Fun with fact sheets! Creating materials to support your policy goals

1. Fun with fact sheets!Creating materials to support your policy goals

2. What is a fact sheet?

3. A fact sheet is a presentation of data in a format which emphasizes key points concisely and persuasively • Accurate • Local • Compelling

4. What are fact sheets used for?

5. Writing a good fact sheet • One page is best • Write in lay terms using words that the average person can understand • Find ways to simplify complex ideas. Tell Stories

6. Writing a good fact sheet • Keep the text brief and in a font of at least 12 • Make it very clear what you want the reader to do • Use bold, text boxes and graphics to add emphasis • Use bullets for lists

7. Use social math

12. Avoiding common mistakes • Too many facts • Different sources saying the same thing • Facts in random order with no flow or structure • No call to action

13. Remember… • Accurate • Local • Compelling

14. What resources do you have available to localize your fact sheet?

15. Let’s give it a try!

16. The State of Alaska Obesity Prevention and Control Program and contractors are available to help you make Alaska healthier through policy and systems change