Creative Training Techniques Handbook: Tips, Tactics, and How-To's for Delivering Effective Training [Hardcover]

Robert W. Pike (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2003

Thoroughly updated and revised, the third edition of this essential resource for training professionals is packed with new and valuable features for delivering cost-effective, high-impact training. Like previous editions, Creative Training Techniques Third Edition covers all the important basics: Presentation preparation, learner motivation, visual aids, group involvement, creative materials, resource materials, presentation techniques and customized training. New to the third edition are six chapters covering the following: .Instrumented learning .Transformation of existing training programs .Participant-centered techniques for technical training .Participant-centered techinques for computer training .The myths and methods of eLearning .Classroom management techniques. You'll also find a new appendix packed with simple job aids to help you make, buy, or build decisions when planning training.

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About the Author

Robert Pike has been developing and implementing training programs for business, industry, government, and other professions since 1969. As president of Creative Training Techniques International Inc., Resources for Organizations Inc., and The Resources Group Inc., he leads over 150 sessions each year on topics such as leadership, attitudes, motivation, communication, decision making, problem solving, personal and organizational effectiveness, conflict management, team-building, and managerial productivity.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 304 pages
• Publisher: Human Resource Development Press; 3 edition (January 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0874257239
• ISBN-13: 978-0874257236
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #188,551 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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40 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE practical resource for applying adult learning theory., June 18, 1998

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This review is from: Creative Training Techniques Handbook: Tips, Tactics, and How-To's for Delivering Effective Training (Hardcover)

Bob Pike has been able to do what no other trainer of trainers has done - deliver easy to digest and apply techniques based upon popular adult learning theories of the day.

Bob's unique participant-centered training techniques have made training more fun for trainers and their students without jeopardizing the importance of content. Bob provides trainers with a multitude of techniques for energizing the learning environment through a combination of interaction, discovery and group participation. Rather than instructor-centered lecture that bores students (and often instrucotrs), particpant-centered training puts the responsibility of learning on the shoulders of the participants - responsibility that adults relish and from which they grow.

This book is a must for anyone who trains or educates adults!

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Turn nervousness into confidence, April 13, 2004

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Joseph Judge (Harrisburg, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Creative Training Techniques Handbook: Tips, Tactics, and How-To's for Delivering Effective Training (Hardcover)

I am an independent corporate trainer and saw this book praised in a variety of places. I bought it and read it from cover to cover. While I was reading it, I kept saying to myself, "Isn't this stuff kind of simple?" When I finished reading it, I felt like I had not learned enough to justify the high price. These first impressions were not lasting impressions. Here is how I can tell: Whenever I feel nervous about a new training assignment, I open this book and quickly find solutions that turn my nervousness into confidence. I grew to understand that the simplicity I observed during my first reading is actually the result of skillful winnowing by an expert.

Because of its price, I rated this book 4 stars instead of 5 stars. I understand the marketing justification for the price. Some stuff in the book is provided for HR professionals who train trainers. These people are usually buying the book with someone else's money. The publisher knows that and banks on it. But, given how much I continually get from this book, I figure at least the author has earned the extra money.

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One Of The Best Books On Adult Training, October 28, 2000

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Jeffrey D Purtee (Reno, NV USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Creative Training Techniques Handbook: Tips, Tactics, and How-To's for Delivering Effective Training (Hardcover)

This is one of the best books I've read on adult training. I used many of the theories and techniques when helping to design a large computer training program for my company, and they worked very well. The key that Mr. Pike demonstrates is that adults learn best when they teach themselves. Thus, his "instructor led, participant centered" philosophy. If you have to deliver, or design, training programs for adults, this is one of the best guides to get.