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Learn how to create compelling infographics for presentations and printable formats. Explore different formats, design best practices, and ways to customize templates. Suitable for various audiences, including providers, consumers/clients, funders, students, and donors/advocates.
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Creating Presentation & Printable InfographicsJudy Collins – Program Support Specialist, MarketingAETC National Coordinating Resource Center Dec 2017 AETC Program E-Learn Committee Call: Dec 12, 1-1:45 PM ET aidsetc.org
Learning Objectives aidsetc.org • Identify uses for infographics & choose the best format for your needs • Map out your design • Modify templates • Download, export and print • Infographic designing best practices
Every message has an audience and a purpose aidsetc.org • Visualize • Simplify • Amplify • Appeal • Inform • Providers • Consumers/Clients • Funders • Students • Donors/Advocates
Infographics for the AETCs aidsetc.org Reporting Present the history or show progress Identify & highlight trends, gaps or training needs Publish survey results, research findings Reinforce training with handouts or fact sheets
Formats (Piktochart) aidsetc.org Infographic: long-form format for sharing across the web Presentation: fixed 4:3 ratio slides for online presentations Printable: 1 page documents for printing – posters, reports or flyers
Presentation Format aidsetc.org Use when you have a lot to share, essential and non-essential information Ideal for presenting history or timeline of events, showing progress Blocks (slides/images) can be integrated into PPT slides or viewed as a stand-alone presentation (if downloaded as PDF) Presentations can also be downloaded as longform formats
Printable Formats aidsetc.org Poster/Flyer: singe page work-of-art templates ideal for conveying basic information. More visual, less text Report: single page templates ideal for displaying results (surveys, studies, etc.)
examples aidsetc.org Presentation Poster/Flyer Report
Poster vs Flyer aidsetc.org
Map out your story aidsetc.org Keeping your purpose & audience in mind: • WHAT isyourmessage? • WHY is it important or urgent? • HOW can it be addressed or accessed? • WHEN/WHERE will it take place? Or WHERE can we find more information?
Piktochart https://piktochart.com/ aidsetc.org
Piktochart Pros & Cons aidsetc.org • Pros • Free basic templates, easy to use • Upgraded (Pro) plans available for a nominal fee (non-profit/educational discounts) • Tutorials, blog stories and other tools available for support and inspiration • Responsive support team • Cons • Time & practice ???
Summary & Best Practices aidsetc.org Identify your audience and purpose: every message has one Map out your story and choose your format: start small and grow, or start big and whittle down Follow the templates: stick with suggested color palettes, font choices and text/image placement Printable templates are designed to print A4/US letter size, but can be customized; presentation templates cannot be resized. Templates cannot be auto converted: longform infographic to printable & vice versa
Questions? aidsetc.org
More Questions? aidsetc.org Judy Collins: collinj3@sn.rutgers.edu
Next E-Learn Call aidsetc.org March 2018 Topic suggestions, comments, thoughts - contact Judy Collins at collinj3@sn.rutgers.edu