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TrainSmart
Effective Trainings Every Time

Second Edition
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September 2007 | 160 pages | Corwin
Train Smart: Effective Trainings Every Time, Second Edition offers a comprehensive guide to planning and implementing engaging, successful training sessions. The author, an expert keynote speaker and workshop presenter, provides an overview and framework for the training process and then presents a generous collection of brain-friendly strategies that can be immediately implemented. The second edition has been thoroughly updated and includes new training strategies, recommendations for using the latest technology, and additional tips, examples, and guidelines throughout.
 
Preface
 
Acknowledgments
 
About the Author
 
Part I. Prepare for Effective Trainings Every Time
Overview

 
The Five Pillars of the TrainSmart Model

 
The Bricks and Mortar of the TrainSmart Model

 
Sample TrainSmart Schedule

 
TrainSmart Lesson Plan Template

 
 
Part II. 25 Key Concepts for Training Smarter
 
Key Concept Matrix
 
1. Acknowledgment
 
2. Bridges and Zones
 
3. Comfort Levels
 
4. Task Completion
 
5. Contrast
 
6. Precise Directions
 
7. Resource Distribution
 
8. Teach It Standing
 
9. Participant Inquiry
 
10. Adequate Response Time
 
11. Specify Response Mode
 
12. Question/Clarify/Question
 
13. Managing Disruptions
 
14. Creative Note Taking
 
15. Positive Language
 
16. Involve, Don’t Tell
 
17. Ownership
 
18. Pause for Visuals
 
19. Press and Release
 
20. Purposeful Body Language
 
21. Visual-Field Variations
 
22. Vocal Italics
 
23. Music Matters
 
24. Guiding Attention
 
25. Verbal Specificity
 
Part III. Tools for Training
Six Powerful Parables

 
A TrainSmart Checklist

 
TrainSmart Lesson Plan Template

 
 
References
 
Index

"Rich Allen has done it again—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

"Rich Allen has the rare ability to identify and define with clarity the elements of excellence in training. In TrainSmart, he reveals the pathway from good presentation to great presentation. Every professional trainer should use this resource to support their continuous improvement plan."

John Parks Le Tellier, Lead Trainer, Quantum Learning Network
Author of Quantum Learning & Instructional Leadership in Practice

"TrainSmart is the best, clearest, most to-the-point, practical, and most 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 the new text in our Trainer of Trainers program."

Spence Rogers, President
Peak Learning Systems

"Rich Allen is THE consumate trainer with a natural gift for delivering effective, dynamic presentations. This is a must-read for beginning professional developers, and it also offers veterans new ideas. If the intent is to raise student achievement via high-quality presentations, then this book meets its goal."

Mark Diaz, Superintendent
Manor Independent School District, TX

"A powerful text in a small package, designed to teach trainers and workshop facilitators within or outside of education how to design effective training sessions."

Middle Ground Magazine, April 2008, Vol. 11(4)
National Middle Schools Association

Sample Materials & Chapters

Preface

Part 1


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