How to increase the effectiveness of your training
Publisher: Bookboon.com
Published: 2013
ISBN-13: 9788740306705
Table of contents: title: Content; title: 1. Purpose, planning and preparation; title: 1.1. Invest time in planning; title: 1.2. Training program objectives; title: 1.3. Applying research to training; title: 1.4. Bridging the gap from research to application; title: 1.5. Create an atmosphere for learning; title: 1.6. Success is in the little things; title: 1.7. Develop a personalized checklist; title: 1.8. Schedule training during peak learning times; title: 1.9. What day is best?; title: 1.10. Take a lesson from business meetings; title: 2. Designing the training program; title: 2.1. Break your material into modules; title: 2.2. Provide valuable material in student notes; title: 2.3. Watch for those urban legends; title: 2.4. Record your sources; title: 2.5. Avoid information overload; title: 2.6. Don’t ignore the basics; title: 2.7. Training an aging population; title: 2.8. Keep up with the times; title: 3. It’s not who you know but how much you know about those you know; title: 3.1. Do your homework before the training starts; title: 3.2. Pre-program questionnaire; title: 3.3. Get input from the participants themselves whenever possible; title: 3.4. Time Problem Survey; title: 3.5. Introduce yourself before you’re introduced; title: 4. Getting off to a good start; title: 4.1. The cell phone dilemma; title: 4.2. Should we be focusing on their learning styles?; title: 4.3. Grab their attention; title: 4.4. Effective learning; title: 4.5. Be prompt returning from breaks; title: 4.6. Show & tell as a training tool; title: 4.7. Don’t let your knowledge interfere with results; title: 4.8. Don’t overwhelm your students with options; title: 5. The most important factor in learning is student involvement; title: 5.1. You don’t have to be an expert in a topic to teach it; title: 5.2. Getting involvement through questions; title: 5.3.; title: 5.4. Ice breakers are fun; title: 5.5. Group involvement; title: 5.6. Don’t assume ownership of other people’s problems; title: 6. The use of stories in training; title: 6.1. Stories are modern day parables; title: 6.2. Attitude is important in making time management ideas work; title: 7. Educational toys for adults; title: 7.1. Fun and games; title: 7.2. A practical demonstration of prioritizing; title: 7.3. Illustrating the inefficiency in multitasking; title: 7.4. Illustrating multitasking to groups; title: 7.5. The power of a thought; title: 7.6. Getting involvement with stress dots; title: 7.7. A time management classic; title: 8. The training is not over until you see the results; title: 8.1. Quantifying your training results; title: 8.2. Evaluation & feedback; title: 8.3. Help your students apply the ideas; title: 8.4. Organize your training files; title: 8.5. Heed your own advice; title: 9. Life is the greatest trainer of all; title: 9.1. My RTH factors; title: 10. Quick tips for trainers; title: 10.1. Summary of suggestions for getting the most from your training sessions; title: 11. Addendum; title: 11.1. A time management checklist; title: 11.2. Action plan; title: 11.3. Three of the most useful ideas:; title: 11.4. How to implement the ideas; title: 11.5. Making time work for you; title: 11.6. Implement a new idea each week; title: 12. Books referenced in How to Increase the Effectiveness of your Training; title: 13. About the author