NL Sketchnoting, Graphic Recording & Visual Thinking

In this long-awaited episode, Laurens delves into an insightful conversation with Lauren Green, a celebrated artist, certified visual facilitator, and the visionary behind Dancing with Markers. Lauren shares her unique journey from the world of professional dance to the vibrant arena of visual facilitation, highlighting the beautiful intersection of movement and graphical recording. Despite the challenges of audio quality, this interview shines with Lauren's passion for integrating dance into her facilitation and coaching, offering a fresh perspective on visual thinking and leadership. Join us for this compelling dialogue that explores the rhythm and flow of creativity and the transformative power of visual practice in professional and personal realms. Lauren also touches upon the evolution of her career, the significant influence of her mother, and her contributions to fostering a supportive community through her work.  Note: Due to technical hiccups during recording, please pardon any audio imperfections. Enjoy the richness of the conversation!

Join us as Laurens introduces the remarkable Alfredo Carlo, a luminary in the realm of graphic facilitation and the founder of Housatonic Design Network, based in Bologna. Alfredo shares his passion for blending art and facilitation, aiming to simplify complex ideas and foster understanding. With a journey that began in the vibrant spaces of MG Taylor and evolved into the creation of a collaborative team of 18, Alfredo discusses the transformative power of visual thinking in making conversations accessible and inclusive. This episode explores Alfredo's path from graffiti art to leading a studio dedicated to enriching dialogues across the globe, his vision for a co-owned, purpose-driven company, and the joy of working at the intersection of creativity and service. Discover how Alfredo and his team use graphic facilitation, video animations, and various media to inspire change and bring beauty to the world of communication. Note: This episode, one of the two treasures unearthed after 3.5 years, showcases Alfredo's insights into the essence and impact of visual thinking.

In this episode, I'm talking with Yuri Malishenko, an Agile Coach and Graphic Facilitator from Denmark who runs https://www.vizthink.dk/ and posts regularly on Medium.  We met online, because he listened to an episode of Mike Rohde's most excellent podcast in which I was featured.  Talking to Yuri felt kind of like talking to myself, as we have very similar backgrounds and interests.  Enjoy!    Want to connect with Yuri? Check out these links: https://www.vizthink.dk/ https://medium.com/@yurimalishenko https://twitter.com/yurimalishenko https://www.instagram.com/viz.thinker/?hl=en        

Welcome to the NL Sketchnoting, Graphic Recording, and Visual Thinking podcast where we celebrate the lives and work of visual thinkers and allow them to showcase things they are enthusiastic about! Today, I'm talking to Brandy Agerbeck, speaker, teacher, author, graphic facilitator, and artist who at age two, started drawing and hasn't stopped yet. Brandy is the graphic facilitator's graphic facilitator, inspiring hordes of enthusiasts and professionals with her books, The Graphic Facilitator's Guide and The Idea Shapers, her signature program The Lab and her one-day visual thinking workshop The Idea Shapers Tour, and of course her legendary keynotes! You're in for a real treat with this conversation! Brandy is currently on tour in Europe, hosting her lab in The Hague (The Netherlands) and in Rungsted (Denmark), facilitating a session at EuViz in Brussels (Belgium), and hosting her Idea Shapers Tour in Copenhagen (Denmark). There are steal seats for the Idea Shapers Tour in Denmark, so if you're interested, head over there and sign up! Want to learn more about Brandy? Check out her online presence: Brandy's website: http://loosetooth.com/ The Idea Shapers: http://loosetooth.com/is/ The Graphic Facilitator's Guide: http://loosetooth.com/gf/ Brandy on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/loosetoothdotcom Follow Brandy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/loosetoothcom/ Follow Brandy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/loosetooth Brandy's TEDx talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bCHq1OvGR4 Books by Brandy: https://www.amazon.com/Brandy-Agerbeck/e/B0065RHT1U   The International Forum Of Visual Practitioners: https://www.ifvp.org/ Sparkol Videoscribe (affiliate link): http://www.sparkol.com?aid=816051 Want to subscribe to the NL Sketchnoting, Graphic Recording, and Visual Thinking Podcast? Subscribe via iTunes, or Stitcher. Your feedback is appreciated. Please leave your comments in the shownotes. Better yet, send in a voice message so we can put you ON the show! Credits The sounds used for podcast imaging are created by audionautix, musicradiocreative, and premiumbeat. All interviews were recorded in stereo with a Zoom H2N or in double mono with a Marantz Pro PMD661 recorder using a handheld AKG D230 dynamic mic, a Rode NTG2 condenser mic on a boompole, or a KEL HM-1 condenser mic on a mic arm resulting in a 96.0 kHz, 24-bit WAV file. Editing was done on a Macbook Pro using LogicPro with iZotope RX, Alloy, Nectar, and Ozone. Post production was done using Auphonic resulting in the final MP3 file for upload to Libsyn and distribution through iTunes and Stitcher.  

Welcome to the NL Sketchnoting, Graphic Recording, and Visual Thinking podcast where we celebrate the lives and work of visual thinkers and allow them to showcase things they are enthusiastic about! Today, I'm talking to Bas Bakker, master side-hustler, grand initiator, and founder of companies, such as De Betekenaar, In 20 uur TV, Open Coffee Leiden, and many, many more initiatives. Bas is a triathlete, a lover of coffee, and an active member of the Dutch Sketchnoting, Graphic Recording, and Visual Thinking community.  Want to learn more about Bas? Check out his online presence: http://debetekenaar.nl/ https://twitter.com/deBetekenaar https://twitter.com/basbakker https://twitter.com/in20uur   The International Forum Of Visual Practitioners: https://www.ifvp.org/ Sparkol Videoscribe (affiliate link): http://www.sparkol.com?aid=816051 Want to subscribe to the NL Sketchnoting, Graphic Recording, and Visual Thinking Podcast? Subscribe via iTunes, or Stitcher. Your feedback is appreciated. Please leave your comments in the shownotes. Better yet, send in a voice message so we can put you ON the show! Credits The sounds used for podcast imaging are created by audionautix, musicradiocreative, and premiumbeat. All interviews were recorded in stereo with a Zoom H2N or in double mono with a Marantz Pro PMD661 recorder using a handheld AKG D230 dynamic mic, a Rode NTG2 condenser mic on a boompole, or a KEL HM-1 condenser mic on a mic arm resulting in a 96.0 kHz, 24-bit WAV file. Editing was done on a Macbook Pro using LogicPro with iZotope RX, Alloy, Nectar, and Ozone. Post production was done using Auphonic resulting in the final MP3 file for upload to Libsyn and distribution through iTunes and Stitcher.  

Welcome to the NL Sketchnoting, Graphic Recording, and Visual Thinking podcast where we celebrate the lives and work of visual thinkers and allow them to showcase things they are enthusiastic about! Today, I'm talking to Doug Neill. Doug is an Oregon artist and educator who hosts thegraphicrecorder.com, verbaltovisual.com, and recently learninpublic.com. Doug is perhaps best known for his awesome Youtube videos where he uses hand-drawn, analogue sketchnotes recorded with a DSLR camera and some nifty lighting to convey his messages. I'm thrilled to have him on the show! Want to learn more about Doug? Check out his online presence: http://www.dougneill.com/ https://twitter.com/douglaspneill   The International Forum Of Visual Practitioners: https://www.ifvp.org/ Sparkol Videoscribe (affiliate link): http://www.sparkol.com?aid=816051 Want to subscribe to the NL Sketchnoting, Graphic Recording, and Visual Thinking Podcast? Subscribe via iTunes, or Stitcher. Your feedback is appreciated. Please leave your comments in the shownotes. Better yet, send in a voice message so we can put you ON the show! Credits The sounds used for podcast imaging are created by audionautix, musicradiocreative, and premiumbeat. All interviews were recorded in stereo with a Zoom H2N or in double mono with a Marantz Pro PMD661 recorder using a handheld AKG D230 dynamic mic, a Rode NTG2 condenser mic on a boompole, or a KEL HM-1 condenser mic on a mic arm resulting in a 96.0 kHz, 24-bit WAV file. Editing was done on a Macbook Pro using LogicPro with iZotope RX, Alloy, Nectar, and Ozone. Post production was done using Auphonic resulting in the final MP3 file for upload to Libsyn and distribution through iTunes and Stitcher.  

Welcome to the NL Sketchnoting, Graphic Recording, and Visual Thinking podcast where we celebrate the lives and work of visual thinkers and allow them to showcase things they are enthusiastic about! Today, I'm talking to Natalia Talkovska. Natalia is founder and owner of Natalka Design. She helps people tell their stories in creative new ways and gives them the tools to turn their communications upside down and make a lasting impact. Those tools include live sketchting, sketchnoting, videos, visual facilitation, training, and yes, even in-person consulting. Now, that is just her day-job. By night, when she's not out dancing semi professional, she furthers the cause of doodling by running a worldwide network of Doodleledo's, meetings where people that think they can't draw find out they actually can, and meet a bunch of like-minded awesome people in the process. You'll leave there with friends, not business cards. Want to learn more about Natalia? Check out her online presence: http://www.natalkadesign.com/ https://twitter.com/natalka_design http://www.doodleledo.com/ https://twitter.com/Doodleledo https://twitter.com/NatiTal https://www.instagram.com/natalia_talkowska/ https://medium.com/creative-dna/creative-dna-natalia-talkowska-cb02ad23a1ca#.p7y1hnhxm   The International Forum Of Visual Practitioners: https://www.ifvp.org/ Sparkol Videoscribe (affiliate link): http://www.sparkol.com?aid=816051 Want to subscribe to the NL Sketchnoting, Graphic Recording, and Visual Thinking Podcast? Subscribe via iTunes, or Stitcher. Your feedback is appreciated. Please leave your comments in the shownotes. Better yet, send in a voice message so we can put you ON the show! Credits The sounds used for podcast imaging are created by audionautix, musicradiocreative, and premiumbeat. All interviews were recorded in stereo with a Zoom H2N or in double mono with a Marantz Pro PMD661 recorder using a handheld AKG D230 dynamic mic, a Rode NTG2 condenser mic on a boompole, or a KEL HM-1 condenser mic on a mic arm resulting in a 96.0 kHz, 24-bit WAV file. Editing was done on a Macbook Pro using LogicPro with iZotope RX, Alloy, Nectar, and Ozone. Post production was done using Auphonic resulting in the final MP3 file for upload to Libsyn and distribution through iTunes and Stitcher.  

Welcome to the NL Sketchnoting, Graphic Recording, and Visual Thinking podcast where we celebrate the lives and work of visual thinkers and allow them to showcase things they are enthusiastic about! Today, I'm talking to Axelle Vanquallie. Axelle is a visual practitioner and member of Visual Harvesting based in Antwerp. She's very active in the international community of visual practitioners and generally aweseome! Want to learn more about Axelle? Check out her online presence: http://visualharvesting.com/en/ https://twitter.com/AxelleVQ https://www.instagram.com/vanquaillie/   The International Forum Of Visual Practitioners: https://www.ifvp.org/ Sparkol Videoscribe (affiliate link): http://www.sparkol.com?aid=816051 Want to subscribe to the NL Sketchnoting, Graphic Recording, and Visual Thinking Podcast? Subscribe via iTunes, or Stitcher. Your feedback is appreciated. Please leave your comments in the shownotes. Better yet, send in a voice message so we can put you ON the show! Credits The sounds used for podcast imaging are created by audionautix, musicradiocreative, and premiumbeat. All interviews were recorded in stereo with a Zoom H2N or in double mono with a Marantz Pro PMD661 recorder using a handheld AKG D230 dynamic mic, a Rode NTG2 condenser mic on a boompole, or a KEL HM-1 condenser mic on a mic arm resulting in a 96.0 kHz, 24-bit WAV file. Editing was done on a Macbook Pro using LogicPro with iZotope RX, Alloy, Nectar, and Ozone. Post production was done using Auphonic resulting in the final MP3 file for upload to Libsyn and distribution through iTunes and Stitcher.  

Welcome to the NL Sketchnoting, Graphic Recording, and Visual Thinking podcast where we celebrate the lives and work of visual thinkers and allow them to showcase things they are enthusiastic about! Today, I'm talking to Terese Ellnestam. Terese is a visual practitioner and owner of Grafant AB based in Stockholm, Sweden. She works with clients to communicate their thoughts and ideas more effectively through visualization. Judging from her Flickr page, she does both fast, real-time, graphic recording, as well as slow, mindful, drawing, and I'm dying to hear which of those she loves most. Want to learn more about Terese? Check out her online presence: http://www.grafant.se/ https://twitter.com/tellnestam https://www.youtube.com/user/74Terese https://www.flickr.com/photos/44198053@N07   The International Forum Of Visual Practitioners: https://www.ifvp.org/ Sparkol Videoscribe (affiliate link): http://www.sparkol.com?aid=816051 Want to subscribe to the NL Sketchnoting, Graphic Recording, and Visual Thinking Podcast? Subscribe via iTunes, or Stitcher. Your feedback is appreciated. Please leave your comments in the shownotes. Better yet, send in a voice message so we can put you ON the show! Credits The sounds used for podcast imaging are created by audionautix, musicradiocreative, and premiumbeat. All interviews were recorded in stereo with a Zoom H2N or in double mono with a Marantz Pro PMD661 recorder using a handheld AKG D230 dynamic mic, a Rode NTG2 condenser mic on a boompole, or a KEL HM-1 condenser mic on a mic arm resulting in a 96.0 kHz, 24-bit WAV file. Editing was done on a Macbook Pro using LogicPro with iZotope RX, Alloy, Nectar, and Ozone. Post production was done using Auphonic resulting in the final MP3 file for upload to Libsyn and distribution through iTunes and Stitcher.  

Welcome to the NL Sketchnoting, Graphic Recording, and Visual Thinking podcast where we celebrate the lives and work of visual thinkers and allow them to showcase things they are enthusiastic about! Today, I'm talking to Heather Martinez. Heather is an artist who after two decades of printmaking and photography, discovered the joy of creating art with others outside the studio, on the wall. She uses visuals to help people collaborate, support their goals and facilitate change. Heather is an internationally renowned Graphic Recorder/Facilitator and Prezi/Videoscribe producer whose work is so beautiful, I'm a bit giddy to be talking to her. Want to learn more about Heather? Check out her online presence: http://heathermartinez.com http://twitter.com/CorpGraffitiArt http://www.instagram.com/CorpGraffitiArt/ https://www.facebook.com/HeatherLeavittMartinez http://heathermartinez.tumblr.com The International Forum Of Visual Practitioners: https://www.ifvp.org/ Sparkol Videoscribe (affiliate link): http://www.sparkol.com?aid=816051 Want to subscribe to the NL Sketchnoting, Graphic Recording, and Visual Thinking Podcast? Subscribe via iTunes, or Stitcher. Your feedback is appreciated. Please leave your comments in the shownotes. Better yet, send in a voice message so we can put you ON the show! Credits The sounds used for podcast imaging are created by audionautix, musicradiocreative, and premiumbeat. All interviews were recorded in stereo with a Zoom H2N or in double mono with a Marantz Pro PMD661 recorder using a handheld AKG D230 dynamic mic, a Rode NTG2 condenser mic on a boompole, or a KEL HM-1 condenser mic on a mic arm resulting in a 96.0 kHz, 24-bit WAV file. Editing was done on a Macbook Pro using LogicPro with iZotope RX, Alloy, Nectar, and Ozone. Post production was done using Auphonic resulting in the final MP3 file for upload to Libsyn and distribution through iTunes and Stitcher.  

Welcome to the NL Sketchnoting, Graphic Recording, and Visual Thinking podcast where we celebrate the lives and work of visual thinkers and allow them to showcase things they are enthusiastic about! Today, I’m talking to Birgit Smit, a professional graphic recorder from Amsterdam (actually Uithoorn, close to Amsterdam) who found me on Facebook while looking for IFVP members in The Netherlands. Birgit specializes in live graphic recording on paper. She also creates awesome bespoke videoscribes and offers an in-person sketchnoting workshop that is both fun and immediately usable in practice. I have a professional crush on Birgit. The way she works, the things she creates, her choice of materials and software, it’s all absolutely awesome and something to aspire to. Based on this interview, I bought a license for Sparkol VideoScribe and Tawe and have created my very first animated sketchnote with it. If you ever get a chance to meet or work with Birgit, do! Want to learn more about Birgit? Check out her online presence: Birgit Smit Graphic Recording Flickr Youtube Facebook Linkedin Twitter The International Forum Of Visual Practitioners: https://www.ifvp.org/ Sparkol Videoscribe (affiliate link): http://www.sparkol.com   Want to subscribe to the NL Sketchnoting, Graphic Recording, and Visual Thinking Podcast? Subscribe via iTunes, or Stitcher. Your feedback is appreciated. Please leave your comments in the shownotes. Better yet, send in a voice message so we can put you ON the show! Credits The sounds used for podcast imaging are created by audionautix, musicradiocreative, and premiumbeat. All interviews were recorded in stereo with a Zoom H2N or in double mono with a Marantz Pro PMD661 recorder using a handheld AKG D230 dynamic mic, a Rode NTG2 condenser mic on a boompole, or a KEL HM-1 condenser mic on a mic arm resulting in a 96.0 kHz, 24-bit WAV file. Editing was done on a Macbook Pro using LogicPro X with iZotope RX 4, Alloy2, Nectar 2, and Ozone 6. Post production was done using Auphonic resulting in the final MP3 file for upload to Libsyn and distribution through iTunes and Stitcher.

Welcome to the NL Sketchnoting, Graphic Recording, and Visual Thinking podcast where we celebrate the lives and work of visual thinkers and allow them to showcase things they are enthusiastic about!  Today, I'm talking to none other than Mike Rohde, a designer, author, illustrator, and sketchnoter, living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a passion for simple and usable design solutions. Mike is sort of my hero, because as you know: I like to sketchnote.  Interestingly, in this interview, we don't actually talk about sketchnoting until about half-way. We talk first about what got Mike there.  Want to learn more about sketchnoting? Read Mike's blog, his tweets, and of course his books, The Sketchnote Handbook and The Sketchnote Workbook. Also, check out The Sketchnote Army for examples of awesome sketchnotes around the world of all different skill-levels.  Pro-tip: Sign-up for Mike's newsletter to get tips on sketchnoting and creativity for free!   Want to subscribe to the NL Sketchnoting, Graphic Recording, and Visual Thinking Podcast? Subscribe via iTunes, or Stitcher. Your feedback is appreciated. Please leave your comments in the shownotes. Better yet, send in a voice message so we can put you ON the show! Credits The sounds used for podcast imaging are created by audionautix, musicradiocreative, and premiumbeat. All interviews were recorded in stereo with a Zoom H2N or in double mono with a Marantz Pro PMD661 recorder using a handheld AKG D230 dynamic mic, a Rode NTG2 condenser mic on a boompole, or a KEL HM-1 condenser mic on a mic arm resulting in a 96.0 kHz, 24-bit WAV file. Editing was done on a Macbook Pro using LogicPro X with iZotope RX 4, Alloy2, Nectar 2, and Ozone 6. Post production was done using Auphonic resulting in the final MP3 file for upload to Libsyn and distribution through iTunes and Stitcher.