Terrific Training Materials: High Impact Graphic Designs for Workbooks, Handouts, Instructor Guides, and Job Aids [Paperback]

Darlene Frank (Author, Designer), Mary George (Editor), Heather Havrilesky and Elizabeth Swenson (Designer), Eileen Klockars (Designer)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1996

Learn how to incorporate the power of more effective graphic design in your manuals, handouts, and job aids. This unique new resource will help you improve the visual appeal and effectiveness of your printed materials through the use of graphic design techniques. Whether you're designing a one-page handout or a 200 page leader's guide, this book is a rich resource you can turn to for layout ideas and advice.

A resource section includes 34 ready-to-use design layouts for workbooks, handouts, instructor guides, and job aids. All the specifications are included so you can quickly and easily reproduce these proven graphic designs in your own training materials.

Editorial Reviews

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Terrific Training Materials: High Impact Graphic Designs is "must" reading for anyone involved in the preparation of effective written materials for training manuals, documentation, product information, news releases, publicity materials, workbooks, etc. Readers will learn how to dramatically improve the communication quality of their printouts, flyers, manuals, etc. through the power of good graphic design. Terrific Training Materials shows how, through dozens of ready-to-use examples, how to add visual interest and training impact to texts. Terrific Training Materials is ideal for desktop publishing projects and the independent publisher or writer will quickly be producing more attractive and effective publications from simple publicity releases to catalogs to books. Over thirty ready-to-use design specifications are included. Terrific Training Materials is essential for anyone just starting out, and a useful reference for even the most experienced writers and publishers. -- Midwest Book Review

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Human Resource Development Pr; 1st edition (June 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0874253152
• ISBN-13: 978-0874253153
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #888,929 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, July 24, 2006

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This review is from: Terrific Training Materials: High Impact Graphic Designs for Workbooks, Handouts, Instructor Guides, and Job Aids (Paperback)

If you're like me, you know what you want to write but have to visualize how you should write it. This book is a great guide on how to visualize and create great documents and training materials and I'm truly grateful to the author for writing it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to Understand, October 18, 2007

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Faith "Faith" (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Terrific Training Materials: High Impact Graphic Designs for Workbooks, Handouts, Instructor Guides, and Job Aids (Paperback)

This is written for people writing adult training material...but I would recommend it for anyone who is new to page layout and publishing, and wants to get an introduction to "the basics."

This book is easy to read and understand. It practices what it preaches--a straightforward layout with clear examples of what to do and what not to do.

Once I started using the ideas in this book, my page layout moved to a whole new level. I started getting compliments left and right...people thought that the content had improved, but it was the page design.

I bought several other training books at the same time, but this is the one I turn to again and again.

Frank includes suggested layouts that are easily copied into MS Word. She also includes consistency checklists to help you create an overall design for your publication.

Advanced users may wish that she discussed color and use of photographs. She also did not discuss material to be viewed online. I feel that those two elements really add to modern training. However, as a primer this is excellent.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Only for new people in the field., April 8, 2008

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Kim (CA) - See all my reviews

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The materials were good ideas if you have no experience in training or educating people. If a person has any experience at all, it would be better to find a text that gives more, and also comes with a CD so you can implement the ideas easily and quickly.