Remote Graphic Recording: Why It Works for Any Kind of Event
When you think about graphic recording at events, the first thing that might come to mind is a high-ticket, super fancy conference or a shiny corporate gathering of some sort. While these are fantastic settings for real-time visual storytelling (and are settings we have scribed at before!), graphic recording - especially remote graphic recording - has a much broader range than just capturing your corporate Glastonbury highlights!
In fact, remote graphic recording can be a game-changer for more intimate, strategic gatherings and collaborative experiences. Here are some powerful ways remote graphic recording can bring value to your next event, no matter what kind of event it is!
1. Leadership retreats and team away days
Remote graphic recording is amazin’ for senior-level sessions where high-pressure, complex ideas are being thrown around fast. We capture what’s important in real-time, so that you and your team can make sure you’re all on the same page visually and strategically.
Before your organisation even gets close to those big, spangly all-hands events, there’s a lot of nitty gritty stuff happening behind the scenes first, right?! Leadership folks are usually beavering away on their business strategy. And beneath that, teams are sussing out the best ways to do what they do together in an ever-changing world!
Sooo… Ever considered using remote graphic recording for your leadership strategy sessions?
We’ve seen ‘em. We know what they’re like. Our favourite thing to do is translate those days into visuals that anybody can quickly understand, without having to sift through stacks of typed-up notes.
Complex, big-picture discussions require clear communication, but also a magical visual interpreter so that the important stuff you’re saying at a leadership level can easily be digested by ANY audience.
On what is bound to be a high-pressure, time-sensitive and intensely mind-mappy kind of day, we can clear the fog and lay it all out in innovative ways you may not have thought of! The work provided by a live illustrator could be just the thing you need to present findings to the wider business when the time comes, too.
Let us help you hit the mark and smash it out of the park… and whatever other good things rhyme with arrrrk!
Here’s a snippet of an away day we attended to help map out cross-collaboration between departments!
2. Workshops & Training Sessions
Workshops are way better when everyone’s engaged. That’s where remote graphic recording really pays for itself.
Training sessions and workshops are usually best with an interactive element, right?
Remote graphic recording can step in here as one branch of that interaction. We could even do it together! Get your participants scribbling with us!
Laying out information with our digital pens and paper simplifies your key takeaways, making them more memorable. Visual summaries can also be used as post-session resources to reinforce learning.
Remote graphic recording in this context can actually get reeeally fun because it encourages participants to be included in the visuals even more, whether they’re encouraged to doodle as part of their learning, or encouraged to stay tuned into what the live illustrator is doing as they guide the journey of the day on a big screen with the facilitator.
Any breakout sessions or group tasks can also be captured in visuals, meaning that everyone’s voice has a presence within the illustration!
This client of ours took their remote graphic recording a step further by having us turn it into a massive jigsaw puzzle for continued team collaboration after the event!
3. Panel Discussions & Roundtables
Whether virtual or in-person, panel discussions generate valuable insights and glittery little “A-haaa!” moments.
Ever left a really good event and thought to yourself, “Such-and-such said a REALLY INSIGHTFUL THING which REALLY CAUGHT MY ATTENTION, but OH GOD WHAT WAS IT AGAIN? Arrgh!”
Remote graphic recording can capture those things, highlight diverse perspectives and distil them into a compelling visual summary, making key themes stand out and ensuring that any valuable insights don’t get lost in the conversation, or in the brain buzz during the walk home afterwards!
See how this picks out meaningful quotes from the event to stay in your mind’s eye? Can you feel your brain absorbing the information 20,000 times faster than words alone? Mmmm, science.
Why Remote Graphic Recording Works
No matter the setting - big or small, digital or in-person - remote graphic recording will bring:
Clarity to complex conversations
Engagement, even in digital environments
A shared, tangible visual memory for your team or audience (we love seeing how our clients use their graphic recordings after the event)
With remote work on the rise, teams need new ways to collaborate across locations. And more than anything, they need brand new, exciting and innovative ways to feel properly connected to the work they’re doing when physical disconnection becomes more of the norm and digital solutions take centre stage.
Remote graphic recording brings a shared sense of engagement, ensuring everyone stays on the same page - literally! We’re right there on the page/screen with you!
Y’know how they say that the eyes are the window to the soul? Well, live illustration is the window to the “ohhhhh yeah” bit of the brain. (There’s sciencey stuff in there somewhere, I swear!)
Over to you!
What do you think could benefit from the help of a remote graphic recorder? Have any types of events come to mind that we haven’t mentioned? Let us know in the comments!
Ready to try some remote graphic recording at your next event?
We’ve illustrated strategy off-sites, training days, panel chats, and full-blown virtual conferences—all from our studio. If you're curious how it might work for your next event:
👉 Get in touch with Katie and let’s have a chat.
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P.S. Remote graphic recording works brilliantly EVEN if your event is totally in-person, with no online element for attendees. Honest!
We created this ‘zero stress guide to remote graphic recording’ to talk you through how remote graphic recording works. All you need is an internet connection and a dream.