Download or read book Confessions of a Corporate Trainer written by Jonathan Halls and published by Association for Talent Development. This book was released on 2019-04-23 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embrace the Gritty Reality of Training Ever watched half your class stomp out on you? Fallen asleep facilitating a creativity workshop? Planned a bulletproof lesson plan, then dropped it 10 minutes after you started? Don’t worry—it’s fine to confess. If you have faced a surprise in the training room, chances are Jonathan Halls has seen it, too. As a result, he doesn’t pretend to be a shiny happy trainer anymore; his 25-plus years of training and facilitating in 25 countries have taught him not to stress over a less-than-flawless class—and helped him focus less on himself and more on letting his learners shine. In Confessions of a Corporate Trainer: An Insider Tells All, Jonathan tells relatable and charming stories of what corporate training is really about, drawing from his highly rated train-the-trainer workshops and hundreds of honest conversations with like-minded trainers. He recounts the curveball he was thrown midway through a change management workshop in Zagreb, Croatia—and how it showed him the futility of overplanning. He shares the time a fire alarm disrupted a training program he led in Washington, D.C., and how he embraced the interruption. And he reflects on what conspires to knock trainers off their game (psst: demanding clients, heavy workloads, and frequent travel are only a few of the culprits). Discover the gritty reality of training. Confessions of a Corporate Trainer will entertain you, challenge you, and remind you why you as a trainer are so important in today’s workplace.

Download or read book I Like Your Form written by Jd Holmes and published by Yin Yang Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After graduating from high school and working several dead-end jobs, JD lands a job as a personal trainer at a newly opened gym. At first he is inexperienced and shocked at how much money people are willing to drop to train with him. But soon he starts to learn the ropes of the business. It's not long before JD carves a niche for himself training well-to-do housewives and successful older women. As he gives into these women's demands, he is faced with an internal struggle: he wants to make money and retain clients, but he knows that what he is doing is wrong. If his girlfriend or one of his clients' spouses ever found out about this other life he's leading, everything could blow up in his face and it could mean the end of his career. But for the time being, what's wrong with enjoying the attention of many attractive, sexy women who seem to be more than willing to please young JD? This hilarious and honest collection of stories includes advice for both personal trainers and clients and a look at the lesser-known-side of personal training.

Download or read book Rapid Video Development for Trainers written by Jonathan Halls and published by Association for Talent Development. This book was released on 2012-05-04 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rapid Video Development for Trainers meets the needs of companies and individuals who are thinking about or have dabbled in video production. Although producing focused, high quality video is well within the capability of nearly every development professional, the skill sets required to do so have not traditionally fallen within most trainers’ job descriptions. This is where Rapid Video Development comes in: a comprehensive tutorial covering every aspect of web-based video development, this book provides both the theoretical overview and the nuts-and-bolts instructions for creating professional quality video quickly, easily, and inexpensively. Written specifically for trainers by a 20-year media industry veteran who has worked in Europe, America, and Asia, Rapid Video Development explains in clear, non-technical language everything you need to know to create exceptionally instructive, cost-effective video yourself. Some of the topics discussed include: the opportunities presented to trainers by the advent of inexpensive digital technology the principles, psychology, and philosophies behind effective video what constitutes an appropriate situation in which to utilize video as a training medium the various, distinct layers (visual, spoken word, music and sound effects, and more) that comprise an effective, high quality video techniques for using effects to enhance—rather than detract from—the impact of your video designing and implementing an efficient, productive workflow thorough coverage of the tools you’ll need, with a heavy emphasis on the most cost-effective software and hardware for your project detailed input on how to shoot great video, with sections on lighting, framing, and safety important tips on basic digital video camera care and use how to edit your video for maximum clarity, consistency, and aesthetics a full chapter on the digital technology involved with putting your video on the web a summary 12-point plan for achieving success with your training video At a time when training and development budgets are being decreased, staff must be able to do more with less. And, since web-based video is rapidly assuming a critical role in corporate training, the ability to create highly effective video in-house is crucial. Rapid Video Development is your invaluable educational resource for every aspect of professional-quality, cost-effective web video production.

Download or read book Troubleshooting for Trainers written by Sophie Oberstein and published by Association for Talent Development. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your Fix-It Guide to Training When you need to repair an appliance on the fritz, you can consult the instruction manual. But if you’re stuck when designing or facilitating training, what resource can you turn to for solutions to your problem? Part troubleshooting guide, part introduction to training design and delivery, Troubleshooting for Trainers delivers in-the-moment fixes and longer-term solutions for common challenges at every stage of the learning and development process. Pull it out when you’re in a predicament, flip to the related challenge listed in the table of contents, and find some immediate relief. Better yet, use it to discover tips and strategies that will help you proactively avoid the crises new trainers face. Covering more than 40 challenges, the book offers solutions for when: you feel a lack of personal and professional credibility training isn’t well regarded you don’t have enough resources you have minimal learning design expertise you’re uncertain about measurement and reporting metrics live training surprises throw you for a loop you encounter challenging participants. Perfect for the busy trainer, each chapter briefly describes a challenge for trainers, offers a series of solutions for overcoming it, and includes some resources to go deeper about the topic. Job aids and sample worksheets accompany the solutions. “If only I knew this when I was starting out.” Experienced trainers often express this sentiment later in their careers. Why wait? The next time you’re at a training impasse, troubleshoot your way out.

Download or read book Rapid Media Development for Trainers written by Jonathan Halls and published by Association for Talent Development. This book was released on 2016-12-30 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create stunning digital media quickly and affordably. Shaky camerawork and scratchy audio just won’t cut it with your learners. But can your time- and budget-constrained training department produce the polished media they expect? Absolutely. In Rapid Media Development for Trainers, veteran trainer and author Jonathan Halls uses his experience running the BBC’s prestigious production training department to help even the smallest learning team dazzle. Whether you need to build a training program, blend your offerings, or flip your classroom, this book will help you make learning dynamic with rapid media techniques. Free of overly technical jargon, Rapid Media Development for Trainers is for novice and expert learning professionals alike. It explains essential learning and media concepts and adapts standard production practices to your work schedule. You won’t need to max out your budget on expensive equipment, or stress over camera models and editing software. Use simple tools—some that you already have—to create video, audio, and online content while avoiding common missteps. Turn once uninspiring training programs into riveting learning experiences that incorporate compelling video, crisp podcasts, and eye-catching presentations. Discover: why planning media production always beats out winging it which cost-effective tools can deliver high-quality digital media what visual, auditory, and graphical concepts are indispensable during creation how you can pull all your media together and edit it for a complete learning experience. Boost your production and content quality with this ultimate guide to fast and affordable media development.

Download or read book Training Development For Dummies written by Elaine Biech and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retain outstanding talent with a successful training and development program One of the best ways to retain great talent in your business is to deliver a strong training and development program—and this book gives you the tools to do just that. Featuring the latest strides in talent development, such as social learning, hybrid training, creating videos, and more, it arms you with everything you need to upskill employees to be more effective, productive, satisfied, and loyal. Develop a robust training and development program Foster a supportive and innovative work environment Use mentoring, coaching, and informal learning effectively Align learning to your organization’s needs Engage your employees with a motivating training program using the helpful guidance in Training & Development For Dummies!

Download or read book We Get Confessions written by Albert Joseph and published by Albert Josephbooks. This book was released on 1995 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book ATD s Handbook for Training and Talent Development written by Elaine Biech and published by Association for Talent Development. This book was released on 2022-05-24 with total page 1135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Start, Build, and Navigate Your Training and TD Career ATD’s Handbook for Training and Talent Development is the premier resource and compendium of everything a training and talent development (TD) professional needs to know to start, build, and navigate a thriving career. Now in its third edition and grounded by the Talent Development Capability Model, this is more than a revised volume. This edition offers an up-to-date view of the growing roles of talent development professionals, our changing world of work, and the critical need for business alignment. Edited by Elaine Biech, the third edition is divided into eight sections comprising 57 chapters authored by 100 expert practitioners—the brightest thinkers in the field—who share foundational and advanced perspectives and information. The Handbook dives deeply into growing professional expertise and personal skills, virtual learning and remote work, trends affecting TD, managing organizational and career change, growing roles in TD, and understanding organizational impact and business alignment. Fifty online tools are available to download, and there is also a glossary and references. TD professionals, keep this practical, companionable volume close by; it’s the reference you will always turn to.

Download or read book Creating Training Videos written by Jonathan Halls and published by American Society for Training and Development. This book was released on 2024-04-09 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LIKE FILM SCHOOL FOR TRAINERS! Film and edit effective training videos—using your smartphone. Whether you’re a facilitator, instructional designer, or L&D department of one, you don’t need a fancy DSLR camera or film crew to create successful training videos. All you really need is a learning strategy, a good production plan, and a smartphone camera. Informed by his 30-year career in training and media, including his time as learning executive with the BBC, author Jonathan Halls is committed to best practices in video production that will actually help your learners to learn, and without a giant strain on your resources. With straightforward and accessible language, in Creating Training Videos you’ll get: The intersection of media and learning research: Uncover how your videos can effectively provoke learning. Best practices for instructional video: Create a smart outline for your instructional video, creatively use repetition, highlight schemas that are familiar to your audience, and more. Visual grammar: Learn rules of film that you can put into effect immediately, like framing your shots and selecting the best shot sizes to more powerfully support learning. Planning your pictures: Gain a practical framework for mapping out the elements of your video using storyboards, shot formulas, and narrative templates designed to meet various training needs. Understand how picture, graphics, spoken word, and more come together to tell your story. Your videographer’s toolkit: An honest discussion of essential gear, helpful gear, and the serious tools you might consider for your toolkit. Filming with your smartphone: Learn how to best light, stabilize, and frame your shots using the tool you already have in your pocket. Editing and workflow: Stitch shots together for a powerful final product that supports learning, no matter what software you decide to use (yes, even an app on your phone!), and workflow considerations that satisfy all of your stakeholders. With 96 percent of organizations using video as a key modality for workplace learning and 62 percent of organizations posting video (for L&D and other purposes) to YouTube, the ability to produce video is a sought-after skill in the L&D world. Creating Training Videos teaches you step-by-step how to plan, film, and edit smart instructional content—using only a smartphone and without compromising quality and success.

Download or read book Confessions of a Certified Personal Trainer written by Robert Linkul and published by Trafford on Demand Pub. This book was released on 2011-06 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Linkul has been in the certified personal training business since 1999. A former hammer thrower turned trainer, Robert brings with him a passion for personal training and a desire to educate others. Robert operates his own personal training studio in Sacramento, California where he trains over 100 clients per week. Arden Hills Resort Club and Spa provided Robert a 1000 square foot space in which he designed and developed into his private personal training studio. Linkul trains the majority of his clients in groups and has had tremendous success mentoring his clients toward achieving their fitness goals. Robert's commitment to the personal training business earned him the honor of serving the National Strength and Conditioning Association as their Northern California State Director (2010-2012). Robert has his masters degree in personal training, his bachelors degree in kinesiology, is a certified strength and conditioning specialist with distinction, a certified NSCA certified personal trainer with distinction as well as a certified USA Weightlifting Level I coach. Linkul is the "Career Builder" columnist for Personal Fitness Professional Magazine's (PFP) website. Robert also writes for OnFitness magazine and has been published in the NSCA Performance Journal. Linkul puts out a bi-weekly newsletter, which inspired this book, as he sends out information to assist both his clients and other trainers. "I have grown tired of all the "fads" and "myths" of the certified personal training business and decided I would put out a email to all my clients discussing a topics like "site specific reduction" or "crash diets." The support I received after sending out the first newsletter inspired me to keep writing. My goal is to change the way people think of fitness. I call it the "fitness revolution." This book is a combination of education, experience and research all put together and thrown down on paper. These are my confessions as a certified personal trainer. Many trainers will not tell you information like you will read in this book. That is why I call it a revolution. We are breaking away from the norm and developing something new. With science and research as my guide, I will educate you on a new way to train, the right way to training."

Download or read book Confessions of an Economic Hit Man written by John Perkins and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2004-11-09 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perkins, a former chief economist at a Boston strategic-consulting firm, confesses he was an "economic hit man" for 10 years, helping U.S. intelligence agencies and multinationals cajole and blackmail foreign leaders into serving U.S. foreign policy and awarding lucrative contracts to American business.

Download or read book Off the Record written by Jim Cameron and published by . This book was released on 2020-06 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So you think witty soundbites come naturally to slick corporate executives appearing on TV? Jim Cameron's funny and insightful tales about his 40 years as a news reporter, media trainer and public relations consultant pulls back the curtain on public relations tricks and techniques. You'll get the inside story on how Jim Cameron prepares spokespersons to match wits with skeptical reporters on television, radio, newspapers and online. Readers in the business of influencing the news media will receive a healthy portion of sage media advice along with tasty tidbits of backroom drama, hardball negotiations, creative sleight-of-hand, and a little humble pie. Consumers of the media will learn to tell the difference between well trained PR spokespersons and arrogant interviewees who learn the hard way not to wing it with an experienced journalist.

Download or read book The Final Confession of Mabel Stark written by Robert Hough and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2013-04-23 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1910s and 1920s, when circus was the most popular form of entertainment in North America, Mabel Stark made her name in a man’s world as the greatest female tiger trainer in history, the centre-ring finale act for the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus. Brazen, courageous, obsessed with tigers and sexually eccentric, Stark survived a dozen severe maulings — and five husbands. Now, at age 80 and about to lose her job, she decides that there is one last thing she needs to do: Mabel Stark wants to confess.

Download or read book The New Consultant s Quick Start Guide written by Elaine Biech and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An action plan for working as a consultant Management consulting is a $250 billion industry and growing at a rate of over four percent annually. Many predict that more than 40 percent of the U.S. workforce will soon be contingent, freelance, or consulting members of the workforce—making this book more relevant than ever. Individuals become independent consultants out of necessity or preference: necessity because they lost their job or the company offered an attractive exit package; preference because they want a career change, more control over their time, or an enriched, varied work situation. Consulting also appeals to the Millennial workforce who are searching for careers that offer a good salary as well as meaningful work. The New Consultant’s Quick Start Guide: • Serves as a companion to The New Business of Consulting • Provides you with a place to plan your transition into consulting • Helps you identify your niche, develop a business plan, charge what you’re worth, and create a marketing strategy to ensure a steady stream of clients • Prepares you for changes you will encounter beyond your professional life, including social, family, and financial aspects The New Consultant’s Quick Start Guide helps you work through the challenges of consulting such as working alone, deciding on necessary insurance coverage, finding your first clients, struggling with cash flow, and understanding market trends.

Download or read book Adult Learning Basics 2nd Edition written by William J. Rothwell and published by Association for Talent Development. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything you need to know to get started as an adult learning professional Instructing adults is dramatically different from teaching children, and the effectiveness of training programs is often dictated by how well they apply the principles of adult learning. Enhance your programs with the latest research into how adults learn, remember, and apply knowledge and skills. Adult Learning Basics examines the principles of adult learning theory and how they relate to the training function by addressing individual learning competencies, organizational learning climate, and technology-related issues. This new edition features the latest research on generational trends, microlearning, and other TD breakthroughs. Exercises at the end of each chapter help you apply the science and theory to your real talent development challenges. Elevate your practice with this thorough guide, and keep it as an indispensable resource.

Download or read book Treadside Manner written by Greg Justice and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes topics such as what motivates someone to hire a personal trainer, what makes them stay with a trainer, how to listen to clients, what to discuss with clients, overcoming obstacles and trends in personal training.

Download or read book Confessions of a Certified Personal Trainer written by Robert Linkul MS CSCS and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2011-06-27 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert's commitment to the personal training business earned him the honor of serving the National Strength and Conditioning Association as their Northern California State Director (2010-2012). Robert has his masters degree in personal training, his bachelors degree in kinesiology, is a certified strength and conditioning specialist with distinction, a certified NSCA certified personal trainer with distinction as well as a certified USA Weightlifting Level I coach. "I have grown tired of all the "fads" and "myths" of the certified personal training business and decided I would put out a email to all my clients discussing a topics like "site specific reduction" or "crash diets." The support I received after sending out the first newsletter inspired me to keep writing. My goal is to change the way people think of fitness. I call it the "fitness revolution." This book is a combination of education, experience and research all put together and thrown down on paper. These are my confessions as a certified personal trainer. Many trainers will not tell you information like you will read in this book. That is why I call it a revolution. We are breaking away from the norm and developing something new. With science and research as my guide, I will educate you on a new way to train, the right way to training."