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Displays that Work: Brochures and Bulletin Boards for Your office

Displays that Work: Brochures and Bulletin Boards for Your office. Peggy Chausse, MA CHES MaineHealth Learning Resource Center Chausp@mmc.org. Overview. ACT 1 Bulletin Boards that Take Center Stage Top 10 tips & tricks of the trade Bulletin Board Bloopers & Encore Boards ACT 2

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Displays that Work: Brochures and Bulletin Boards for Your office

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  1. Displays that Work: Brochures and Bulletin Boards for Your office Peggy Chausse, MA CHES MaineHealth Learning Resource Center Chausp@mmc.org

  2. Overview • ACT 1 • Bulletin Boards that Take Center Stage • Top 10 tips & tricks of the trade • Bulletin Board Bloopers & Encore Boards • ACT 2 • Picking Winning Brochures • Show and Tell

  3. ACT 1 Bulletin Boards that Take Center Stage

  4. Knowing Your Audience • What are the major issues at your site? • What message(s) are you trying to portray?

  5. Top 10 Tips and Tricks of the Trade • General Rule: Less is More • Font Size Needs to be Readable • KISS - Simple Messages & Uncluttered • Take Home Information/Interactive • Have some Color

  6. Eye Catching & Informative Boards • Have pictures that emphasize key points • Use pictures appropriate to the age, gender, ethnicity of your audience • Personalize material to your site • Placement of Board is Key

  7. Bulletin Board Bloopers • Distracting to viewer • Too much information on the board • No clear message

  8. Bulletin Board Bloopers • Font size is not big enough. • What is the message? • Take away information? • Average reading level is 8-9th grade level; 1 in 5 read at 5th grade level or below

  9. Bulletin Board Bloopers • Not enough material • What is the message? • No connections made between material • Font Size not big enough

  10. Bulletin Board Makeover

  11. Encore Boards • Colorful • Font Size • Easy to Read • Simple Message • Take Home information

  12. Encore Boards • Colorful • Font Size Easy to Read • Simple Message • Take Home information

  13. Encore Boards • Good Font Size • Colorful • Personal Relevance

  14. Encore Boards • Change info and title each month • Easy to keep up • Simple Message • Take Home information

  15. Other Ways to Get the Word Out Think OUTSIDE of the Box • Bathrooms • Refrigerators • Cubicles • Windows

  16. Cost & Time Saving Ideas • Pre-made Heading Signs • Follow National Observances • Colorful paper • (buy two or three different colors) • Information Pockets • (use folders or paper and staple to board) • Colorful paper

  17. Top 10 Tips for Picking a Winning Brochures

  18. Top 10 Tips for Picking a Winner • Check Materials Source and Date • Font Size Needs to be Readable • KISS - Simple Messages & Uncluttered • White space =“reader friendly” • Realistic images (real people, objects)

  19. Top 10 Tips for Picking a Winner • Pictures showing the correct way of doing task. • Pictures showing appropriate age, gender, ethnicity of your audience • Color – Less is more • Personalize material to your site • Where to get more (local) information

  20. Show and Tell

  21. For More Information Local Community Resources MaineHealth Learning Resource Center & MaineHealth Clinical Integration Program www.mainehealth.org 1-866-609-5183 • University of Maine Cooperative Extension www.umext.maine.edu • Hannaford – Recipe Cards

  22. National Resources • Medlineplus www.medlineplus.gov • National Health Information Centerwww.healthfinder.gov KidsHealth (The Nemours Foundation & Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital) www.bbch.org

  23. Thank You

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