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Welcome to The Bob Pike Group
The Bob Pike Group has provided train the trainer workshops and consulting services to individuals and corporations for more than 30 years. Clients have been applying Bob's Participant-Centered Instructional System to build their learning organizations, to strengthen retention and to enrich desired results.


Webinar Special
75 Minutes for as little as $99!!!

Need to brush up on basic skills or just want more information from Bob Pike and his team of experts? The Bob Pike Group is offering special webinars for only $99/session when you purchase 3.

Click here for more information and a list of sessions.


Money Saving Specials From The Bob Pike Group
For each full-price paid session in one of our 2010 Public Workshops, you can bring a friend or co-worker for 30% off the regular price!!! You must call 800-383-9210 to get this discount price for any Public Workshop in 2010.

Alumni Discount
You attended a Bob Pike Group workshop in the past, but now feel you could use a refresher? If you are an Alumni of any of our Public Workshops, you may repeat that workshop again at anytime for 1/2 price. Please call 800-383-9210 to take advantage of this offer.

NOTE: Coupons and discounts can NOT be combined.




Sept. 15-17, 2010 in Minneapolis, MN
Only $1495/person!!!
Pre-Conference Workshops Sept. 12-14 (additional fees apply)
 



Come see Bob Pike as he teaches you:
How to be a HIT - Design and Deliver High Impact Training!

Are you ever asked to train other employees? Do you ever wonder if the training you do is effective or the best way to do it? Are there some people who never seem to "get it" even after they've been trained many times? Click here for more information and to register for this workshop co-hosted by The Bob Pike Group and the University of Minnesota College of Continuing Education.




"44% of organizations cite increasing the effectiveness of their programs as a No. 1 or 2 priority." -Training Magazine's 2007 Annual Report
We help clients design and deliver more effective training through our public workshops and custom on-site solutions.

We help our clients:
Increase the retention rate of content by as much as 80%
Reduce training time by at least 25%
Speed the application of training back on the job
Increase management support and buy-in of training


Upcoming Train-the-Trainer Workshops
8/2/2010 8:30 AM:
Bob Pike's Train the Trainer Boot Camp Minneapolis, MN 8/2-3, 2010

Minneapolis, MN

8/12/2010 8:30 AM:
Bob Pike's Train the Trainer Boot Camp Los Angeles, CA 8/12-13, 2010

Los Angeles, CA

8/17/2010:
Bob Pike's Train the Trainer Boot Camp ( Online) 8/17-20, 2010

Online

8/18/2010 8:30 AM:
Bob Pike's Train the Trainer Boot Camp Washington, DC 8/18-19, 2010

Washington DC

8/18/2010 8:30 AM:
Presentation Skills Charleston, SC 8/18-20, 2010

Charleston, SC

8/24/2010 9:00 AM:
Webinars that Work Online 8/24-27, 2010

Online

9/1/2010 8:30 AM:
Bob Pike's Train the Trainer Boot Camp Dallas, TX 9/1-2, 2010

Dallas, TX

9/10/2010 9:00 AM:
Presentation Skills 1 Day U of M St Paul, MN

St Paul, MN

9/12/2010 1:00 PM:
Pre-Conference Instructional Design Minneapolis, MN 9/12-14, 2010

Minneapolis, MN

9/12/2010 1:00 PM:
Pre-Conference Bob Pike's Train the Trainer Boot Camp Plus Minneapolis, MN 9/12-14, 2010

Minneapolis, MN

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Latest Training and Development Articles
New Master Certification with The Bob Pike Group Institute Unveiled
For over 30 years, clients have been applying The Bob Pike Group's Participant-Centered instructional system to build their learning organizations, to strengthen retention and to enrich desired results. Now, The Bob Pike Group Institute is offering an advanced training professional credential to share its expertise and experience and establish a valuable professional benchmark within the training community. (1/5/2010)

5 Reasons You Don't Need Training
When management finds that staff is not engaging in work behaviors desired by the organization, they often turn to training as the response for "fixing" the problem. But training frequently isn't the answer. Here are five situations that won't be resolved by training: (11/3/2009)

10 Tips for Coaching Excellence
A seminar participant in our Bob Pike Group Boot Camp told me recently that a manager had asked her to do some training on time management. "I've got people showing up late for work, and I thought they could use some training in time management," he said. The absurdity of this statement was not lost on the other trainers in the room - we all agreed that all too often, managers look to training to "fix" all their performance problems, when training is not the right answer. This article is a preview in an occasional series of articles on coaching. From Bob Pike's Performance Solutions Cube, we teach that there are at least five other solutions to performance problems that should precede training. And one of those solutions is coaching. Here are ten tips for Coaching Excellence, taken from our Coaching for Success program. (7/27/2009)

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Most Popular Training Aids and Resources

101 Movie Clips that Teach and Train

Let this BOOK jumpstart your creativity for lesson planning or training design by providing you with the perfect movie clip for over 100 topics, including discrimination, leadership, team building, and sales. Each clip comes with cueing times, plot summary and scene context... [MORE]

Price: $23.95

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SCORE TWO

Participants in a typical training only retain about 20% of the information within 21 days of training. Activities in this book are designed to have learners, with your material, increase their retention to 80% or more. [MORE]

Price: $40.00

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Creative Training and Presentation Techniques DVD and Workbook

With this DVD and Workbook, Bob covers the following four key areas of training: Module 1: Preparation Module 2: Openings and Closings Module 3: Motivation Module 4: Creativity [MORE]

Price: $595.00
Sale! $495.00

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Powerful Presentations

Why do you need Openers, Puzzlers and Energizers? Just because your audience is there physically does not mean they are there mentally. Give them a challenge, a puzzle and a message to discuss around your topic as a launching pad or anchor for your presentation or training session. [MORE]

Price: $24.95

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