About the Book
This complete set includes all three volumes of the
Pfeiffer Essential Guides to Training Basics: Training
Fundamentals, Designing and Developing Training
Programs, and Delivering Training Workshops.
The first of the series, Training Fundamentals,
provides practical information, strategies, techniques,
guidelines, step-by-step procedures, tips, and tools that trainers
can put to use right away. It features a wealth of checklists,
templates, and other tools, along with strategies, perspectives,
and ideas from a wide range of experienced training professionals.
This book offres a comprehensive overview of training
including information on the purpose of training, the way
it?s delivered, what a trainer does, adult learning theory,
training assessment, learner focused training, cost-effective
training, and instructional design.
Designing and Developing Training Programs focuses on
developing and presenting training programs. This volume
features essential information on planning a project, assessing the
audience, covering needs, creating performance-based objectives,
when and if to use off-the-shelf programs, developing enabling
objectives, pacing, creating activities, test-running your program,
and much more.
The third volume, Delivering Training
Workshops, contains best practices for scheduling,
notifying participants, introducing the program, setting up the
space, practicing the presentation, engaging the participants,
establishing rapport, preparing materials, taking risks,
facilitating discussions, creating action plans, following up on
what is learned, and much more.
About the Author :
Writer, instructional designer, trainer, and developmental editor, Janis Chan has more than 30 years experience as an instructional designer and trainer and has done extensive research on learning theories, best practices, and methodology, and the real-world experiences of other training professionals. As co-founder of Advanced Communication Designs, Inc. she designed and conducted customized workshops on topics that included business writing, meeting planning, managing priorities, delegating, interpersonal communication, performance management, and making presentations. Working with a wide range of clients, she has developed facilitator's guides, participant workbooks, and self-study materials and written and edited books, training materials, marketing materials, manuals and other documents. She is the author of Academic Manager's Guide to Meetings (Jossey-Bass) and served as developmental editor for the highly acclaimed Leadership Challenge series, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Workshop Kit, and several other training packages and books.
