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Author: Richard Allen
ISBN: 9781412955775

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From the publisher

"Dr. Rich Allen has done it again--created another clear, practical and powerful resource for all educators. These principles and strategies ought to be mandatory for everyone who presents for a living."
--Eric Jensen, President and Founder
Jensen Learning Corporation

"Train Smart is the best, clearest, most to-the-point, and valuable resource available for trainers. With this second edition, Rich Allen has gone from "great" to "even greater." It is a required guide for our trainers, and it is the new text in our Trainer of Trainers program."
--Spence Rogers, President
Peak Learning Systems

Train smarter, not harder!

What are the key components that will make your trainings relevant, engaging, and understandable? How can you deliver instruction that results in high retention and improved productivity for participants?

In TrainSmart, Second Edition, well-known author, consultant, and trainer Rich Allen offers a comprehensive guide to planning and implementing successful staff development sessions. The author provides facilitators with a solid framework and a unique approach that emphasizes application, and demonstrates each element of the process through case studies, examples, and practical tips.

Thoroughly updated, this edition includes new brain-friendly strategies that can be easily implemented to help you create dynamic learning experiences. Ideal for staff developers, organizational trainers, and administrators, this resource includes:

25 key concepts for training smarter
Sample schedules and planning templates
A collection of parables to illustrate concepts
Tips for using technology

Discover a new world of possibilities that can enhance your enthusiasm for learning and teaching, lead to more effective presentations, and make training more enjoyable for you and your adult learners!

Details

Title Trainsmart: Effective Trainings Every Time
Author Rich Allen
Binding Hardback
Edition 2nd
Pages 160
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Corwin Publishers
Publication date 2007-07-20
Illustrated Yes
Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
ISBN 9781412955775 / 1412955777
Weight 1.11 lbs (0.50 kg)
Dimensions 10.07 x 7.26 x 0.63 in (25.58 x 18.44 x 1.60 cm)
Category Business / Economics / Finance
Library of Congress subjects Training, Employees - Training of
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2007007913
Dewey Decimal Code 658.312

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Reference and Research Bk News, 11/01/2007, Page 130

About the author

Richard Allen, Ph.D., is an international consultant with more than 25 years experience coaching trainers and educators. Co-founder and President of Education Illustrated, he has taken the TrainSmart strategies beyond the United States and Canada, to such diverse countries as the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Brunei, Russia, Jordan, and Brazil. Dr. Allen is also a popular keynote speaker at international conferences and facilitates moti-vational and teambuilding workshops. Dr. Allen started his educational career as a high-school math and drama teacher. In 1985 he became a lead facilitator for SuperCamp--an accelerated learning program for teens--and has since worked with more than 25,000 students worldwide. Dr. Allen completed his doctorate in educational psychology at Arizona State University, where he studied how the human brain receives, processes, and recalls information--knowledge that informs all aspects of his training strategies. The author resides in the US Virgin Islands on the sun-kissed paradise of St Croix.

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