Creative Training Techniques Handbook: Tips, Tactics, and How-To's for Delivering Effective Training

I am not a trainer, but a curriculum designer. I attended Bob Pike's Boot Camp (another MUST) and was given this book at the seminar. The Boot Camp is amazing and anyone involved in training (adult or child education) needs to attend. This book is amazing. Bob Pike is clear and effective. The book isn't filled with a ton of "fluff." Each and every page offers value. Every page gives you ideas of things you can (and should) start doing immediately. I enjoyed it so much, I ordered one for every single employee in our department and now we are doing a sort of "book club" where we all read a chapter and discuss. If you don't buy any other book on training - buy this one. You will learn more about how adults learn, how to evaluate training (and non-training needs), how to present your evalation and solutions, how to set up an effective classroom, etc. BUY IT! You won't regret it!

Pike packs in the content here. Thorough and updated, this book should be a part of any trainer's library.

I've had a bit of a hard time finding books on training the trainer to train and I feel that this is THE book that does it best. I work for a new company and ended up doing most of the training of new employees. I've thoroughly enjoyed it and this book helped me to be more effective at it. I love the 'instructor led, participant centered' idea that he presents. It allows me to treat the trainees as adults but we still have fun. Being new to training I didn't feel that he was talking over my head. It was to the point, useful information that I was immediatly able to put to good use.

This is one of the best books I've read on adult training. I used many of the theories and techniques when helping to design a large computer training program for my company, and they worked very well. The key that Mr. Pike demonstrates is that adults learn best when they teach themselves. Thus, his "instructor led, participant centered" philosophy. If you have to deliver, or design, training programs for adults, this is one of the best guides to get.

Bob Pike has been able to do what no other trainer of trainers has done - deliver easy to digest and apply techniques based upon popular adult learning theories of the day.Bob's unique participant-centered training techniques have made training more fun for trainers and their students without jeopardizing the importance of content. Bob provides trainers with a multitude of techniques for energizing the learning environment through a combination of interaction, discovery and group participation. Rather than instructor-centered lecture that bores students (and often instrucotrs), particpant-centered training puts the responsibility of learning on the shoulders of the participants - responsibility that adults relish and from which they grow.This book is a must for anyone who trains or educates adults!