The power of visual storytelling with “Chief Doodler” Hayley Langsdorf

Visual thinker, founder and “Chief Doodler” Hayley Langsdorf can capture more with a sharpie than any bulleted list of meeting notes. 

If you’ve never heard of a “live scribe”, neither had Hayley a few years ago. This is someone that sketches out important ideas from board meetings or keynotes at a conference in real-time. 

Having studied English literature and worked in communications, Hayley maintains that visual thinking has been a core piece of the way she’s been able to process and understand the world around her. After realizing how live sketching could contribute to corporate communications, she founded her own company, Thoughts Drawn Out.

Hayley joins the ‘cast to discuss storytelling and memory, what she provides for clients, her TED Talk experience, AI and more.

What’s in the Spice Cabinet? 

Watch Hayley’s 2019 TED Talk: 

• Visual Storytelling: Drawing out our collective intelligence
• Mikey and Molly talk about it in Episode #171

Find and follow more of Hayley’s work:

• Thoughts Drawn Out
• Find Hayley on YouTube for behind the scenes information and visual storytelling tips 
• LinkedIn

Favorite speakers & creators?

• Beau Miles YouTube channel
• Business of Story podcast with Park Howell
• Podcaster? Rich Roll

Building a deck: PPT or Google Slides?

• “PowerPoint gets a bad rep but it’s still quite universal…I find PowerPoint to be the most accessible way to build stuff that people can continue to play with and manipulate and use and craft.” 

Favorite childhood story? 

• Oh the Places You’ll Go! Dr. Seuss
• “I was also a big Roald Dahl fan”

Walkout song?

• Thunderstruck by AC/DC