To stay ahead of the competition, today?s organizations must investin ongoing training that continuously improves their employees?knowledge and skills. A Practical Guide to Training andDevelopment is a comprehensive resource that offers atheoretical, strategic, and practical foundation of the entiretraining process. The book outlines a step-by-step approach forassessing, designing, delivering and evaluating training.

In a fast-paced and innovative world, traditional training methods can no longer be relied on to improve performance, engagement or promote behavioural change. Experience-based learning, in which the experience is central to the learning process, is more affordable, appealing and effective than ever before. Experiential Learning combines in-depth theory with international case studies from companies including KidZania, Shell and the UK National Health Service (NHS) and numerous practical tools for developing and delivering learning experiences in both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations. It presents a simple model, the Learning Combination Lock, which enables trainers, coaches, facilitators and educators to select the best strategies for their circumstances to maximize comprehension, knowledge retention and application. Essential reading for anyone designing and delivering learning experiences, it covers areas such as experiential learning activities, indoor and outdoor learning environments, creative learning, working with the senses and emotions to help promote learning, and reviewing and evaluating initiatives. In addition to featuring new international case studies and examples, this updated fourth edition of Experiential Learning contains new material on the mechanisms underpinning learning, mindfulness and wellbeing, experience and language and digital games and the design of multi-sensory experiences. Online supporting resources consist of audio files exploring sensory intelligence.

This text provides practical guidelines on all aspects of training related to NVQs. Making full use of checklists, and with each chapter covering one aspect of the training cycle, the handbook describes all aspects of the trainer's role.

With the emphasis firmly on the practical side, this book examines every aspect of the use of training aids in all types of situations. The whole range of training aids is examined here -- both high-tech and tried-and-true -- along with full explanations of what they are, how to use them to greatest effect, why and when to use them, and what supportive activities are required.

To be an effective trainer, you are continuously challenged to choose the most appropriate approach and set of practices ones that will work given your circumstances and context. This book will help you in making five core decisions: defining the best approach to take to training and development in your organisations, selecting the most appropriate delivery strategy, selecting training methods that will achieve your learning objectives, selecting a style of delivery that best matches your skill level and personal characteristics, making effective decisions about how best to evaluate your activities and to calculate a return on your organisations investment in training.

A quick and practical resource for people who want to liven up the learning process. Knowing how and when to use interactive and engaging training methods is a key ingredient to making learning stick. This book is a collection of tried and true activities to get participants engaged and interacting with others to learn something. There is something here for everyone - accidental trainers and those new to the training field, as well as seasoned trainers. This is the why and the how for building interaction and engagement in training. It includes examples and instructions that can easily be incorporated in learning solutions. There are even ideas on leveraging technology! Crystal Hyde, learning leader from BP, says: "Renie McClay has lived the learning process and provided a guide that every learning professional should keep handy. True to form, Renie never disappoints. "

How to Measure Training Results presents practical tools for collecting and measuring six types of data critical to an overall evaluatin of training. This timely resource: Includes dozens of reproducible tools and processes for training evaluation Shows how to measure both financial and intangible/non-financial results

This thoroughly revised edition of the best-selling resource A Practical Guide to Needs Assessment offers a practical and comprehensive guide for practitioners who are responsible for Introducing a training program Creating adult education programs Assessing the development needs of a workforce Improving individual, group, organization or interorganizational performance in the workplace Implementing community, national, or international development interventions Designed as a resource for practitioners, this book is filled with how-to information, tips, and case studies. It shows how to use data-based needs assessments to frame people-related problems and performance, improvement opportunities to obtain support from those who are affected by the changes, make effective decision, and increase efficiency.