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Ineffective Training Kills the Bottom Line.(corporate training)

 By USA Today - American corporations spend billions of dollars annually on employee training, notes Clinton O. Longenecker, University of Toledo (Ohio) professor of management, but in many cases the training engaged in may fall short. Instead of training for the purpose of becoming more competitive, it actually is having a detrimental impact on the bottom line. (Added: 31-Jan-2001 Hits: 1741 )

Workplace Literacy: Are Your Employees Making the Grade?

 By Christina Morfeld - This article describes the business drivers behind workplace literacy programs and provides practical advice for getting started. (Added: 14-Sep-2002 Hits: 1176 )

Season to Taste: Catering to Diverse Learning Styles

 By Anne Thornley-Brown - Sure-fire strategies for identifying and tailoring your approach to your audience. (Added: 1-Jun-2001 Hits: 1098 )

Teambuilding Inc. Article - Training with Pizzazz!

 By Peter Grazier - Even experienced trainers sometimes fail to maximize their teaching potential simply for a lack of a few strategically placed techniques to enhance the learning. Therefore, most trainers will "kill" for a new technique. My purpose in this session is to share unique ideas for enhancing training and presentations that have worked well for me over the last 18 years, so that we will be able to move the concepts of quality, participation, and human potential forward more forcefully and effectively. (Added: 20-Apr-2001 Hits: 1842 )

Technical Tidbits: Taking the Tedium out of Technical Training

 By Anne Thornley-Brown - Few experiences can be more challenging than presenting highly technical or complex information to a non-technical audience. It's time to take some risks and use props, games, game shows, and action learning to convey technical content. (Added: 1-Jun-2001 Hits: 1033 )

The ten tough questions to ask your training vendor

 By Michael Wilkinson - If you are a typical purchaser considering a facilitation training class to attend or to have taught in-house, there are probably lots of standard questions you would a sk the training vendor. Common questions might include: (Added: 2-Jun-2001 Hits: 1242 )

Why Blended Will Win.(combining instructor-led training, electronic learnin

 By Jack Zenger - We're going through a major transition; some people would call it an "inflection point." Instructor-led training has been the basic method of instruction since someone first taught something to someone else. Now, a new method of instruction promises to rake a significant role in the delivery of learning: e-learning. The question is how will they co-exist? (Added: 7-Apr-2002 Hits: 926 )

Diversity Central - Diversity Practitioners - Tips and Techniques

 By Rowe and Gardenswartz - Those of us who have been in the training business for a long time know that having a relevant, well crafted agenda is necessary, but not sufficient for a first rate learning experience. Much of what shapes the classroom environment happens before participants ever walk in the door, creating positive expectations and minimizing resistance. The following considerations in three different areas can help you achieve your desired training results by taking proactive steps. (Added: 19-Feb-2001 Hits: 1389 )

On The Block...how to sell your training business(

 By Anver Suleiman - Thinking of selling your training company? Here's what you need to know first. When people tell me that they're interested in selling their training company, I often reply that this may not be the best time. The economy is one reason, but more often it's not the right time because people haven't prepared. (Added: 7-Apr-2002 Hits: 856 )

Personal Styles -- Should You Join The MBTI Shuffle?

 By Robert Bacal - You can find them almost everywhere. Myers-Briggs, Enneagrams, leadership styles, learning styles, communication styles, teaching styles, conflict management styles...all designed to classify or label people so they can better understand themselves and others (Added: 17-Oct-2000 Hits: 1226 )

How It Can Pay to Teach

 By Business Week - A new study finds that employees value training that focuses on the basics (Added: 12-Nov-2000 Hits: 1595 )

Our Dinner Theatre - Spice of the Month

 By Anne Thornley-Brown, President, The Training Oasis, Inc. - "Spice up your training" with acting, improvisational techniques and secrets from the world of theatre (live and movies). (Added: 1-Jun-2001 Hits: 1146 )

The Problem With Pop Psychology In The Workplace

 By Robert Bacal - More and more writers are publishing books on psychology for the general public. The good news is that people unschooled in psychology can learn from these kinds of books even if they unlikely to read psychology textbooks or professional journals . The bad news is that people unschooled in psychology can learn from these kinds of books even if they are unlikely to read psychology textbooks or professional journals. (Added: 16-Oct-2000 Hits: 846 )

Fallacy of ROI Calculations

 By Daniel Tobin - Over the course of the past decade, I have received a number of calls from training directors in companies large and small, all with the same request for help: "My CEO (or CFO) has just told me that I have to produce a study to show the return on investment (ROI) for my training budget. Can you help?" (Added: 26-Apr-2001 Hits: 1686 )

The Value of Values Clarification - JUST STOP THAT NAVEL GAZING

 By Robert Bacal - The basic premise of the exercise is that a common set of organizational values and beliefs can be created that will guide individual and collective behaviour. The reality is that almost nothing happens. (Added: 10-Mar-2001 Hits: 1425 )

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