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, the graphic recorder creates a visual summary of your group’s conversation using text and imagery.
For in-person events the recorder draws on paper or foam core. For virtual events, they work on the iPad. The result is an illustration of the key takeaways of your session that helps the team remember the outcomes and communicate with stakeholders.
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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
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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 Lane Change 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?
Graphic recording is an engaging process because your content is being synthesized and visualized in real-time. We process visuals 60,000 times faster than text and we remember 80% of what we see but only 20% of what we hear. If anyone in the room is focused on our hand-drawn visuals, they are still connected with the content.
Do you teach workshops?
Yes! We're continually expanding our in-person and virtual workshops. You can learn more about public and private group workshops here, and see what workshops are currently available here.
Do you do pro-bono work?
We are currently offering 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 smaller brainstorming sessions with a lot of ideation and evolving thoughts, or 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 at 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, it’s both!
