As a graphic recorder, I've shared stages with brilliant thinkers like the president of Rhode Island School of Design and a Harvard neuroscientist. I've drawn live visual notes for the CEOs of hot Silicon Valley startups and Fortune 500 companies. But I think the most nervous I've ever been was walking with paper and markers into the exam review of a class at Yale.
When I mentioned to my friend, an associate dean of admissions at Yale Law and former FBI agent, that I'd like to try graphic recording in an academic setting, she invited me into the classroom of her undergraduate national security law class. And so I found myself within the beautiful, Harry Potter-esque Yale Law School a couple weeks ago, with 15 wicked smart undergrads watching me take notes at the wall.