Beyond the Podium: Delivering Training and Performance to a Digital World [Paperback]

Allison Rossett (Author), Kendra Sheldon (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0787955264 | ISBN-13: 978-0787955267 | Publication Date: May 23, 2001 | Edition: 1

Are you up to speed on the new directions in training and development?

The digital age is infiltrating the training profession faster than most of us can stay breast of it. Beyond the Podium, winner of the ISPI Book Award, will get you up to speed while also refreshing your understanding of the fundamentals. With a focus on the questions you're asking, Rossett and Sheldon open your eyes to the possibilities that are emerging--or already exist--as organizations move into new technologies and performance improvement. They examine the opportunities presented by e-learning, informal learning, independent learning, knowledge management, globalization, object-oriented design, wireless technologies, and more; while revisiting what makes great training, how to do an analysis, and evaluation strategies and tools.

In Beyond the Podium, Rossett and Sheldon redefine the nature and function of training and trainers as they offer:
* A tour of the possibilities
* A guide to professional development
* A focus on the questions you and others have
* A wealth of featured interviews with experts in the field
* Varied and rich examples


Beyond the Podium will challenge, teach, excite, and inspire you. Most importantly, it will help you envision and build for the future--and get there fast!

Visit the web site that accompanies this book and discover the elements of effective training, what other trainers are talking about, and much more!

Editorial Reviews

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"Whether you are new to the training field or an old hand, Beyond the Podium points you to the future with a readable, succinct summary of the main forces shaping our profession today." --Ruth Colvin Clark, Clark Training and Consulting

"There are those who say corporate training is dead. Rossett says otherwise, providing a view of an ever-expanding field, full of opportunities." --Marc Rosenberg, principal, DaimondCluster International, and author of E-Learning: Strategies for Delivering Knowledge in the Digital Age

"The training world is undergoing unprecedented change, and trainers are both the drivers and the targets of this change. . . . This book provides a unique 'trainer's eye view' of what's needed to transform both a personal career and an entire training organization." --Roy Foshay, corporate vice president, Instructional Design and Cognitive Learning, PLATO Learning, Inc.

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"Whether you are new to the training field or an old hand, Beyond the Podium points you to the future with a readable, succinct summary of the main forces shaping our profession today."
—Ruth Colvin Clark, Clark Training and Consulting

"There are those who say corporate training is dead. Rossett says otherwise, providing a view of an expanding field, full of opportunities."
—Marc Rosenberg, principal, DiamondCluster International, and author of E-Learning

"The training world is undergoing unprecedented change, and trainers are both the drivers and the targets of this change...This book provides a unique 'trainer's-eye-view' of what is needed to transform both a personal career and an entire training organization."
—Rob Foshay, corporate vice president, Instructional Design and Cognitive Learning, PLATO Learning, Inc.

"This is most engaging, clear, useful, and insightful book on the future of training that I've seen. I'll use it in my client workshops and graduate courses as a top resource for practical explanations about new professional models for the training field."
—Diane Gayeski, Ph.D.,Professor, Ithaca College and Principal, Gayeski Analytics

"A practical, eminently readable book for real performance warriors — those who live in the trenches trying to integrate learning and performance strategy, timelines, budgets, systems, cross-organizational alliances, changing sponsorship, and impatient customers. The examples, Q&A, and references will prove invaluable as a resource for envisioning solutions that move from individual to organizational learning."
—Leigh A. Kelleher, Partner, Deloitte Consulting, Global Learning Leader

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Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Pfeiffer; 1 edition (May 23, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787955264
• ISBN-13: 978-0787955267
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 0.8 x 9.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #809,045 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dr. Allison Rossett, long time Professor of Educational Technology at San Diego State University, is in the Training magazine HRD Hall of Fame, was recently a member of the ASTD International Board of Directors, and was honored by selection as an ISPI Member-for-Life. Recipient of ASTD's recognition for lifelong contributions to workplace learning and performance and designated a 2008 LEGEND, Allison co-authored Job Aids and Performance Support: Moving from Knowledge in the Classroom to Knowledge Everywhere in 2007. In 2009, she released a new edition of her classic First Things Fast: A Handbook for Performance Analysis. Allison was featured in eLearn magazine in December, 2008.

Rossett edited The ASTD E-Learning Handbook: Best Practices, Strategies, and Case Studies for an Emerging Field. She also completed a white paper for the American Management Association, Blended Learning Opportunities and another, more recently, on learner engagement, for Adobe Systems. She is the author of four award-winning books, including Beyond the Podium: Delivering Training and Performance to a Digital World and First Things Fast: A Handbook for Performance Analysis. Prior award-winning books are Training Needs Assessment, and A Handbook of Job Aids. Some of Allison recent articles are "Performance Support Tools: Delivering Value When and Where Needed," "Moving Your Class Online," "Confessions of a Web Dropout," and "Training and Organizational Development, Siblings Separated at Birth." She has conducted research and published articles on needs analysis, learner engagement, and persistence in online learning. Her client list includes IBM, HP, the Getty Conservation Institute, Fidelity Investments, Deloitte Consulting, BP, the IRS, Amgen, Royal Bank of Scotland, the US Army, Transportation Security Administration, and several e-learning start-ups.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dynamic, multi-dimensional, and very user-friendly, October 13, 2001

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Julie E. Hymes (Forest Grove, OR United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beyond the Podium: Delivering Training and Performance to a Digital World (Paperback)

I loved the design of this book, with its multiple viewpoints and formats in each chapter. There's the short opening dialog illuminating the issues at hand, the standard narrative, lots of useful tables and visuals, a sample slide presentation to educate others, and profiles of practitioners. Very rich. Then there's the reference section with a cornucopia of additional resources organized around how much time you have availabe: an hour, a day, or a week. I had a great time exploring these. Finally, it's a very insightful report on the state of the field (human performance technology)and the most critical issues and questions we must confront going forward.