For every speaker or trainer who has ever faced a roomful of restless - or reluctant - learners, this book is a fun-filled collection of can't-miss activities containing the openers, closers, and energizers you need to kick off each session with a bang, quickly focus an audience's wandering attention, and end each session on a high note. You'll save hours of preparation time with these ready-made, easy-to-use activities, including role plays, small-group exercises, team tasks, quizzes, and much more.

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.

Open your next training session with a BANG! One of the hardest tasks you'll face as a trainer is pullingparticipants' thoughts away their daily duties long enough toengage them in your training. According to training master BobPike, two of the most important learning concepts are "primacy" and"recency." People don't remember middles; they remember beginnings("primacy") and ends ("recency"). That's why, if you want yourtraining to be a success, you have to gain their attention as soonas they walk in the door. Following up on the success of 50 Creative Training Closers, themost trusted and recognized names in training bring you 50 CreativeTraining Openers and Energizers. These lively, interactive sessionopeners, ice breakers, and attention grabbers are what you need toinspire continued application, learning, and skill development. Andyou don't have to be a professional trainer to use thiscollection--business presenters and educators of all kinds canimmediately incorporate these creative designs into their work.

Engaging and reader friendly, Fundamentals of Sport Management addresses the foundations of the field for students and professionals. It provides real-world examples and career opportunities in the exciting world of sport management.

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