What is graphic recording?

Transform Events with Graphic Recording

Graphic recording is a visual documentation method that captures the key points of meetings, workshops, and events through a combination of text and illustrations. 

A skilled graphic recorder listens to the discussions and creates real-time visual summaries on large boards or digital screens, turning complex ideas into engaging, easy-to-understand visuals.

Enhanced Understanding and Retention

Use graphic recording in your business to document and share information

How graphic recording works

During an event, a graphic recorder uses markers and drawing tools to illustrate key points, themes, and ideas as they are discussed. 

This visual representation helps participants better understand and remember the information, making meetings more productive and impactful.

Advantages of Graphic Recording

Enhanced understanding and retention

Sketchnoting transforms spoken words into visual elements, which helps participants grasp and retain complex information more effectively. 

Increased engagement

The dynamic nature of visual notetaking captures attendees’ attention. Seeing ideas come to life in real-time brings understanding and overview.

Improved Communication

By providing a visual summary of discussions, graphic recording bridges communication gaps and ensures that everyone is on the same page. It helps clarify complex concepts and fosters better collaboration among team members.

Remote and Live Graphic Recording

Graphic recording can be performed both on-site and remotely, providing flexibility to suit your event’s needs.

Live Graphic Recording

During live events, our graphic recorder attends in person, creating visuals on large boards or on paper rolls on the wall. This method adds a physical presence and allows attendees to interact directly with the visual process.

Remote Graphic Recording

For remote events, our graphic recorder joins virtually and shares their screen to illustrate discussions in real-time. This approach is ideal for online meetings and webinars, offering the same visual benefits without geographical limitations. 

Team Building Events

Graphic recording enhances team building events by visually documenting activities and discussions, promoting team cohesion and collective understanding.

Visual notes / sketchnotes

Sketchnotes makes it easier for employees to grasp intricate concepts, see connections between ideas, and generate innovative solutions.

Sketchnoting also supports better collaboration by providing a clear and concise visual summary that everyone can refer to, ensuring alignment and shared understanding across the organization:

  • Change management: where complex change processes become easier to understand and implement.
  • Product development: visual notes can help capture and communicate ideas clearly and effectively.
  • Customer journey visualizations: making it easier to identify areas of improvement and develop better customer experiences.
  • Strategic work: visual notes help structure information.
  • Common understanding: ensure that all participants have a common understanding of the goals and plans.

How graphic recording can be a benefit for your company

Using graphic minutes in your business can revolutionize the way you document and share information:

  • Effective documentation: With visual notes, you can summarize key points in a clear and concise way.
  • Visualization of strategic plans: Help your employees understand and engage with the company’s strategy.
  • Enhanced communication: Improved communication – using visual notes to convey complex ideas clearly and effectively.

Application Areas and Cases

At a recent conference, our graphic recording captured the essence of multiple sessions, creating a visual narrative that attendees could follow.

In a workshop on strategic planning, our visuals helped participants visualize their goals and action plans, leading to a more productive outcome.

This is what is looks like.

Strategic meetings

In strategic meetings, graphic recording helps summarize key points and decisions, providing a clear and concise visual reference that aids in follow-up and implementation.

Conferences

Graphic recording can be used at conferences to visually capture keynote speeches, panel discussions, and breakout sessions. This creates a vibrant and memorable record of the event that attendees can refer back to.

Workshops

In workshops, graphic recording facilitates brainstorming sessions and group activities by visually organizing ideas and feedback. This helps participants see connections and develop innovative solutions.

Visual notes - see more solutions

Visual notes or graphic reports can take place in many different ways. All ways strengthen decision-making and implementation of strategies by presenting information in a more accessible and engaging way.

Below you can see some of the different solutions we offer.

Graphic facilitation

Graphic facilitation is a method where a facilitator uses visual tools such as drawings, icons and diagrams to lead and support a group’s meetings, workshops or strategy sessions.

Advantages of graphic facilitation:

  • Improved understanding
  • Increased commitment
  • Common understanding
  • Effective communication
  • Better decision making

Sketchnoting and visual note-taking

Sketchnoting is a visual note-taking technique that combines drawings, symbols, and text to create engaging and memorable records of meetings, presentations, and brainstorming sessions.

By translating complex ideas into visual elements, sketchnoting helps companies enhance communication, improve information retention, and foster creativity among team members.

This type of note-taking also works well for virtual meetings, events and conferences where you need to collect a lot of input and turn it into visuals to create better overview.

 

Maria Prohazka fra Levende Streg tegner live på ipad

Process facilitation

Process facilitation is a method where a neutral facilitator leads a group through a structured process to achieve a specific goal or outcome.

Process facilitation helps groups work more efficiently, communicate better and achieve their goals in an organized and inclusive way.

Advantages of process facilitation:

  • Increased efficiency
  • Focus on the goal
  • Improved communication
  • Inclusion of all voices
  • Promotion of co-creation, creativity and innovation

Your graphic facilitation event could look like this

Selected snapshots from more than a decade of work with visual note-taking / graphic recording all over the world.

Remember 65% more

New studies show that participants who read only text remember 10 percent of what they read after three days. Those who see text paired with images remember 65 percent of the information three days later. 

Remember 65% drawn
65%
Rember 10% read
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Studies have shown that a group that doodled during a test remembered 29 percent more information than those who didn’t. How much better it is if the pictures relate to what you are reading about.

How It Works

Graphic recording in steps. You get a solution that helps you achieve your goals and can share this with everyone relevant.

1. Consultation

We start with a detailed consultation to understand your event’s objectives and themes.

2. Preparation

Our graphic recorder prepares by familiarizing themselves with the topics and creating a template if necessary.

3. Live

During the event, the graphic recorder listens, synthesizes information, and creates visual summaries in real-time.

4. Delivery

After the event, we provide high-resolution digital copies of the visuals, ensuring you have a lasting record to share and revisit.

In need of a visual template?

Visual templates are powerful tools for process facilitation and meeting facilitation.

At Levende Streg, we specialize in creating customized visual templates that are adapted to your company’s specific needs and goals. You get:

  • Clear Structure: Visual templates provide clear and organized structure, which makes it easier to stay focused and follow the agenda.
  • Increased engagement:  Templates make work more manageable.
  • Improved communication: Complex ideas and processes become easier to understand.
  • Flexibility: Tailor-made templates can be adapted to needs.
  • Effective decision making: Creates a quick overview to make informed decisions.

Your project could look like this

More and more companies make use of the facilitation of their processor – because it creates better communication.

grafisk-facilitering-ikoner Levende Streg

Does your team want to learn to draw?

Levende Streg also offers courses in Graphic Facilitation, where we teach you and your team to use drawing as a powerful tool for communication and idea development.

It can improve meeting engagement, promote creative problem solving and strengthen communication in teams. Participants learn to visualize ideas and processes. These skills are invaluable in any professional context where clear messaging and effective communication are key to success.

Do you need graphic recording?

Levende Streg can help you tell your company’s messages and stories.

We are specialists in familiarizing ourselves with your core area and getting it translated into an easy-to-understand and interesting universe of drawings and animation.

Our visual recordings are used both internally and externally (on various intranets, websites, digital channels, TV screens, YouTube and so on).

Maria Prohazka

Marie Buus

FAQ

  • What is graphic recording?

    Graphic recording is a visual documentation of meetings, workshops and events, where a facilitator draws key points, ideas and discussions in real time. This creates an engaging and easy-to-understand summary that combines text and illustrations.

  • How can graphic recording help my business?

    Graphical recording can improve understanding and memory of complex ideas, increase engagement among participants, and strengthen communication. Visual note-taking make information more accessible and memorable, which can lead to more productive meetings and better decision-making.

  • What is visual note-taking?

    Visual note-taking is a method of taking notes using a combination of text and drawings.

    These visual notes help capture and convey information in a way that is easy to understand and engaging, improving both comprehension and memory.

  • How do graphic recording differ from traditional reports?

    Graphic recording combine text and images to create a visual summary, while traditional notes typically only include text. This makes graphical summaries more engaging and easier to understand, which can improve memory and understanding of the information.

  • How can I use graphic recording in creative processes?

    Graphic recording can be used in creative processes by visualizing ideas and concepts, which promotes brainstorming sessions and innovative solutions. Illustrated summaries make it easier to see connections and develop new ideas.

  • What are the advantages of live drawing during meetings and workshops?

    Live drawing, also known as graphic recording, creates a dynamic and interactive atmosphere during meetings and workshops. It helps engage participants, make complex ideas easier to understand and provide a clear visual overview of the discussions.

  • How does remote live drawing work?

    Remote live drawing is a method where a facilitator draws digitally during online meetings or workshops. Participants can follow the drawings in real time via their screens, making it possible to visualize ideas and discussions, even if the meeting takes place virtually.

  • Can graphic note-taking be used to visualize customer journeys?

    Yes, graphical recording are an excellent tool for visualizing customer journeys. They help identify and understand the different steps and touchpoints in the customer experience, which can lead to improvements and optimization of the customer experience.

  • How can I book a graphic facilitator for my next event?

    You can book a graphic facilitator by contacting us directly via our website or telephone. We offer both onsite and remote services and can adapt our services to your specific needs and goals.

  • What is the price for graphic recording?

    The price of a graphic recordiing depends on the scope, duration and complexity of the project.

    The price for an illustrator booked for 1 day = DKK 20,500 + VAT and for 1/2 day = DKK 12,500 + VAT.

    Contact us for a tailored quote based on your needs. We offer competitive prices and flexible packages.