As a professional Graphic Facilitator, I am trained to listen and translate all ideas. Think of me as your "visual language" translator. I translate key ideas from "verbal language” into a "visual language” of text, color, and imagery.

With 15+ years of experience working across North America, I’ve created Visual Notes for Fortune 500 companies spanning different industries such as healthcare, hospitality, technology, agriculture, politics, and consumer goods. My client list includes Ogilvy, Slack, IBM, The Community First Foundation, FLYN Consulting, Teen Vogue, Pepsi, and The United Nations among others.

Curious if I can draw subject matter from your unique sector? Let’s chat!

Virginia Montgomery’s Visual Notes bring clarity to meetings and enhance memory retention. Visual Notes break-down themes from complex presentations into digestible graphics. Each single Visual Notes "board" can be quickly read for key insights. Can't remember yesterday's Zoom meeting? Or last year's keynote address? Check the Visual Notes!

Visual Notes also make a big impact. Want your ideas to stand out at your next event? Virginia Montgomery’s Visual Notes are big, bright and colorful. They are drawn large-scale and make content POP at events. Virginia’s notes attract and engage event attendees at public conferences, private co-creation sessions, interactive ad-boards, and virtual sessions.

Visual Notes expand your reach. Want to share your ideas with the world? Visual Notes are perfect for digital sharing to increase community participation.

And finally, Visual Notes make events memorable.

Yes! The real skillset behind Visual Note-taking is deep listening. As an experienced Graphic Facilitator of 15+ years, I can simultaneously listen, think, and draw at the same time. My well-honed Graphic Facilitation skillset enables me to rapidly process, draw, and create dynamic Visual Notes “on-the-fly.” Think of me as a skilled improvisational Jazz musician, except I work “visually” with inkmarkers instead of musical instruments.

As a skilled scribe, I keep pace with multiple speakers presenting on a panel talk. I also keep pace with brainstorming sessions where colleagues share ideas in rapid-fire succession. I move fast! And, all ideas, regardless of subject matter or who says them, can be translated into dynamic Visual Notes.

In my many years of working in live creative meetings, I’ve learned that you never know when, where, or how someone will share a brilliant idea with the group. So, I’m always ready to draw “on-the-fly” to ensure every brilliant idea gets drawn out.

As a young creative professional, I was trained in-house by a boutique New York City creative agency in the mid-2000’s. The decade (2008-2019) that I spent working inside Manhattan’s fast-paced advertising culture helped me become the pressure-tested scribe that I am today.

I have over 15+ years of experience working for clients spanning retail, energy, healthcare, technology, hospitality, and education. I have worked at events big and small; I’ve worked in front of audiences of thousands at public conferences like TED Talks and I have also worked inside intimate brainstorming sessions discussing sensitive subjects between healthcare professionals and patients. Collectively, my well-honed experiences as a live Visual Storyteller enable me to adapt and translate any conversation anywhere to dynamic Visual Notes.

Visual Note-taking, also called Graphic Facilitation, is a specialized creative service that first started at a Silicon Valley consulting agency in the 1970’s. To learn more about the origins of Graphic Facilitation, check out Wikipedia here.

Yes! I provide note-taking services virtually and in-person. For in-person meetings, I scribe with special non-toxic, ink-based markers on large-sized (ie. 40"x60") white foamcore boards. For virtual events, I scribe on an iPad using the software ProCreate.

Yes! There is no AI involved in my visual note-taking process. All of my illustrations are original drawings that are created free-hand, from start to finish by me, Virginia Montgomery.

Big Bright Visuals operates locally in Austin and Houston, TX. And, I also travel across the USA to provide live visual note-taking services onsite. I am happy to travel to your event wherever it is from California to Florida.

For over 15+ years, I’ve travelled across North America to scribe at public and private events in cities such as Miami, Atlanta, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Austin, Denver, San Francisco, and Seattle.

As long as your in-person event is accessible by train, plane, car, or boat, I can be there to draw for you!

My project rates follow an adaptive model that takes into account event type, event location, and non-profit status. Email me at hello@bigbrightvisuals.com for a custom quote.