Tired of watching participants toss your handouts aside? The problem isn't handouts—it's how they're designed.

In this session, you'll transform your materials into engaging learning tools participants actually use. Discover seven participant-centered design principles, explore six interactive handout page types (like completion pages, windowpanes, and action planning), and learn the Need to Know, Nice to Know, Where to Go framework for organizing content.

You'll leave with practical strategies to reduce "death by bullet point" and create handouts that promote retention and application.

Learning Objectives:
 

• Identify seven participant-centered handout design principles that increase engagement and retention
• Explore six types of interactive handout pages suited to different learning needs and content types
• Learn the Need to Know, Nice to Know, Where to Go framework to organize handout content for maximum relevance and usability

Becky Pike Pluth is not your typical speaker. Over the past 18 years, Becky has designed and delivered more than 5,000 interactive webinars on a variety of topics including sales, customer service, train-the-trainer, performance consulting, and virtual presentation skills. Her in-person sessions at Training Magazine and Association for Talent Development conferences have drawn standing-room-only audiences for the last fourteen years. She regularly has more than 2,000 registrants for her free webinars for The Bob Pike Group and Training Magazine Network.

With more than 24 years of experience in training delivery and design and business operations, she has been the owner of The Bob Pike Group for the past eight years. She also is the author of Creative Training: A Train-the-Trainer Field Guide, 101 Movie Clips that Teach and Train and nine other influential books and resources.

In designing these interactive webinar tools, Becky has utilized sustainable change and adult learning principles. These methods are practical, repeatable, and highly effective. A trained educator, Becky expanded into corporate training after completing her master’s degree in teaching and learning. She also is a Certified Speaking Professional through the National Speakers Association