Training For Dummies

Tackle training and development the fun and easy way so you can share your specialized knowledge with others

Millions of Americans train others as part of their jobs. Whether you're an employee training your co-workers on a new process or skill, a volunteer asked to train new volunteers, a chef training your staff, or a paramedic giving CPR training, it's just as important to know how to teach others as it is to know what you're talking about. It doesn't matter how much you know about your subject if you can't share it with others. And that's where Training For Dummies comes in--it offers all the nuts and bolts of training for anyone who has to educate others on any subject and in any field--and it's written in plain English.

Covering all the modern, interactive instructional methods and dynamic training approaches available, this hands-on guide will help you inspire trainees and keep them engaged throughout the training program.You'll discover:

• How to master the jargon of training

• The keys to using audio and visual aids effectively

• How to prepare for the training certification process

• Helpful ways to evaluate your results and improve your tactics

• Tips, techniques, and tidbits for enhancing your training sessions

• Methods that improve trainee participation

• Alternatives to the traditional lecture method

• Tactics for gauging and managing group dynamics

• Strategies for addressing problems in the classroom

• Hints for understanding and adapting to different learning styles

• Resources and other extra material you can immediately use

The book has a part dedicated to the training profession, so if you're interested in becoming a professional trainer, you'll learn how to upgrade your skills and knowledge and what the trainer certification process entails. You'll also gain a perspective on other aspects of the field of training.

Additionally, Training For Dummies shows you ways to inject humor into your training sessions, ideas for saving time in the training room, and icebreakers that actually break the ice. Get your own copy to start flexing your training muscle today.

Auteur
Elaine Biech, known as "the trainer's trainer," is President and Managing Principal of ebb associates inc, a strategic implementation, leadership development, and experiential learning consulting firm.

Résumé

Tackle training and development the fun and easy way so you can share your specialized knowledge with others

Millions of Americans train others as part of their jobs. Whether you’re an employee training your co-workers on a new process or skill, a volunteer asked to train new volunteers, a chef training your staff, or a paramedic giving CPR training, it’s just as important to know how to teach others as it is to know what you’re talking about. It doesn’t matter how much you know about your subject if you can’t share it with others. And that’s where Training For Dummies comes in—it offers all the nuts and bolts of training for anyone who has to educate others on any subject and in any field—and it’s written in plain English.

Covering all the modern, interactive instructional methods and dynamic training approaches available, this hands-on guide will help you inspire trainees and keep them engaged throughout the training program.You’ll discover:

• How to master the jargon of training
• The keys to using audio and visual aids effectively
• How to prepare for the training certification process
• Helpful ways to evaluate your results and improve your tactics
• Tips, techniques, and tidbits for enhancing your training sessions
• Methods that improve trainee participation
• Alternatives to the traditional lecture method
• Tactics for gauging and managing group dynamics
• Strategies for addressing problems in the classroom
• Hints for understanding and adapting to different learning styles
• Resources and other extra material you can immediately use
  The book has a part dedicated to the training profession, so if you’re interested in becoming a professional trainer, you’ll learn how to upgrade your skills and knowledge and what the trainer certification process entails. You’ll also gain a perspective on other aspects of the field of training. &...

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Introduction 1

Part I: So You’re Going to Be a Trainer! 5

Chapter 1: What’s a Trainer? 7

What is Training? 8

What forms does training take? 8

Why is training necessary? 9

Is training just for business? 12

What Do Trainers Do? 12

Assessing your training potential 13

Take stock of your skills 14

Your self-assessment 18

How do you become a trainer? 19

A Day in the Life of a Trainer 20

Do You Have What It Takes? 21

Chapter 2: Why Adults Learn 25

Adult Learning Theory 25

Who is Malcolm Knowles? 26

Applying adult learning theory to training 27

How Do People Learn? 28

Three types of learning: KSAs 30

Other considerations for learning 30

Helping Adults Learn in the Classroom 32

Create a safe haven for learning 33

Create a comfortable environment 33

Encourage participation 36

Facilitate more than you lecture 36

One Last Note: Who’s Who and What’s What 36

Who’s who? 37

What’s what? 37

Chapter 3: The Training Cycle 39

The Training Cycle: An Overview 39

Assess and analyze needs 40

Develop learning objectives 41

Design and develop the program 42

Implement the design 42

Evaluate performance 43

Training Jargon 43

Learning and The Training Cycle 45

Variety and flexibility 45

Conditions of learning 46

Part II: Designing the Best Darn Training in the World 47

Chapter 4: Assessing Needs and Developing Learning Objectives 49

Conducting Needs Assessments 49

The why, how, who, and when of needs assessment 50

Is it training? 56

If your time is limited 57

Writing Objectives 59

What objectives should do 59

Task analysis 62

Chapter 5: Developing the Training Design 65

How Do I Begin? 67

Designing a Dynamic Opening 70

All about icebreakers 70

What else will your participants expect in your design? 73

Designing the Body to Ensure Learning Occurs 74

Lectures 75

Countless alternatives to lecture 77

Selecting activities 83

Adding Zest with Visuals 87

Knowing why you need visuals 87

Creating effective visuals 88

Designing a Finale That Brings Closure 92

Ensuring that expectations were met 92

Providing a shared group experience 92

Evaluating the learning experience 93

Requesting feedback and suggestions 93

Accomplishments and commitment to action 93

Sending them off with an encouraging word 94

Pulling It All Together 95

Factors that affect a design 96

Strategies for a good design 97

Developing materials 98

Chapter 6: Using Off-the-Shelf Training 101

The Art of Selecting Off-the-Shelf Training 101

Make or buy? That’s the question! 102

What should you know before you buy? 103

How can you make sure off-the-shelf training meets your needs? 104

Molding It to Meet Your Needs 105

Adapting the design 105

Off the shelf, out of the can 105

Adding Creativity to Training 106

Chapter 7: Being Prepared to Succeed 109

Preparing Your Training Environment 109

Know when, where, what, who 110

Room arrangements 110

Equipment and visuals 114

Preparing Your Participants 118 …