Handouts Guide

ImpactMojo offers 400+ free, downloadable handouts — concise reference materials you can use in workshops, classrooms, self-study, or team training sessions. Think of them as the companion notes you wish every training came with.

This guide covers how to find, use, print, and adapt handouts for your work.

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What Are Handouts?

Handouts are short, focused reference pages — each one covering a single concept, framework, method, or tool. They're designed to be practical: something a participant can take away from a session and actually use the next day.

Unlike full courses (which walk you through topics step by step), handouts are quick-reference materials. They work well as:

• Pre-reading before a training session

• Takeaway materials after a workshop

• Desk references for daily work

• Teaching aids for university lectures or NGO capacity-building

All handouts are free. No login required.

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What Topics Do Handouts Cover?

Handouts are organized across ImpactMojo's 6 learning tracks, plus a set of cross-cutting resources that span multiple areas.

The 6 Learning Tracks

Track	What it covers	Example handouts
Data & Technology	Data literacy, digital tools, data visualization, coding basics	"Reading a dataset," "Choosing the right chart type"
Gender Equity & Inclusion	Gender analysis, WEE frameworks, intersectionality, data feminism	"Gender-responsive indicators," "Care economy basics"
Policy & Economics	Development economics, political economy, fundraising, public finance	"Reading a budget document," "Cost-benefit analysis in 10 steps"
MEL (Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning)	Evaluation design, indicator frameworks, data collection, learning systems	"Theory of change template," "Qualitative sampling methods"
Philosophy, Law & Governance	Constitutional frameworks, rights-based approaches, decolonization, ethics	"Governance assessment checklist," "Ethical review basics"
Health, Communication & Wellbeing	Public health, behaviour change, SEL, climate resilience, livelihoods	"BCC campaign design steps," "Health indicator quick reference"

Cross-Cutting Resources

Some handouts don't fit neatly into one track — they're useful across all of them. These include facilitation guides, research methodology primers, writing and reporting templates, and general professional development materials.

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How to Find Handouts

Browse on the Handouts Page

Visit the Handouts section on impactmojo.in. You'll see handouts organized by category. Scroll through to explore what's available.

Search

Use the search bar on the handouts page to find materials on a specific topic. Try searching for keywords like "theory of change," "gender," "sampling," or "indicators." The search looks at handout titles and descriptions.

Browse by Category

Each learning track has its own section. If you know your area of interest — say, MEL or health communication — you can go straight to that category and browse everything available.

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How to Use Handouts

Handouts are designed to be flexible. Here are the most common ways educators and practitioners use them:

In Workshops and Trainings

• Before the session: Share 1–2 handouts as pre-reading so participants arrive with a shared vocabulary. This is especially useful for mixed groups where some participants have more experience than others.

• During the session: Display a handout on screen as a reference while you facilitate a discussion or activity.

• After the session: Distribute handouts as takeaway materials. Participants can review key concepts at their own pace.

In University Classrooms

• Assign handouts as supplementary reading alongside textbook chapters

• Use them as the basis for tutorial discussions

• Ask students to compare a handout's framework with their own field observations

For Self-Study

Working through a topic on your own? Handouts give you the essentials without requiring you to complete an entire course. Start with the handout, and if you want to go deeper, follow the links to the related course or DevDiscourses reading.

For Team Capacity-Building

Running a learning circle or brown bag lunch at your organization? Pick a handout, share it with the group in advance, and use it as a discussion starter. Twenty minutes of focused conversation around a good handout can be more valuable than a full-day training.

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How to Print Handouts

Every handout is a web page, which means you can print it directly from your browser.

Step-by-Step

1. Open the handout in your web browser

2. Press Ctrl+P (on Windows or Linux) or Cmd+P (on Mac) to open the print dialog

3. Choose "Save as PDF" as the destination if you want a digital copy to share or print later

4. Click Print or Save

For Best Results

• Use Chrome or Edge — these browsers handle web page printing most reliably

• Set margins to "Minimum" in the print settings for a cleaner layout

• Check "Background graphics" if you want styled elements (shaded boxes, coloured headers) to appear in the printout

• Orientation: Most handouts work well in portrait mode, but if a handout has wide tables, try landscape

Printing in Low-Resource Settings

We designed handouts knowing they'd be printed in field offices, government training rooms, and university departments where colour printers aren't always available.

• Black and white works fine. All critical information is in the text, not in colours or graphics.

• Single-sided printing is perfectly adequate — don't worry about duplex settings if your printer doesn't support it.

• Paper size: Handouts are designed for A4 but print well on Letter size too.

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How to Use Handouts Offline

If you're heading to a location with unreliable internet — a rural field site, a community centre, a government training hall — you can save handouts for offline access.

Save a Web Page

1. Open the handout in your browser

2. Press Ctrl+S (Windows/Linux) or Cmd+S (Mac)

3. Choose "Webpage, Complete" to save the page with all its formatting

4. The saved file will open in any browser, even without internet

Save as PDF

Use the print method above (Ctrl+P, then "Save as PDF") to create a PDF you can store on your phone, laptop, or USB drive and share with others.

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File Formats

Most handouts are HTML pages — the standard format for web content. They open in any browser on any device.

Some handouts in data-focused tracks also include:

• Excel templates (.xlsx) — for data collection tools, indicator tracking sheets, and budget templates

• Python and R scripts — for the Data & Technology track, where handouts sometimes include code you can run

These supplementary files are clearly marked and available for download alongside the main handout.

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Adapting Handouts for Your Context

ImpactMojo content is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, which means you can share it freely but cannot modify the content itself or use it commercially. (See the glossary for more on what this license means.)

That said, there's a lot you can do around a handout without changing it:

• Build a workshop agenda that uses handouts as session materials

• Create companion exercises that reference the handout's frameworks and apply them to your local context

• Translate informally for group discussion — read through a handout together and discuss it in your working language

• Combine handouts into a curated reading packet for a multi-day training

• Write your own discussion questions or reflection prompts that connect the handout to participants' experience

If you need content adapted for a specific purpose, reach out to the ImpactMojo team — we're always interested in partnership opportunities.

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Tips for Facilitators: Pairing Handouts with Courses

If you're using ImpactMojo courses as the backbone of a training programme, handouts make excellent companion materials. Here are some suggested pairings:

If you're teaching...	Pair with handouts on...
MEL for Development (flagship course)	Theory of change templates, indicator frameworks, sampling methods, data quality checklists
Development Economics	Budget analysis, cost-benefit basics, market assessment tools
Gender Analysis	Gender-responsive indicators, intersectionality frameworks, WEE measurement
Research Methods	Literature review guides, qualitative coding, survey design checklists
Data Literacy	Chart selection guides, dataset reading guides, basic statistics reference
Public Health	Health indicator references, BCC campaign planning, community health assessment

A Few General Tips

• Don't overwhelm participants. One or two handouts per session is usually the right amount. If you're running a five-day training, curate a packet of 8–10 handouts rather than handing out 30.

• Let handouts do the heavy lifting on definitions. Instead of spending 20 minutes defining terms in your session, share a handout in advance and use session time for discussion and application.

• Use handouts as equity tools. When some participants have stronger backgrounds than others, handouts help level the playing field by giving everyone the same reference material.

• Revisit handouts. Encourage participants to come back to handouts weeks or months after a training. The best reference materials are the ones people actually keep.

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Questions?

If you can't find a handout on a topic you need, or if you'd like to suggest new handout topics, visit impactmojo.in and get in touch. We're building this library based on what practitioners actually need.