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 | | 101 Ways to Make Training Active (Active Training Series) by Mel Silberman ISBN-10: 9780787976125 ISBN-10: 0-7879-7612-1 ISBN-13: 9780787976125 ISBN-13: 978-0-7879-7612-5 Paperback 2005-05-25 Pfeiffer Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description When it was first published in 1995, Mel Silberman's 101 Ways to Make Training Active became an instant bestseller. Now this revised and updated second edition offers the same dynamic approach and several completely new case examples. The examples support each exercise and highlight real-time uses of the highly successful Active Training method. In addition, the book includes 200 training tips that form the nuts-and-bolts of successful active training. These tips incorporated in the book's top ten lists show how to build quality, activity, variety, and direction into your training programs. For the first time 101 Ways to Make Training Active features a CD-ROM containing all the original "Top Ten Trainers Tips and Techniques" lists for easy reproduction and distribution. | ||
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Cute short kick off games for a meeting See above....some are very good...most are to fill up the book | ||
A good guide for most trainers I found this book to be a useful reference for me in terms of adding some activities to the training routines that I regularly deliver. The author is obviously a very experienced trainer and I have been able to easily take some of the techniques and integrate them immediately. Some of the information is really only suitable to certain training environments within certain disciplines and I have had to avoid them as I find them a bit questionable from a credibility point of view. Some also do have the effect of forcing people who do not like interacting to be interactive. (Always an uncomfortable thing to watch) All in all this is a good book and I would recommend it for people who are beginning in training as well as for those who are looking for a few areas that they can use to revitalise their older training routines. | ||
Increase Learning - Train Actively! As a professional trainer and coach I know my subjects well. That's my problem! It's too easy to stand up and lecture. The trick is to involve participants in meaningful ways. "101 Ways to Make Training Active" is just the ticket. Silberman begins with 20 "top 10" lists of training tips. For example, "Ten assignments to give learning partners" and "Ten suggestions for activating a lecture" and "Ten options for role playing", etc. Each of the 200 tips are written in brief bullet-point style that stimulates creativity. Every list gave me ideas of how to improve my training - and that's the point! The bulk of the book, 244 additional pages, are 101 ways to make training active. The activities are grouped together into 15 sections according the flow of a training program: How to Get Active Participation from the Start, How to Teach Information, Skills, and Attitudes Actively, and How to Make Training Unforgettable. I love these ideas! These are some of my favorite. Actively engage participants early on by handing out a "quiz" on the training topic. Have them work individually then compare answers with others. This allows participants to share information, build team work, and engage in the topic. Another idea with similar objectives is "Go to Your Post". Place 3 or 4 dichotomous choices around the room and ask participants to go the the post they most relate with. Groups at each post discuss why they relate to that choice, or characteristics of that choice, or how to use that choice, etc. Groups report back to the main group with their learning. Do you have a lot of information to get across? Try lecture Bingo. Randomly arrange your main speaking points on a 3 x 3 grid, or Bingo card. As you speak, listeners take notes and mark the speaking points until they get a Bingo (3 marked squares in a row). Acknowledge the Bingo and keep going allowing others to Bingo using your speaking points. Sounds chaotic, but it's fun! As a coach trainer, skill development is the main focus of my courses. Silberman includes some excellent variations on role plays and skill practice. "Show, But NOT Tell" is when the training demonstrates a skill before explaining it. Participants are asked to observe and then explain what the trainer did. Another non-threatening activity places the trainer in the key role and involves the group in providing responses along the way. For example, in a coaching role play, the trainer stops and asks the group, "What question might I ask next?" Reviewing learning through the use of memorable methods will further increase the impact of learning. Fun, creative, and above all memorable methods of reviewing learning include Jeopardy and Who Wants to be a Millionaire game show reviews. Silverman gives instructions make either activity easy to create and to lead. I've seen a lot of books on training games or activities. Most has a couple of "winners" but this one just doesn't quit. Buy it, use it, and watch participation, learning, and your course evaluations improve! | ||
Must Have! This is the best collection of games, activities, tips and ideas ever. Very useful and applicable to many situations. If I could have only one training book, this would be the one. This would be a great asset to any training library and a great gift for anyone in the training field, especially a new trainer. | ||
The Best Guide To Active Participation Teaching The standard old lecture followed by test has been around for a few thousand years. And it's probably still the most common training method used anywhere in the world. But the technology has really moved on. Active participation on the part of the students has been proven over and over to result in both greater understanding and retention. Ten years ago when the first edition of this book came out it clarified how to create an active learning environment And Dr. Silberman has finally revised his ten year old classic. It's updated, and now includes a CD with some 200 hints and tips covering everything from how to organize a classroom to forming groups that will work together on a project. We can only wish that the teachers for our children could use some of these techniques and make the public school system less of a tiresome chore. No, that's not totally true, we can also wish that the teachers of the next training class that we take will have read this book. | ||