How to use the Graphic Notes after your Event?

Julia Bakay
Feb 9
3 min read

Updated: Feb 12

Benefits of Live Graphic Notes

Live Graphic Notetaking has many amazing benefits; it helps to focus and engage your attendees, and makes information more memorable for all visual learners. There are also several creative ways to share these graphic notes during the event, and further enhance the impact it will have on your attendees' experience.

Graphic Notetaking is undoubtably an impactful experience during a conference, workshop or meeting, and so the question might arise, what about post-event?

Sharing Visual Notes after Live Graphic Recording

In my experience, you can gain incredible (and often unexpected) extra value from Graphic Recording if you use these Visual Notes well after the event. So here it goes!

Ways to use the Graphic Recordings after the event

Share the Visual Notes on Social Media
LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram are the platforms I see my Visual Notes on the most often. Sometimes clients share the entire piece, at other times, they just zoom into parts of it.
These visual notes are rather different from most things you come across on social media, they are generally received really well! With our social media feeds getting filled with unimaginative and AI-created content, it's quite a treat to come across an engaging, hand-drawn piece of art full of valuable insights.
Share the Graphic Notes in a follow-up email or your newsletter

If you're planning to send an email thanking the attendees for joining, it's a great way of sharing the Visual Notes, while also summarizing the key takeaways of the event

BETT thanking all of their partners post-event
Publish the Graphic Notes on your website
As the Visual Notes are most often created with your brand colors, they should look great on your website as well! You can use it as a banner across your pages, or feature the image in a blog post sharing about your event!
Print the Graphic Notes

These Visual Notes can decorate the office walls after the event, or can be handed out to attendees of the event. If you choose to print them in a postcard size, they can be a great gift for everyone following the event.

They can even be printed on big banners - the Graphic Recording below now gets to travel the UK with the NHS Teaching Hospital's Nursing & Midwifery team!
Turn the Visual Notes into custom gifts for the attendees

I’ve seen my Visual Notes and Strategic Visuals transformed into jigsaw puzzles, printed on tote bags, mugs, and desk calendars — they are perfect gifts for attendees or employees. These items showcase the company’s message, branding, and values, they are a reminder of the event, while serving as fun, personal gifts that people will appreciate.
Kick off following events and meetings with your Graphic Recording Notes
Sharing these visual notes on a big screen is a common way of starting a following meeting. It's often how we'd kick off the second day when I'm Graphic Recording at a multi-day conference. It's a great way to summarize what you've been through, set the mood, and pick up where you left off!
Use them as 'Graphic Records' of your event

If you have visual note-taking for a series of events, or invite me yearly for an annual conference, these Visual Notes make it easy and enjoyable to compare the key themes and ideas across the events! Sometimes clients would bring printed versions of previous years' Visual Notes to place on the conference walls. It brings people together and serves as a great touchstone for conversation.
Build Strategic Visuals based on the Graphic Notes from the event!
Your meeting may have elicited many great insights, and my Visual Notes will be a real-time translation of how the conversation went. However, you might want to take some time to think about the details and build a new cohesive piece with added information. We often take these Graphic Notes and use them to build an infographic, a strategy visual, or a journey map!