Active Training : A Handbook of Techniques, Designs, Case Examples and Tips

A must-read for anyone who wants training to be effective and engaging.
?Sivasailam Thiagarajan, Author, Games by Thiagi

One of the most comprehensive texts on training ever compiled, Active Training shows you how to teach adults the way they learn best: by doing. It will help you effectively design and conduct experientially based training programs in public- and private-sector organizations?whether you are a novice trainer or seasoned professional.

This handbook is packed with information to help you create new training programs, modify existing courses, and combine a variety of facilitation techniques to conduct any training program more successfully. It includes over 200 designs and case examples drawn from more than 45 training professionals.

It leads you through:

• Assessing the training group
• Developing training objectives
• Using experiential learning approaches
• Conducting presentations and discussions
• Planning, designing, and sequencing training activities
• Providing for back-on-the job application
• Gaining leadership of a training group
• Concluding and evaluating training programs

Active Training is a complete guide to experiential learning techniques, illustrated by hundreds of examples. Use it to enhance all your training interventions.

Since 1990, Mel Silberman's classic book, Active Training, has been a runaway best-seller for trainers at all levels and a popular text for university??level courses in adult education and training. The active training method—which turns the spotlight away from the instructor and puts the emphasis on the learner—has emerged over time as a proven and reliable method for enhancing involvement, learning, and change.

The third edition of Active Training, provides a thorough introduction to the core principles of active training design and delivery, and includes a wealth of examples, tips, and techniques. The book has been revised to reflect the latest trends in workforce training and key sections, such as assessment and evaluation, have been thoroughly updated. In addition, a completely new chapter has been included to cover the design of active training for e-learning and online applications.

Active Training will show you how to

• Assess training needs and participants
• Develop active training objectives
• Create practical opening activities
• Prepare brain-friendly lectures
• Design active training exercises
• Create e-learning applications
• Provide for back-on-the-job application . . . and much more!

Fasten your seat belts, this is no passive read. The book is filled with real-world cases, sample exercises to complete and try out, and hundreds of practical tips and techniques guaranteed to improve any training program.

This new edition includes a supplementary instructor's guide that is available at no charge from Pfeiffer.com.