What makes a flipchart go from flat to fabulous?! It’s one simple line that makes all the difference.
Make your flipcharts leap off the wall with easy, anyone-can-do-it borders!
Why bother to border?
A border can add a professional, polished look to a flipchart and enrich visual appeal. It can also help to convey a sense of the flipchart’s purpose or theme.
What’s more, without a border, the edges of a flipchart can blend in to the surrounding environment, making it hard for people to focus on the content. Adding a border can help to define its boundaries and keep the eye and the mind lasered in on what’s important.
Just a simple black box around the edge of your poster is all it takes. But why not take it up a notch with these easy upgrades!?
Break out those lesser-used colors like red, yellow and orange to make it pop.
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Try adding a fun pattern.
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Get funky by adding doodled paperclips, staples, hole punches…
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Integrate simple images into your border that reinforce the topic.
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If you really want to focus on the content, shrink your border to frame JUST what’s important… and even get rid of the extra paper!
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Which of these simple tips will you try on your next Focus Question, Group Agreements, or Notes page?
Learn and practice borders (and a whole lot more!) in our limited-time Facilitation Graphics course, coming to Omaha on April 27.
Practical tips to improve your scribing ✏️
How to doodle like a PRO: capturing people, emotions, and ideas in imagery 🤪
Using color, space, and icons to create flip charts that impress 📊
Structures and frameworks for organizing ideas visually 👀
So many secrets about sticky walls, markers and more that you never knew you were missing!! 🤫
Finally, get a sneak peek at new, printable ToP poster sets and leave with a kit of art supplies to keep your creativity flowing when you get home.
Tap into your inner 7 year old and build your skills step-by-step so you feel confident using text, color, and graphics to enrich your facilitation work (and your whole life, really). Come join us!
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