Let us show you how! Here's how we can help
Graphics come alive before your eyes. We listen, synthesize and draw your ideas! Here's a few ways
how we can use visuals to tell your story! Our various services can help you to communicate effectively
while tapping into the creative side of your audience.
Joanna Valsamis, BSc, BEd, MHA(c) Chief Healthcare, Research, & Advocacy Officer Cystic Fibrosis Canada“Liisa is an extremely talented graphic artist and perfectly captured the discussions of our scientific meeting. She blew away our attendees and many of them requested her contact information for their events, even those in the United States and Europe! We have already used the posters she developed at several of our fundraising events and gala dinners. I highly recommend her for your event!”
Mark Olivier Manager, Employee Engagement HR, Air CanadaWorking with Disa and the team at Thinklink graphics felt less like a typical vendor/client relationship and more like a partnership. We all know that when you hire a provider or supplier , that intrinsically there is a desire to please the client (after all we are the customer! ) – But it never felt like that. The Thinklink graphics team was nimble , responsive and generous with great ideas and workarounds and displayed a quick to pick up approach on a topic that was not their subject matter expertise and a request that was far from an ideal minimum threshold to produce in time. With multiple iterations, many sources of input from our stakeholders and the added complexity of creating this bilingually – Thinklink graphics made it all come together with a final product that was cascaded to over 3000 employees – on time, on budget and on point. The reaction was immediately positive and memorable (exactly the results we wanted!). The topic itself was a challenge to make enticing – however the creative end result was polished and well received. It was all in all a great first time experience working with Thinklink graphics.
Hallie McClelland Director of Advancement, Kingsway College SchoolYou ladies are rock stars! I wish I could promote you to EVERYONE I know.
Nancy L Young BScPT, MSc, PhD Professor of Rural and Northern Health Research Chair in Rural and Northern Children’s HealthErica Bota has helped Aboriginal youth in Ontario to tell the story of their health research. She is an inspiring woman who has an instant connection with youth. I watched her create a graphic story with dozens of coloured markers, but the most impressive part was what happened when she let the children of Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory use the markers with her. Most artists would have been distraught, irate, terrified by this scene; but Erica empowered the youth to make it their own and the result was very special.
Erika VanNoort Senior Director, Talent Acquisition SoftChoiceI have worked with ThinkLink Graphics since inception and Liisa Sorsa for many years prior to that. Their work is second to none. The ability to graphically record conversations and dialog real time while at the same time interpreting complex viewpoints is something that sets them apart. My work has leveraged their services as a compliment to traditional facilitation and I can tell you partnering with them takes the client experience to a whole new level as you are now able to draw in people who learn and digest information visually, ensuring a fully engaged audience. I have also leverage Liisa’s services remotely, having her visually scribe a virtual brainstorming session – the results were outstanding! I highly recommend their services as their work if transformative and something that automation is still miles behind on replicating.
Want to see some proof? See what markers can do in the right hands
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ELEVATE Tech Conference
Such a pleasure to be the graphic recorders for the world’s innovators to solve society’s biggest challenges. As Canada’s leading tech and innovation festival, Elevate attracts the biggest and brightest leaders shaping the world today.
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A Vision for Palliative Care
A wonderful discussion was visually captured to reflect the importance of Palliative care in each community, especially in the Northern communities of Ontario. We had elders attend and guide many of these very important discussion over two days. Take a moment to check out these graphics.
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OECM
Check out the graphics created by Liisa and Disa at the annual OECM. Some interesting topics were covered, from a talk from the Auditor General of Canada, to a talk about agility and innovation in today’s environment.
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Food Operation Conference Food Banks Canada
Leaders from across Canada came together to talk about ways to improve Food Security in their communities. Many of the strategies highlighted the need to collaborative with each other, with local farms and grocers and larger food banks.
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Markham 2020 City of Markham
At the Markham 2020 event Mayor Frank Scarpitti joined Presidents of York University and Seneca College, the Vice President and Deputy Chief Economist, TD Bank Group, and the Former Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of Scotiabank to answer the question: “Markham 2020: What’s NXT?” They discussed the exciting news about the new campus of York […]
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Building a Bigger Wave
We were so happy to be part of the BBW conference again this year! This is important work – it’s a network that connects VAWCC and other organizations addressing violence against women in Ontario!
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Jane Goodall Foundation
High school students, senior decision-makers, education experts, and young thought leaders gathered to jointly work on ways to address some of our most urgent sustainability issues!
The right hands These are the people that make it happen
Our team has over 25 years of experience combined. We are the people you need, with the experience you are looking for.
Liisa Sorsa
Co-Founder | Graphic Facilitator and Digital Artist
Liisa has been a doodler her whole life! From a very young age you could find Liisa curled up in a corner with her markers and paper…drawing a world of her own! Today, she takes those same skills and applies them to drawing out your ideas! Why the two “ii’’s in her name, you ask? Well, it’s Finnish – and her last name means duck in Finn. Quack!
Disa Kauk
Co-Founder, Graphic Facilitator, Video Producer and Operations
Disa has been a graphic recorder since the early 2000’s (unless you count the notes she took in school, then she’s been doing it since the 80’s!) Her style is bright and vibrant just like her! Disa produces our whiteboard animation videos, and keeps us all on track! She LOVES the colour turquoise and I caution you not to get in the way of her light blue markers!
Erica Bota
Graphic Facilitator and Marketing Lead
Erica is a doodle fanatic! She learned the practice of graphic recording while studying in Sweden and hasn’t put her marker down since. Her interests lie in climate change, community engagement, and…well…dogs. When Erica isn’t drawing, she’s outside running with her pup Oli and rock climbing!
Devon Kerslake
Graphic Facilitator
Devon started graphic recording before she knew it had a name! She holds her Masters Degree in Cultural Studies and is fascinated by graphic narratives and comics. When she isn't illustrating or scribing, Devon is making art with her three young boys in Guelph.
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