Networking in Person - use a PocketMod picture book!

For all those folks whose job is better shown than described - here's a 4 step process for getting a pocket-size picture book -

1. Gather about 8 pictures of your work
2. Layout in Word (or google docs or acrobat.com) on exactly 8 pages and use Save As PDF
3. Download and run the Windows-only PDF to PocketMod converter from PocketMod.com
4. Print and fold (see the video from Pocketmod.com, embedded after the break)

Now, when you are mingling (say, at a Christmas party) and people ask you what you do, you can pull out a credit-card sized 8 page booklet and show them.

Notes -
I first tried to use PowerPoint to layout everything in landscape, but the PDF to Pocketmod converter changed all the aspect ratios - it expects Portrait - so I found Word to be almost as simple to layout. If you want Landscape oriented pictures, it's easiest to rotate them in your OS first then drag them into Word. If your version of Word doesn't have Save As PDF, you'll have to use gdocs or acrobat.com - they both can download as PDF.

Try to tell your same story that you would otherwise when you are asked what you do, but this time you'll have pictures. If you have to put words in the document, make sure to use a large enough font to be read at 1/8 the size.

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