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How to Make a Great Handout

Paul F. Aubin Author / Consultant

Welcome!

Thank you for attending

Speaker Readiness Webcast

How to Make a Great Handout Your Presenter:

Paul F. Aubin

Agenda

 Setting a handout goal  Determining the handout style  Building an outline  Capturing images like a pro  The Finishing Touches  Summary - What makes a great handout?

Getting Started

  Speaker Resource Center Last Year’s Webcasts  AU Online

Recorded Webcasts – Great Handouts

Preparing for your Session

Careful planning and execution will ensure quality

Setting a handout goal

 Have something to say.  What are you hoping to achieve?  What would make you want to read this paper?    What kind of paper would you like to read? What didn’t you like about other papers you have read? Write like it’s important.

Decide the style of Handout you want

 Integral or Supplemental  Narrative  Tutorial  Tips and Tricks  Case Studies   Combination Other…

Build an Outline

 Beginning – Middle – End  Spend time getting the flow right  Use Headings in Word   Use Excel to group and sort Use “analog” methods  "Brain Dump" Method  Make the outline fit the goal and style

Microsoft Word Tips

 Use Word Styles  Outline View  Image Placement  Track Changes

Tips for Word

Capture Images like a pro

 Using screen captures  Using other forms of illustrations  Formatting images  SnagIt  Photoshop  Print Screen

Image Capture Tips

 PPI = Pixels Per Inch  Screen Resolution is 72 PPI  Most Autodesk dialogs are several hundred pixels wide  Plan for 150 to 200 PPI for print  Make sure images will look OK in Black and White  A picture speaks a thousand words, and can consume as much time to create

Image Capture Tips (& Paul’s Pet Peeves)

 Capture on a white background  Crop images cleanly  Rely on the UI to highlight items  Create composite images to show several steps   Keep annotations simple and clear Remember – we read top to bottom, left to right  Keep your SNAG files

Using SnagIt

SnagIt

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Visit snagit.com for excellent tutorials

Get it done

 Meet the deadlines  Review your goals  10 percent inspiration, 90 percent perspiration   Focus as much on the end as the beginning (It’s too easy to start with a bang and then end with a whimper)  Proofread  Proofread again

Class Paper

 Have a plan!

 What do you want your paper to achieve?

 How can you make a valuable resource to participants?

 Examples of Paper Focus  Tool for participants to follow along in session  List of tips or resources for use after session  Tutorial based lesson (Step-by-step)  Stand-alone document  Print out of your PowerPoint

Class Paper

   Remember the Page Limit  More isn’t always better  Be concise, get to the point Remember folks will want to refer to this after AU  Formatting  Use the provided template  Use bullets or bolding to highlight important items Don’t overdue it (

if everything is bold, nothing is

) 

Proofread!

Summary – What AU Attendees Want

 With over 600 classes to choose from, they want to know they picked the right one.

 Don’t tease them and leave them hanging – give them the goods!

 Re-read your course description  Stay focused. Give what you promised and a little more