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March 2001 0970145403 978-0970145406 1ST
The eight-step strategy presented in this book takes the mystery out of writing effective training courses. Practical templates, checklists, assessments, and examples streamline your effort and eliminate writer's block. You'll discover how to make the most of limited time, money, and human resources to:

—Develop training lessons that make a difference.
—Customize off-the-shelf training to meet the needs of your target audience.
—Repurpose existing documentation.
—Globalize your training for culturally diverse learners or tailor lessons to meet specific needs of a limited audience.
—Recognize dead-end paths that can undermine the success of your project.
—Incorporate ready-to-use CGI, Java, and HTML scripts into lessons. Learn when to use them, where to find download sites, and how to tailor them to your training objectives and learners.

This systematic approach has helped thousands of writers like you create training programs that deliver what they promise. In just hours, you can learn techniques and time-savers that others have learned only through hard-won experience and costly mistakes.

Keep this book handy. You'll reach for it often for real-world advice about every phase of your project from initial planning to troubleshooting. Better than a mentor, it's a must-have for every successful training or user-education professional.



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"...Logical format, clear instructions, and lots of practical examples... Highly recommended." -- Peggy Jacobsen, Ph.D., President, Puget Sound Chapter, Society for Technical Communicators

"An important guide to this field...has the bases well covered." -- Carol Perkins, Training Development Manager, Brooktrout Technology

"This is the first book I recommend if you don't have the time to make mistakes." -- Clare Petrich, Acting Executive Director, World Trade Center, Tacoma

About the Author

Rives Hassell-Corbiell is owner of The Learning Edge, a consulting firm specializing in instructional design and technical writing. The content reflects the author’s 24 years of experience as a corporate educator and technical writing consultant to leading edge corporations and government organizations around the world. An active member of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), International Society of Performance Improvement (ISPI), and Society of Technical Communicators (STC), she knows what technical writers need, what effective training requires, and how to incorporate them.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Learning Edge; 1ST edition (March 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0970145403
  • ISBN-13: 978-0970145406
  • Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #165,383 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good for content planning, not for content writing, November 20, 2006
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This is one of the best books of those that help you determine what should be included in your training course - to plan objectives and then break it down into the detail. It also covers how to test the effectiveness of the course. However, it does not give any information at all about what a course module should contain or how to write it.

My goal was to write a training course for a software program. So, for the most part I knew what the outline of the course should be. I needed to know how to introduce the subject, how much to include in the single module, what exactly to do and say. For this, the book would get a zero.

Very good for it's purpose but I felt a review was needed to point out what that was.
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41 of 43 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific for Planning from the Ground Up!, April 22, 2004
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I just can't say enough about this book. I am developing a training program for the first time and it has added outstanding depth to my process. It is simple to use. If you go step by step everything just seems to fall in to place.

It is a life saver!

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63 of 70 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Very applicable, April 3, 2002
This review is from: Developing Training Courses : A Technical Writer's Guide to Instructional Design and Development (Paperback)
I read this book in 5 hours. After that, I had all the tools I needed to start developing a training course for a subject matter I still knew little about. Great book for someone who has a short time to develop a training course. Great reference for anyone who needs new approaches to their training development.
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