Why invite a Sketchnoting Artist to your next workshop, meeting, or online event?
Sketchnoting, or Visual Note-taking, is the art of bringing ideas to life with visuals—capturing key points in real-time. Many people use sketchnoting as a hobby or a way to help them with their studies and personal learning. And then, some of us, like myself, have taken it a step further and turned this unique skill into a career, supporting events with our visual note-taking talents!
So, if you’re planning a workshop, meeting, or event, here’s why having a Sketchnote Artist could be the game-changer you never knew you needed... ;)
Sketchnoting Enhances Engagement
Participants can watch the notes build in real-time, which creates a dynamic and engaging experience—especially during long or complex conversations and presentations.
Sketchnotes Improve Retention
Visuals paired with key points help your audience retain the content, making the event more memorable. Attendees will not only remember the experience but also be reminded of it every time they come across the sketchnotes created during the event!
Simplifying Complex Ideas with Sketchnotes
Sketchnoting is the art of turning complex information into clear visual notes and metaphors, making it easier to understand abstract or difficult concepts.
Sketchnotes Capture Key Takeaways
While you might have plenty of photos from your event (especially if it’s in-person), what about the content itself? Sketchnotes are a brilliant way to summarize the key takeaways, giving attendees something to take home—and leaving you with a shareable, visual summary of your event.
Sketchnotes Appeal to Different Learning Styles
Sketchnoting is particularly helpful for visual learners, allowing them to process information more effectively!
Sketchnoting Fosters Creativity and Innovation
Having a visual representation of ideas often sparks new insights and creative solutions within teams, making sketchnotes a great tool for brainstorming sessions. We often use these notes to create Strategic Visuals, like rich pictures or journey maps, together.
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Sketchnoting Adds an Innovative Element to Online & Hybrid Events
Perhaps online and hybrid events need it more than any others; the presence of a Sketchnote Artist brings something exciting to the online space, often leading to more dynamic and insightful discussions.
Sketchnotes Serve as Unique Event Materials
After the event, sketchnotes act as a memorable, branded takeaway for participants, offering a visual summary of the event’s key points that’s far more engaging than traditional written notes.
A Sketchnote Artist can Bring Cross-sector Expertise to your Event
With experience across a wide range of sectors and having supported hundreds of events, as a Sketchnote Artist (or, as I like to call myself, a Keynote Artist), I bring a wealth of transferable knowledge and cross-sector experience. This allows me to offer a well-rounded perspective at each event, helping to uncover valuable insights and identify the systems and connections within your message.
What else is possible when it comes to sketch-noting?
As a classically trained artist myself, I'll admit, I find it hard to stop at the sketch stage of my drawings. Unless otherwise requested, I'll keep developing these visual maps into a piece of art - with colours, textures, and shading.
For quicker, simpler examples of Visual Note-taking, check out...
Take a look at what happens during longer sessions, when I have more time to dive into artistic details.