Quick Tip of the Day 1.28.13

This morning, I had an internal conversation (that happens a lot when one works alone) that went a little something like this:

“I can do that.” 

Oh yeah, well then do it. 

“Okay, I will! 

My internal voices are quite smart-alecky, but it serves them well.

While conducting the daily sweep of infographics on Pinterest, it hit me that I should be creating these myself, not just reading other people’s pins. For the past few weeks, I’ve been a little obsessed with Noland Hoshino‘s concept of infosnaps. Rather than long, data-intensive, page-long infographics, these are simple snapshots containing a single fact or message. Because most people who work in prevention barely have time to high-five themselves as they run in circles, this is the perfect concept not just for my providing information to preventionists, but also for preventionists to provide information to their communities.

Here’s my first attempt at an infosnap–just a quick, basic tip to consider when using Pinterest (the primary social network to which I’ve been connecting as of late).

PreventionGeek QTOTD 1.28.13

Using the free website easel.ly, I designed this graphic in about 30 minutes. I think that once I figure out the intricacies of this program (which is currently in beta testing), the amount of time spent on creating will be greatly reduced. Furthermore, because this site allows one to save projects, the graphic could be used as a template for future projects, further streamlining the time spent by merely inserting new text.

Infosnaps are perfect tools for tasks such presenting data to coalitions and communities, promoting events, bolstering support for policies, publicizing calls to action, and more. LaDonna Coy and I will be discussing this concept and others in our workshop “Social Media and Free Range Learning” at the CADCA National Leadership Forum next week. Hope to see you there!