Many years ago I was part of a debating team where I quickly learned a mess of indecipherable notes was useless.
When I became a teacher much later I had to teach my students how to make good cue cards for similar reasons. Their scraps of paper filled with the entire text of their speech written in teensy-tiny handwriting were about as much use a chocolate teapot. None.
This page: how to make and use cue cards has step by step guidelines covering:
the materials required
the layout and 10 features of a good cue card
how to write up cue cards - the 3 step process to get from a speech outline to cue cards that work the way you need them to
how to rehearse with them
I hope it’s useful to you.
Happy teaching, happy speaking,
Susan