VISION-NOTES GRAPHIC RECORDING
with DAVID WILLIAMS
VISUAL, WRITING, & AUDIO SERVICES
Let us help you tell your story
SERVICES
Writing across genres • Strategic Planning • Corporate Training/Facilitation • Leadership Development • Team Building • Hand-drawn Illustrations • Visual Design Training • Explainer Videos • Creative Thinking Outside the Box• Cartoons/GIF • Music Composition
Your Audience Thinks in Images--You Should Too.
The brain responds to pictures 60,000 times faster than words!
Click on Rooster to see more of David Williams' paintings
EXPLAINER VIDEOS
HAND-DRAWN--no boring computer-generated characters! Check out the Explainer Video Below.
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AI INTRODUCTION
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PROMPTS FOR CHATGPT
Watch Video on Graphic Recording
I Visualize Ideas • I Write to the Brain • I help Brands That Care •
I do Graphic Recording • I Create Explainer Videos • Fix Landing Pages • Emmy-Winning Writer • Evolutionary Psychology Meets Marketing
David's Animated GIFs-- spice up websites and emails
VISION-NOTES specializes in writing, live visual note-taking, graphic recording/facilitation, cartooning, and songwriting.
With over 20 years of experience, Emmy-winning writer, Dr. David Williams, has worked with renowned companies such as AT&T, McKesson, and EDUCAUSE. He is also a well-published cartoonist, songwriter for PBS (with over 100 million views on YouTube), and an author with Random House.
Services include live visual note-taking, graphic recording, cartooning, animation, GIFs, and the creation of impactful visuals for conferences, trade show booths, and promotional materials. We also provide interactive and digital graphic recording services to cater to various client needs, through ZOOM or other platforms. In addition, our WRITING services help you tell your story in ways that actually get to people.
🖍️ PRICING
StorySketch: Graphic Recording for Live Events
Live or virtual visual facilitation for conferences, meetings, and webinars.
Deliverables:
Live illustrated boards (foam core or digital tablet)
Optional time-lapse video
Social media-ready summary graphic
Pricing:
$800 — Half-day (up to 3 hours)
$1500 — Full day (includes prep + digital delivery)
🎮 Clarify in 60: Explainer Video Package
Short, compelling videos that explain your offer or mission.
Deliverables:
Scriptwriting & storyboarding
Voiceover and visual sequence
Pricing:
$2500 — 60-second explainer (whiteboard or animated)
$3,00+ — Custom illustrated version
+$150 per social cutdown (15s or 30s)
✍️ Landing Page That Works
Website landing page copy and visual strategy that converts.
Deliverables:
1-page rewrite (Home, About, or Campaign)
Messaging map (emotional hooks + CTA)
Optional: visual header concept
Pricing:
$850 per page
+$250 for branded header sketch or graphic
🧠 Brain-Based Branding Workshop
Live strategic session to clarify your mission and brand tone.
Deliverables:
90-min facilitation (Zoom or in-person)
Branded summary map
Optional follow-up cheat sheet
Pricing:
$1,400 virtual
$2,000 in person (+travel if applicable)
+$500 follow-up messaging deck
🌀 Custom-Branded GIFs
Bring your message to life with unique, looping motion graphics.
Deliverables:
One-of-a-kind hand-drawn or digital GIFs for social, email, or web
Includes 1 concept sketch + up to 2 revisions
Pricing:
$300 or more per GIF (based on complexity and style)
Hire Me for Graphic Recording, Illustration, and Writing Services
With decades of experience in graphic recording and illustration, I provide engaging and impactful visuals that capture the heart of discussions and drive change. I've partnered with companies like AT&T, McKesson, and EDUCAUSE, and my cartoon work has appeared in publications such as Barons, The Chronicle of Higher Education and The Denver Rocky Mountain News, as well as with Carlton Cards and Soultrader of London.
My process combines visual storytelling with a collaborative approach, ensuring that every participant feels heard and that their contributions are thoughtfully recorded. I create visuals that resonate, simplify complex topics, and can be used as valuable tools for communication and strategy. Whether in-person or online, I deliver illustrations that document and inspire action and accountability.
For tailored visual solutions that bring ideas to life,
I’m here to help you find your story and tell it to others.
Some books by David Williams
EMMY-WINNING SONGS BY DAVID WILLIAMS FROM PBS KIDS, over 100 million hits on YouTube.
FOR MORE OF DAVID'S KIDS SONGS FROM PBS CLICK T-REX
SONGS by David Williams for Adults
BIO: David Williams holds a PhD in English and a BA in Anthropology and is a published researcher and science writer in the field of Neurohumanities (The Trickster Brain: Neuroscience, Evolution, and Narrative), combining info from Neuroscience and Evolutionary Psychology in order to understand how and why we humans create stories and songs. He has taught at various universities in the US, teaching Environmental and Science Writing, American Literature and Creative Writing. Continually fascinated about the human condition, David is also an Emmy winning songwriter for his animal and environmental songs with PBS kids, and he is a children's author with Alfred A. Knopf, as well as a songwriter/musician for adults, (americana, blues, gypsy jazz) with over 100 million hits on YouTube. He has worked as a cartoonist for many newspapers, magazines, and card companies, and he is a Graphic Recorder/Facilitator & Visual Notetaker.
"Williams works magic," Newsweek magazine
Links to David's other websites:
David Williams main music site
Trickster Carousel cabaret band
DAVELLIE gypsy jazz, americana, blues
https://www.zentrickster.com/ Books
News & Human Nature (articles on Human Nature, Biology, Evolutionary Psychology, opinion pieces, & cartoons by DW