The Big Book of Flip Charts [Paperback]

Robert Lucas (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 26, 1999 | Series: Big Book Series

With all the razzle-dazzle technology around, there’s still no more lively, informative, and audience-friendly way to make an impact than with flip charts. But using flip charts well is a skill. Here’s a book that provides you with the proven techniques that will make you shine. You’ll learn the basic design principles and artistic "tricks of the trade" that give a flip chart a professional look: Selecting and arranging lettering that makes an impact all the way to the back of the room … Transporting and setting up flip charts … Arranging the presentation room … Finding the best, most dependable equipment--including easels, paper, masking tape, and markers … Jazzing up your flip chart with "ready-to-copy" graphics … Devising flip chart activities that lead to brainstorming and team problem-solving. Soon, even the least artistic presenter will know how to develop pro-level flip charts that can make every presentation come alive.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"THE BIG BOOK OF FLIP CHARTS: A Comprehensive Guide for Presenters, Trainers, and Team Facilitators. By ROBERT WILLIAM LUCAS.

"If you use flip charts, this is the new reference of choice. Lucas covers everything from design and drawing to presentation skills and flip chart-based activities. Plus, it's $5 cheaper than the only other book available on the subject." (Training Magazine, November 1999 (Lakewood Publications)) -- Training Magazine, November 1999

From the Back Cover

Make all your presentations come alive through the masterful use of flip charts! Despite all the razzle-dazzle technology around, there’s still no more lively, informative, and audience-friendly way to make an impact than with flip charts. But using flip charts well is a skill that must be developed. In this comprehensive handbook, professional trainer and communications expert Robert Lucas explains the basic design principles and techniques that professionals use to make impressive flip charts—the simple "tricks of the trade" that make an impact all the way to the back of the room. In addition to tips on drawing and displaying great-looking flip charts, Lucas explains how flip charts can make you a better facilitator. Over two dozen creative flip-chart-based group activities are included to help you lead a brainstorming, teambuilding, or problem-solving session. Each activity uses flip charts to draw out the best ideas and creative thinking from your group. For presenters who want to jazz up their "text only" flip charts, but don’t know how to draw, dozens of ready-to-copy flip chart graphics, icons, and templates make it easy to create something special with minimal effort. You’ll learn how to use lettering in an attractive and impactful way; understand spacing, use color and creative fonts. The Big Book of Flip Charts is the ultimate reference guide for flipcharts, covering not just writing and displaying techniques but layout and graphics, as well as flip chart facilitation activities.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (August 26, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071343113
• ISBN-13: 978-0071343114
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #272,693 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Robert (Bob) W. Lucas, B.S., M.A., M.A., CPLP

Bob Lucas is a founding Managing Partner for Global Performance Strategies, LLC --- an organization specializing in workplace performance-based training and consulting services and has over three decades of experience in human resources development, management and customer service in a variety of organizational environments. He is also the 2011 President of the Central Florida Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD); a position he held in 1995. Bob has lived, traveled and worked in nineteen different countries. His experience gives him a real-world perspective on the application of theory he has studied and used.

In addition to having the top selling customer service textbook in the United States with McGraw-Hill, Bob has written and contributed to thirty-one other books and compilations. For the past seventeen years, he has also shared his knowledge with workplace professionals from organizations such as Walt Disney World, SeaWorld, Martin Marietta, and Wachovia Bank in the Webster University Master of Arts program in Orlando, Florida. In addition, he has provided consulting and training services to numerous major organizations on a variety of workplace learning topics, such as customer service, presentation skills, creative training and management program development, train-the-trainer, interpersonal communication, adult learning, diversity, team building, and employee and organizational development. Bob regularly gives regular presentations to various local and national groups and organizations, such as, ASTD and the International Alliance for Learning.

Listed in the Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the South & Southeast,
Bob is also an avid writer. His publications include:
-Please Every Customer: Delivering Stellar Customer Service across Cultures
-Energize Your Training: Creative Techniques to
Engage Learners
-Customer Service Skills for Success
-Training Workshop Essentials: Designing,
Developing and Delivering Learning Events That
Get Results
-Creative Learning: Activities and Games That
REALLY Engage People
-People Strategies for Trainers: 176 Tips &
Techniques for Dealing with Difficult Classroom
Situations
-The Creative Training Idea Book: Inspired Tips &
Techniques for Engaging and Effective Learning
-The BIG Book of Flip Charts
-How to be a Great Call Center Representative
-Customer Service Skills & Concepts for Success
-Customer Service: Building Successful Skills for the
21st Century
-Job Strategies for New Employees
-Communicating One-to-One: Making the Most of
Interpersonal Relationships
-Coaching Skills: A Guide for Supervisors
-Effective Interpersonal Relationships
-Training Skills for Supervisors
-Customer Service: Skills and Concepts for Business.

Additionally, Bob has been a contributing author for the Annual: Developing Human Resources series by Pfeiffer & Company since 1992 and several compilation works by other publishers. From 1991-2010 he taught a variety of topics at the Masters level at Webster University and several other institutions of higher learning.

Bob has earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Law Enforcement from the University of Maryland, a M.A degree with a focus in Human Resources Development from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and a second M.A. degree in Management and Leadership from Webster University in Orlando, Florida.

Contact Information:
Bob Lucas
[phone]
[e-mail]
http://www.globalperformancestrategies.com

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Resource for Dynamic Flip Charts!, April 6, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Big Book of Flip Charts (Paperback)

'The Big Book of Flip Charts' is absolutely a great resource for preparing interest catching, energizing flip charts. I have been a trainer for 10 years and I can't wait to try some of the ideas. I especially like the information on group facilitation which will enhance the following modules we are delivering: Supervisory Skills, Teambuilding, Participative Decision Making, and Visioning.

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to read and comprehensive, July 1, 2000

By 

Jeremy Philips (Jacksonville, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Big Book of Flip Charts (Paperback)

I bought this book expecting to get a couple new ideas...boy was I surp rised. I got dozens of new tips that I'd never seen anywhere else. This guy knows his stuff related to flip charts!I'd highly recommend it to new and seasoned trainers and presenters.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best one there is, March 7, 2002

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Layla Halabi (Dubai - UAE) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Big Book of Flip Charts (Paperback)

Don't even consider any other flip chart book, they don't come close. This one has it all.. designing flip charts, arranging them, writing them, making them visually interesting. Tons of useful and helpful information.

This book, together with Picture's Worth 1,000 Words: A Workbook for Visual Communications by Jean Westcott and Jennifer Hammond Landau are all you need to become an effective visual communicator, even if you can't draw anything! If you think you're just not good with flip charts, buy these two and prepare to amaze yourself with the transformation!