Product Description

Millions of Americans have to train others as part of their jobs. Whether you’re an employee training your co–workers on a new process or skill, a volunteer asked to train new volunteers, a chef training your staff, or a paramedic giving CPR training, it’s just as important to know how to teach others as it is to know what you’re talking about. It doesn’t matter how much you know about your subject if you can’t share it with others.

Fortunately, Training For Dummies offers all the nuts and bolts of training for anyone who has to educate others on any subject and in any field. It covers all the modern, interactive instructional methods and dynamic training approaches available and helps you get trainees inspired, involved, and enthused. Training For Dummies will help you:

• Keep it interesting so trainees learn more eagerly
• Master the jargon of training
• Use audio and visual aids effectively
• Prepare for the training certification process
• Evaluate your results and improve your tactics

Elaine Biech, President and Managing Principal of Ebb Associates, Inc., and known as “the trainer’s trainer” shows you all the tips and tricks of the trade. Based on her long experience as a trainer and her work for clients such as the IRS and many Fortune 500 companies, Biech helps you discover:

• Tips, techniques, and tidbits for enhancing your training sessions
• Methods that improve trainee participation
• Alternatives to the traditional lecture method
• Tactics for gauging and managing group dynamics
• Strategies for addressing problems in the classroom
• Hints for understanding and adapting to different learning styles
• Helpful resources and other extra material you can put to immediate use

No matter what you do for a living, there will probably come a time when you have to teach others what you know. Training For Dummies cuts through the complicated jargon to present the basics of teaching and learning in straightforward, plain English so you can share your specialized knowledge with those who need it.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #40450 in Books
• Published on: 2005-03-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 408 pages

From the Back Cover
Follow a training cycle start to finish!

Use modern instructional techniques and dynamic delivery to reach and teach learners!

There′s a big difference between "knowing your stuff" and knowing how to teach others your stuff. Trainers have to know both. Whether you′re an employee who has been tapped to train co–workers or a professional trainer who wants to hone your skills, Training For Dummies provides proven, effective tools and approaches.

Discover how to

• Conduct needs assessments
• Custom design training courses
• Adapt for different learning styles
• Enhance participation and learning
• Prepare for the new certification procedure

About the Author
Elaine Biech, known as "the trainer′s trainer," is President and Managing Principal of ebb associates inc, a strategic implementation, leadership development, and experiential learning consulting firm.

Customer Reviews

Essential reference for would-be trainers
Get this book and find out how to make the training experience painless - or even enjoyable for you and your victims!

I suppose I'm into my second decade in training. I'm not a trainer by trade, but am called on to do it from time to time. Training for Dummies starts from the ground up, not assuming any prior experience, but covers most of what you need to know by the end. It's a book to dip into occassionally with lots of useful snippets and anecdotal evidence to back up the authors message. One possible downside to the book is the ommission of web based learning, but that's probably the subject of a book in itself. Altogether I would recommend "Training for Dummies" as an authoritative but accessible guide you'll pick up again and again.