Graphic Recording
Delight your audience and make your meeting more engaging and memorable with live visual note taking.
We are San Francisco’s leading graphic recording agency. Let’s partner!
How Does Graphic Recording Work?
During your meeting or event, a graphic recorder captures your group’s conversation in real time—turning key ideas into a visual summary using text and imagery.
For in-person events, we draw on large paper or foam core boards that can be displayed during the session and photographed afterward for easy sharing. For virtual events, we draw digitally on an iPad, and the visuals can be projected in the room or shared through your video conferencing platform.
Whether your event is in-person or virtual, you’ll walk away with a full-color visual that highlights the key messages of your session—making it easier for participants to stay engaged, remember insights, and share takeaways with others.
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Graphic recording is great for:
“Nevada truly brings an extra touch of magic to our events through her work. Time and time again, I’ve had clients remark how incredible her illustrations are — both in creative design and ability to capture and convey complex content. She does an excellent job summarizing and solidifying concepts in a memorable, artful way. I can’t recommend Nevada highly enough!”
- Michael E., Google
“The graphic recording added a visual element to our event that both engaged participants and provided us with collateral to continue conversations afterwards. They captured the conversations in a compelling and easy-to-digest manner that will benefit our thinking in the long run.”
– Jennifer C.K., Digital Promise
We’ve supported dozens of organizations with graphic recording over 15+ years, including:
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you need the presentation ahead of time?
It is helpful, but not necessary. Our artists are skilled in the art of active listening, synthesizing, and visualizing your content in real-time. Receiving a presentation ahead of time is helpful for your artist to understand complex jargon, acronyms, or statistics. Our dedicated Operations Manager will be able to work with you to set your artist(s) up for success.
Is graphic recording distracting to those in the room?
In our experience, graphic recording helps audiences stay engaged and present with what is being shared or discussed.
Do you teach workshops?
Nevada teaches an immersive, 3-day introduction to visual facilitation called Principles of Graphic Facilitation in partnership with The Grove Consultants International 1-2x per year. Get in touch to be added to our mailing list to receive workshop notifications.
Do you do pro-bono work?
We offer reduced rate graphic recording for Black-owned businesses and nonprofits that fight for racial justice. Get in touch.
Would digital or analog graphic recording be better for my event?
It depends on the look and feel you’re going for and the capabilities of your meeting space. With both options, your artist is drawing live and real-time. Digital graphic recording is great for events with big audiences because your AV team can project them large enough for everyone to experience. Cont. >
Digital images can also be shared almost instantly with your audience. Digital graphic recording can also be useful for events where you’ll want your artist to be more mobile between groups or rooms.
Analog graphic recording is ideal when you want a more tangible experience–nothing beats seeing one of our artists draw what your audience is hearing, or interacting with the final display of artist boards after the sessions. Analog graphic recording works best when the artist is placed towards the front near the speaker(s) so participants can see what’s being drawn, and are perfect for strategy sessions, team meetings, and any other event where collaboration is key. Our team will work with you to select the best option for your event. Sometimes, a mix of analog and digital is the best choice!
