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RUNNING ORDER

• Intro: Who is Xina?
• How did Xina stumble into sketchnoting?
• Lessons from the funeral business for living a full life
• Xina’s approach to energy management
• The correlation between presentation and performance is communication
• Sharing with others
• Xina’s Tools
• 3 tips
• Outro

LINKS

• Xina’s website
• Xina on Twitter
• Xina on Instagram
• Xina on Facebook
• Xina on LinkedIn
• Sketchnote Army Podcast on Self-Care: Season 07 / EP07
• Adinkra Symbols from Ghana

TOOLS

• Papermate Flair Pens
• Gel Pens
• iPad Pro and Apple Pencil
• Noteshelf
• Procreate
• Concepts
• Paper by WeTransfer
• The Sketchnote Ideabook

3 TIPS

• If you can doodle and if you can write, you can draw
• Don’t get too caught up about drawing, but make drawing practice a part of something else you do
• Think of something you like doing, and sketchnote that for enjoyment

CREDITS

• Producer: Alec Pulianas
• Theme music: Jon Schiedermayer

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