Deb Aoki
ILLUSTRATION • GRAPHIC RECORDING • STORYBOARDS • WORKSHOPS
Simple Sketching at HPE
Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Palo Alto
The Executive Briefing Center team at HPE learn how to use simple whiteboard drawing to make their meetings more engaging.
Drawing Personas at Adobe
Adobe Design, San Francisco CA
The Adobe Document Cloud Design team learns how to use their simple sketching skills to draw provisional personas.
Whiteboard Drawing at HPE
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, NYC
Subject matter experts and technical presenters learn how to use their simple sketching skills to make their whiteboard presentations more effective.
Sketching at WiL
World Innovation Lab, Palo Alto, CA
This Simple Sketching for Innovation student draws a scenario of a user and an Alexa device.
Whiteboard Drawing at Juniper
Juniper Networks, Sunnyvale, CA
From PowerPoint presenter to whiteboard storyteller! With just an intro Simple Sketching session, we figured out a easy-to-draw visual vocabulary for networking concepts.
Simple Sketching with Nutanix
Nutanix, San Jose, CA
The Nutanix design team learned how to draw user scenarios quickly with their simple sketching skills.
Design Thinking at Stanford
Stanford Continuing Studies
As part of a 10-week class on Design Thinking I co-taught with James Young from Tangible UX, our class learned how to present their ideas with simple illustrations.
SIMPLE SKETCHING WORKSHOPS
Unlock the power of drawing
for your team with drawing workshops
for UX designers, project managers, technology professionals and more
Simple Sketching for Innovation and Communication
You don't have to be an "artist" to learn how to use simple sketching to make your whiteboard sessions more productive. Deb has taught technical and sales teams at Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, Juniper Networks, Nutanix and Apple how to use simple drawings to make presentations, customer feedback sessions, and brainstorming more collaborative and engaging.
Your workshop can be customized for your team's needs and interests!
Contact Deb at debaoki@gmail.com for more info.
Simple Sketching Workshops for Your Team
Simple Sketching for User Experience Design
For user experience designers, researchers, and product managers, the Simple Sketching for UX class teaches the basics of using simple, commonly-used symbols to draw customer journey maps, personas, sketchnotes and even storyboards.
Participants can also learn how to use drawing to make their workshops, design sprints, product pitches, and team meetings more collaborative, visual, and engaging. Deb explains how to bring together drawing and facilitation to create an atmosphere of creativity and customer-centricity.