The 2006 Astd Training Performance Sourcebook

Contains tools needed in areas such as e-learning, communication skills, diversity and cross-cultural awareness, performance improvement, and management development - Back cover.

The 2006 edition of the ASTD Training and Performance Sourcebook, edited by training guru Dr. Mel Silberman, draws on the knowledge and expertise of today's best trainers and consultants. In this one comprehensive book, you will find the tools you need in such important areas as e-learning, communication skills, diversity and cross-cultural awareness, performance improvement, and management development. Tools in the Sourcebook are organized into four categories: training activities and group learning exercisesassessment instrumentshelpful handoutspractical guides to understanding and implementing important training and performance trends

The 2006 edition of the ASTD Training and Performance Sourcebook, edited by training guru Dr. Mel Silberman, draws on the knowledge and expertise of today's best trainers and consultants. In this one comprehensive book, you will find the tools you need in such important areas as e-learning, communication skills, diversity and cross-cultural awareness, performance improvement, and management development. Tools in the Sourcebook are organized into four categories: training activities and group learning exercisesassessment instrumentshelpful handoutspractical guides to understanding and implementing important training and performance trends

This is not your typical training book. You won't find a traditional training-cycle outline or a classic training table of contents. Instead, this book pinpoints the key actions necessary to successful training and focuses on the elements with the most influence on bottom-line results. Throughout the book you'll discover helpful, ready-to-use tools: worksheets, evaluation forms, tables, checklists, case studies, and reminders and suggestions. Whether you're a middle- or upper-level manager, or a workplace learning or human-resource professional, 10 Steps to Successful Training can provide you with options for enhancing the learning environment in your organization. Boost your success as a trainer and help others learn more effectively by investing in this essential guidebook today.

Here at last is the ultimate authority on training new trainers from the consummate training professional, Elaine Biech, and ASTD. Configured in a usable format, ASTD's Ultimate Train the Trainer is a "must have" for every training manager's bookshelf. Included for the training manager is a complete train-the-trainer program that can be delivered tomorrow, as well as topic-based sessions to improve subject specific skills such as writing learning objectives, dealing with difficult participants, training styles and ADDIE. This complete manual guides training managers in conducting train-the trainer programs and supports new trainers, too, by providing insight and development into the practice of training. Bonus material includes learning activities, handouts, PowerPoint slides, plus a chapter that gives you more hints and direction to support successful training practitioners. A supplemental CD-Rom comes with the manual, giving you all the content in one place. Note: CD-ROM is not available for this title.

This title draws on the expertise of top-flight trainers and consultants to present a comprehensive toolkit of the best training activities, group learning exercises, assessment instruments, handouts, and other essential guides for today's busy training and performance professional. The sourcebook offers fully reproducible tools contained on the accompanying CD-ROM.