One of my big goals for the weekend was to practice visual notetaking. I have an actual gig on July 22 (!) 馃枍
I鈥檒l be doing a LEGO庐 SERIOUS PLAY庐 team building hour at the Annual Board Retreat for my synagogue, and I asked the Board president if he could use any of the retreat documented, and he said yes, so I offered to do visual notes! He was quite enthusiastic, so now my goal is to practice as much as I can between now and then!
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Today I watched a @creativelive CreativeLive class on visual notes, and this is my attempt at the final practice exercise.
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I鈥檓 proud of myself for trying, but I鈥檓 not impressed with my efforts鈥攖here鈥檚 no cohesiveness to the structure鈥攊t鈥檚 all over the map; my lettering is sloppy (you鈥檇 never know I used to be a professional calligrapher, partly because I鈥檓 not used to working large, but mostly because I鈥檓 not used to working at speed, so my lettering really degrades when I go fast!); there aren鈥檛 enough visuals; I didn鈥檛 listen well, so I emphasized things that I would leave out entirely if I were to do it again.
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Yep, I need a lot of improvement. But hey, that鈥檚 what practice is for! 馃槉 馃枍
You鈥檝e got to start somewhere! You have to let yourself make crap, because it鈥檚 the crap that fertilizes the good stuff! 馃挬 You have to let yourself suck in order to learn how to unsuck!
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So here鈥檚 me starting, learning how to unsuck. 馃槉
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Little by little I will get better. I do not expect this to be a linear process, but I do expect improvement over time if I put in the effort.
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Next time I will choose one thing to focus on (probably listening for structure), and try again.
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What are you working on?
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