Sayubona! Dumela! Hola! Heytada! Hi! Roy Blumenthal here. I’m making live sketchnotes of today’s TEDxJOHANNESBURG talk… ART FOR AFRICA. I’m sitting in the back of the THEATRE ON THE SQUARE with my Cintiq Companion 2 setup, ready for action. Because TEDx talks go so fast, I won’t be able to interact with you until AFTER the event ends, and I’m all packed up, and back home. So, if you DO have any questions, leave them in the comments, and I’ll get back to you. (Probably…Continue Reading “2 of 12 TEDxJohannesburg — William Kentridge”
Sayubona! Dumela! Hola! Heytada! Hi! Roy Blumenthal here. I’m making live sketchnotes of today’s TEDxJOHANNESBURG talk… ART FOR AFRICA. I’m sitting in the back of the THEATRE ON THE SQUARE with my Cintiq Companion 2 setup, ready for action. Because TEDx talks go so fast, I won’t be able to interact with you until AFTER the event ends, and I’m all packed up, and back home. So, if you DO have any questions, leave them in the comments, and I’ll get back to you. (Probably…Continue Reading “TEDxJOHANNESBURG — Art For Africa”
Sayubona! Dumela! Hola! Heytada! Hi! Roy Blumenthal here. I’m making live sketchnotes of today’s TEDxJOHANNESBURG talk… ART FOR AFRICA. There will be plenty of great speakers throughout the event, including but not limited to representatives of this years hot start-ups like Fully-Verified I’m sitting in the back of the THEATRE ON THE SQUARE with my Cintiq Companion 2 setup, ready for action. Because TEDx talks go so fast, I won’t be able to interact with you until AFTER the event ends, and I’m all packed…Continue Reading “1 of 12 TEDxJohannesburg — Zoe Whitley”
Sitting in the front row of one of the awesome theatres at The Market Theatre, I drew what @MissMilliB was talking about. Love. And how everything you need is actually within. But with a journey to discover that. Creative Mornings rocks. If you don’t know about it, find out about it. And go to a Creative Mornings event near you. They’re almost everywhere. And if there ISN’T one near you, host one. This pic was done on my Cintiq Companion 2, in Photoshop, on a lapdesk. As always, I’m available to…Continue Reading “Creative Mornings — @MissMilliB — Love — 29 July 2016 @… | Flickr”
I’m sitting in Leipoldt’s Deli in Pretoria (http://www.leipoldtsdeli.co.za). Jennifer’s off at Unisa for a tutorial for one of the courses in her second honours degree. I’ve been doing some admin work on my coaching framework. Playing around with Trello, to see if it’s a good tool to use with my clients. Seems solid. I can share boards with specific people. And boards can have attachments.And… the best bit for me… I can copy boards, along with all the attachments. This means I can set up…Continue Reading “Sitting in Leipoldt’s Deli working on my coaching framework”
This month, Instagram god, Gareth Pon, talked about the creative tension between knowledge and reality. I was in the front row, with my trusty Cintiq Companion 2, and my lapdesk, capturing bits and pieces visually. Including the push up competition. Oh yeah… I do this stuff for a living. Making pictures of things people talk about. Hire me for your next event. Do it. Hire me… contact me on Whatsapp on +27741046386, or email royblumenthal@gmail.com.
This is my gamification tool for use in offices, schools, and anywhere that innovation needs to take place. Using the four roles Roger von Oech has identified in his remarkable deck of cards — The Creative Whack Pack (http://amzn.to/22pvi25) — we find a pretty comprehensive system for being innovative. I’ve expanded von Oech’s tool by turning the four roles into “thinking hats”. And now I’ve added a Guild System to the mix. This is how it works. Right click on this character sheet, and save it…Continue Reading “A tool for you to use to gamify your innovation process through the roof!”
I’ve designed an interactive, fun, insightful workshop. Next Tuesday I’ll be running it for a company in the pensions industry. The workshop is my take on Osterwalder’s VALUE PROPOSITION DESIGN. (http://amzn.to/1Ro15Zw.) One of the tools we’ll be using throughout the three-hour event is to understand things through one of four different lenses… The Explorer, The Artist, The Judge, and The Warrior. These are categories that Roger von Oech created for his wonderful tool, THE CREATIVE WHACK PACK. (http://amzn.to/1Ro1b33.) I’m borrowing the lenses to use as…Continue Reading “Four ways of understanding the world better — Roger von Oech’s CREATIVE WHACK PACK roles”
Gareth Cliff talking about risk at Creative Mornings. Sketchnoted on my Wacom Cintiq Companion 2. As always, I am available to make YOUR event come to life. Book me instantly to make pictures of things YOU say in conferences. +27741046386 is my Whatsapp address. And royblumenthal@gmail.com is my email address. Let’s make some magic.
Jennifer has recently added Kagan methodology to her classroom. And it’s working really well for her and her collection of 10-year-olds. Recently, Jennifer and two of her colleagues put together a presentation to the staff of the Intersen phase of her school, to show them how they can start using Kagan in their own classrooms. I made various illustrations for the presentation, including this one… my version of the “Kagan Manage Mat”. It’s a tool that makes it really easy to work in teams of…Continue Reading “My version of the “Kagan Manage Mat” for Jennifer’s classroom”