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Make your work visually irresistible!

  • Graphic design
  • Graphic recording
  • Illustration 

 

I will make your work memorable, effective, accessible and engaging.

Graphic recorder documenting discussion with words and illustrations.
Graphic designer showing the book she has made for an artist.
Graphic recorder at a conference using a digital drawing tablet.
I am very happy with the result! You helped my message to really make an impact with the participants of my webinar, much more than just text or audio. Thank you!
Graphic recording mindfullness
Maj AndrenFounder, Mindful Work Sweden
A creative and inspiring summary of my lecture on women in war. Impressively, it was all done live!
Hand-drawn graphic recording on topic women and war. The text is in Swedish.
Anna LarsdotterAuthor, specialised in history
The result was fantastic. Megan captured the essence of my workshop with key phrases and attractive graphics, and the illustration helped participants to remember my workshop. I will definitely work with Megan again.
Graphic recording of webinar showing hand-drawn sketches and writing on topic back care.
Gabriella BäckstrandFounder, Värkfri
Thank you for a really good summary. It looks great and your illustrations captured the feel and the content of our panel discussion!
Tack för en mycket fin sammanfattning. Tjusigt och din fina grafiska illustration fångar känsla samt budskap!
Graphic recording from Ystad Summit on topic of democracy. In Swedish.
Patrik OksanenJournalist and author
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Live visual summaries

 

 

An exciting way to make get your audience interested and engaged and make sure they understand and remember what you say.

Graphic recording (also known as sketch-notes and live illustration) makes the content of a speech or meeting visual. 

It is an easy way to make your conference, meeting or kick-off more:

  • accessible
  • memorable
  • interactive, and 
  • engaging!

I work in English and Swedish at online events world-wide, and in-person events in southern Sweden.

SWEDISH: Jag erbjuder mötesritning på både svenska och engelska. Jag jobbar digitalt över hela världen, samt live på plats runt om i södra Sverige.

Mitt specialområde är att erbjuber graphic recording och visualisering på engelska för internationella företag och konferenser i Sverige. 

Everything you need to know about graphic recording!

Is graphic recording the same as...?

  • Visual notes
  • Sketch-noting
  • Live illustration
  • Event illustration
  • Live scribing
  • Visual documentation

Yes! These terms all refer to the act of drawing live at meetings, conferences and other events.

Är graphic recording samma sak som...?

  • Visuella anteckningar
  • Visuell dokumentation
  • Grafisk dokumentation
  • Grafisk scribing
  • Mötesritning
  • Konferensritning
  • Konferens illustratör
  • Visualisering
  • Visuell mötesdokumentation

Ja! Alla dessa termer refererar till liveritning på möten, konferenser eller andra evenemang. Målet är alltid detsamma: att fånga upp de viktigaste punkter i realtid.

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Screenshot of good review describing graphic recorder Megan van der Ley.
"By lunchtime I could hardly remember what the morning presentations had been about. When the moderator recapped by showing your illustrations, it all came back to me."
participant
Vattenrådens Dag 2025

Illustrations

I create hand-drawn illustrations for books and corporate documents.

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Graphic design

Graphic design – combining words and images for fantastic clarity and appealing documents – is what you need to transform your documents into something people actually want to read.

Click here to see my graphic design work and find out what I can do for you.
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