What is Sketchnote Lab?
Sketchnote Lab is where Mike Rohde (that’s me) guides people like you on integrating sketchnotes and visual thinking into your everyday life to get things done.
I love guiding people like you to expand their visual thinking skills by using sketchnoting to think, explore ideas, solve problems, and communicate with others. Sketchnote Lab provides a place for me to write and show you how to do it.
Why Subscribe?
The best way to integrate sketchnoting into your life is by using sketchnoting techniques to solve real-world problems.
Having taught thousands of people to sketchnote, I’ve created this dedicated space called Sketchnote Lab to bridge the gap between sketchnoting theory and practice. Being part of this community means I can help you integrate sketchnoting into your everyday life, move things forward, and get things done.
"Great work! I'm continuing to teach visual practice at Montclair, always looking for good materials to share with students" — Philip Bakelaar
“Cool concept, Mike!” — Dave Gray
Free Lab Members get:
Rohdesign Dispatch monthly newsletter featuring links to five cool things from the visual thinking world and updates on my latest projects.
Occasional posts on sketchnotes and visual thinking.
Lab Chat area where this community can ask me questions about sketchnoting and solutions, chat about useful tools, and more.
Paid Lab Members get:
15-minute one-on-one Zoom session with me. I'd want to know how to make Sketchnote Lab super valuable for you. A 15-minute Zoom session with Lab Members is essential for me to understand your needs and challenges in integrating sketchnoting into your everyday life.
Exclusive access to monthly Sketchnote Lab Live sessions. Each month, I host hour-long Zoom meetings to gather the community. Sessions include live sketchnote challenges where I apply my problem-solving sketchnoting processes on real-world projects under a deadline, interviews with guest visual thinkers, and Ask Me Anything hangouts.
Sketchnote Lab Live recorded archives in case you miss a live session.
Exclusive posts and recorded videos on sketchnoting and visual thinking.
Rohdesign Dispatch monthly newsletter and Lab Chat area (but of course).
Founding Lab Members get:
1-hour one-on-one Zoom session with me. In addition to your 15-minute one-on-one session, Founding Lab Members receive a one-hour, in-depth coaching session with me to help accelerate visual thinking techniques and skills. Bring specific challenges to me, and let’s solve them together.
Everything free and paid Lab Members get.
Join the Sketchnote Lab!
Join a community of fellow Lab Members who share your interest in making sketchnoting and visual thinking part of their everyday lives.
If you appreciate my work, paid Lab Member subscriptions offer you a way to support the time and effort it takes to create it.
Who is Mike Rohde?
Mike Rohde is an author, illustrator, designer, and teacher who coined the term sketchnotes in 2006 after running experiments with visual notetaking.
What are Sketchnotes?
Sketchnotes are rich visual notes created from a mix of handwriting, drawings, hand-lettering, shapes, and visual elements like arrows, boxes, and lines.
Sketchnotes don't require special drawing skills but require you to listen and visually synthesize and summarize ideas using writing and drawing.
What started as a better way to capture notes at conferences and meetings has become a phenomenon, complete with the best-selling book The Sketchnote Handbook and The Sketchnote Workbook.
Mike teaches his straightforward approach to visual thinking worldwide at in-person and online workshops.
He is well-known for his illustration work on bestselling books like REWORK, REMOTE, $100 Startup, The Culture Playbook, and Honest SEO.
He is the founder of the Sketchnote Army and host of the Sketchnote Army Podcast.
Sketchnote Lab is built on Substack.com.
