Telling Ain't Training [Paperback]

Harold Stolovitch (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2002

This book is an entertaining and practical guide for every trainer and performance improvement professional as it tackles the three universal and persistent questions of the profession--how do learners learn, why do learners learn, and how do you ensure that learning sticks. This interactive book with it fun and breezy style illustrate the authors' point of view that learning should be active and enjoyable. Playful illustrations demonstrate the solid research that back up the authors' contentions and help readers separate learning myth from fact to dispel beliefs and practices that often harm the instructional process.

Editorial Reviews

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A must have...Telling Ain't Training is chock-full of interactive, practical ideas that are easily grasped and can be immediately applied. Don't create your next class without it! --Chuck O'Keefe, National Manager, Curricula and Operations, University of Toyota, School of Retail Professional Development

I have always listened carefully to what Harold and Erica have to say about teaching. Now, with their marvelous new book Telling Ain't Training, I have what I always knew I needed--a readily accessible Harold and Erica. This is a great book and it will change your perceptions about teaching. The authors present the results of learning research in convincing, fun, and interesting ways. --J. Kimball Dietrich, Associate Professor, Finance and Business Economics, University of Southern California

This practical, innovative, and well-researched book on how we all learn makes this book an invaluable tool for all learning and performance professionals! As a former Vice President of Training and Change Management, I would have made the book mandatory for all trainers, coaches, and managers, had it existed. Well done! --Michel Desjardins, Senior Vice President, BDC Consulting Group, Business Development Bank of Canada

About the Author

Harold D. Stolovitch and Erica J. Keeps share a common passion-developing people. Together they have devoted a combined total of more than 70 years to make workplace learning and performance both enjoyable and effective. Their research and consulting activities have involved them in numerous projects with major corporations such as Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Oracle, General Motors, Bell Canada, Telecom Asia, Canadian Pacific Railway, Alcan, Prudential, Century 21, and many others. Stolovitch and Keeps are the principals of HAS Learning & Performance Solutions LLC., specialists in the application of instructional technology to business, industry, government, and the military. Together, they are co-editors of both editions of the award-winning Handbook of Human Performance Technology: A Comprehensive Guide for Analyzing and Solving Performance Problems in Organizations and Improving Individuals and Organizational Performance Worldwide published by Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer. Stolovitch and Keeps are co-editors and co-authors of the Learning and Performance Toolkit series published by Pfeiffer.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: ASTD Press; 1 edition (May 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562863282
• ISBN-13: 978-1562863289
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #310,512 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Harold D. Stolovitch shares a passion-developing people. It's a passion he shares with his wife Erica J. Keeps. Together they have devoted a combined total of more than 70 years to make workplace learning and performance both enjoyable and effective. Their research and consulting activities have involved them in numerous projects with major corporations such as Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Oracle, General Motors, Bell Canada, Telecom Asia, Canadian Pacific Railway, Alcan, Prudential, Century 21, and many others. Stolovitch and Keeps are the principals of HAS Learning & Performance Solutions LLC., specialists in the application of instructional technology to business, industry, government, and the military. Together, they are co-editors of both editions of the award-winning Handbook of Human Performance Technology: A Comprehensive Guide for Analyzing and Solving Performance Problems in Organizations and Improving Individuals and Organizational Performance Worldwide published by Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer. Stolovitch and Keeps are co-editors and co-authors of the Learning and Performance Toolkit series published by Pfeiffer.

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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Recommended!, June 3, 2004

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Rolf Dobelli "getAbstract" (Switzerland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Telling Ain't Training (Paperback)

This excellent book by Harold D. Stolovitch and Erica J. Keeps - researchers and consultants in workplace learning and performance - emphasizes making training fun and interactive. While their basic learning principles will be familiar to those in the field, they enliven their book with examples, exercises and research. The authors distinguish among training, instruction and education. They note the differences among various types of knowledge. Then, they explain the major factors that motivate people to learn and show how to apply these principles in hands-on teaching situations. Charts, illustrations, quizzes, and short chapter summaries enrich the book. We believe that even professionals already familiar with the field will enjoy this refreshing and lively look at how to help people learn. And if you are hiring trainers, this is what they should know.

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Walking the Talk, August 9, 2002

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miki lane (Montreal, Quebec Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Telling Ain't Training (Paperback)

Finally a book about training that uses training principles to deliver its message!

Stolovitch and Keeps little masterpiece "Telling Ain't Training", incorporates a variety of adult learning principles throughout the book like:

* telling the learner the benefit of the training,
* taking into account the different experiences of the learners,
* making sure the learner is actively involved and particpating in the learning, and
* leading the learner to action.

The reader/learner is led systematically to an realization of why transmitting (telling) information doesn't work as well as transforming (including practice and feedback) the learner. The reader/learner's active involvement is ensured through constant examples, analogies and activities that are fun and always to the point.

As someone who both develops and delivers training programs, I found this book to be highly informative (it discusses the current research in learning and development), extremely well focussed and ultimately very useful. I have already incorporated at least 5 of the book's wonderful little nuggets into my training and development activities.

I highly recommend this book

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I've never read a more interactive book!, February 24, 2006

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Adam M. Cain (Roseville, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Telling Ain't Training (Paperback)

I have read a lot of books recently to increase my work knowledge, and I have to say that this book was the easiest and most fun to read. The writers have done an excellent job getting the reader involved, which increases the amount of information one is able to remember. This book is a real pionner in how to write educative books. Oh, yea, and the content was outstanding!