Shape Up Your Program: Tips, Teasers & Thoughts for Type Trainers [Paperback]

Margaret U. Fields (Author, Editor), Jean B. Reid (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1999 | ISBN-10: 0935652507 | ISBN-13: 978-0935652505

CAPT's Shape Up Your Program! Tips, Teasers, & Thoughts for Type Trainers is a book full of tried-and-true training exercises collected from top trainers.

No matter what shape your training program is in whether you're just getting started or simply looking for fresh ideas you will find a wealth of time-saving, field-tested exercises to draw from.

This CAPT classic is packed with valuable information from cover to cover, including:
Advice on launching a new training program
A checklist of considerations for type-tuning presentations
Answers to the questions most frequently asked in training sessions
A "best of" library of over 60 proven exercises, organized by different preference combinations

Whether you are a veteran or a new trainer, you'll benefit from the accumulated wisdom of over 25 of the best type trainers working today.

Product Details

• Paperback: 117 pages
• Publisher: Center for Applications of (June 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0935652507
• ISBN-13: 978-0935652505
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #568,997 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good training exercises and helpful tips, April 5, 2000

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Jennifer Schoen (Seattle, Washington) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shape Up Your Program: Tips, Teasers & Thoughts for Type Trainers (Paperback)

I found this book of Myers-Briggs exercises very helpful in adding new interactive activities to my programs. The book has several examples of activities for each of the MBTIs mental functions (Sensing, iNtuition, Thinking and Feeling), the attitudes (Extraversion, Introversion, Judging and Perceiving) and combinations of the preferences. The directions are easy to follow and the programs can be adapted to your audience. I use them with college students as well as older adult groups. The exercises are fun and do a good job of explaining how preferences work in the real world. I do wish there were a few more facilitator tips in each exercise. Having said that, for people familiar with what the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is and is not, these exercises will keep your program fun and help in the learning process of your group.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book at a good price, April 27, 2008

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Mandy in Fife (Scotland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shape Up Your Program: Tips, Teasers & Thoughts for Type Trainers (Paperback)

As someone newly qualified to use MBTI, I was looking for some activities to use when doing MBTI feedback and therefore found this book very helpful to give me some great group MBTI activities. The only downside is that it hasn't got many activities/questions to use in individual feedback situations, which would have been useful.
Living in Scotland I wanted to purchase the book in the United Kingdom but couldn't find it here, and Amazon.com came to the rescue. Good price given it had to be shipped across the pond!