This is my non-exhaustive list of resources related to visuals on the web. Many of them are about techniques like sketchnoting, visual recording and/or facilitation. You will also find links to neuroscience, history of art, science of images, listening techniques, etc. Enjoy!
VIDEOS
- Sunni Brown: Doodlers, unite!
- Sunni Brown – Tedx UT – The Doodle Revolution
- Tom Wujec: 3 ways the brain creates meaning
- Brandy Agerbeck at TEDxWindyCity: Shape Your Thinking
- Brandy Agerbeck’s Opening Keynote at the Intl Forum of Visual Practitioners Conference 2013
- Brandy Agerbeck’s introduction to graphic facilitation
- Brandy Agerbeck’s graphic facilitation Show & Tell: Limited Colors
- Draw more, together: Ole Qvist-Sørensen at TEDxCopenhagen 2012
- TedTalk 5 ways to listen better
- What Is Graphic Recording?
- Learning Graphic Facilitation – 7 Elements by Bigger Picture
- Learning Graphic Facilitation – 8th Element by Bigger Picture
- Visual Facilitation Short Cuts
- Visual Thinking 101 by Sean Griffin
- Sketcho Frenzy: The Basics of Visual Note-taking
- The Value of Visualization
- Thinking made visual
- ImageThink in Action
- You can’t draw? I don’t believe you
- Why people believe they can’t draw – and how to prove they can | Graham Shaw | TEDxHull
- Graphic facilitator Sam Bradd discusses his role as a graphic facilitator and the visual language
- Getting into the Head of the Graphic Recorder
- Visual Note Taking, by Makayla Lewis
- Julie Gieseke takes us on a journey through her experience and the evolution of graphic recording
- The Art & Science of Drawing: Dynamic Mark Making
- Etienne Appert Conférence “Dessiner la pensée pour mieux la révéler”
POSTS/ARTICLES/SITES
- A Complete Guide to Visual Content: The Science, Tools and Strategy of Creating Killer Images http://blog.bufferapp.com/a-complete-guide-to-creating-awesome-visual-content
- Colours in cultures, by IIB http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/colours-in-cultures/
- Why you should take notes by hand — not on a laptop www.vox.com/2014/6/4/5776804/note-taking-by-hand-versus-laptop
- The 3 reasons why you can’t draw, (and what to do about it) http://willkempartschool.com/the-3-reasons-why-you-cant-draw-and-what-to-do-about-it/
- What’s Lost as Handwriting Fades http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/03/science/whats-lost-as-handwriting-fades.html
- Goethe on the Psychology of Color and Emotion http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/08/17/goethe-theory-of-colours/
- Why Your Brain Loves Visual Content http://www.inc.com/laura-montini/infographic/why-your-brain-loves-visual-content.html
- http://www.visualharvesting.com/12548/blog
- http://www.thinkvisual.ie
- Precision in harvest planning http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/?p=4031
- Adobe Says Drawing Should Be Like Writing—A Skill We Teach Everyone http://www.wired.com/2014/06/adobe-michael-gough
- More Than A Thousand Words: The Power of Visual Storytelling http://www.b2bmarketinginsider.com/content-marketing/power-of-visual-storytelling
- The Power of Visual Storytelling http://visualstorytelling.newscred.com/the-four-principles/p/1
- Getting Started With Sketchnoting http://www.slideshare.net/micheleidesmith/getting-started-with-sketchnoting
- Dual Coding Theory
- http://www.education.com/reference/article/dual-coding-theory/
- http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual-coding_theory
- Sketchnoting http://www.slideshare.net/BlueDoors/sketchnoting
- ‘Prehistoric Sistine Chapel’ gets world heritage status http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-27978440
- Nancy Duarte on Failure, Bootstrapping, and the Power of Better Presentations http://99u.com/articles/28337/nancy-duarte-on-failure-bootstrapping-and-the-power-of-presenting-better
- Verbal To Visual http://www.verbaltovisual.com/book/
- The thINKing Canvas http://thethinkingcanvas.com/
- The Four Ways To Work Visually http://www.shift-it-coach.com/2011/10/the-four-ways-to-work-visually/
- Listening is good for you: Four steps to mastering active listening http://www.coachwiththegreenhat.com/listening-is-good-for-you-four-steps-to-mastering-active-listening/
- “Here is why how and what you should doodle to boost your memory and creativity http://www.fastcocreate.com/3034356/heres-why-how-and-what-you-should-doodle-to-boost-your-memory-and-creativity
- The Art of Sketchnoting http://www.devfacto.com/the-art-of-sketchnoting/
- Sunni Brown: Changing the World One Doodle at a Time http://designgood.com/sunni-brown-doodle-revolution/
- The Miseducation of the Doodle, by Sunni Brown http://alistapart.com/article/the-miseducation-of-the-doodle
- The Power of Doodling: How Doodles Can Lead to Great Ideas http://study.com/articles/The_Power_of_Doodling_How_Doodles_Can_Lead_to_Great_Ideas.html
- Stats Shouldn’t Stand Alone: Why You Need Data Visualization to Teach and Convince http://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/why-use-data-visualization
- The 10 commandments visual communication http://visual.ly/10-commandments-visual-communication
- Content and Meaning. Story-telling and Story-listening https://medium.com/@angelamorelli/content-and-meaning-story-telling-and-story-listening-4386478f518a
- Kamishibai: Lessons in visual storytelling from Japan http://www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/2011/10/kamishibai-is-a-form-of-visual-and-participatory-storytelling-that-combines-the-use-of-hand-drawn-visuals-with-the-engaging-n.html
- Facts about the human brain http://www.ragan.com/Main/Articles/900c8411-ad28-47da-8f4e-f34e7c5440ad.aspx
- Visual language and converging technologies in the next 10-15 years (and beyond) http://web.stanford.edu/~rhorn/a/topic/vl&id/artclNSFVisualLangv.pdf
- Articles about Graphic Recording / Graphic Facilitation http://www.makemark.com/articles/
- Sketchnoting 101: How To Create Awesome Visual Notes http://uxmastery.com/sketchnoting-101-how-to-create-awesome-visual-notes/
- Why I like sketchnoting http://www.ide-smith.co.uk/?p=1204
- The centre of visual literacy [Toledo museum of Art] http://www.vislit.org/
- Doodling should be encouraged in boring meetings, claims psychologist http://www.theguardian.com/science/2009/feb/27/doodling-doodles-boring-meetings-concentration
- Sketchnoting for beginners https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1a0TgYBEEQlMv6umZJ_g3KLHGOi1Vv40PHsFhjCN3LkE/mobilepresent?slide=id.g5f70fb3e7_00
- Sketchnoting for learning by Silvia Tolisano http://www.slideshare.net/mobile/langwitches/sketchnoting-101
- The Kelvy Bird blog http://www.kelvybird.com
- [Great resource for levels of listening, tangible and intangible, etc]
- A Graphic Facilitation Retrospective
- http://davidsibbet.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/GF-RetrospectiveUpdated.pdf
- Why Integrating Art into the Classroom May Improve Content Retention http://artplantaetoday.com/2011/09/30/why-the-arts-improve-content-retention/
- Learning through drawing: developing visual literacy http://openaccesslearning.com/2015/03/20/learning-through-drawing-developing-visual-literacy/
- Visual thinking school http://www.davegrayinfo.com/visual-thinking-school/
- Tools for visual thinking by Dan Roam
- http://www.danroam.com/tools/
- http://www.danroam.com/videos/
- Vision Statement: Tired of PowerPoint? Try This Instead https://hbr.org/2010/09/vision-statement-tired-of-powerpoint-try-this-instead/ar/1
- Creativity on the Run: 18 Apps that Support the Creative Process http://www.edutopia.org/blog/apps-for-creativity-diane-darrow
- After learning new words, brain sees them as pictures www.psypost.org/2015/03/after-learning-new-words-brain-sees-them-as-pictures-32750
- The brain science behind stories that grip your audience (All stories are visual) http://jgodigital.com/the-brain-science-behind-stories-that-grip-your-audience/
- Picasso on Intuition, How Creativity Works, and Where Ideas Come From http://www.brainpickings.org/2014/06/24/picasso-brassai-ideas-creativity/
- 13 reasons your brain craves infographics http://snip.ly/Q0vC#http://visual.ly/13-reasons-your-brain-craves-infographics
- The Science Behind Why Our Brains Crave Infographics (In an Infographic) http://blog.hubspot.com/agency/science-brains-crave-infographics
- Just doodling: telling the story with a few pen strokes https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2014/04/30/just-doodling-telling-the-story-with-a-few-pen-strokes/
- 6 Massive Myths about Creativity you need to jettison from your belief system, now http://www.curiousmindsco.com.au/6-myths-about-your-creativity/
- and all others Michelle’s posts: http://www.curiousmindsco.com.au/articles/
- Visual Work and Thinking https://onlinefacilitation.wikispaces.com/Visual+Work+and+Thinking
- Sketchnotes 101: The Basics of Visual Note-taking http://www.core77.com/posts/19678/sketchnotes-101-the-basics-of-visual-note-taking-19678
- How the Brain Works and What It Means For Your Presentation
- https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-brain-works-what-means-your-presentation-nadine-hanafi
- The difference between sketch note, graphic recording and graphic facilitation http://jeannelking.com/the-difference-sketch-notes-graphic-recording-and-graphic-facilitation/
- Graphic recording vs event sketchnoting – which service to use to illustrate an event? http://www.businessillustrator.com/visual-content-marketing/use-event-sketchnoting-instead-graphic-recording-visually-capture-event/
- Study finds why some colors appear more memorable than others http://www.psypost.org/2015/06/study-finds-why-some-colors-appear-more-memorable-than-others-34821
- Start Doodling in Class: The Value of Lo Fi Graphics in eLearning https://www.mindflash.com/blog/2015/06/start-doodling-in-class-the-value-of-lo-fi-graphics-in-elearning/
- To Remember a Lecture Better, Take Notes by Hand http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/05/to-remember-a-lecture-better-take-notes-by-hand/361478/
- Chris Riddell wants to encourage “drawing every day” http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-33046917
- What I Learned From 100 Doodles In 100 Days https://medium.com/@steveportigal/what-i-learned-from-100-doodles-in-100-days-e50733c4a5fe
- Working Visually: The Only Way Out Is Through http://www.shift-it-coach.com/2015/06/working-visually-the-only-way-out-is-through/ (+ the whole site)
- How Your Brain Understands Visual Language http://www.fastcodesign.com/3047340/evidence/how-your-brain-understands-visual-language
- Take Better Notes: A Beginner’s Guide to Graphic Recording http://magamaps.com/graphic-recording-beginners-guide/
- A Digital Graphic Recorder’s Review of the WorkVisual App http://digitalfacilitation.net/?p=350
- Because sketching notes is so much more fun http://sketchnote-love.com
- The Cognitive Benefits of Doodling http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/07/doodling-for-cognitive-benefits/398027/
- 50+ awesome resources to create visual notes, graphic recordings and sketchnotes
- https://creativemarket.com/blog/2015/08/31/50-awesome-resources-to-create-visual-notes-graphic-recordings-sketchnotes
- Visual Thinking sketch notes [< fantastic to explain visuals for all + look at ebook] http://xblog.xplane.com/visual-thinking-sketch-notes/
- 5 Visual Storytelling Trends to Watch Out For in 2016 http://blog.visme.co/visual-storytelling-trends-2016/
- What Creating Sketchnotes Taught Me About #Learning http://qaspire.com/2015/10/29/what-creating-sketchnotes-taught-me-about-learning/ [great blog by @tnvora]
- 7 Ways Doodling Will Change Your Life https://designschool.canva.com/blog/7-ways-doodling-will-change-your-life/
- Sketchnotes and Visual Note-Taking https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20141205211054-388722-sketchnotes-and-visual-note-taking
- 10 Tips to Get Started with Sketchnoting Workshop http://langwitches.org/blog/2015/11/15/10-tips-to-get-started-with-sketchnoting-workshop/
- Using a vision board to keep yourself on track https://www.moo.com/blog/2015/01/13/the-power-of-a-picture/
- Visualizations That Really Work https://hbr.org/2016/06/visualizations-that-really-work
- What does it look like to be a live events artist? http://emilycarlton.com/816-2/
- Lettering Stylesheet, from @ItsLilpeanut blog http://inanutshellstudio.com/lettering-stylesheet/
- The comeback of cursive http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21706459-once-derided-relic-past-handwriting-looks-poised-revival-comeback-cursive
- Great listening starts with understanding HOW we listen, by Sophia Liang https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tackling-our-mindset-identifying-listening-filters-sophia-liang?trk=hp-feed-article-title-publish
- Qu’est ce que la Facilitation Graphique?, par Marc Dugue https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/quest-ce-que-la-facilitation-graphique-marc-dugu%C3%A9
- Art lessons: drawing portraits, perspectives, etc http://www.artyfactory.com/sitebody/art_lessons.html
- The art of sketchnotes http://blog.stylight.com/the-art-of-sketchnotes/
- How drawing helps you remember?
- http://www.scriberia.co.uk/journal/drawing-helps-you-remember
- The cognitive benefits of doodling http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/07/doodling-for-cognitive-benefits/398027/
- Visual thinking and the neuroleadership https://medium.com/the-xplane-collection/visual-thinking-and-neuroleadership-ece66725ffc#.q7kh4fxt4
- La peinture comme thérapie http://nospensees.fr/la-peinture-comme-therapie/
- Le blog de axelmage.com http://www.axelmage.com/blog/ > différences entre facilitation graphique et scribing et sketchnoting, etc…
- La facilitation graphique au service de l’apprentissage https://solerni.org/blog/2016/06/la-facilitation-graphique-apprentissage//
- Facilitation graphique : un langage visuel pour une vision commune http://les-temps-changent.com/facilitation-graphique-un-langage-visuel-pour-une-vision-commune/
- La facilitation graphique, quand tout devient possible http://www.fgcp.net/2015/02/17/la-fg-quand-tout-devient-possible/
- Quelle différence entre Graphic Facilitation et Graphic Recording? http://www.fgcp.net/2014/09/28/quelle-difference-entre-graphic-facilitation-et-graphic-recording/
- La facilitation graphique est la visualisation au service des interactions http://www.fgcp.net/la-facilitation-graphique/
- Brush lettering: it only gets better after practice https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2016/11/brush-lettering-it-only-gets-better-after-practice-part-1/
- The practice will set you free http://jeannelking.com/the-practice-will-set-you-free-2/
- Why You Should Communicate with Your Employees Using Visuals http://xblog.xplane.com/five-reasons-why-you-should-communicate-with-your-employees-using-visuals
- Visual Story Design Process or How to Avoid Writing Procrastination https://medium.com/mostly-clear/visual-story-design-process-or-how-to-avoid-writing-procrastination-565fb882e461#.l4ma4st9d
- Visual Thinking in Generating Ideas. Five Simple Steps https://medium.com/mostly-clear/visual-thinking-in-generating-ideas-five-simple-steps-a9fda12c4614#.yiu1xrjcp
- Sketchnoting, an analog skill in the digital age http://www.sigcas.org/newsletter/latest-issue/3-vol46i3.pdf
- Le Scribing : Dessiner En Travaillant http://www.forbes.fr/management/le-scribing-dessiner-en-travaillant/
- 3 benefits of visual mapping in meetings http://mindmappingsoftwareblog.com/3-benefits-of-visual-mapping-in-meetings/
- The Power of (Digital) Drawing at Work https://medium.com/@catmule/the-power-of-digital-drawing-at-work-8cd4980b7873#.c8reiype8
- Facilitation graphique : Comment retoucher ses photos de fresque ? https://www.pensez-visuel.com/single-post/2017/02/22/Facilitation-graphique-Comment-retoucher-ses-photos-de-fresque-
- SketchnoteHangout.com Top Sketchnote Resources https://sketchnotehangout.com/resources/
- Communicate your ideas using a flip chart or the back of a napkin
- http://www.americasmarketingmotivator.com/communicate-your-ideas-using-a-flip-chart-or-the-back-of-a-napkin/
- How Visual Notes Helped a Student With a Learning Disability Thrive http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2017/10/04/how-visual-notes-helped-a-student-with.html?cmp=soc-edit-tw
- Why it’s time to ditch Powerpoint and master the art of the truly visual presentation
- http://www.scriberia.co.uk/journal/why-its-time-to-ditch-powerpoint-and-master-the-art-of-the-truly-visual-presentation
- To enhance your meetings, clarify your goals http://www.imagethink.net/clarifying-goals-and-action-plans/amp/
- Essential Elements of Graphic Facilitation http://www.imagethink.net/essential-elements-of-graphic-facilitation/
- Visual Note Taking Techniques: An ImageThink Guide to Graphic Recording http://www.imagethink.net/visual-note-taking-techniques-an-imagethink-guide-to-graphic-recording/
- How to get started as a graphic recorder, by Sam Bradd
- Create memories by sketching, by Chris Spalton
- Why Live Drawing is Replacing PowerPoint by Lindsay Wilson, Co-founder of INK FACTORY
- Drawing Is the Fastest, Most Effective Way to Learn, According to New Research by Jessica Stillman
- The Science of Drawing and Memory – Want students to remember something? Ask them to draw it by Youki Terada
Social Media
- #todaysdoodle
- #sketchnotes
- #graphicrecording
- Apprenez les #sketchnotes avec #UnPictoParJour (on Twitter, IS) http://unpictoparjour.fr/
- Inktober challenges on Twitter/Instagram (I participated in #inktober2018 on Twitter and Instagram)
- Challenge started on 26/03/2018 : #sketch50 (also on Facebook and Instagram)
- Sketchnote Hangouts #SNHangout
- Sketchnote Challenges #SNChallenge
- Sketchnote Days: #SNDay2016 – #SNDay2017 – #SNDay2018
- International Sketchnote Camp: ISC17HH in Hamburg (Sep 2017) – #ISC18LX in Lisboa (Sep 2018)