visual interpreting
Visual notes WORK FOR:
MEETINGS & BRAINSTORMING SESSIONS Audience participation tends to increase when there is a graphic recorder in the room. Visual notes keep people focused and engaged. They also serve as a reminder of what transpired and can help propel the group to take the actions they discussed. Employees that couldn't make your meeting can be brought up to speed about what they missed using the graphic recording like a map.
CONFERENCES & KEYNOTES Visual notes are a great way to give longer legs to a keynote speaker’s talk or a panel discussion. Your attendees can take a picture of the finished graphic recording to help them remember what they learned and to share the content with others.
VALUE PROPOSITION Visual maps, created from content you provide, help tell your story; whether it’s your unique business niche, your research project, or your new cool program.
GRAPHIC RECORDING DOESN'T WORK FOR:
Financial number dumps or for a reiteration of your PowerPoint slides.
Learn more:
Cleveland's Plain Dealer article about See Your Words…
Crain's Cleveland did a write up about See Your Words...
and this one in Inside Business Magazine.
A blurb about See Your Words and graphic recording in Ohio Magazines’s Great Meetings 2019 addition
See what the Harvard Business Review had to say about graphic recording.
about me.
I have a degree in graphic design from the Rochester Institute of Technology and worked in advertising as an art director on accounts that included Kodak and DuPont. Later, I started my own freelance design business creating logos, annual reports, websites and brochures for clients around the country.
My first foray into visual note-taking began with a request from a client who was hosting a large scale meeting. Graphic recording takes my fine art skills and the information organization skills that make a good graphic designer and blends them together.
The final product has lots of value for meeting participants. People see that their ideas were heard as they see them translated onto paper. Words coupled with drawings reinforce key concepts of a presentation and help with comprehension and retention….AND it adds a dynamic element to a room or to a virtual meeting that helps keep your participants engaged.
