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Creative Training Techniques®
April 15, 2024
The Bob Pike Group's Five Laws of Adult Learning
The Laws of Learning have to do with experience—and doing.
Creative Training Techniques®
April 01, 2024
Tips for Transitions: How to Move From One Topic to the Next
You don’t want to lose your audience. But every time you move from one topic to the next, ...
Creative Training Techniques®
March 15, 2024
5 Viruses that Corrupt Recorded Trainings
Recorded training sessions have become the backbone of modern learning, offering flexibility ...
Creative Training Techniques®
March 01, 2024
9 Reasons Recorded Trainings Rock
In the dynamic landscape of education and training, harnessing the power of recorded content ...
Presentation Skills
February 15, 2024
6 Webinar Desk Setup Mistakes to Avoid
As a webinar presenter, projecting confidence, professionalism, and delivering clear, ...
Presentation Skills
February 01, 2024
7 Villains that'll Destroy Your Presentation
Delivering a compelling business presentation requires more than just information. It ...
Creative Training Techniques®
January 15, 2024
9 Ways Stories Make Trainers Heroic
In the realm of training, where theory meets application, storytelling emerges as a powerful ...
Presentation Skills
January 03, 2024
Ace Your Presentation: Speak with Authority, Confidence, & Empathy
Delivering a presentation that resonates with your audience requires a delicate balance of ...
December 15, 2023
3 Myths & Truths About Themes for Your Trainings
Lots of trainers have misconceptions about what it takes to create an impactful themed ...
Creative Training Techniques®
December 01, 2023
9 Benefits of Creating Themes for Your Trainings
Here are nine benefits of creating themes for your trainings.
Creative Training Techniques®
November 15, 2023
5 Tips for Creating Fun & Memorable Themes for Your Trainings
We’ve themed a lot of workshops at the Bob Pike Group.
Creative Training Techniques®
November 01, 2023
Themes: Why Your Trainings SHOULD Feel Like a Circus
They sound a little…abstract, don’t they?
Presentation Skills
October 15, 2023
3 MORE Examples of How to Theme a Presentation
Let’s dive into some additional examples of real themed workshops we’ve created.
Presentation Skills
October 01, 2023
3 Examples of How to Theme a Presentation
Let’s dive into examples of real themed workshops we’ve created.
Presentation Skills
September 15, 2023
7 Deadly Sins of PowerPoint
Today, we're going on an adventure through the treacherous world of PowerPoint, where boring ...
Presentation Skills
September 01, 2023
6 PowerPoint Superpowers
Ready to take your PowerPoint game to superhero levels? Get ready for a wild ride, because ...
Presentation Skills
August 15, 2023
5 Tips to Elevate Your PowerPoint Presentations
Are your PowerPoint presentations falling flat? Do you want to create slides that captivate ...
Creative Training Techniques®
August 01, 2023
5 Biggest PowerPoint Time-Eaters
You’re designing a sweet new PowerPoint. But if you’re not careful, some sneaky culprits ...
Presentation Skills
July 15, 2023
4 Ways to Ignite Engagement with Your Slides
Want to inject some excitement and energy into your presentations? Join us as we explore 4 ...
Presentation Skills
July 01, 2023
3 Signs You’re a Smooth PowerPoint Designer and Presenter
Ready to reach the pinnacle of PowerPoint mastery? Let's explore three powerful signs you’re ...
Creative Training Techniques®
June 15, 2023
7 webinar closers that call learners to action
The game is resting on their shoulders.
Creative Training Techniques®
June 01, 2023
23 webinar ice breakers with a purpose
Your learners are wondering three things. I’m talking about the burning questions on their ...
Virtual Training
May 15, 2023
3 ways to instantly make your webinars more FUN
Lecture. Boredom. Forgettable content.
May 01, 2023
5 Biggest Mistakes Virtual Trainers Make
Have you made any of them?
Virtual Training
April 15, 2023
10 Reasons Webinar Learners Tune Out
While you watch the movie clip below, be thinking about all the various factors that make ...
Creative Training Techniques®
April 01, 2023
4 Steps to Sparking Change in your Online Learners
New perspectives. New attitudes. New behaviors.
March 15, 2023
7 signs you’re a pro virtual presenter
Am I doing this right?
Virtual Training
March 01, 2023
6 tips to deliver better virtual presentations
You’ve got great ideas.
Presentation Skills
February 15, 2023
How to facilitate an enlightening Q&A
Didn’t see that one coming.
Presentation Skills
February 01, 2023
5 deadly sins of virtual presentations
Want your webinar attendees to zone out?
Virtual Training
January 24, 2023
Writing as a Trainer: 9 Tips to Build a Better Blog
Whether you realize it or not, as a trainer or speaker you have another natural skill you ...
Creative Training Techniques®
January 15, 2023
Want to have a voice that people love listening to?
Why can’t we all sound like James Earl Jones?
Presentation Skills
January 01, 2023
8 myths and truths about virtual presentations
It’s difficult enough.
Creative Training Techniques®
December 15, 2022
15 easy ways to engage your online learners
You can see it on their faces.
Gamification
December 06, 2022
How Gamification Boosts Engagement in Hybrid Learning Environments
Guest Blog from C3 SoftWorks - Written By: Erin Patrick-Proza
Creative Training Techniques®
December 01, 2022
9 tips for designing eye-catching webinar slides
Ever said this to a learner who missed your training?
Creative Training Techniques®
November 15, 2022
8 signs you’re unknowingly demotivating your online learners
You know the participants.
Creative Training Techniques®
November 01, 2022
6 webinar tools to actively involve your learners
They’re in front of a huge distractor.
Gamification
October 18, 2022
Why Gamification Works with Adaptive Content Delivery
Guest Blog from C3 SoftWorks - Written By: Erin Patrick-Proza
Virtual Training
October 15, 2022
5 dangerous myths about virtual training
We all know what happens when we assume. But assumptions are especially problematic in ...
Virtual Training
October 13, 2022
Rules of Engagement: How to create captivating webinars
So here are 6 “rules of engagement” for how to lead virtual trainings that are, well, ...
Creative Training Techniques®
October 01, 2022
Key similarities and differences between in-person and webinar training
They’re like apples and oranges. They couldn’t be more different. And yet, there are ways in ...
Creative Training Techniques®
September 15, 2022
5 common reasons participants don't engage in learning activities
Mrs. Doubtfire wouldn’t be the best trainer. That is, if her training is anything like her ...
Creative Training Techniques®
September 01, 2022
5 ways to help participants take responsibility for their learning experience
E.T. can teach you a lot about how to be a memorable trainer.
Virtual Training
August 15, 2022
5 MORE ways to make virtual training memorable
Think you know a lot about outer space? Let’s play a game called “Space Race” that puts your ...
Virtual Training
August 01, 2022
6 ways to make virtual training memorable
Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.
Creative Training Techniques®
July 15, 2022
The 9-step recipe for leading sweet learning activities
Training is like baking. You need a recipe. Especially when you’re facilitating interactive ...
Creative Training Techniques®
July 01, 2022
5 big reasons learners forget training content
A memorable training is kind of like a UFO.
Virtual Training
June 20, 2022
5 huge reasons online learners disengage
It’s a long list. Just think of all the things that can potentially distract our learners ...
Virtual Training
May 23, 2022
5 energizers that’ll ‘thrill’ your online learners
WARNING: This first energizer is a little spooky. But don’t save it for Halloween season. It ...
Virtual Training
May 09, 2022
Learners LOVE virtual trainers who do these 6 things
It’s easy to lose sight of this.
Virtual Training
April 18, 2022
4 habits of participant-centered online trainers
It’s not about us. That can be such a hard concept to wrap our heads around! Especially when ...
Virtual Training
April 04, 2022
6 superheroes who will power up your virtual training skills
Let’s play a game. It’s called “Name that Superhero.” Here are the rules…
Virtual Training
March 21, 2022
3 ways to instantly re-engage bored online learners
It’s a scary facial expression.
Virtual Training
March 11, 2022
3 vital signs for healthy virtual training
It’s the four-letter word most trainers hate.
Virtual Training
February 22, 2022
9 Keys to Leading an Awesome Online Training
We’ve all been there. Sitting through yet another boring online training. One that easily ...
Creative Training Techniques®
February 10, 2022
The ONE Thing all 'Super Trainers' Have in Common
Who's your favorite superhero? Batman? Thor? Wonder Woman?
Virtual Training
January 27, 2022
How can this movie villain help you captivate your webinar participants?
He’s one of the most famous villains ever.
Virtual Training
January 18, 2022
50 Tacky Hairstyles That'll Make You a More Engaging Virtual Trainer
They tend to have one thing in common.
Virtual Training
December 20, 2021
9 Lessons from 2021 to Take into the New Year
It’s that time of year again. As the holidays pass, you’ll turn your attention to the new ...
Virtual Training
December 07, 2021
Fast Ways to Train Before the End of the Year
Whew, where did the year go?! 2021 is drawing to a close—but it’s not quite over yet. And ...
Virtual Training
November 22, 2021
Screen-Writing: A Beginner’s Guide to Electronic Notes
There’s nothing more exciting than taking notes! Okay—we admit, that might be a bit of a ...
Virtual Training
November 08, 2021
How You Can Use Music in Your Next Training Session (In-Person and Online)
Music has a unique ability to bring people to their feet. A playful tune, an up-tempo beat, ...
Virtual Training
October 20, 2021
5 Ways to Ease Back into Face-to-Face Training
Face-to-face training is making a comeback. And while trainers are understandably thrilled ...
Virtual Training
October 07, 2021
How to Avoid Virtual Burnout
Burnout can sneak up on you—especially when you’re working from your own kitchen table or ...
Virtual Training
September 17, 2021
12 Tips to Help You Handle Technology Hiccups
Every trainer has had one of those moments: you’re in the middle of a presentation, building ...
Creative Training Techniques®
September 09, 2021
How to Keep Your Training Plans Flexible (In-Person or Online)
Flexibility. It’s something most employees want in their careers, and it’s becoming ...
Creative Training Techniques®
August 24, 2021
5 Tips for a Better Presentation In Person or Online
Presentations are a form of public speaking. For many trainers, that means one thing: fear. ...
Creative Training Techniques®
August 09, 2021
What is Hybrid Training?
The events of 2020 caused nearly all professional trainers to embrace virtual and online ...
Creative Training Techniques®
July 22, 2021
How Do You Know When it's Time to Train the Trainer?
Sometimes you get the sense that things aren’t quite clicking. Maybe learners are glancing ...
Creative Training Techniques®
July 08, 2021
4 Questions to Ask That Will Get Your Learners to Re-Engage
Distractions are everywhere. Whether it’s a text message or a push alert, these distractions ...
Creative Training Techniques®
June 24, 2021
How to Wrap Up: 9 Tips and Tricks to Close Effectively
Nothing can undercut a great training session like a conclusion that fizzles out. Maybe ...
Creative Training Techniques®
June 08, 2021
5 Ways to Level Up Your Virtual Presentation
Presentation matters when you’re a trainer. Participants need to be engaged—entertained, ...
Virtual Training
May 21, 2021
The Top Tools for Zoom Training
There are dozens of tools native to Zoom that could, in theory, make virtual training easier ...
Creative Training Techniques®
May 03, 2021
5 Rapid Mini Session Activities Perfect for Microlearning
The power of microlearning is in its brevity. Short bursts of learning are used to distill ...
Creative Training Techniques®
April 08, 2021
4 Steps to Receive Better Training Evaluations
Feedback is essential for growth. That’s especially true in virtual settings, where computer ...
Virtual Training
March 19, 2021
5 Tips for Virtual Learning Retention
The purpose of training is to make a long-lasting and positive impact. So it can be somewhat ...
Virtual Training
March 09, 2021
Virtual Meeting Icebreakers
In an era of non-stop virtual meetings, there are few tools that have become quite as ...
Virtual Training
February 24, 2021
What Does Training Look Like in 2021?
It’s been nearly a year since everything in our world shifted and online training became a ...
Virtual Training
February 10, 2021
Tips to Re-Energize Your Online Training
The impact of the events of the last year affected nearly every area of everyone’s lives: ...
Virtual Training
January 26, 2021
Give your Virtual Training Course a QA Check
When is the last time you did a little quality and assurance (QA) check on your virtual ...
Virtual Training
January 14, 2021
Positive Outcomes of 2020
Undeniably, the coronavirus pandemic drastically affected our working lives in the last ...
Virtual Training
January 04, 2021
Top Blog Posts of 2020
It’s just a few days into the new year, and there’s a lot to be said about 2020! It was a ...
Virtual Training
December 23, 2020
Virtual Training Gamification Techniques to Increase Engagement
The events of this year have caused some changes, but trainers and teachers everywhere have ...
Virtual Training
December 03, 2020
Why Continuous Learning is Important
Ask yourself: Am I stagnant in my career? What are new skills I can teach others? Am I bored ...
Virtual Training
November 23, 2020
8 Tips for Great Storytelling in Training
Have you ever been mesmerized by a story told by a trainer? Or maybe you’ve struggled ...
Virtual Training
November 13, 2020
How To Pack a Punch With Shorter Virtual Meetings
As more people work from home, a big piece of the typical workday is still here: the ...
Virtual Training
November 06, 2020
10 Energizers To Incorporate Into Your Webinars
Taking all your content and moving it online takes some work. From technology blips to ...
Virtual Training
October 28, 2020
How to Overcome Virtual Meeting Fatigue
How many hours do you find yourself looking at a computer screen or mobile device every day? ...
Virtual Training
October 20, 2020
Virtual Training Products To Make Your Job a Breeze
Trainers and teachers alike are now using technology more than ever to teach, work, and ...
Virtual Training
October 07, 2020
7 Tips for Training or Working From Home With Kids
With autumn here and schools running various in-person or distance learning schedules across ...
Virtual Training
September 29, 2020
Here’s How You Can Earn Your Virtual Training Certification
This year has certainly been filled with its ups and downs, new “normals” and unusual ...
Virtual Training
September 18, 2020
How (and Why) You Should Keep Learning as a Trainer
“Learning never exhausts the mind” are the wise words by one of the greatest artists of all ...
Virtual Training
September 08, 2020
Ideas To Boost Team Collaboration In E-Learning Sessions
Teamwork and collaboration are easy to implement and nurture in the classroom setting. The ...
Microlearning
August 24, 2020
Enhance Your E-Learning Sessions With Microlearning
Fall is right around the corner, and a combination of in-person and remote learning is more ...
Virtual Training
August 04, 2020
How To Be An Active & Engaged Webinar Participant
Let’s be candid for a moment. Unlike in-person training, it’s no surprise that webinars and ...
Presentations
July 27, 2020
Generate Stand Out Handouts With Ease
Presentation handouts, believe it or not, have a big impact on the effectiveness of ...
On-the-Job Training
July 09, 2020
10 Tips for Bringing Training Back Into The Classroom
In 2020, training or education as we know is out with the old and in with the new. Whether ...
Virtual Training
June 22, 2020
6 Ways To Optimize Your Next Virtual Presentation
It’s no surprise that what works with in-person presentations—body language, non-verbal ...
Performance Consulting
June 10, 2020
The Perks of Performance Consulting
Working remotely has pushed us all to look outside the box to get our jobs done as ...
Instructional Design
May 19, 2020
5 Key Instructional Design Tips for E-Learning
Whether you were prepared or not, making the move to virtual training wasn’t much of a ...
Gamification
May 07, 2020
The Facts Behind Gamification In E-learning
Day after day of virtual training can get repetitive for both the trainer and learner. Human ...
Microlearning
April 23, 2020
How to Create Microlearning Videos That Engage E-Learners
Microlearning has never been more valuable or as compelling as it is now. This power ...
Virtual Training
April 07, 2020
Evaluate Your Virtual Training In a Few Quick & Easy Ways
Due to the present circumstances, professors, trainers, teachers, employees, and students ...
Creative Training Techniques®
March 24, 2020
Spring Refresh for your Training Program
5 Ways to Refresh Your Training This Spring Spring is here! That means warm days, extra ...
Microlearning
March 09, 2020
How Small Can Microlearning Get?
Microlearning: How Small Is Too Small? Self-led microlearning is a 2020 training trend The ...
Virtual Training
February 20, 2020
6 Benefits of E-Learning From The Comfort Of Home
One of the biggest benefits of e-learning, as we all know, is that it offers a lot of ...
Creative Training Techniques®
February 18, 2020
Meet The Bob Pike Group’s Two Newest Training Consultants
After a national search, 250 highly qualified applicants, and a dozen stellar finalists, The ...
Virtual Training
February 04, 2020
Developing Soft Skills E-Learning Courses
In today’s digital world, it can become easy to hide behind the computer screen. Automated ...
Creative Training Techniques®
January 22, 2020
4 Major Corporate Training Trends in 2020
It’s here … 2020! As we enter the new decade, it’s a great time to explore how the corporate ...
Creative Training Techniques®
January 16, 2020
2019 Winner Of Two Training Magazine Network’s Choice Awards
The Bob Pike Group is honored to be named a winner of two awards in the inaugural 2019 ...
Presentation Skills
December 26, 2019
Quick Guide to Preparing For Your Next Presentation
It’s a commonly-known truth that not too many people have the natural ability—or even ...
Instructional Design
December 10, 2019
Exploring 4 Models of Instructional Design
If you’re reading this, you know that online course design is tricky. While there are ...
Virtual Training
November 26, 2019
How to incorporate gamification techniques into Virtual Online Training
Gamification is still very popular in the corporate training world. While some see it as a ...
Creative Training Techniques®
November 19, 2019
A Chat With Doug McCallum:
The History & Future of Participant-Centered Training Doug McCallum, recently retired ...
Presentations
November 14, 2019
5 Creative Tactics for Virtual Presentations
Stop and think for a moment about the last virtual presentation you led or attended. Did you ...
Performance Consulting
October 28, 2019
Performance Consulting Matters: 5 Essential Steps to Better Training Results
Sometimes when things aren’t working, identifying the right problem can be just as important ...
Microlearning
October 10, 2019
Is Microlearning the Future of Workplace Training?
For many cynics out there, Microlearning is just another in a long list of corporate ...
Virtual Training
September 23, 2019
5 Benefits of Online Corporate Training
Technology has opened endless opportunities for innovation in all areas of life—from how we ...
Gamification
September 10, 2019
Using Gamification to Rethink Corporate Training
In the past, “fun” was not a word employees often used to describe corporate training. But ...
Instructional Design
August 30, 2019
7 Tips to More Effective Instructional Design
If you’ve been in the corporate world a while, chances are you’ve been subjected to ...
Gamification
August 27, 2019
Gamification on the Brain
How does game-based training affect the way we learn? As any parent can attest, we live in a ...
Creative Training Techniques®
August 01, 2019
Measuring Training Performance
Tips and tricks for effective training with measurable results
Virtual Training
July 25, 2019
Five Tips for Virtual Training Success
In today’s highly mobile corporate culture, virtual training is fast becoming the go-to ...
Instructional Design
July 10, 2019
Improve Your Training Engagement with the EAT Principle
Be sure to include EAT in your Instructor-Led, Participant-Centered training session. I’ll ...
Gamification
June 18, 2019
Corporate Training, Keeping it Fresh: Gamification in Online Learning
E-learning has long been used in place of in-class learning sessions and is most often ...
Presentation Skills
June 04, 2019
Keep it Short: Why a One-Sheet Beats Many
Are you setting your sights on that new job? Perhaps you’re ready to promote your new ...
Creative Training Techniques®
May 28, 2019
Before, During and After Tips for a Successful Facilitation
Facilitation, training and lecturing are three different session components that require ...
Creative Training Techniques®
May 10, 2019
5 Great Reasons to Attend CTT 2019
The annual Creative Training Techniques® Conference immerses attendees in the philosophy and ...
Creative Training Techniques®
April 25, 2019
7 Best Practices to Building Great Teams
Team engagement. It may sound like a corporate buzzword, but it is far more important than ...
Presentations
April 09, 2019
The Physical Act of Presenting
There are two parts to a successful presentation: the preparation and the delivery. ...
Microlearning
March 20, 2019
Why You Should Create a Microlearning Lesson
We’re crunched for time, attention spans are dwindling, technology is constantly changing. ...
Creative Training Techniques®
March 08, 2019
5 Benefits of Professional Certification
One of the best ways you can differentiate yourself as a dedicated and motivated ...
Creative Training Techniques®
February 20, 2019
How to Choose a Good Convention
Have you ever attended a convention that felt like a waste of time? Conventions and ...
Gamification
February 08, 2019
Playing Games Can Boost Learning
Do you know what the term gamification means? Gamification is a training technique in which ...
Creative Training Techniques®
January 08, 2019
How to Keep up With Changes in Training
For those of you who are out there doing trainings and are not in the virtual world yet, ...
Virtual Training
December 18, 2018
Training Trends to Come in 2019
The new year is right around the corner. It’s time to take a look at the training methods ...
Creative Training Techniques®
December 04, 2018
Training Success Tips: Treat Your Learners as Clients
Think of the last time you went to your favorite store to purchase something. Maybe that’s ...
Creative Training Techniques®
November 20, 2018
Improve Team Performance with Training
The amount of team-based work has increased in most offices, but with the pace of today’s ...
Creative Training Techniques®
November 06, 2018
Tips to Improve Learning Retention
The hope at the end of a presentation is that the participants not only understood you, but ...
Creative Training Techniques®
October 19, 2018
Training-Budget Saving Ideas
Having well trained employees contributes to the success of a company, but not all employers ...
Creative Training Techniques®
October 12, 2018
2018 Pike’s Peak Award Winner: Wounded Warrior Project
Every year at the Creative Training Techniques® Conference, the winner of the Pike’s Peak ...
Creative Training Techniques®
September 18, 2018
Tips for Mastering Technical Training
Technical training has a reputation for being dull and boring. Because of this, teaching ...
Creative Training Techniques®
September 04, 2018
5 Tips to Enhance Your Next Conference Experience with Social Media
Using social media to enhance or prepare for your next conference or event might seem like a ...
Presentations
August 21, 2018
How to Host a Successful Webinar
As technology improves, webinars are becoming an increasingly common component of workplace ...
Creative Training Techniques®
August 07, 2018
How to End Your Class with Impact
It’s common for trainers to save the last 10-15 minutes of their session for questions. ...
Presentations
July 25, 2018
Five Creative Openers to Get Participants’ Brains in the Game
There’s a big difference between opening a training session and simply beginning. A strong ...
Creative Training Techniques®
July 10, 2018
Leave ‘em Jazzed: How to End Your Class with Impact
Do you feel like your class or training session just kind of ends with a whimper rather than ...
Presentations
June 19, 2018
PowerPoint 101: Ditch the Boring Bullet Points
Did you know PowerPoint has been around for 27 years? Just like you, it has experience and ...
Presentations
May 21, 2018
When Silence Is Golden: The Power of the Pause
When you’re presenting and you’re passionate about the subject matter, or familiar with the ...
Presentations
May 08, 2018
6 Main Types of Effective Presentations
We've all been to presentations that inform us, persuade us, instruct us, inspire us, and ...
Creative Training Techniques®
April 26, 2018
Helpful Tips for Dealing with Difficult Participants
Difficult participants—they seem to find their way to just about every classroom. Trainers ...
Creative Training Techniques®
April 12, 2018
Key Components of Designing Instructor-Led, Participant-Centered Training
Have you ever been to mandated training that you thought would never end? As the trainer ...
Creative Training Techniques®
March 20, 2018
Change the Game with Training that Sticks
Companies wouldn’t invest in training if they didn’t want their employees to apply the ...
Creative Training Techniques®
March 06, 2018
The 7 Laws of Learning for Training Success
Successful training design and delivery depends on a trainer’s ability to create a learning ...
Presentations
February 06, 2018
Bring Your Ideas to Life with Infographics
When your learners are struggling to pay attention, it’s not their fault. It’s just the way ...
Creative Training Techniques®
January 23, 2018
The Immeasurable Benefits of Training to Train
Teachers regularly benefit from ongoing education—not only learning more about what they ...
Creative Training Techniques®
December 19, 2017
5 Popular Training Blog Posts From 2017
Like every industry, training is continuously evolving, and doing so faster every year. Best ...
Presentations
December 05, 2017
3 New Three-Minute Energizers for 2018
The New Year is always a good opportunity to shake things up. You might start a new exercise ...
Creative Training Techniques®
November 14, 2017
What You Need to Know About Gen Z in the Workplace
Just as we’re finally starting to feel comfortable working with and training Millennials, a ...
Creative Training Techniques®
November 07, 2017
How to Engage a Multigenerational Workforce
The landscape of today’s working world is unique for a variety of reasons, one of which ...
Creative Training Techniques®
October 24, 2017
Transforming Outcomes With Participant-Centered Training
Every year at the Creative Training Techniques® Conference, we present the Pike’s Peak Award ...
Creative Training Techniques®
October 09, 2017
Top 5 Takeaways From CTTC 2017
A couple weeks ago, we held our 24th Annual Creative Training Techniques® Conference in ...
Creative Training Techniques®
September 15, 2017
Improving Team Performance With Training
The amount of team-based work has increased in most offices, but with the pace of today’s ...
Creative Training Techniques®
September 05, 2017
How to Become a Thought Leader at Work
A thought leader is someone whose ideas and opinions are trusted to be authoritative, ...
Creative Training Techniques®
August 08, 2017
5 Benefits of Attending Industry Conferences
Most people enjoy the experience of attending a professional conference. There’s a lot to ...
Creative Training Techniques®
July 24, 2017
3 Growing Trends in Training, Learning and Development 2017
Creative Training Techniques®
July 11, 2017
How to Identify Your Organization’s Training Needs Before Revising a Training Program
One of the biggest mistakes organizations make when creating a new training program is ...
Creative Training Techniques®
June 15, 2017
Revolutionize Tired Training With a New Approach
Albert Einstein reputedly said, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and ...
Creative Training Techniques®
June 08, 2017
Top 7 Reasons to Attend CTTC 2017
The Creative Training Techniques® Conference immerses attendees in the philosophy and ...
Creative Training Techniques®
April 27, 2017
Why Get a Professional Trainer Certification Through The Bob Pike Group?
Earning a professional training and development certification is one way to set yourself ...
Creative Training Techniques®
March 30, 2017
Join Becky at ATD 2017 for a Presentation on the Brain Science Behind Spacing
Are you heading to the ATD 2017 International Conference & Exposition in Atlanta next ...
Creative Training Techniques®
March 29, 2017
You Don’t Need to Be a Professional Trainer to Attend the 24th Annual Creative Training Techniques® Conference
The Creative Training Techniques® Conference isn’t just for professional trainers. The ...
Presentations
March 23, 2017
Effective Presentation Opener
Need to add a little fizzle to your training session? Use this object lesson from Bob Pike ...
Presentations
February 27, 2017
5 Deadly Presentation Sins
The bad news: Although many factors make a presentation great, it only takes one mistake to ...
Creative Training Techniques®
February 20, 2017
5 Ways to Use Social Media in Training
Don’t be afraid to bring social media into your training! There are many tools out there – ...
Presentations
January 24, 2017
6 Different Types of Presentations
Presentations come in a lot of different forms and have a variety of purposes. In the ...
Creative Training Techniques®
January 02, 2017
Learn 6 Time Management Strategies
You and your fellow workers are overworked, over-connected and over-extended. For the sake ...
Creative Training Techniques®
December 01, 2016
How Managers Affect Employee Engagement
Although managers influence the job commitment and satisfaction of employees, as many as ...
Creative Training Techniques®
November 18, 2016
How to Run Effective Business Meetings
The average professional workweek has steadily expanded over the past decade, and one of the ...
Instructional Design
November 01, 2016
The Annual Conference Helped This Attendee Take Control of Her Training
In continuation of the insider’s view series, I had the chance to talk with Ava Varelas from ...
Creative Training Techniques®
October 20, 2016
An Attendee’s View of the Annual Conference
The 23rd Annual Creative Training Techniques® Conference was in full swing last month. As a ...
Creative Training Techniques®
October 03, 2016
POET Reduced Safety Incidents 62% [Case Study]
Case Study: Poet Improves Safety Training The Broin brothers started POET in 1987 as a ...
Instructional Design
September 27, 2016
Time to Create Your Own Results Based Training Design
If you’ve been reading the previous posts about the core principles in an Instructor-Led, ...
Instructional Design
September 15, 2016
CIO is the Cornerstone of Social Learning for Your Training Design
Another core concept of building an Instructor-Led, Participant-Centered Workshop is CIO. ...
Instructional Design
September 13, 2016
Does Your Training Design Need CPR?
One of the core concepts of building an Instructor-Led, Participant-Centered Workshop is ...
Instructional Design
September 11, 2016
Increase Innovation with Effective Design Consulting!
Corporate America is starving for innovation. Hierarchical org charts, pressure for ...
Creative Training Techniques®
September 06, 2016
Learn Memory Techniques to Boost Your Learning!
Over the next month, I'll be sharing some of the tips from Becky's latest book "Creative ...
Instructional Design
August 23, 2016
How to Move From Training Provider to Trusted Advisor
More training isn’t always the answer. Learn how to address the challenge at hand and ...
Creative Training Techniques®
August 19, 2016
Millennials Prefer a Social Learning Environment [Infographic]
There are over 40 million millennials in the workforce and the number is increasing by ...
Creative Training Techniques®
August 14, 2016
Why is Social Learning Important for Training?
You hear a lot about Social Learning when talking about learning and development. It’s not a ...
Creative Training Techniques®
July 07, 2016
Who Cares About Transparency?
Workplaces with Great Cultures, that’s who! Transparency has become a key to attracting and ...
Creative Training Techniques®
June 30, 2016
3 Steps to Jump-Start Your Corporate Culture
You know corporate culture is important. Get started by understanding your current corporate ...
Creative Training Techniques®
June 28, 2016
Fire the Office Jerk. Instantly Improve Your Corporate Culture.
Corporate culture is one of the hottest topics in business today. Over 82% respondents in ...
Creative Training Techniques®
June 20, 2016
The Ultimate Guide to Active Learning Techniques
Engaging your audience during training is critical to the success of your training. When ...
Creative Training Techniques®
June 15, 2016
How To Conquer Yawns and Blank Stares by Engaging Your Audience
Engaging your audience during training is critical to the success of your training. When ...
Creative Training Techniques®
June 04, 2016
What You Can Do to Increase Trust In Your Corporation
The State of Trust In Corporations Today Based on the 2016 Edelman Trust Barometer, we’re ...
Creative Training Techniques®
June 03, 2016
Trust is the Key to Effective Leadership
One of the most foundational qualities a manager must have is trust. Trust in their team and ...
Creative Training Techniques®
May 13, 2016
Learn Why Kari Relies on The Bob Pike Group Training When Redesigning Her Training
Kari Devine, Thrivent Financial, attended the 2015 Creative Training Techniques™ Conference. ...
Creative Training Techniques®
May 13, 2016
Build a Network to See Things from Different Angles
Katie Fowler, Chick-fil-A, attended the 2015 Creative Training Techniques® Conference. She ...
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