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 Train the Trainer This proven workshop is for the non-professional trainer who must develop and conduct training sessions on occasion. As jobs change and re-training is needed at an increasing rate, more and more managers and team leaders are being called upon to do training that was formerly done by experienced trainers. This workshop provides even the most experienced staff members with a solid foundation of skills needed to be an effective trainer. Revised edition includes:
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 Are you maximizing every opportunity to connect with participants before, during and after training? This is the key to optimizing the learning experience of every individual – and the focus of these 125 tested and proven-effective activities for trainers. The activities are grouped under five critical points of contact trainers have with participants:
Based on the principles of accelerated and adult learning, the activities have sound objectives. But they are also fun. Some utilize all the senses. Many get participants on their feet and moving around. Others encourage participants to reveal what they already know and apply what they learn. The activities are formatted for easy use with clearly marked objectives, best occasion to use them, group size, estimated time equipment and supplies needed and materials. Many of the activities have ready-to-use handouts.
 This proven workshop is for the non-professional trainer who must develop and conduct training sessions on occasion. As jobs change and re-training is needed at an increasing rate, more and more managers and team leaders are being called upon to do training that was formerly done by experienced trainers. This workshop provides even the most experienced staff members with a solid foundation of skills needed to be an effective trainer. Revised edition includes:
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 Increase your understanding of facilitation and learn interventions and exercises you can use with others. This resource manual provides managers, trainers and consultants a format based on the core skills facilitators need to develop as well as the issues they will face at work.
Use this manual when you need support in dealing with a specific issue at work or when developing your professional skills. It is full of principles and practices that will enable you to get the best out of people. Pages - 202
 Adult Learning Principles is a comprehensive training course exhibiting the highest standards of instructional design. Now you can re-create a course developed at 20 times your cost, using the highest standards of instructional design. All materials are included for the trainer to lead sessions including approaches to accommodate different learning styles and exercises on topics like knowledge retention.
 By Lois B. Hart, Ed.D This instructors manual for the Faultless facilitation program offers 48 in-class learning activities and optional training designs to go with the best-selling Faultless Facilitation Resource Guide. The instructors manual lays out exactly how to plan, run, and evaluate skill-based training for inexperienced facilitators. Faultless Facilitation Resource Guide
 This innovative book is a gold mine of field-tested principles, activities, instruments, and designs. The materials will help you produce high impact training to support performance improvement initiatives for individuals and teams. Everything is reproducible and even customizable using the word processing files provided on disk. More than 60 tools, activities, and designs are included. One look through this fieldbook, and you'll agree that it is the most directly beneficial collection of tools for trainers ever assembled under one cover.
 Activity Manual Select from 75 quick exercises to break down barriers, increase motivation, and provide the best possible start to your training program. Compiled by a team of five trainers with a wide variety of experience, the games represent a rich mixture of styles and an extensive range of approaches. There is an index of activities by objective to help you choose the most appropriate activity for your application and fully reproducible participant materials are included to save you hours of preparation time. Training Objectives
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 Customer Favorite! Add new life to your training programs! Here's a collection of 75 games that will reinvigorate any training session. There is something here for every trainer and every training situation - from light-hearted energizers to thought-provoking closure activi ties. The games are based on current trends in the world of training, so they're sure to be a relevant accompaniment to your current training programs on team building, diversity issues, leadership, change, and more! Training Methods
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 Andy Kirby Use these participative training techniques to rejuvenate, challenge, and motivate participants. This collection of over 145 group games will get participants involved in the learning process and add substance to new or existing programs on any training topic. In addition to providing you with a substantial stock of games, the manual includes an in-depth discussion of the unique dimension that well-presented games add to a training session. It covers proper preparation for the use of games in training, techniques for providing feedback to participants, and methods for choosing a game that is right for your audience and subject matter.
 This title is divided into five sections. Each section has ten exercises designed to stimulate discussion and promote inquiry regarding business ethics. The activities focus on Leadership, Corporate Citizenship, Salesmanship, Management, and Teamwork. Contributing to this collection is a range of trainers from a wide variety of disciplines and locations, including Europe, India, Canada, and a broad cross-section of the United States. Training Objectives
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Time Guidelines: 50 activities vary in length from 15 minutes to 60 minutes.
 This versatile team development tool consists of a series of games for developing team effectiveness. The playing cards represent behavioral characteristics of effective teams and are designed to stimulate thinking and discussion. The cards are divided into four sections of thirteen cards each. Each section covers an essential area of team development and is indicated on each card by an icon in the upper right-hand corner. The four areas of team development are: unity, communication, support, and performance. Card Games for Developing Teams includes discussion games, card sorting and assessment games, acting and artistic games, as well as games involving the implementation of behaviors for team effectiveness. A learning objective is given for each game and activity along with a short summary and the approximate time needed. The simplest and most effective way to use the cards is for group discussion games and activities.
Every informed trainer should have a copy of this thoroughly revised and updated version of the training classic. This sourcebook will keep you up-to-date on current training trends with over 50 of the most important new articles written by leading practitioners in the training field. Also included are over 50 fully reproducible training tools and instruments to save you valuable time in new program development and delivery. Selected Contents Part 1: Readings
This is an essential resource for trainers who want to stay on top of the trends, challenges and issues that can improve their company's productivity and profits. For over 33 years, TRAINING Magazine has presented the thinking of the best and brightest people in the field concerning what it means to do this job, and do it right. The articles in this volume have been selected from back issues with an eye toward providing the reader with both a comprehensive education in the theories and practice of HRD, and plenty of nuts-and-bolts help with specific problems. This invaluable resource includes the best, most timeless advice available to people in the training field. Includes selections on:
 12 Reproducible Instruments for Trainers In this era of rapid change in training methodologies, one of the most powerful tools available to trainers is a vast range of instrumentation focusing on either the individual, team, or organization. The Complete Management Skills Assessment Kit has a special emphasis on the different styles of adult learning. Trainers will become familiar with adult learning theories which will aid them in understanding how each individual prefers to learn. It has become increasingly clear that each employee needs to contribute positively to their own workplace development. This series of management assessments provides trainers with user-friendly materials which can be used in a variety of settings. Also, The Complete Management Skills Assessment Kit is fully reproducible saving trainers time and money. Contents
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