NuggetHead

MARCH 22, 2016

Walking out to load my bags in the car last Monday (March 14), I tapped the Weather app on my iPhone to check what to expect as I headed to Orlando for the 2016 Learning Solutions Conference & Expo. Where I stood the current temperature was nearing 70 degrees while in Orlando it was slightly cooler. That’s a first! The temperature in Orlando really didn’t matter because I knew the temperature at the conference would be high (metaphorically speaking).

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NuggetHead

MARCH 4, 2016

I use PowerPoint more for graphics than anything else. My BB-8 droid was beeping at me more than normal the other day. In my geeky wandering thoughts I figured he was telling me I should make a graphic of him and animate him across the screen. In PowerPoint. I had some time in-between tasks, so why not. By the way, BB-8 was not seated in his charger fully – charging, not charging, charging, etc., which caused the beeping to sound off more frequently.

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NuggetHead

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Sketching my notes is something I’ve been doing all my life long before it became a thing. As someone who enjoys drawing it is often a challenge to separate the difference between the skill and talent of drawing and sketching visual notes. First, sketchonting has zero to do with artistic ability. Sketchonting has everything to do with processing what one hears and making visual notes of key concepts in a hierarchical structure for immediate retention and later recall.

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NuggetHead

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

I’ve been working at-home now for four years. I traded 15 years of rush hour traffic anxiety, wasted hours sitting in useless meetings, smelling burnt microwave popcorn or reheated leftover pot roast, random walk-up conversations, and countless other distractions that crushed creativity and productivity. Did I leave the anxiety when I swapped business casual for jeans and t-shirts?

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NuggetHead

JANUARY 29, 2016

Storyboarding an elearning project comes in many forms and processes and is ultimately dictated by the project itself. To that end, storyboarding is not a rule that must be included in every project, rather a process that becomes part of the workflow. The “art” in storyboarding does not refer to artistic talent or the graphic design elements of the project.

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NuggetHead

JANUARY 4, 2016

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is not just another movie to carry on the franchise, rather the rebirth of one of the largest pop cultures the world has ever seen. Okay, maybe not. Whether you are a fan or not you would have to be living on a remote beach not know the release of the latest Star Wars episode has captured the interest of the world. As an elearning designer/developer as well as an artsy guy, the creative community came alive for the arrival FN-2187 and the seemingly new Jedi, Rey.

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NuggetHead

OCTOBER 6, 2015

The word efficiency resonated with me all week while attending the Elearning Guild’s DevLearn Conference & Expo in Las Vegas. This event is the industries premiere event and one I look forward to most all year. The pre-conference workshop I delivered on Monday was about being a better, efficient, elearning designer by documenting your process through storyboarding.

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NuggetHead

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

I picked up my first Ukulele last year and really enjoy learning how to play. A fun and elegant sounding instrument! I’m attending the Elearning Guild’s DevLearn Conference & Expo this week. Of the many concurrent sessions offered, Ellen Wagner ( @edwsonoma ), Jane Bozarth ( @janebozarth ) and Shawn Rosler ( @rosler ) are presenting – Ukulele Learning: Exploring the Relationships Between Music and Learning on two occasions.

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NuggetHead

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

The Learning & Development industry is a vast array of many disciplines and technologies. A deeper look into each major discipline and we see an enormous amount of energy in order to learn the skills to be proficient. Looking at Instructional Design as it applies to elearning where there are many theories, models and methodologies, it that take years of practice to become proficient.

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NuggetHead

AUGUST 25, 2015

That time of year is quickly approaching. Everything from preparing presentation slides, handouts for session attendees, travel plans, connecting and reconnecting with friends, and packing a pencil pouch for sketchnoting! The Elearning Guild’s annual DevLearn Conference & Expo is by far the industry’s leading event. With my sixth consecutive visit to this conference I got to thinking.

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NuggetHead

AUGUST 12, 2015

The Visual Cortex is that little spot in the back of our brain where we store long-term memories and behaviors. In the learning and development industry, the focus is around visual design and can be applied to both PowerPoint presentations (classroom training) or elearning. In elearning we often add unnecessary text on screen such as, “Click the next button.” Yet, most other screen designs do not follow that same design methodology, rather the design is all in the user interface (UI)

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NuggetHead

JUNE 24, 2015

Explaining a complex topic is often riddled with pages and pages of documentation. Usually within a few pages of that documentation things tend to split off into sub-explanations. Before too long the topics of connectivity get lost in a tangled web of confusion. It’s topics such as these that simplifying the content into storytelling and presented with light visuals and visual metaphors may be all that is needed to “get it.” I recently completed a set of 4 loosely drawn animate

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NuggetHead

MAY 19, 2015

Inspiration can strike at anytime. Inspiration struck me when I was preparing to recycle old prescription bottles. 10 minutes later a lingering problem was solved! I invested $30 about 4 years ago into a set of Logitech headphones and they’re still going strong. USB Headphones are not the easiest to put away between uses, though. The cable doesn’t bother me so much while in use, but when not in use they get tossed around the desk wherever there’s a spot and the cable always get

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NuggetHead

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

'This sketch has been sitting in a sketchbook for over a year and half looking for a purpose. These little panel toons are fun because they can be re-purposed with just about any caption. And because it’s Super Bowl Sunday, I thought I’d give it some color. Chicago Bears colors of course! Enjoy! The post Sunday Sketch appeared first on Nuggethead Studioz.

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NuggetHead

JANUARY 29, 2015

'There’s something about the tradition of a classic game that will forever stand the test of time. One of those games is Tic-Tac-Toe. With Super Bowl XLIX only days away I thought to myself, “Self, why not make a Super Bowl themed Tic-Tac-Toe game. So I grabbed my pencil, sketched out a strategy, opened Articulate Storyline , and several late nights later finally have a working model.

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NuggetHead

JANUARY 21, 2015

'The post Storyline Variables: Returning to a Layer from Master appeared first on Nuggethead Studioz.

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NuggetHead

JANUARY 21, 2015

'New to the Elearning Industry and just acquired a license to Articulate Storyline but need a little boost to get off the ground? Been around Storyline awhile but looking to up your skills to the next level? There is no doubt the vast amount of information and tutorials for anyone to learn how to use Storyline…the software. The Weekly Elearning Challenge has evolved into a great community in of itself with people sharing their work and the endless inspirational demos.

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NuggetHead

JANUARY 5, 2015

'Every Sunday around here is that kick back and relax kind of days. It’s a time to reflect on the previous week, and think and plan about the coming week. It’s also the day I sketch the most. Meet Gorlon. I draw or sketch daily as it is, but Sundays tend to get more time devoted to it. Some of my best work has come from lazy afternoon Sunday sketches.

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NuggetHead

JANUARY 1, 2015

'It’s that time of year where just about everywhere you look or read it’s reflecting on the year’s end. The best of…, The top this or that…, # things to make next year better…, and more. It’s a time of renew. A time to look back and reflect while re-energize going forward. Reflection: Life is a balancing act both personally and professionally.

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NuggetHead

DECEMBER 10, 2014

'We take a lot of notes. We do. Take a moment and think back a week every time you jotted something down. A quick glance into memory and I’ve jotted things down on sticky notes, made a few checklists, messages in holiday cards and a few other times I remember taking pen to paper. Our handwriting. Whether it’s the multiple little notes we make on a daily basis or a concentrated sketchnote at a conference, it is our handwriting.

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NuggetHead

DECEMBER 3, 2014

'In this final step of Sketchnote School: 6 Steps to Great Conference Sketchnotes we’ll look at a few things that bring your sketches to life. The pretty stuff, as I like to call it, are those little things that draw (pun intended) attention to specific key points or add mood, tone, or general visual interest to your overall sketchnote style. Action.

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NuggetHead

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

'Communicating visually is one of those skills many believe they can’t achieve. There are others on the interwebs and authors of books that have extensive examples, tutorials, and styles to help you get started. Even with great books like Dan Roam’s, Back of the Napkin and Mike Rohde’s book, The Sketchnote Handbook some still struggle with the idea of capturing what they see in their “mind’s eye” and transferring those concepts to paper.

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NuggetHead

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

'Last week was an introduction to the series, Sketchnote School: 6 Steps to Great Conference Sketchnotes. There are a lot of pieces and parts to Sketchnoting that we’ll cover in the coming weeks. This week is the choice between sketching live in real time or saving some time later in the day for post-sketching. I often struggle with myself over the decision if I feel comfortable enough to live sketch or finish up my Sketchnote by post-sketching.

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NuggetHead

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

'This next step in the Sketchnote School series is a continuation from last week about preparing to sketchnote. You may be saying to yourself, “Self, isn’t preparing and format the same thing?” Well, yes…sort of. Format in this context is more about how your sketchonte reads rather than the physical shape and size. We’ll look at format as it relates to paper choice and sketchbook sizes in the materials section later in this post.

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NuggetHead

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

'Sketchontes are inherently about letting, borders, arrows, visual concepts, and other adornments. I’ve seen many well-drawn and formatted sketchnotes that did not have a single character. So why am I dedicating a weekly post to just characters and locations? Because this is my favorite part of Sketchnoting…the doodling part! The part where I can bring my notes to life with a character(s) who can help tell the story of my notes.

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NuggetHead

OCTOBER 5, 2013

'Let’s face it; notes are notes because of the text. Sketchnote text is…well, your handwriting. Duh. Again, there are no rules to Sketchnoting. These are just tips and techniques I’ve come across or developed over the years. The rule I pose on myself for the two are: Text: headers, titles, statements, bullets. Dialogue: captions, quotes, and anything conversational which are in speech bubbles.

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NuggetHead

AUGUST 5, 2014

'Stylistic lettering accompanied by lines, arrows, and shapes may arguably be the fundamentals of basic sketchnoting. Sometimes the term “less is more” can apply to sketchnotes by using icons and conceptual objects to communicate the same thing as a sentence or bulleted list. A friend of mine in the comics industry once explained to me that telling a visual story requires as minimal lines as possible that still convey the message.

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NuggetHead

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

'As part of the Eleaning Guild’s 10 year anniversary, David Kelly is hosting the #LRN2024 Twitter chat on September 5, 2014 at 2 PM ET / 11 AM PT for one hour exploring what the future of learning might look like in 2024. I’m always thinking (dreaming) and imagining how to do my craft better today, but the questions posed intrigued me to realy think about where we’ll be in ten years.

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NuggetHead

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

'The elearning community was greeted with a major announcement last week by Articulate with the release of Storyline 2 (SL2). With all the excitement about the new features, there are a few things to consider when it comes to your workflow and working with.story files created in Storyline 1 (SL1). There’s a tremendous amount of information, tutorials, and community support to get you up and running over at the Elearning Heroes Forum.

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NuggetHead

OCTOBER 6, 2014

'It was Tuesday night at Buddy Guy’s Legends in Chicago, IL on September 23rd. Many of us who were attending Training Magazine’s Online Learning Conference were there enjoying great music, food, and of course good friends. The night was winding down and if you know me well enough you know I start experiencing withdrawal symptoms if I don’t draw or sketch something.

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NuggetHead

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

'DevLearn 2014 once again lived up to the Elearning Guild hosting the leading conference and expo in the industry. This was my fourth consecutive year attending DevLearn. While I could write a long post on the experience, this post is about this year’s keynote speaker, Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson. Dr. Tyson is arguably the most brilliant mind living today where one would be easily intimidated.

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NuggetHead

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

'Posted in Sketchnotes Sketchontes are inherently about letting, borders, arrows, visual concepts, and other adornments. I’ve seen many well-drawn and formatted sketchnotes that did not have a single character. So why am I dedicating a weekly post to just characters and locations? Because this is my favorite part of Sketchnoting…the doodling part!

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NuggetHead

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

'Posted in Sketchnotes This next step in the Sketchnote School series is a continuation from last week about preparing to sketchnote. You may be saying to yourself, “Self, isn’t preparing and format the same thing?” Well, yes…sort of. Format in this context is more about how your sketchonte reads rather than the physical shape and size. We’ll look […].

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NuggetHead

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

'Posted in Sketchnotes Last week was an introduction to the series, Sketchnote School: 6 Steps to Great Conference Sketchnotes. There are a lot of pieces and parts to Sketchnoting that we’ll cover in the coming weeks. This week is the choice between sketching live in real time or saving some time later in the day for post-sketching. I […].

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NuggetHead

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

'Posted in Sketchnotes Communicating visually is one of those skills many believe they can’t achieve. There are others on the interwebs and authors of books that have extensive examples, tutorials, and styles to help you get started. Even with great books like Dan Roam’s, Back of the Napkin and Mike Rohde’s book, The Sketchnote Handbook some still struggle […].

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NuggetHead

AUGUST 11, 2013

'Posted in Design Sketchnotes Storyboarding is part of the design process. The DESIGN process. In the elearning industry there are a lot of authoring tools from the rapid family to those that require skills in programming languages. I run a company that develops primarily in rapid tools, but I don’t develop rapid elearning and I don’t design in those […].

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NuggetHead

AUGUST 5, 2013

'Posted in eLearning What is a proof of concept? Simply put it’s a demonstration to verify concepts are practical for a final application. In the world of elearning a proof of concept is essentially the same thing as a prototype, although prototyping is generally used more in mobile application design. So why don’t we prototype an elearning module […].

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