I need inspiration! Any template ideas for displaying tips?

Doreen,

If I was only interested in using PowerPoint (no Articulate), there are a couple of templates on this forum that I think would work very well to list tips!  They are the "Did You Know" and "Notepad" templates.

Also, something I've used in PowerPoint for stuff like that is putting text on a "sticky note" and then having the sticky notes fly in one at a time using animation. Just an idea. I hope this helps!

I posted screenshots of the two templates that come to mind below: 

I do a weekly tip on MS Office & windows type stuff that I send via email.  I also keep an archive of all the previous tips on a WordPress blog so people can reference old ones too.  I put the contents in email so they don't have to click through and launch a browser to see the information. I think they key is keeping them short enough that people will actually read them and also making them scannable to they can quickly find the bits they are interested in. WordPress will also allow people to subsribe via WordPress and make the email management part MUCH easier....just post to WordPress and subscribers get the email.

Here is what my email looks like.

I think simple & clean is always a good idea. There are a lot of good ideas here as well:

http://www.campaignmonitor.com/gallery/

..and you can see the WordPress archives here: http://miketips.wordpress.com/

Hi Doreen,

You could show Silhouettes or real people in a presentable way with bubbles

or

Cartoon heads with square bubbles.

or

you could show a light bulb with highlighted important part of the tip.

That's all comes to my mind right now.

And you don't need to create these graphics on your own, you can get these for free here in this community.

Please click the link below to access the graphics:

http://community.articulate.com/downloads/

Hope this helps

Take care!

For template ideas visit monstertemplate.com

Its one of the best websites for templates

Greetings:

Perhaps a bulletin board themed template with pin-up notes, stickies etc. You could also create a smartphone theme with a tip app that allows the user to interact with the device and see the different tips.

Just my $.02.

Cheers,

Travis

Hi Doreen.

Good question, but I would avoid the PPT slide deck route.  Managers are too busy to get more saturated PPT to look through for something that can simply be stated as reminders, news flashes, or the like.

Try e-ads.  You can design something creatively in a snap with Adobe InDesign.  Export as a .jpg image and then place in the body of an email, or in a content management system for the archives.  This will eliminate exhaustive time spent on the topic of 3 -5 tips for managers to consider when it comes to, say, performance reviews.

You can apply an infographic style (see these great samples here: http://www.designtaxi.com/news/351207/Top-10-Most-Popular-Infographics-of-2011/), or go with a simple e-ad for the recurring FYI.  You can view my own e-ad design samples at this link here: http://atthelearningcurve.wordpress.com/portfolio/.

Going with this intervention for the type of content you are looking to deliver to managers can be printed as well, and they can pin it on their wall too.

Hope this helps.
Erendira