Visual Note Taking and Storytelling with Poster Paper

• Drawing while note-taking allows much richer information to be conveyed than plain text.

• It helps a lot to not stress over the quality, but just keep the pen moving at all times and it will become fluid.

• Dynamically creating symbols for abstract concepts
  • (Kristine's 'data' was an abstract structured grid, while 'cultural connections' took the form of almost jazz-like composition, and she combined the two to convey her organization's goals)

• Abby Van Muijen at UC Berkeley