| A good club newsletter / magazine can help in each case.
A publication which contains letters, ideas, comments, reports, announcements
and gives a lively feel can do a great deal to re-energize a club. Leave
copies in the waiting rooms of doctors, dentists, hairdressers ... anywhere
that people pick up a magazine to while away a few minutes and they may be
interested.
An electronic version is cheap to produce - and you can always print-out
a few for those without web access and for those waiting rooms ... |
The only tools required are a camera, scanner and computer.
You probably have all the software you might need. Most word-processor programs
include templates for booklets and magazines. Otherwise a little experiment
with tables (whose borders you make invisible) will help you shape a good-looking
newsletter. A simple image editor will help you make the most of the pictures.
For distribution the Adobe pdf format is popular because it displays and
prints almost exactly the same way on any computer system. The Adobe writer
is expensive but various free options include
CutePDF and
PDF
Creator. |
| You need pictures of people at the club, so long as they are doing something!
Even if it is only eating pizza and chatting to colleagues. By all means
show camera and sound teams at work, but don't neglect the costume and prop
makers, location scouts and all the other tasks.
You need screen grabs from club movies. Most Apple and PC editing systems
allow you to export/save a frame. Some playback tools (including the free
VLC Media Player)
let you pause a movie and grab a frame. Cassie users will have to ask their
PC or Apple friends for help. |
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