Flip Charts : How to Draw Them and How to Use Them

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Summary: A vintage reference on flip charting
Review: Brandt's book has been around for over a decade, but provides creative and insightful information on the topic of flip charts.

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Summary: Attempts to cover everything...
Review: The book covers all aspect of Flip Charts, starting from what sort of paper to use, type of markers, drawing stick figures and smileys with character and ending with how to store your charts and how to construct a flip-chart stand.

This is a good book if you've just decided to 'do something' with flip-charts but not much of a reference for the experienced user.

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Summary: Practical, useful--an indispensable reference
Review: This is a "How-To" book. The tools and techniques Brandt shares here are those that separate the pros from the rest of the pack when it comes to flip chart work.

85 pages are jam-packed with templates, experiences, hints--I did not find a wasted word anywhere in this book. Some of the tidbits you will find:

* Reasons the flipchart is an appropriate, or inappropriate, AV choice for your presentation

* Both the function and form of flip charts, and how to be sure they complement each other

* The Flip Chart Presenter's Survival Kit (this alone was worth the price of the book for me, and has saved my presentation several times)

* Techniques on design, printing, "hiding and revealing" content. . .

* Effective methods of production, storage, and transportation

* Dozens of illustrations, pictures--even instructions for making your own flip chart stand.

This is one of my most prized reference tools. Rarely do I create a new presentation without referring to it at least once.