“With almost four decades of experience in various industries training and educating adults on dozens of different topic areas, I have gained some valuable and unique insights into what works and what does not related to training. That is not to say that I am the definitive source in the field, however, I do have a toolbox full of proven techniques and strategies to share with readers. Sharing is my goal with, Training Workshop Essentials, since I did not have access to one like it when I started my own training career. Thus, as the old saying goes, ‘I learned the hard way.’ My objective in writing this book is to be a resource to you and to hopefully, save you time and frustration, and help increase the effectiveness of your workshops and learning events.”

Robert (Bob) W. Lucas

In Training Workshop Essentials, you will read about a creative process for creating and delivering efficient and interactive training and educational workshops that incorporate much of what researchers have found to be effective in training adults. Using concepts related to how adults learn differently from children and how the brain best processes information (brain-based learning) and is able to gain, retain, recall and use information, Training Workshop Essentials will show you how to create dynamic, fun, and effective learning events.

Anyone responsible for creating and delivering information in a group setting can benefit from the ideas and tools provided in Training Workshop Essentials. Throughout the book, you will learn the basics of workshop design, development and delivery from a whole-brain perspective. In other words, you will learn how to address the three different learning modalities (auditory, visual, and kinesthetic), tap into brain-based or accelerated learning strategies, address the needs of different generational and diverse learners, and employ learner-tested techniques that will make your events memorable.

Look Into the Mind of Internationally Recognized Master Trainer, Bob Lucas

As the author and contributing author to twenty-nine books on training and workforce development, hundreds of articles, and dozens of powerful learning aids and resources, Bob shares with you his proven techniques for creating a learning event that will win you praise and help your trainees maximize learning outcomes.

By applying the insights found in Training Workshop Essentials you will start to see immediate return on investment (ROI) through more successful learning events. Your learners and their sponsors will notice the value of your training immediately when you use this powerful resource to design, develop and deliver your workshops

Here's a Sneak-Peek at What's Inside…

In Training Workshop Essentials: Designing, Developing and Delivering Learning Events That Get Results, you will learn:

• How to apply the research of well-known professionals like Malcolm Knowles, Howard Gardner, Clayton Alderfer, Georgi Lozanov, Abraham Maslow and others to create incredible learning events and environments that will have learners and peers talking about them.
• To effectively identify learner wants and expectations, and strategies for analyzing their needs.
• Strategies for providing an environment where people with special needs and those from other cultural backgrounds can maximize their learning experience.
• The importance of creating a dynamic learning experience for participants by examining factors that influence your workshop success (title, day, date, month, time, staffing, facility, equipment, training aids and much more).
• Effective marketing strategies that can help fill the seats in your workshop, as well as, how to structure your content, set valid learning objectives, apply the Instructional Systems Design process, and evaluate the success of your function.
• How environmental factors such as light, sound, music, motion, color, novelty, and other mechanisms stimulate brain neurons to help learners gain, retain and use what they experience.
• Means to establish rapport with learners, gain and maintain their interest, and how to incorporate many learner-centric techniques.
• The nitty gritty details of how to present information in a dynamic and professional manner by mastering communication skills and presenting information like a pro.
• Approaches to handle a variety of learning situations, effectively ask and respond to questions, and generally prepare yourself to project an image of confidence and capability when in front of your learners.
• Ways to jazz up your audio-visual aids and training materials so that you can better attract and hold learner attention while sharing important workshop concepts with them.
• Strategies for planning a more successful learning outcome by giving learners a heads up on what to expect before they even arrive at the workshop.
• Methods of ensuring that attendees are ready to learn.
• Techniques to address learner needs, connect with them, give and receive feedback, and present information in a manner that aids their memory.
• The importance of closure and how to end your workshop on a high note and ways to accomplish that goal.

Apply the strategies Bob has laid out every time you create and deliver a learning event and you'll be light years ahead of most of your peers and competitors.

Training Workshop Essentials: Designing, Developing and Delivering Learning Events That Get Results was written to build on the resources Bob has provided in other publications and in his train-the-trainer workshops and presentations. By using the strategies provided in this book, you will not only provide information to learners in a way that capitalizes on how people learn best, you will build a reputation as a creative and professional trainer, educator or presenter.

Are you ready to move to the next level of training expertise and become the workplace learning professional that you are capable of being? Then, order a copy of Training Workshop Essentials: Designing, Developing and Delivering Learning Events That Get Results right now. You will not be disappointed!