Sharing the Visual Wealth - Train the Trainer Training by The Bob Pike Group (Creative Training Techniques)


	\| About Us \| Resources \| e-Store \| In-House Solutions Public Workshops

In-House Solutions | Training Design | Trainer Development | For Corporate Professionals

Our Catalog | Trainer Kits | e-Zine Products | e-Store Specials

Articles | e-Magazine | Trainer Advice | Links

International Partners | Your Consultants | Our Clients | Where’s Bob | Contact Us

The Bob Pike Group
14530 Martin Drive

Eden Prairie, MN 55344
Online Contact Form
1-800-383-9210

Sharing the Visual Wealth

By Liz Wheeler

Sharing the Visual Wealth

Slideshare.net just announced its World’s Best Presentation winners. Slideshare.net allows users to upload their PowerPoint presentations for general viewing or for select group viewing. Kind of like YouTube for the PP geek set. You can look at the winning presentations and get ideas on graphics, font sizes, colors, etc., as well as find presentations on information that might be similar to yours for some stimulating ideas. Or a deck on “Beautiful French News Girl” which has nothing to do with yours.

Innovation in Training: MyPartnerCareer.com

Starbucks has a website for employees or “partners” to create a career profile, reports Training magazine. Employees can create their own profile which includes career aspirations at the company. The site also has job opportunities and a blog for conversing with company experts.

Innovation in Training: Hamburger University Classes Gain Accreditation

McDonald’s invited the American Council on Education’s College Credit Recommendation Service to review its courses. ACE faculty visited the campus and recommended 46 semester hours of college credit. In 2006, the company began more heavily promoting this with a website that provides students with their Hamburger U transcripts and information about colleges and degrees.

Perpetuating Customer Loyalty

NetFlix and Amazon.com have created customer loyalty with the help of some fabulous software and customer participation. Netflix’ Cinematch system suggests movies for you based on how other viewers, who had similar taste to yours, rated movies. If you’ve ever shopped Amazon.com, you’ll note your searches for a particular book or CD also create a list of suggestions saying “customers who bought this item also bought…” which is particularly helpful when you’re running out of your own favorite author’s books or need help on designing marketing materials for your next training session. Applications for this idea in the realm of training include:

o Have participants rate your training based on what information was particularly relevant and practical for them as a recommendation for future attendees; this will also help you hone the material and create additional material for other training sessions;

o Knowing what was most useful can also help you recommend other resources or training the attendees may find valuable—which could help increase your sales numbers and attendance.

On The Go

For you trainers who travel a lot, check out www.hellometro.com. Once you choose a city (on any continent), you’re re-directed to a website that lists attractions, restaurants with recommendations, local bands and other information (including lottery). Now I have ideas on where to eat during the ASTD International Annual Conference in Atlanta. To check out another town, either click on hellometro.com in the upper right corner of the screen or re-type it in the browser.

Related Articles · More Articles

2009 January Training News and Notes

New Study shows Corporate Social Networking Trends in Talent Management Overused words banned from English Stress from a computer screen?

How do you motivate adults?

If learners are motivated, they retain more information. But can you extrinsically motivate your session attendees? Is it possible? “While you can’t make your participants be motivated, you can create a motivating environment,” said Becky Pluth, vice president of training and development at The Bob Pike Group. Research shows that interacting with your learners “is one of the most powerful factors in promoting learning” while “interactions among learners is another” (Angelo 1993). And teachers who present the information in a dynamic manner and display a genuine interest in what they

Getting learners to use company library resources?

Getting people to use learning resources in the company library can be tricky, Kathleen Miller-Buettner and Susan Hayley-Gates say. Their library has books, videos and audio tapes on communication skills, management skills, balancing work and home lives, and dozens of other topics. But, as in many organizations, the materials once went mostly unused. To encourage corporate library use—and learning—the training department initiated a TOM (theme of the month) Club. Membership is free. Each month has a topical theme – effective feedback, industry information and the like. Trainers, however, don’t disclose what the month’s theme is. Instead they post clues throughout the office and via email on the first day of each month. Employees guess the theme, placing their guess in one of the special TOM Club raffle boxes around the workplace.

Back To Archives