Ask HN: Web-design resources/tutorials for a non-techie friend?

Hey HN, my friend is an aerial director at a non-profit organization and has the opportunity for a great promotion. His duties would then include updating the website and maybe running a social media campaign.

Do you have any ideas where I could point him to get started? Are those "... for dummies" books any good? He's really clever and can find his way around the internet and computers, so something challenging but worthwhile is probably okay.

I really don't know what would work best. As a scientist I'd start by explaining how computers can send information to one another and what a webserver is, but that's probably overkill. Then again I don't want to give him an instruction manual for dreamweaver or a book about "HTML/CSS".

I'd love to hear some thoughts on this. Thanks!