Hi all!
I attended Jenna Whitnall's Onboarding and Upskilling session in Denver this year. Part of her presentation was sharing how helpful a style guide can be for updating and creating new documentation. She discussed how a set font, set headers, rules around colors, images etc. can make a documenting procedure much more efficient - the documents already look branded and presentable before they arrive at someone's desk for review. I'm curious if anyone has a style guide they can share here, as or any tips around creating one. We are in the midst of a documentation project at my organization, and I'm so glad Jenna's wise words have stuck with me!
Thanks,
Kristin
Kristin,
Our Brand Strategy & Marketing department has created a branding guide which is used for all materials - letterhead, flyers, website and TNEW specifying logo colors (primary, secondary, etc.), font and more. There are also colors selected for each season’s performance series that are used in conjunction with our primary logo branding. We even have a standardized email signature.
Hope that helps!
Mike
Hi Kristin!
I found a "Sample Documentation Template" document somewhere in the depths of this website. Attaching it here for you in case it helps!
Sample_Documentation_Template_How_To (1).docx
Our setup is much like Mike's. Our marketing team maintains a branding guide which dictates the coloring, font, etc. of all internal and external communications. Our training team used this to create a template which is used for any training documentation across our organization. It is a read-only copy that can be saved and used to build any SOP.
Great find! This comes from a pop-up skill builder called Writing Documentation for Your Team. There's other resources linked there and a lot of great info in the webinar, too!
Thank you so much! This is a great resource.