How to Write a Brochure About Yourself

Writing a brochure about yourself is an excellent way to present your job experience to a potential employer, inform the public about your work as an artist, writer or musician, or simply introduce you to new co-workers. Microsoft Publisher provides you with an easy way to write and design such a brochure, with many options for personalization.

Instructions

What to Include

1. First determine the purpose of your brochure. What information do you want to present to potential readers?

2. Decide on a design. Choose a professional design if you are trying to stress your work experience, or a more whimsical design to fit a more personal application. Publisher has lots of templates to help you in this endeavor, which we will discuss later.

3. Make the brochure colorful and easy to read and follow. A good design will attract more attention.

4. Make your purpose clear on the cover of the brochure. Your text and layout should make it obvious what the brochure is about.

5. When devising the interior, include information that is clear, concise and sticks to your purpose.

6. Use bullets, headings and subheadings when crafting the information for your brochure. This will make it easier to read.

7. Include a photograph of yourself. Since you are the focus of the brochure (in at least some capacity), readers will want to see what you look like.

8. List your contact information. To be safe, it might be a good idea to limit that information to your email address or website. If you list your phone number, there's no way of knowing who could end up with it.

9. Follow the steps below to use Publisher to lay out your brochure.

Use Brochure Templates in Microsoft Publisher

1. Once you’ve opened Publisher, go to File and choose "New." A box will appear at the left side of the screen.

2. Click the arrow next to "Publications for Print." A list of publication types will appear.

3. Choose "Brochures." Several brochure templates will be displayed.

4. Select a brochure template that best fits your purpose or theme.

5. Double-click on the template and it will open on your screen. You can also choose whether you want a three- or four-panel brochure.

6. Adjust the colors and fonts as you like.

7. Type in your information in the predetermined text boxes of the template. Publisher is pretty flexible and will let you move information, even though you;re working with a template.