101 More Ways to Make Training Active - (Active Training) by Elaine Biech (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

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.

From the Back Cover

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

About the Author

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.