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Creative Training Techniques Handbook: Tips, Tactics, and How-To's for Delivering Effective Training Hardcover – January 1, 2003

by Robert W Pike CSP (Author)
4.8 out of 5 stars 23 customer reviews
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  • Hardcover: 1 pages
  • Publisher: Human Resource Development Press; 3rd ed. edition (January 1, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0874257239
  • ISBN-13: 978-0874257236
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5.0 out of 5 starsTHE practical resource for applying adult learning theory.
By A Customer on June 18, 1998
Format: 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!
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4.0 out of 5 starsTurn nervousness into confidence
By Joseph Judge on April 13, 2004
Format: Hardcover Verified Purchase
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.
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5.0 out of 5 starsOne Of The Best Books On Adult Training
By Jeffrey D Purtee on October 28, 2000
Format: 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.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA must have for any training professional
By Amanda Smith on January 11, 2007
Format: Hardcover
I am not a trainer, but a curriculum designer. I attended Bob Pike's Boot Camp (another MUST) and was given this book at the seminar. The Boot Camp is amazing and anyone involved in training (adult or child education) needs to attend.

This book is amazing. Bob Pike is clear and effective. The book isn't filled with a ton of "fluff." Each and every page offers value. Every page gives you ideas of things you can (and should) start doing immediately.

I enjoyed it so much, I ordered one for every single employee in our department and now we are doing a sort of "book club" where we all read a chapter and discuss.

If you don't buy any other book on training - buy this one. You will learn more about how adults learn, how to evaluate training (and non-training needs), how to present your evalation and solutions, how to set up an effective classroom, etc.

BUY IT! You won't regret it!
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5.0 out of 5 starsThe Book of Bob
By Edwin C. Pauzer VINE VOICE on August 26, 2013
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The "Creative Training Techniques Handbook" is one of the very best books on delivering effective training there is on the market.

The author emphasizes that adults must be handled with kid gloves, which means that the instructor or training specialist must respect their opinions, attitudes and previous learning experiences that may run contrary to what is being taught. Actually taught is a bad word.

Pike also believes that the training specialist's job is one of facilitation. He calls it instructor-led participant-centered training. This is a common belief in training that people have the intuition to arrive at a solution or develop their knowledge on their own with only guidance and by keeping them involved.

By involved the author means keep them writing, keep them creating, and keep them visualizing right down to drawing pictures. This means that lecture never gets more than 15 minutes before participants are engaged in some kind of learning exercise, and exercises are characterized by what he calls C. P. R. which means keeping the content relevant, allowing for adequate participation, and finding ways to review and reinforce key points.

His book covers every imaginable event involved in the training experience. This version covers recent training developments such as webinars and eLearning. Bob even covers such things as the opaque projector, which for the most part was last used during the Eisenhower Administration and still requires a team of mules to move one. He even covers how to use a slide carousel (Kodak made the last one in 2004), and how to apply more than one film on overhead projectors.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsThe best book I've read on the subject
By A Customer on November 10, 2002
Format: Hardcover
I've had a bit of a hard time finding books on training the trainer to train and I feel that this is THE book that does it best. I work for a new company and ended up doing most of the training of new employees. I've thoroughly enjoyed it and this book helped me to be more effective at it. I love the 'instructor led, participant centered' idea that he presents. It allows me to treat the trainees as adults but we still have fun. Being new to training I didn't feel that he was talking over my head. It was to the point, useful information that I was immediatly able to put to good use.
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