Desk covers all kinds of other goodies, like pencils, paper, notebooks, and beautiful objects that make office work more joyful and fun.

In this discussion, I talk with Ana about the origin of her site, the expansion to other authors who specialize in specific areas and more.

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.

• Intro: Who is Ana?
• The Well Appointed Desk origin story
• The importance of drawing and sketching in design
• Value of structure and hierarchy of sketchnoting
• Something positive: Ana baking banana peanut butter muffins
• Dangerous letterpress equipment
• Tools
• Tips
• Outro

Amazon affiliate links below support the Sketchnote Army Podcast.

• The Well Appointed Desk
• The Well Appointed Desk Shop
• The Well Appointed Desk on Twitter
• The Well Appointed Desk on Instagram
• House of Turquoise
• Pen Addict
• Pencil Revolution
• The Long Tail Concept
• Book: The Long Tail by Chris Anderson
• Vintage Writing Paper Pad
• Ludlow Machine
• Linotype the film

Amazon affiliate links below support the Sketchnote Army Podcast.

• Platinum Carbon Desk Pen
• Uni-ball Signo UM-151 Gel Pen - 0.38 mm - Black
• Prismacolor Col-Erase Blue Pencil
• Prismacolor Col-Erase Red Pencil
• Baron Fig Squire Click
• Caran d'Ache 849 Fountain Pen - Purple Fluorescent (Pink) - Extra Fine Nib
• LAMY Studio Fountain Pen - Imperial Blue - Medium Nib
• Best Micro Gel Pen: Choosing the Right One
• Midori MD Cotton Paper
• Hobonichi Techo with Tomoe River Paper
• Tomoe River Paper
• Midori Traveler’s Notebook
• Fauxdori Traveler’s Notebook on Etsy
• 10.5” iPad Pro
• Procreate
• Daredevil by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson
• Blade Runner

1. Stop comparing your work with what others are doing
2. Look outside your space for inspiration
3. If you get stuck - walk away and do the dishes

• Producer: Alec Pulianas
• Theme music: Jon Schiedermayer

You can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes.

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!

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

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 9 with with Lee LeFever, co-founder of Common Craft, the pioneers of the explainer video and author of 2 great books. Lee and I talk about the process they follow at Common Craft, sharing their philosophy as well as tips and tricks.

We also discuss Lee’s two books: The Art of Explanation and his latest book, Big Enough, with discussion about constraints fueling creativity and building a business to suit your life rather than the other way around.

You’re going to love this episode!

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.

• Intro: Who is Lee?
• Lee’s origin story with explainer videos
• The value of partnering with others
• How Common Craft operates now
• Valuing clear, interesting, surprising information
• Importance of writing in Lee’s creative process
• Using story to share principles in a clear way
• The Common Craft process
• Book: The Art of Explanation
• How embracing constraints liberates you
• Book: Big Enough
• Quality of life defining success
• The importance of sustainability
• Productivity culture
• How the pandemic changed time perceptions
• Time is the new wealth
• Tools
• Handwriting thank you notes
• 3 tips
• Outro

• Lee’s website
• Common Craft Website
• About Common Craft
• Common Craft Membership
• Lee on Twitter
• Lee on Instagram
• Lee on LinkedIn
• Book: The Art of Explanation
• Book: Big Enough
• Disinformation Explainer Video
• Feynman Technique

• Autodesk Sketchbook
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Apple Keynote
• Wacom Cintiq
• Blue Yeti Microphone

1. Think about learning as a semantic tree: focus on the trunk first
2. Writing an explanation is a great way to start: Feynman Technique
3. Explanation is like subjective comedy: know your audience

• Producer: Alec Pulianas
• Theme music: Jon Schiedermayer

You can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes.

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!

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

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

Hey everyone, it’s time to get back into season 9 of the Sketchnote Army Podcast!

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

• Lee LeFever of Common Craft innovator of explainer videos
• Ana Reinert of the Well Appointed Desk
• John Muir Laws, nature journaler
• Ania Staskiewicz, a graphic recorder and teacher in Poland
• Martin Hausmann, the creator of the Bikablo drawing system
• Debbie Baff, a PhD student using sketchnotes to improve her doctoral work
• Benjamin Felis, punk rocker, graffiti artist, visual rebel and teacher
• Ceren Yildirim, agile coach and avid visualizer
• Paddy & Grant of The Visual Jam, and international gathering for visual people
• Diana Soriat, author, sketchnoter and bullet joournaler
• Guillaume Wiatr, strategy advisor and visual thinker
• Brian Tarallo, graphic recorder, facilitator and author

You’re going to just LOVE season 9!

New episodes start next week Monday, February 1st, 2021 with Lee LeFever, so keep your eye on your podcast app every Monday morning!

• Paperlike
• Neuland
• The Sketchnote Lettering Workshop

• Producer: Alec Pulianas
• Theme music: Jon Schiedermayer

You can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes.

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!

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

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, my good buddy (and fellow sketchnoter) Prof Michael Clayton interviews me about the 8th birthday of The Sketchnote Handbook!

We’ll talk about 8 years since the book launched, translations into 7 languages, the community it enabled, the teaching opportunities it opened up, and the in-person and online events it inspired.

48% OFF The Sketchnote Handbook to celebrate its 8th Birthday! Use code  8YEARS at Peachpit.com. This code is good on print or ebook editions through December 31, 2020.

This episode of the Sketchnote Army Podcast is brought to you by The Sketchnote Lettering Live Workshop on December 5, 2020.

I’ll show you how I create my signature lettering and handwriting in this hands-on, 2-hour workshop complete with a Q&A after the session ends.

Your $25 ticket includes a video recording of the entire workshop and Q&A so you can come back and review it after the live event is over.

Sign up today— there are just 5 days until this live workshop takes place on Saturday, December 5th. Grab your spot today!

https://rohdesign.com/workshops/lettering

• Intro: The Sketchnote Handbook is 8!
• Origin story of sketchnoting
• Evolution of sketchnoting - pro typing the process
• SEED conference - validating the process
• SXSW interactive - testing the process for a full week
• Creative Commons and its impact on sketchnoting
• VizThink online conference
• SXSW VizNotes 101
• The Sketchnote Handbook influencers - Patrick Rhone and Von Glitschka
• Creating the Sketchnote Handbook
• The impact of the book remaining useful for the world and Mike
• Importance of community in sketchnoting
• Many voices validate an idea
• This book is a lot like an 8 year old child
• How the Sketchnote Workbook captured work in the world
• Rockstar in a teapot
• Filling a lead role among leaders in the community
• The importance of the sketchnote name
• Mike’s hope for the future of the Sketchnote Handbook
• What’s next?
• Live online events vs. recorded courses
• Sketchnote Army Podcast as an extension of the books
• Wrapup
• Outro

• Michael Clayton on Twitter
• Michael Clayton on Instagram
• Mike Rohde on Twitter
• Mike Rohde on Instagram
• The Sketchnote Handbook
• The Sketchnote Handbook German
• The Sketchnote Handbook French
• The Sketchnote Handbook Russian
• The Sketchnote Handbook Ukrainian
• The Sketchnote Handbook Chinese
• Sketchnote Army’s first post on November 30, 2009
• My first Sketchnotes from UX Intensive Chicago 2007
• 37signals
• Basecamp
• SEED 1 Conference 2007
• SEED3 Conference 2008
• Jason Fried
• Coudal Partners
• Carlos Segura
• Aaron Draplin
• Field Notes
• SXSW interactive 2008 Sketchnotes
• Creative Commons
• SXSW Tote Bag Design
• SXSW 2008 Sketchnotes
• SXSW 2009 Sketchnotes
• SXSW 2010 Sketchnotes
• SXSW 2012 Sketchnotes
• SXSW VizNotes 101 Flickr Set
• Mean old second grade teacher slide
• VizThink VizNotes 101 Webinar
• Dave Gray podcast interview - SE02 / EP01
• SXSW Visual Note-Taking 101 Slides
• Patrick Rhone
• Von Glitschka
• Storyline Conference Sketchnotes
• Nikki McDonald podcast interview - SE01 / EP06
• Illustrating REMOTE 1 of 2
• Illustrating REMOTE 2 of 2
• The Sketchnote Typeface
• Paul Soupiset
• Craighton Berman
• Eva-Lotta Lamm
• Boon Chew
• Laura Kazan podcast Interview - SE05 / EP07
• Rob Dimeo
• International Sketchnote Camp
• Book: Unleashing the Ideavirus - Seth Godin
• The Sketchnote Workbook
• 30 Day Sketchnote Challenge - the book that never was
• Mike’s Sketchnote Lettering Live Workshop
• Sketchnote Army Podcast
• First episode of the Sketchnote Army Podcast with Mauro Toselli
• The Sketchnote Ideabook
• Book: The Bullet Journal Method - Ryder Carroll

• Producer: Alec Pulianas
• Theme music: Jon Schiedermayer

You can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes.

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!

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

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 Raffaelina Rossetti and Karl Damke about their excellent work on lernOS to teach sketchnoting. LernOS is an open source platform for learning that relies on circles of learners to accelerate learning and provide both accountability and encouragement along the way. You’re going to love this episode!

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• Intro: What is lernOS?
• Who are Raffaelina and Karl?
• How lernOS Sketchnoting came to be
• Translating lernOS Sketchnoting Guide to English
• The importance of projects and objectives in lernOS
• How circles help learners with accountability
• Individual goals for you first, meta goals second
• The flexibility of lernOS for learners
• Tips for lernOS circles
• How long it takes for a circle to gel
• The value of a sketchnote selfie
• The importance of feedback
• The value of investing in a circle
• Circle success stories
• Outro

• Karl Damke on Twitter
• Karl’s Website
• Raffaelina Rossetti on Twitter
• Raffaelina’s Website
• lernOS Sketchnoting Guide in German
• lernOS Sketchnoting Guide in English
• lernOS Sketchnoting EN Acknowledgements
• What is lernOS?
• About lernOS
• Sketchnote Camp Hamburg 2017 Podcast
• Simon Duckert
• Sketchnote Army Slack where you can find a circle

1. Stop talking and start doing.
2. Start your circle on social media with other sketchnoters
3. Keep the circle small enough to be manageable, 4 or 5 max
4. Be honest while you’re setting goals

• Producer: Alec Pulianas
• Theme music: Jon Schiedermayer

You can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes.

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!

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

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 David Brittain, a co-founder of the powerful drawing tool, Concepts. We talk about David’s path into programming, the philosophy and origin story of Concepts for tablets. If you haven’t considered Concepts before, this discussion will give you insights into why Concepts works the way it does.

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• Intro: Who is David?
• David’s path into visualization
• Transition and integration points
• Moving from gaming into visualization
• Collaboration with co-founder Ben Merill
• The process Concepts uses for feature development
• Quality software over release dates for release sake
• The philosophy behind Concepts
• The benefits of a vector-based drawing tool
• The Concepts object library feature
• New features: Align and Snap-to-Grid
• New features: Export Selection
• New features: Presentation Mode
• Tools
• 3 tips
• Outro

• Concepts Website
• Concepts YouTube Channel
• David on Twitter
• David on LinkedIn
• David on Flickr
• Davi’s Email - David -at- concepts.app
• Superscape on Wikipedia
• Co-founder Ben Merrill on Twitter
• Remote Work is a Platform - Jason Fried
• Concepts Learn to Draw Series: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

• Slack
• Github
• Google Office
• Figma

1. Warm up before you sketchnote
2. Use our learn to draw series of videos to improve
3. Get feedback from others on how you can improve

• Producer: Alec Pulianas
• Theme music: Jon Schiedermayer

You can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes.

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!

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

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