#171. TED Talkin’: Hayley Langsdorf on the power of doodling during meetings

Hayley Langsdorf is an artist that uses Sharpies to illustrate big ideas from board rooms and beyond. She is a self-described “live scribe” for events, meetings and conferences. Hayley’s 2019 TED Talk, “Drawing out our collective intelligence", draws out—literally—the power of the pen. As humans, we’re all moved by story; and when visuals are added, it’s extra memorable. Even simple figures and shapes—doodles during meetings to help illustrate what was talked about can create a more powerful record than a list of bullets. Hayley’s talk reminds us that simple visual storytelling can help support day-to-day communications. She argues that drawing out ideas to get on the same page could help reduce over-used jargon, excess emails and even combat stifling office environments. Business communicators, consider this your cue to get the colored pack of Sharpies. This is an episode for: doodlers, communicators of all kinds and self described “non creatives”. What’s in the Spice Cabinet? Watch Hayley’s talk for yourself:“Drawing Out Our Collective Intelligence”Find more of Hayley’s workThoughts Drawn OutLinkedInThis TED talk reminded us of…The “Marketoonist” extraordinaire, Tom Fishburne - author of Your Ad Ignored Here Tim Pollard’s work- author of The Compelling CommunicatorWes Kao’s work on keeping people engaged Hayley’s dream talk (according to us)Venue? - Something hosted by Bic or Micron or Sharpie?? Walkout song? Beautiful World by Colin Hay