Printed Directories are still the best way for your members to quickly find people within your organization, and a great way to generate revenue from supporting advertisers.
- Professional and Trade Associations
- Organizations and Clubs
- Schools (elementary, middle, high school)
- Alumni Groups
5 Fantastic Reasons to Produce a Printed Directory
- Finding people is fast and easy.
Nothing compares to the ease of pulling out a Printed Directory to help your members find the contact they need. Online directories are a nice benefit, but many members still prefer the hands-on directory versus logging onto the directory online (opening a browser, finding your site, locating the directory... 10 clicks plus remembering a password!).
- The Printed Directory lets your members mark important contacts and add notes.
Printed Directories can include plenty of room to take notes, making your directory a valuable resource that your members depend on.
- Sponsors love the advertising opportunities.
Because your directory stays with your members all year long, you create an attractive advertising opportunity for your organization's sponsors.
- Members love the hands-on member benefit.
We've heard of member rebellions when organizations take away the Printed Directories. Your members love when their directory arrives - it's a tangible, solid benefit of their involvement in your organization.
- Printed Directories can highlight your organization's best benefits.
Your Printed Directory can emphasize other member benefits and programs - a perfect way to keep your organization's best products and services at your members' fingertips all year!
Create Your Printed Directory
- Most directories are full size (8.5 x 11) or half size (5.5 x 8.5) with a mix of color (for advertiser or photo pages) and black ink for the different listings. They are usually bound by saddle stitch or plastic coil.
- Listings include a main alphabetical index of members. Many directories also group members by location and specialty. The listings are usually organized into two to five columns per page, depending on the book size.
- To make finding information easy, Omnipress uses descriptive headers/footers, bleed or index tabs, page dividers, page numbers and indices.
Preparation of your Printed Directory
Omnipress can manage these tasks for you before we print your directory. Simply provide us with the database in spreadsheet format, other material you'd like included and your vision of the final product (perhaps another sample directory or last year's Printed Directory). Or you can provide us with a PDF of the directory you've compiled, and we'll take care of the printing.
Printing and Distribution of Directories
Omnipress prints Directories of all sizes and shapes. From 5,000 copies of a 300-page association directory to 50 copies of a 20-page directory for a community church, we can meet your budget, your timeline and your needs - even if you simply need a single book! We'll send you a PDF and a hard copy of the directory for a final look, and we can mail the directories directly to your individual members or in bulk to your office.
Member Directories for Associations
Directories for associations allow members to quickly find information about other members (address, phone, accreditations, specialties, regions, etc.). It also is a direct channel for advertisers to promote their brands to potential buyers of their products and services.
With our "From Prep to Print" services, Omnipress takes the time-consuming, frustrating prep work out of the hands of your busy association staff. We can even help collect the advertisements from the vendors.
With our "From Prep to Print" services, Omnipress takes the time-consuming, frustrating prep work out of the hands of your busy association staff. We can even help collect the advertisements from the vendors.
School Directories
School directories provide parents with useful information for finding other parents in their district as well as to aide parents when planning events (e.g., birthday parties) or contacting other parents for other collaboration opportunities.
School directories are usually coordinated by members / parents on the PTO (Parent Teacher Organization).
They contain basic contact info for:
School directories are usually coordinated by members / parents on the PTO (Parent Teacher Organization).
They contain basic contact info for:
- Students and their parents
- School teacher and staff
- Class lists
