Idea 17of 22Builds onTitles, labels and a sourceDecide the one message first
Leave out what does not help
How do you decide what to leave out?
Today you'll discover
- how to test each part
- why a true fact can still not belong
- how few words to use
Think firstA first draft of Room 12's poster
Which part should be left out of this infographic?
Decide first, then press Next. Hold each part up against the one message.
A draft poster titled only Room 12, with a four-line paragraph instead of a message, the headline Everyone walks!, an unlabelled bar graph, the fact Our class pet is a gecko named Tito, and no source. Orange crosses mark its problems beside the sheet. Then the fixed sheet. The last step shows Mai's yard-vote draft, with the line Recess is 15 minutes long.
See the whole ideathe big idea and the key word, in one place
The big idea
Keep only what helps the one message; a true fact can still be left out.
The testFor each part ask: does it help a reader see or check the message? If not, leave it out.
Easy to get wrongDo not cut the source or the labels to save space. They are small, and they make the poster checkable.
Key word
- relevant
- helps tell the story; a relevant fact is about the same thing as the message
Ready to use it?
- Find a part that does not help the message.
- Replace a paragraph with one short message.