Rebecca Jackson

October 17, 2021

Sketchnoting tips with Bits and Bytes

Myself and fellow sketchnoter Luise Freese were recently shared our sketchnoting stories with the Microsoft Tech Community. In this blog post I expand on that story with some extra detail for sketch-curious folk.

October 16, 2021

What would you remember from your work life?

Learning legend Helen Blunden asked this question on her blog recently, and it struck a chord with me. So I’m answering from my perspective and exploring what those remembrances mean.

October 15, 2021

Inktober 2021 – Week 2

The half way mark and week 2 of Inktober. Daily drawings prompted by the Inktober team which I am putting on postcards and sending out to both willing and unsuspecting recipients.

October 13, 2021

Listening in Video Conferences

In Oscar Trimboli’s Deep Listening Ambassador group this month we discussed tips to help aid listening in video conferences which I bundled into a sketchnote.

October 12, 2021

Event: Personalise PowerPoint with your own sketches (Free)

Challenge the idea of Death by PowerPoint and create attractive, engaging presentations using your own drawings. If you think you can’t draw, forget that.

October 8, 2021

Inktober 2021 – Week 1

I love drawing challenges as a way to commit myself to a regular creative practice. Inktober provides a daily drawing prompt every day for the month of October. Here are my first seven days.

September 26, 2021

Read: Assembly by Natasha Brown

A summary of Assembly, a short contemporary fiction by Natasha Brown. TL;DR short, profound, gritty, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

September 9, 2021

Webinar: Using Post On Behalf Of? Tread with caution!

Yammer’s new Post on behalf of feature is polarising among Yammer aficionados and internal communications professionals. I’m looking forward to chatting with the team at SWOOP and friend Simon Terry about the pros and cons of PoBo.

September 7, 2021

Camera on / camera off: Engagement and psychological safety within internal comms

I had a chat with Simon Terry, Benjamin Elias and Kerrie Hawkins about the challenges Microsoft Teams and other video calling/conferencing platforms have introduced a world where for some of us the camera is always on, particularly in lockdown.