Sketching TEDxDocklands 2019

Last month I fulfilled a lifelong career goal—to sketch a TED event.
 
TED presentations have become the default bar for public speaking: a great idea delivered succinctly, by a polished presenter, in a short period of time. It's a surefire recipe for high quality, informative entertainment.

Matt poses with Sixth Dan Taekwondo Black Belt and Biggest Loser trainer Tiffiny Hall.

Graphically recording a TED talk is challenging though—there are a lot of ideas crammed into a 10-12 minute presentation, so there's very little "fluff". Luckily, when the team from TEDxDocklands engaged me to capture the presentations from their 2019 event, I came prepared.

Below are videos of all presenters from the day, along with the sketch that I created in real time (which was gifted to the presenter afterwards). Click each image to see a larger version.

Anastasia Woolmer
How I learnt to exercise my memory​

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Finbar O'Hanlon
The Complexity of Simplicity

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Jonathan Creek
The Art and Science of Viral Storytelling

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Kathy Lang
Casting Inspired Actions: How memory can put food on the table & beyond

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Leigh Bundy
Deaf, dumb and bullied to empowered, convicted and living with purpose

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Monique Toohey
​​Culture Eats Individuality For Breakfast

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Nick Bracks
The Cruelest 40 seconds: The Growing Suicide Epidemic

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Paul Barry
The Opposite of People: The Transformative Power of Counterintuition

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Rik Rushton
Tune-In before you Broadcast

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Sally Boardman
​Teaching children their Being could change the world

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Senem Eren
​Boundaries for wellbeing

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Tiffiny Hall
After baby, don't bounce back. Bounce forward!

It just so happened that the event coincided with my birthday—and I couldn't think of a more rewarding way to spend it. However, recording 12 presentations back-to-back is exhausting--I almost fell asleep at the table while eating my birthday dinner!