1

Put the flip chart at the BACK of the room. Then write your presentation's bullet points on it so that you can read them from the front. This can then be a prompt when you are talking and it will make you look much better than using notes or prompt cards. In a meeting room no-one will take any notice of a flip chart at the back because they are so common.

2

Take the flip chart pad off the easel and lay it flat on the centre of a meeting room table. Provide everyone in the room with a flip chart pen and encourage them to scribble their ideas and thoughts on the page. You will then have a set of meeting notes that have been jointly produced.

3

In a large conference put flip charts throughout the auditorium. Encourage people to write down their questions on the pages during breaks. You can collect these questions, sort through them and organise a useful Q&A session. This is better than asking people to stand up and ask questions, which can be haphazard at best.

4

Prepare a flip chart pad with a motivational quote on each page; or put a daily target on each page. Then put the chart in your reception, or the entrance to your office and turn it to a new page each day. It will look much more spontaneous than posters or pictures and could therefore have much more impact on your staff.

5

Leave a flip chart in your coffee lounge, canteen or by the photocopier. Ask staff to use it as a repository for any ideas they have for the business. It will be a large public suggestion box where people can see what others have suggested and make comments - a sort of paper-based chat room!