Notecard Anatomy:

Name on every title page
Keep it complete: You aren't going to remember everything!

Your note cards need to be neat and usable. Must be able to give good presentations with them

Organization:

Keep it consistent! An organized note card makes an organized presentation! Life is always better organized

Personalization:

Keep your notecards personal. Keep it interesting becuase no one likes to feel like their being lectured at. Add personal details and stories. Think about how you have used these lessons and different ways you've incorporated them

Awesome!:

Make sure your notecards are awesome. You should be able to give the presentation without the slides. Your awesome note cards will make that possible.

Legible:

An unreadable notecard is unusable. Take the time to write clearly. Rushed note cards look dirty

Follow OPAL and your presentations will shine like a gem!

Bullet pointed:

Paragraphs and boring and hard to read. No one likes them. Except English teachers

Condensed:

Don't leave anything out, but don't take up tons of space with unnecessary information.

Personalize:

Use your own examples, with life, NYLT, Troop, Whatever!

Emphasize:

Write down the points that you want to emphasize in your presentation! This will help during the presentation because you will know what parts to talk more about

Transitionalize:

Find the golden thread that connects each slide in the presentation. make an easy move between slides so that you don't seem spontaneous and unorganized.

No Summarize:

Keep in mind that the note card is already the material but summarized. So don't summarize the already summarized information.

Elaborate:

YOU know the information. The note cards just remind you of what order to say it in! For every printed sentence on the note cards, you should have several more coming out of your mouth

#SWAG:

When technology fails, the show must go on! be prepared to roll with anything and have the swag to keep it awesome.

Neutral Position:

Your posture is important. we all remember how cool those guys were in Communicating well, so be like them!

Packaging:

make it easy for them to get your message. Speak with confidence. Don't Shout! Just project!