top 5 questions on visual capture!
#1 ‘Do you draw in realtime or are you just sketching ideas for later?’
No saving it for later here - it’s real time baby! I listen and draw as the conversation unfolds. It’s real / raw / hard / exhilarating / and fun to see. Watching content come to life is a key way to memorialize the concepts with an audience.
#2 ‘Do people watch you? Or is it a surprise?’
Yes!
Depending on your meeting, I can either be highly visible or we can pick strategic moments in the agenda where we reveal to the audience what I’ve captured. Visual capture is a flexible, powerful tool.
#3 ‘What do you draw on?’
Large boards or digitally on my iPad. I learn about your meeting, how you want to use the capture, and we decide together what the best medium will be. Sometimes both - large boards in the event and digital versions after for specific uses. Possibilities are endless!
#4 ‘What do people do with it after?’
Capture of an all-hands? Email it to keep everyone on the same page. Confidential strategy brainstorm? Use it to align in the room. Expert deep dive on a core topic? Include it on your website. New book talk? Share on social media alongside event photos. Virtual course? Memorialize key classes or speakers on a microsite. I ask how you want to use the content after the event (even if you haven’t considered that yet!) at our first meeting and back into my capture plan with that end use in mind.
#4 ‘How do I get started?’
Want to bring visual capture to your next event? Reply to this email and we will get the conversation started!
Want to train up your team? I’ve trained facilitators in Beijing, consulting partners in Chicago, and high schoolers in D.C.- visual capture is a skill you can learn. I did, built a career out of it, and I’d love to teach you.
“Now imagine a room where content comes to life in front of participants’ eyes—not in a transcript or slide deck, but in a visual creation that attendees can keep and share after the meeting. That’s what can happen when an illustrator listens to, interprets, and reflects the information being communicated in real time.”
