Creatively visualize & recap your big ideas with a summary board sketch artist

Our Graphic Recording artists at the Sketch Effect will brilliantly capture your critical messaging in a detailed visual “Summary Board.” Although it looks and feels like a visual-note-taking image that would be captured live at a meeting or conference, a Summary Board can be produced at any time and for any reason. These visuals can be created around any theme, topic, or message your team wants to memorialize in a fun and engaging visual format.

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Unique Benefits of
Summary Sketches.

We Move Fast

Looking for a quick visual? A Summary Board is the ideal solution for those needing a creative presentation on a short deadline. Depending on your selected package, you’ll receive a final deliverable in as little as two days or within two business weeks.

Synthesize Key Messaging

Unlike graphic recording, which relies on the context of a live event, we create a Summary Board using a precise set of client-provided points, enabling us to recap all sorts of key messaging. Whether you’re communicating a new initiative, recapping an event, or launching a new product, we can memorialize the big ideas in a creative way.

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Industry-Leading Artists

Our artists are the best in the business. No matter the context or content of your summary board, you’ll receive a final deliverable that is 100% unique to your brand, filled with completely original visuals that perfectly align with your brand and drive your goals.

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Summary Board Packages

Standard

Our standard package is a one-stage process perfect for quick-turnaround projects. Our artists follow word-for-word points formatted in a template provided by our team that is matched to your exact color palette and brand guidelines. Our artists create a final sketch that encompasses your critical ideas through expert visualization.

Standard sketches are a great fit for:

  • In-person & online meeting recaps 
  • Overviews, explainers, or training materials
  • Vision casting and culture
  • Strategic planning sessions & board meetings summaries
  • Educational, instructional, or training materials
  • Social media & product marketing
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Infographic on relationship sales by CHG. Center shows 7 sales stages: awareness to advocacy. Left: On-trade tips like educate, ask questions, anticipate needs. Right: Retail-trade tips like share data, connect with staff, build authentic connection.

Deluxe

Our deluxe package is a two-stage process that is similar but provides clients with a bit more creative oversight and control during the process. In addition, a simple time-lapse recording of the drawing process is provided as a bonus deliverable. If interested in adding a script & voice over, check out our narrated time-lapse video option.

Deluxe Summary Sketches are a great fit for:

  • In-person & online meeting recaps
  • Overviews, explainers, or training materials
  • Vision casting and culture
  • Strategic planning sessions & board meetings summaries
  • Educational, instructional, or training materials
  • Social media & product marketing
Book the Deluxe Package

Our Process

Standard Package

Deluxe Package

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Content Template Population

Our operations team provides the client with a template that includes fields for the client to populate with the approved content, basic creative direction, brand color palette & logo, and details around the intended use of deliverables.

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The Visual Magic Happens

One of our Graphic Recording artists creates a live sketch style visual, capturing the word-for-word content provided by the client on the template. Our sketch artists use their creative discretion to visually represent the big ideas in a compelling creative way.

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Client Review (spelling and grammar only)

Our operations coordinator will send the summary board sketch to the client for review. In the standard package, revisions are limited to spelling and grammar edits only. Any changes beyond that scope will be subject to hourly rates.

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Final Deliverables

After the requested revisions have been implemented, the client receives the final deliverable in JPEG format. Congrats! You now have an awesome summary board sketch to share with the world!

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Content Template Population

Our operations team provides the client with a template that includes fields for the client to populate with the approved content, basic creative direction, brand color palette & logo, and details around the intended use of deliverables.

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The Visual Magic Happens

One of our Graphic Recording artists creates a live sketch style visual, capturing the word-for-word content provided by the client on the template. Our sketch artists use their creative discretion to visually represent the big ideas in a compelling creative way

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Client Review (spelling and grammar only)

Our operations coordinator will send the summary board sketch to the client for review. In the deluxe package, clients may provide more substantial feedback on the visuals, concepts, color, layout, and more.

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Final Deliverables

After the requested revisions have been implemented, the client receives the final deliverables in JPEG format, as well as a bonus time-lapse recording of the drawing process. Congrats! You now have an awesome summary board sketch and time-lapse recording to share with the world!

TESTIMONIALS

In the Words of

Our partners

"My recent client meeting was far more successful thanks to the inclusion of Graphic Recording by The Sketch Effect! The live sketch artist was able to float between presentation formats and more brainstorm formats, visually capturing the most salient ideas and presenting them as digestible, usable deliverables. As an event organizer and producer, this definitely helped take this meeting to the next level. The client team and I were in awe and continue to leverage the final Graphic Recording images in our follow-up communications. Thanks Sketch Effect team!"

Raymond Sanders

Vice President, Sales & Marketing

Media Direct

"The Sketch Effect is one of the premier organizations I have had the privilege to work with to provide live graphic recording services at one of our events. The University Innovation Alliance Inaugural National Summit this past April, would not have been the same if it were not for this talented group, who was intent on documenting the appropriate highlights from the agenda and helped make the process engaging for our 400+ attendees. The team at The Sketch Effect are professional, organized, well prepared, and were attentive to our group’s needs. The visuals are bold, beautiful, and will be a great resource and reminder of this successful event."

Amber Covington

Director of Operations

University Innovation Alliance

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