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by Elaine Biech (Author)
Liven up training with new, dynamic strategies for active participation
101 More Ways to Make Training Active brings together a rich, comprehensive collection of training strategies and activities into one easy source. Designed for quick navigation, this useful guide is packed with classroom-ready ideas and twenty "how-to" lists to enliven any learning situation, helping you better engage their trainees and encourage active participation. These techniques are applicable to almost any topic and learning objective, and provide guidance on every aspect of Active Training design and delivery. Each strategy includes recommendations for length of time, number of participants, and other conditional factors, plus a case study that illustrates the strategy in action. Coverage includes topics like communication, change management, coaching, feedback, conflict, diversity, customer service, and more, providing a complete reference for facilitating active training sessions.
Active Training requires the participants to do most of the work. They use their brains, and apply what they've learned. The environment is fast-paced, fun, supportive, and personally engaging, and encourages participants to figure things out for themselves. This book contains specific, practical strategies for bringing this environment to any training session.
- Learn new strategies for stimulating active discussion
- Inspire creativity, innovation, and collaboration
- Teach better decision making, leadership, and self-management
- Make lectures active to encourage more participation
Active training makes training sessions more enjoyable, and as participants invest themselves more heavily into the material, outcomes begin to improve dramatically. This dynamic atmosphere doesn't happen by accident; the activities and the course itself must be designed and delivered in a way that encourages active participation. In 101 More Ways to Make Training Active, you get a toolkit of creative, challenging, and fun ways to make it happen.
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Discover the Secrets to More Effective and More Active Training
With 101 More Ways to Make Training Active as your guide, you can tap into a wealth of practical strategies, activities, and ideas that will help you facilitate any training, in any subject area, in any setting. Well-grounded in the proven Active Training approach, these methods have been created by noted experts, and are designed to capture and keep the attention of learners.
This indispensable resource offers a toolkit of ready-to-use exercises and handy suggestions for organizing, conducting, and delivering active training. Designed to easily identify strategies that hold the most promise for targeted situations, 101 Ways to Make Training Active is filled with illustrative case examples that clearly demonstrate the concepts in action.
Packed with classroom-ready ideas, 101 More Ways to Make Training Active helps better engage trainees and encourage active participation. These techniques are applicable to almost any topic and learning objective, and provide guidance on every aspect of Active Training design and delivery.
Active Training makes training sessions more enjoyable, and as participants invest themselves more heavily into the material, outcomes begin to improve dramatically. This dynamic atmosphere doesn't happen by accident; the activities and the course itself must be designed and delivered in a way that encourages active participation. In 101 More Ways to Make Training Active, you get a wealth of creative, challenging, and fun ways to make it happen.
Authors
Elaine Biech
Lorri Allen
Denis Anderson
Joseph Anzalone
Wendy Axelrod
Halelly Azulay
Jean Barbazette
Chip Bell
Rich Berens
Mark Boccia
Aurora Brito
Tim Buividas
Marlene Caroselli
Chandra Chakravartula
Lily Cheng
Stephen Cohen
Wendy Gates Corbett
Barbara Crockett
Dennis DaRoa
Sharon Dera
Lisa Downs
Meghann Drury-Grogan
Jo Lynn Feinstein
Rob Fletcher
Peter Garber
Diane Gayeski
Barbara Glacel
Joni Goodman
George Limin Gu
Diane Hamilton
Terry Hamm
Mark Isabella
Patricia Johnson
H.B. Karp
Judith Katz
Lorna Kibbey
Wendy and Jim Kirkpatrick
Bette Krakau
Jennifer Labin
Deborah Spring Laurel
Karen Lawson
Lynne Lazaroff
Lynn Lewis
Stewart Liff
Kevin Louiselle
Lauri Luoto
Dawn Mahoney
Mitu Mandal
Marilyn Marles
Renie McClay
Eileen McDargh
Mary McGlynn
Frederick Miller
Christopher Mortenson
Gale Mote
Mohandas Nair
Erica Nelson
Pam Nintrup
Sophie Oberstein
Lisa Owens
Marcus Potter
Kella Price
Annette Pröeschold
Annabelle Reitman
Teri Rounsaville
Lou Russell
Kimberly Seeger
Kathy Shurte
Paul Signorelli
Lori Silverman
Kenneth Stein
Marcia Stokes
Larry Straining
Rachel Stromberg
Linda Swindling
Kris Taylor
Shannon Tipton
Amy Tolbert
Gary Wagenheim
Tara Whittle
Author Biography
ELAINE BIECH is a bestselling author and president of ebb associates inc, a strategic implementation, leadership development, and experiential learning consulting firm that helps organizations work through large-scale change.
