title: The Sketchnote Workbook: Advanced techniques for taking visual notes you can use anywhere
author:  Mike Rohde 
description: <div>"The practical lessons in The Sketchnote Workbook make it easy and fun for anyone to leverage visual note taking to help them remember more, communicate better, and develop ideas more completely." -<b>Todd Henry, author of <i>Die Empty</i></b></div><br /><br />&quot;If you want to succeed in capturing and communicating your ideas, you need to read this book. Because it's not merely a book: It's a blueprint for a new way of thinking, and it's fantastically useful.&quot; - <b>Daniel Coyle, <i>The New York Times</i> best-selling author of <i>The Talent Code</i> and <i>The Little Book of Talent</i></b><br /><br />&quot;Mike has created a resource that will inspire anyone to take their doodling to a new level and begin using sketchnoting in every aspect of their lives. After reading this book, I know my recipe cards and travel journals will never look the same again!&quot; - <b>C.C. Chapman, author of <i>Amazing Things Will Happen</i></b><br /><br />&quot;Mike Rohde wants you to understand a simple idea: Drawing aids thinking. Or, even better, drawing IS thinking. I fully agree with him: Pen and paper amplify our thinking when we use them to record what we see, and to reflect on what it means. This book, as its predecessor, <i>The Sketchnote Handbook</i>, will not just make you a better artist, it'll make you a better thinker.&quot; - <b>Alberto Cairo, author of <i>The Functional Art</i></b><br /><br />&quot;I present information as narrated visuals so Mike's approach makes a lot of sense to me. Visuals are key to understanding complexity, and the combination of images and text as notes is always more effective than notes alone. Sometimes they are more effective than the original presentation.&quot; - <b>Horace Dediu, founder of Asymco</b>
zlib_text: THE ART OF
  
  VISUAL NOTETAKING
  
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   **TABLE OF CONTENTS**
  
    1.  **INTRODUCTION** ****
      1. **How to Use This Book**
    2.  **THE BASICS: WHAT ARE VISUAL NOTES?** ****
      1. **Why Are Visual Notes Important?**
      2.  **Who Can Take Visual Notes?**
      3.  **Types of Visual Notes?**
      4.  **How Can I Use Visual Notes?**
    3.  **TOOLS: THE VISUAL NOTETAKING ARSENAL OF SKILLS** ****
      1. **Surfaces**
      2.  **Writing and Drawing Tools**
      3.  **Miscellaneous Supplies**
      4.  **Considerations When Choosing Your Tools**
      5.  **Mindset**
    4.  **PREP WORK: BEFORE YOU BEGIN**
    5.  **LISTENING** ****
      1. **Listening Cues**
    6.  **WRITING** ****
      1. **Print**
      2.  **Cursive**
      3.  **Block Letters**
      4.  **Serif Letters**
      5.  **Embellishments**
    7.  **HIERARCHY & COMPOSITION**
    8.  **DRAWING** ****
      1. **The Basics**
      2.  **Imagination and Association**
      3.  **Leveling Up**
   