Your audience is going to forget more than half of what you say.
It is crazy how much information we forget. On average, people forget about 65% of what they hear in a presentation within just 24 hours of leaving the room. By day three, that number drops even further. If you are leading corporate town halls, strategy workshops, or executive meetings, that is a massive loss of […]
One thing to do for your autumn kick-off before going on your summer break
Planning a corporate event for early autumn? Don’t wait until August to contact a graphic recorder. August and September are busy months for graphic recorders. I’d hate for you to miss out on visual documentation for your big event! Send a quick email to megan@vanderley.se (or use this form) and let me know: Get a […]
Summer holidays & autumn event planning for a graphic recorder in Sweden
Send one last email before you shut down your computer! Taking time off can be a challenge for a freelancer like me. Luckily, the corporate event season, along with pretty much everything else in Sweden, slows down during the summer, so there aren’t a lot of big meetings and conferences that need live illustration. This […]
Grafisk dokumentation för Vision Växjö
Växjö kommun håller på med ett fantastiskt arbete – De genomför omfattande invånardialoger för att samla in medborgarnas visioner för framtiden. Det som kommer fram i dessa samtal kommer att vara grundläggande för kommunens uttalade vision för året 2042 – det är då Växjö stad fyller 700 år! Varför stadsplanering och psykisk hälsa hör ihop […]
Graphic recording at conferences: a guide to the options
This is a question I get a lot: should we go digital or stick with traditional paper and pens for graphic recording at an event? How does it work if the graphic recorder is connected remotely? Let’s have a look at the options. The media Analogue Yes, paper and pens still work, even in the […]
Visual documentation: pinning down a vision
Or, you could have an illustrator there to create visual documentation that will make the key points stick! That’s what Växjö council did. They asked me to attend a series of dialogues with the local community and create large scale visual summaries. This is the sort of work I love. Public spaces and community-building are […]
Remember 2025?
Doesn’t Christmas and New Year’s Eve seem like a long time ago? All that build-up and then an explosion of wrapping paper and toys. All those big meals and seasonal treats. All those decorations to hung on the tree and the veranda, placed on the kitchen table and the windowsills. And now it is over […]
Colour and our ability to remember information
From my desk in my office on the second floor I have the most amazing view of a huge maple tree. It must be 30 metres high, and it is covered in intense yellow leaves. The maroon leaves of the beech tree beside it create a beautiful contrast. A few snowball bushes at ground level […]
Vattenrådens Dag 2025
(English at the top, Swedish further down) One of the things I love about graphic recording is diving into a topic or a part of society that is new to me. This time it was water. OK, everyone knows what water is, but the specific issues that are being prioritised in Sweden right now, and […]
Hand-drawn visual assets: decorations for my website
I don’t know why it took me so long to figure out that, as an illustrator, I could make my own hand-drawn visual assets to use on my website and in other marketing products. I was looking at Katie Chappall’s website and thinking how fun and engaging it was, when something clicked: I offer hand-drawn […]