Book Description
Now in its third edition, The Trainer's Handbook is the classic problem solver for experienced and novice trainers alike. It's packed with guidance for handling every aspect of training, from planning and preparation to writing lesson plans; using games, exercises, and visual aids in the classroom; selling the training function to senior management; negotiating with vendors; and assessing training results. It will help trainers: 1
** develop and deliver training programs that enhance on-the-job performance
** improve their own leadership and platform skills
** use technology effectively
** deal with training problems like illiteracy, reluctant (or over-eager) participants, budget constraints, and more
This "bible of the training industry" includes new chapters on training for teams, on-the-job training, tying training to business needs, and training in technical and sales environments.
Book Description
Games to Jumpstart workplace creativity. Dr. Robert Epstein's Creativity Games for Trainers arms you with 30 innovative, entertaining games guaranteed to enhance creativity in any organizational setting. Use them to develop creativity workshops or to breathe life into any training sessions. Each ready-to-use activity comes complete with lists of required and optional materials, time recommendations, reproducible handouts, follow-up discussion questions, and other essential information. You'll also find simple instructions for customizing exercises to different settings. . .data collection forms to help measure and track success. . .special ``challenge exercises'' that help participants develop their own games. . .and unique ``application exercises'' to assist users in promoting creativity on their own.
Customer Reviews:
uninspired, dry and clinical.......2007-07-16
A book about creativity, that lacks spark and "creativity" - it's too dry and clinical to be an enjoyable read and the exercises are uninspired. This material is dispassionate and lacks the flame it promises to ignite in others. As much as I admire the author's 15 years of clinical research, this book fall short in it's execution.
Excellent.......2004-02-06
I've used Epstein's book together with Michalko's "Thinkertoys," in my creative thinking seminars with great success. You can't fail with these two books.
A different approach.......2001-02-12
This book focuses on the stimuli (inputs/old ideas) and effective capaturing of responses (outputs/creative ideas) vs most other books about creativity focus on the thinking process, like mindmapping, six hats, thinking toys, etc. Thus, it directs to a total different path of how we build an environment to boost creativity. My analogy is no matter what thinking process you introduce, a group of housewives cannot invent a racket to reach the moon (don't get me wrong, I highly respect housewives for their contribution to families). It's the relevancy and variety of the inputs that matters.
I guess the author is a behaviourist who see thinking process as black box, i.e. non-observable and non-measurable. Thus, he only concentrates on the observable and measurable stimuli and responses.
I am a trainer for creativity for my company. I find this book very useful. The only complaint is that not all the games are up to my personal standard: able to demonstrate the theory AND able to energize the participants.
All in all, I highly recommand this book. You will see creativity in a different angle.
Realy Improving.......2000-03-27
Creativity Games for Trainers was realy useful for me because it its change my life and i realy feel of the creativity on me. I approached my job with new inspiration after I started taking time-outs with myself. I highly recommend this book.
Book Description
Responsible for training all corporate trainers at Xerox Corporation, Jolles offers a down-to-earth, instructive look at teaching and training techniques which can be used in any professional, business or corporate seminar, workshop or training program. Covers a wide range of topics including course preparation, questioning methods, pacing for dynamic presentation, using visual aids, maintaining interest, giving feedback, evaluation and support. Features numerous anecdotes and tricks of the trade.
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The Trainer's Guide to Training Most new trainers and presenters know all they need to know about their chosen subject. Unfortunately, few of them actually know how to present what they know. For more than a decade, Robert Jolles's How to Run Seminars and Workshops has taught tens of thousands of people how to sell, teach, stand up, and deliver an effective training session on almost any subject in almost any setting. This new Third Edition updates this classic guide for anyone who has to get up and move an audience. Just as he did in the book's previous editions, Jolles-former head of Xerox's world-renowned ""train the trainer"" program-shares proven, effective techniques for winning over an audience, holding their interest, conveying important information, and moving that audience to take action! For seasoned pros, this is an invaluable tool for becoming a world-class seminar and workshop leader. For novices, it's a step-by-step self-teaching guide that provides the confidence and the techniques speakers need to survive and thrive in front of an audience. Packed with straightforward, trustworthy advice, this reliable resource covers all the bases for today's professional trainers and speakers, including research and preparation, questioning techniques, pacing, visual aids, evaluation and support, feedback, and more: Creating your own seminar business Recognizing different personalities and types of behavior Training groups with diverse needs On-site preparations Maintaining the audience's interest The latest technology and visual aids Giving feedback and coaching Presenting your best self to the audience Developing a training staff And, most important, how to sell your message Trusted by thousands of professional trainers for the latest tactics and practices in seminar and workshop leadership, How to Run Seminars and Workshops, Third Edition is the ultimate guide for anyone who makes a living sharing what they know with others.
Customer Reviews:
A must read for training and presentations!.......2007-09-09
Robert Jolles describes all of the steps in running your own workshops and seminars or working in the training department. Writing your own book. Developing a process of training that helps the trainer and the audience. Visual aid management. Trainee evaluation. All of the steps are in a simple, easy to read book. There are also parts of the book that will help develop and improve skills for sales professionals.
to-the-point and well structured.......2007-03-12
The book is practical, clear and well written. The writer is clearly very experienced in the field. I like his matter of fact approach with a dry sense of humour.
Not as helpful as the title suggests.......2006-07-05
I bought this book hoping to learn one new thing - I don't want 'tricks' or 'secrets' and I don't need to impress anyone - just facilitate seminars which are effective and enjoyable for the participants. I searched for an idea, process or new way of thinking that I could use, modify and apply in my own work. Sadly, it wasn't there for me. The style and content is not consistent with the title. The style is over-confident - the "know-it-all" style, characteristic of some American texts. The author presenting his opinions as fact. There's no doubt, no alternatives, just do it my way and it will be 'right'. Apart from this approach, some of the content is unhelpful at best. For example his comments (opinions) on how to prepare and use visuals in presentations reiterates the worst habits - more bullet points! As the title suggests the author is writing for people who already know something about this well-worn subject, I would have appreciated buying something more original, less emphatic and better written. I regret buying it.
A MUST READ FOR SALES TRAINERS.......2004-05-19
From Joe Catal, author of the book "Telesales Tips From The Trenches".
As a national sales trainer who teaches people how to sell by phone, this book is an incredible read. There's a huge difference in telling someone a sales technique and teaching that technique. The book covers every situataion you may encounter and answers it on a psychological and practical level. I consider myself a very good public speaker and my evaluations normally come back as excellent. After reading this book, I had to rate my seminar a C+. If you've been struggling with your training this book will be a Godsend for you. I'd like to personally thank the author for teaching me the right way to give a seminar. This is a must read, and I'd be shocked if you read this book and your seminar didn't improve 100%.
The BEST!!!.......2004-01-26
After receiving this book I read it straight through in 2 days. Absolutely the best information for any trainer. Robert does a tremendous job of detailing just about everything a trainer needs to know. I highly recommend this book. I also purchased 2 other books at the same time - I probably won't even read those now. Get it - you WILL enjoy it!
Book Description
Want to turn your passion for fitness into a lucrative career? Each year, more than 5 million Americans use personal trainers to take their workouts to the next level—and this plain-English guide shows you how to get in on the action. Whether you want a part-time job at the gym or a full-time personal training business, you’ll find the practical, proven advice you need in this indispensable resource.
Becoming a Personal Trainer For Dummies is for you if you want to become a certified personal trainer and start your own business—or if you’re a certified trainer looking to improve upon your existing practice. You get a thorough overview of what it takes to get certified and run a successful business, complete with expert tips that help you:
- Find your training niche
- Study for and pass certification exams
- Attract, keep, and motivate clients
- Interview, hire, and manage employees
- Update your training skills
- Expand your services
This user-friendly guide offers unique coverage of personal trainer certification programs, including tips on selecting the right program and meeting the requirements. You’ll see how to develop your training identity as well as practice invaluable skills that will make you a great personal trainer. You also receive savvy guidance in:
- Choosing the best fitness equipment
- Creating a business plan, a record-keeping system, and a marketing campaign
- Performing fitness assessments
- Developing individualized exercise programs
- Advancing your clients to the next fitness level
- Managing legal issues and tax planning
- Offering additional services such as massage and nutrition consultation
- Training clients with special needs
Complete with ten great starter exercises and a valuable list of professional organizations and resources, Becoming a Personal Trainer For Dummies gives you the tools you need to get the most out of this fun, fabulous career!
Customer Reviews:
Good book!.......2007-08-23
Not really what I was looking for, but I started reading and its a great book, I really recomended to all beginners and experience, it has all the information you'll ever need, trully a well written and great referance book to have.
Title says it all........2007-01-01
This is a very easy to read primer for those considering a career or hobby in personal fitness. It gives a nice overview of what the career is like and what it will take to gain a certificate and proceed to line up those all important clients. I also learned a few things that can be incorprated into my own liftness lifestyle.
Awesome book!!!.......2006-07-29
This book is really good! It's funny and extremly informative. The only pitfall I think this book has is that it seems more geared towards people who are already certified. On the flip side though, it does have extremly good advice on becoming certified, taking exams, finding you niche etc...I would recommend this book to amatuers who are still in school (like me) and certified veteran personnal trainers alike :)
Useful.......2006-03-15
It is a useful book, especially for someone new to the industry. The online link is especially nice.
Crash Course in Basic Business.......2005-09-30
The basic steps for starting a business as a personal trainer presented in a concise and easy to follow format. Good business advice to avoid costly mistakes.
Book Description
The proven workshop for teaching non-professional trainers to develop and conduct effective training is back. Train-the-Trainer Workshop, 3rd Edition is thoroughly revised and updated, making it the most complete and valuable book of its kind available today. This powerful workshop will help you bring your managers, team leaders and other non-trainers quickly up-to-speed in the basic skills required to develop and conduct training-confidently, competently and with ease.
Loaded with practical tips, helpful precautions, checklists and tools, the revised edition includes:
A completely new chapter on an essential skill in developing training—outlining the training content for a learning objective.
30 additional overhead transparency masters
Updated case studies
Turn your managers into effective trainers—overnight
As important as training is these days, many organizations can't afford the luxury of having experienced trainers on staff. Or, if they do, their trainers can't keep up with the increasing demands as jobs change and re-training becomes necessary.
As a result, those who've never had the opportunity to develop professional training skills are occasionally being required to develop and conduct training sessions.
That's why Train-the-Trainer, 3rd Edition is so valuable. The comprehensive how-to manual walks first-time trainers through every step of the process of developing and delivering effective training—from using adult learning principles all the way through evaluating the results of training.
The workshop also addresses how to handle problem personalities and situations that can unnerve even the most experienced trainer, including participants who won't talk—and those who won't stop. Using a learn-by-doing approach, Train-the-Trainer, 3rd Edition is full of opportunities for every participant to interact, practice delivery skills, try out new skills, build their confidence in a safe environment, and become effective trainers—overnight.
Even veteran trainers will learn something new and hone and update their skills.
Participants will learn how to:
Identify new ways training can be used in their jobs
Clearly understand how adults learn so they can teach others
Analyze training requirements—the first step in successful training
Develop learning objectives that provide the direction for the rest of their training
Select the most appropriate training methods
Develop and use training aids the right way
Create lesson plans
Use basic facilitation skills
Increase participation
Conduct training using their lesson plans
Evaluate training
Transfer newly acquired training skills to the work setting
Filled with insights it would take your managers years to gain on their own, Train-the-Trainer, 3rd Edition makes it easy for even beginning trainers to do the job experienced trainers once did: Deliver powerful training that is skill-packed, memorable and achieves lasting and positive behavior change.
Customer Reviews:
Train the Trainer Instructor's Guide.......2006-03-09
This product was a big disappointment. All received was a DVD with a lot of power power point slides. There was no explanation, no text and no exercises. Also, the price was very high. I would expect to pay no more than $20.00 for this type of brief material. If I knew how to get my money back I would!
NO Value. Useless without workbook........2005-06-07
This title cannot be used on its own. At its price its a real Steal - if you know what I mean.
Book Description
Total diversity training from ASTD--in full-day, half-day, or one-hour sessions! A complete training kit developed by diversity expert Tina Rasmussen, The ASTD Trainer's Sourcebook: Diversity helps you firmly establish diversity's advantages for your company in fast, easy, flexible sessions. It helps you address such diversity basics as stereotyping--how we form perception--behavior fundamentals--managing diversity vs. traditional management--teams guidelines and communications--setting the tone for valuing diversity--and much more. Plus, you get everything you need to position diversity for maiximum impact and provide effective, high-interest training: background information; games and activities; facilitator notes; instruments; training designs; assessments; participant handouts; overheads and flipcharts.
Customer Reviews:
Valuable resource for people involved in diversity training.......1997-08-09
The Sourcebook is an excellent resource for people new to diversity training as well as those who want to add new information and tools to existing trainings. The book provides innovative curriculum, handout and overhead suggestions to create or enhance diversity trainings. I have found the information and tools to be very valuable
Book Description
Formerly a Brain Store publication
Do you want to get sparks flying at your training sessions and achieve dramatically better results? Packed with more than 1,000 innovative and practical ideas, this book shows how to motivate your participants and ensure an unforgettable learning experience.
You’ll learn how to:
- Boost participation
- Create first-class openings and closings
- Incorporate terrific energizers
- Build teams that work
- Raise intrinsic motivation
- Overcome resistance
- Engage learners
- Find the best training resources
- Make better handouts
- Deal with hecklers, and much more!
Open the pages of this reader-friendly book and discover the secrets to training success!
Customer Reviews:
Books this simple depress me.......2005-02-28
Anyone who is a facilitator of learning should already know this stuff, and anyone who is a faciltator but doesn't know this stuff should be perusing more robust reference material and taking some courses.
Disappointed.......2001-12-06
Very easy reading material. This book is for the beginner; someone who has absoulutely never taught anyone before and who had not chosen teaching as a profession. Anyone who has instructed for 6 months or more will already know most of what is in this book. I was disappointed. I was anticipating new concepts and ideas.
Wonderful!.......2001-06-07
Eric Jensen's 1000 suggestions are all practical and common sense. As a presenter, new ideas are always welcome and one certainly gets their money's worth from this book. The games, activities and energizers were very useful. This book is a must for all trainers and presenters!
useful and thoughtful tips.......2001-04-04
This book literally listed more than 1000 tips and tools, covering every detail of presentation. You get "10 Hot Tips for Flip Charts and White Boards", "46 Ideas: Starting Off on the Right Foot"... The author is meticulously thoughtful. First read "5 ways to get the most out of this book" and then study the detailed Table of Contents. From there you can select what would be of interest to you. A lot seems to be common sense. Yet it is still good to be reminded, e.g. avoid: starting late, or starting with an apology, or an equipment failure. This is not a book for reading from cover to cover. But it is valuable for presentors or trainers to come back to it again and again.
Powerful Book of Helps and Ideas.......2000-08-24
This book is a powerhouse of ideas and tips for making your next training workshop/seminar outstanding. Nitty-gritty basics as well as great tips and recommendations. Its easy-read format makes it accessible and you can focus on areas where you need to strengthen your presentation/training skills. I haven't seen another book that puts so much USEABLE information and help into one small, inexpensive book. I'm ordering multiple copies for those I train.
Book Description
The Synchronous Trainer's Survival Guide is a hands-on resource for enhancing your real-time e-learning sessions. Written by Jennifer Hofmann, a synchronous training leader, it is the first and only book focusing solely on this emerging training method. If you're new to synchronous training, everything you need to know is right here. If you're a seasoned pro the practical tips, tools, and customizable templates in this book will ensure the success of your online training courses, meetings, and events.
Customer Reviews:
A rare and excellent resource.......2004-12-15
I have been managing a synchronous language learning program for the past two years. When we first started, I wasted a lot of money (and time) on e-learning books which had nothing at all to say about synchronous virtual classrooms. Two years ago, the most anyone had to say about synchronous was that it would be "the wave of the future." I needed practical, tested suggestions for best practice in setting up, preparing for and conducting live classes over the Internet, and these books gave me exactly zero input.
Hofmann's Synchronous Trainer's Survival Guide" is exactly what I needed two years ago. It's sufficiently general to accomodate differences in platform design and functionality, which a focus on best practice in optimizing the enjoyment and learning value of online classes. It's a slim book - you can easily read it in an afternoon, but filled with concise and informative bulletted lists with titles like "Using your voice", "Language tips", "Gauging participation", "Reading participant cues", etc.
Some of our teachers have had trouble making the transition from the traditional classroom to the virtual classroom, and I've been looking for a resource like this to give them pointers, and to let them realize that the frustrations they're experiencing are not unique to them. I'm ordering copies of this book for all of our teachers and I expect that they'll be going back to it again and again.
Just like it's name says - a survival guide!.......2003-12-01
A concise, well written guide to this new medium for training delivery. Simple format, simple language - makes this somewhat scary technological field easy to understand! This book really put my mind at ease. Thank you!
Customer Reviews:
Good Study Book.......2007-03-09
This book is straight from ACE. It is complete with a section in the back that breaks down what the Ace test will cover. I have not taken the Ace test yet and so I cannot comment on whether or not this book alone will be sufficient enough as a study aid for the Ace Group Fitnsss Instructor exam. I found it extremely informative and very well organized.
Satisfactory reference book.......2003-12-12
Satisfactory reference book. Would recommend American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Reference Manual instead.
Reference book or not - still boring.......2001-07-02
The level of information in this book is outstanding. However it is delivered in a very monotonus way. I know the material presented and I utililized other reading and documentation to support the ACE book. With my education and background and supplemental information I would have still passed the exam. However if the ACE reference book was my first and only encounter with the subject matter the exam would have been a nightmare. The book is a good reference guide. As I have completed my graduate coursework in the kinesiology area, this book has been of great value.
Very thorough.......2001-02-12
While it is true that this book is "boring", one must understand the nature of the beast. This is a "resource" book, not intended for leisure reading. It is a preparatory text written to prepare fitness enthusiasts to gain a full understanding of the many requirements of BECOMING a group fitness instructor. This book is sold on the acefitness.com website along with a preparatory guide book and sample test. The purpose of such a text is to prepare an individual to take an ACE exam to become certified as a group exercise instructor. This book does so quite exhaustively, but, yes, it is dry reading. I write this only to inform potential buyers that the book is an excellent resource for would-be professionals in the fitness industry, but if you are looking for leisure reading, this is not the right book. I AM an ACE-certified fitness professional and happen to know that their exam is one of the top 2 in the nation. So, if you're thinking of becoming a fitness professional, you need to read this.
chemistry, anatomy, nutrition and more.......2000-12-13
I have never read a book that was so boring. It was like reading a college text book. It's a book you have to know if you want to pass the ace certifications and I don't envy the people taking the test. It is a big book with definitions you wished were more broken down.
Customer Reviews:
Great book, but needs to be updated.......2005-01-27
I am a "club personal trainer" for six years and bought this book to help me make the transition to "independent trainer". I found 90% of the information very helpful. My one criticism is that the book needs to be updated with current information regarding service fees (like accounting and postage), and more in-depth explanations for better use of technology, i.e. cell phones, computers and the internet. Still, the book is very good and the forms, letters, and flyers offer starting-point reference. Plus, how could you not like a guy like Ed Gaut? He's a passionate man that genuinely wants you to succeed. I would reccommend this book, especially if it is to be updated.
The Best Business Book for Personal Trainers in the USA.......2004-02-24
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. That is the best thing I can say to the author...This book made me focus on what was important in advanceing my business and allowing me to be a success. I now charge $70.00 per hour and avearage 5 sessions a day - 6 days a week ... and I just got started. This book is everything you need to know. Yes, it is simple to read and understand this book and unlike the lady from China (earlier review) I found it full of great advice for operating a PT business in the US. I've read the other 'newer books' and they do not compare...This guy obviously is a trainer talking to trainers. Thanks again Mr. Gaut!
very little information in this book.......2004-02-20
I am a PT manager.I do not have too much to say about this book. I bought it reading the other reviews, but I was disapointed. The information offered is very superficial. Any personal trainer using his/her basic common sense can think of even more solutions for "making money and own your personal training business" then what you could find reading this book.Maybe priced under 10 $ I could go over its scarcity of information. The good thing about the book is that some of the offered forms can be used; or you can search and download from the web for free.It can be red in just a few hours.
Definetely is not a 4 stars book.
My OWN Business.......2003-02-12
I started out doing some training while I was in college. It was sort of nice break from the old college classes and boring campus jobs. However, the more I trained, the more I liked it. It soon came to the point where I needed to either start a REAL business, or stop taking clients! I was getting too busy, and too overwhelmed with payments, and all those types of things.
I then came across the book that saved my life, and my business! Ed Gaut's, The Personal Trainer Business Handbook helped me to set up a business that can not fail! Each chapter helped me get one step closer to running a successful personal training business! Included in the chapters is how to get MORE clients, and how to get into gyms and health clubs. Important notes on advertising and publicity really helped me SAVE money rather than throw it away by advertising improperly.
I now own four studios, and manage over 45 personal trainers. Each of my trainers is required to read The Personal Trainer Business Handbook, and use the 30+ forms included in the book.
I really wish I could thank the author, Ed Gaut, for how successful he has helped me become. I owe it all to The Personal Trainer Business Handbook! THANKS
Rags to Riches!!.......2003-01-21
This book changed my life! As a personal trainer just starting out, I only had a few clients. As my clientele grew I began to get in over my head. The Personal Trainer Business Handbook by Ed Gaut helped me get a real business going! Step by step, the author taught me everything I needed to do to keep my business in line. The forms included in the book really helped me get a great idea of what I needed from my clients. Now, I have a large business in which I manage trainers that work for me! This is the best book I ever read! Thank you Ed!
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