SERVICES
Scribing - record, review and share your conversation, live
Scribing (also known as Graphic Facilitation or Graphic Recording) is making a visual story of any conversation. That could be two people in a meeting room (virtual or physical) or a large conference where discussion happens across multiple groups, presentations and social media. It’s a vibrant and engaging record that brings issues to life and keeps them alive after the event in a way more conventional forms often don’t. As an experienced scribe of 23 years I have developed the skill to pick out what information is important and the best way to translate it. It’s this mix of your viewpoint, faithfully recorded, and my take on it that adds something special to an event. It’s a touchstone for what’s been said and something entertaining that mixes drawing, humour, design, mind-maps and metaphors.
I create scribes both digitally, which is perfect for virtual meetings, and physically, using paper and pens. The digitised scribe is sometimes the main summary document post event or something that compliments a more formal output. The speed of digital scribing for virtual meetings means the picture is sometimes used immediately as part of the process of taking stock in there middle of an event.
The most memorable images or mind-maps are often cut out and used as illustrations and these frequently go on to form a visual short hand for ongoing issues. The audience might be only the participants themselves or a much broader community.
Where can it be used?
Virtual and physical meetings
Virtual and physical conferences and events
Virtual and physical workshops
Bids
Illustrating books and presentations (brainstorming with the author)
The four kinds of scribing I commonly use
“If it comes to graphic facilitation, there is James Baylay and the rest.
Having served many of the fortune 100 companies, I always try to get James to do the job.
His work gets standing ovations from participants, every time.
A wonderful artist and a great professional.”
How I Scribe
The process for Scribing is hard to pin down but is essentially a form of note-taking that relies upon careful listening, synthesis and choosing the appropriate visual format for the digested information.
I scribe onto both whiteboards and paper. Both work well with boards perhaps being quicker to draw onto and paper having the advantage of having an instant physical output. I digitise and colour both equally well.
For a gallery scribe all I need is a place to sit, listen and draw. And a suitable place to gallery the work. For journey or rich picture scribes I need a flat wall to tape a roll of paper onto (the pens don’t bleed through!) or I can hire pin boards.
At some events people prefer to provide a wall for me to draw on that is in keeping with the design of the event staging. For this I usually liaise with the events team or company to ensure its a workable solution.
When the drawing is done I photograph the work myself and then create a high resolution digital copy which I usually colour digitally and turn around in a couple of days.
Storyboarding - imaginative, memorable images for your explainer video
I have storyboarded numerous animations and relish the challenge of bringing the script to life. What is the image, scene or metaphor that gets to the heart of what is being said? Illustrations provide an extra dimension to the narrative that increases its ability to explain and entertain.
