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November 28, 2011 Liz Wheeler If you are looking for practical continuing education to inspire your learners and reignite your passion for training, consider getting certified as a Master Participant Centered Trainer. September 1, 2011 Bob Pike and Dave Arch Here's a great, nonthreatening way to include shy folks when you need volunteers. June 22, 2011 Liz Wheeler Recently, one of our tweeps on Twitter commented that she was going to demonstrate her commitment and passion for training by continuing her education and getting certified.
What good is certification, besides showing your commitment to your career? How can a certificate personally benefit you?
June 22, 2011 Creative Training Techniques newsletter How do you show your worth as a trainer - particularly to your supervisor when your supervisor isn't a trainer? It can be challenging, even frustrating. Indeed, merely judging yourself as a trainer objectively can be difficult. Neal McKenney relates this story of how he proved-to himself and to his supervisor-that he earns his keep. February 2, 2011 Scott Enebo Scott Enebo answers "What are the distinctive features and differences between: Keynote presentation, conference presentations, workshops, training sessions?"
November 30, 2010 Lt. Col. Rob "Waldo" Waldman Two long minutes passed since we had changed radio frequencies and I hadn't heard from my wingmen. We were approaching the Iraqi border and my flight lead still had not checked me in. I was getting nervous.
Having no radio contact at 20,000 feet and separated from my fellow pilots by 10 miles on a night combat mission in hostile territory was a dire situation. What if I lost my engine or was engaged by ground fire? How could I call for help?
November 30, 2010 George Siemens I strive to strike a reasonable balance between reading blogs, books, and peer-reviewed articles. Different topics flair up in popularity (such as web 2.0 and now social media) and then fade. A few concepts have longevity such as "How effective is technology enhanced learning when contrasted with traditional classrooms?" Questions like this are boring. And unanswerable given the tremendous number of variables involved in teaching online and in classrooms.
I'm firmly convinced of the following:
August 31, 2010 Bob Pike CSP, CPAE Competition and power struggles between and within organizations are an inevitable part of business. That's not news. But an interesting item submitted to Creative Training Techniques newsletter by Mike Smith, a human resource manager back in the 1980s for Research Cottrell, Somerville, N.J., reminds me of the delicate balance trainers must strike vying for power within companies - strength that translates into healthy budgets, plentiful learning resources, appropriate staffing levels, involvement in important projects, but that does not intimidate or manipulate learners. January 5, 2010 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. November 3, 2009 Michele Martin 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:
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