What do most people do with their conference notes?
They sit in a notebook or notes app. Or maybe in a Google Doc that gets looked at once and then forgotten.
What if the notes from your event were something people actually wanted to look at and share?
That’s the idea behind visual notes – live, illustrated captures of talks, panels, and discussions, created in real time as the event unfolds.
We work in the room (or remotely), drawing out the key ideas, speaker quotes, and big themes from each session as they happen.
The effect can be powerful. People engage differently when they can see ideas taking shape visually. Speakers love seeing their content captured in this way – seeing that they have been heard, their words valued. And it’s not just the content that gets captured; it’s the feeling in the room. Maybe little quirky moments that would otherwise not be recorded. Then at the end of the day, you’ve got something tangible – a record of what was discussed that’s actually worth sharing.
The polished version goes out to attendees after the event. It becomes a LinkedIn post. It could be something that someone pins up in their office (it can even become a mural, a screen background, go into a report – and many other possibilities!). The event becomes content.
Don’t just take our word for it – here’s what Jessica Evans had to say about the visual notes created for the Turtle Dove Young Women’s Conference:
“From the moment the event began, she was quietly listening, observing and somehow taking in everything, from keynote talks to panel conversations and even the powerful comments shared from the audience. What she produced was incredible. She didn’t just sketch what was being said, she captured the feeling in the room. The honesty, the challenges, the hope, the ambition. It was all there.
Our conference was centered around voice, purpose and choice for young women in Cambridge, and Anne-Marie’s illustrations brought those themes to life in a way words alone simply can’t. Seeing the day unfold visually was really special, and the finished pieces are something we will treasure and continue to use as part of our story.
She is thoughtful, calm, hugely talented and a complete professional. If you’re planning an event and want to capture the heart of it, not just the agenda, we honestly couldn’t recommend her more highly.”
If you’ve got an event coming up and you’ve never thought about visual notes before, let’s have a chat.
