The Training Managers Quick Tip Sourcebook

The Training Manager's Quick-Tip Sourcebook is a comprehensive guide that distills the best thinking and planning from experts in the field of training and development. This handy resource offers you proven solutions to a variety of training challenges, including quick steps for taking the pulse of your training programs, analyzing training costs, and identifying return on investment pitfalls. In addition, the book contains easy-to-use tools and strategies that tell you how to * Build a solid training business plan * Sell your training plan to management * Conduct a quick and accurate needs assessment * Compute training costs and ROI * Understand and use e-learning in the most appropriate way * Translate training into performance improvement * Expand your training department's reach in thoughtful and innovative ways

The Training Manager's Quick-Tip Sourcebook is a comprehensive guide that distills the best thinking and planning from experts in the field of training and development. This handy resource offers you proven solutions to a variety of training challenges, including quick steps for taking the pulse of your training programs, analyzing training costs, and identifying return on investment pitfalls. In addition, the book contains easy-to-use tools and strategies that tell you how to * Build a solid training business plan * Sell your training plan to management * Conduct a quick and accurate needs assessment * Compute training costs and ROI * Understand and use e-learning in the most appropriate way * Translate training into performance improvement * Expand your training department's reach in thoughtful and innovative ways

Answers the three key questions for new trainers: What does a trainer do and why? How can the skills be developed quickly? How does a trainer apply knowledge? Trainer Basics provides a clear, concise explanation of the training function. Veteran trainer, George M. Piskurich, explains the basics of instructional design, adult learning, needs analysis, evaluation, presenting, and facilitation. It is a great tool for training beginning practitioners and subject matter experts new to the training field.

Included are 50 of the most important articles written by leading practitioners in the training field. Also includes over 50 fully reproducible training tools and instruments that will save you valuable time in new program development and delivery

This guide, in a workbook format, presents information on how a manager at an institution of higher education can plan, present, and follow up on training programs designed to yield competent employees. Stressed throughout are the four steps of training: (1) defining the job (position analysis); (2) planning the training; (3) presenting the training; and (4) evaluating the training. Other topics covered include determining program objectives, selecting qualified trainers, designing an orientation checklist, the reasons why training is important, the value of training to managers, and employee benefits from training. Many worksheets allow the trainee to actively evaluate him/herself, identify objectives, and develop programs. (Contains a list of 10 suggested resources.) (DB)

In today's fast-changing work world, employees constantly need to learn new skills. At the same time, training budgets are shrinking. Who's left to do the training? Whether it's a quick software demonstration or a two-day seminar, it's often managers, supervisors, and team leaders who must provide this ""training-to-go."" This concise guide focuses solely on the critical elements of training, soreaders can become ""overnight"" trainers. Filled with many real-world examples, the book presents dozens of field-tested tools for immediate use, including: * 8 key steps to effective training * 16 learning principles * how to select media and delivery methods * formats for training materials * how to develop experiential exercises * a training program checklist * effective presentation steps * common behavior problems * 13 facts about how to ask questions * 10 ways to interact with learners * how learners can keep learning after the training." "

Learn everything you need to know as a leader about training -- and how to use it to get results. If you re not satisfied with current levels of performance and want to turn training into a major contributor to the bottom line, this pocket-size guide will be invaluable