Designing and Developing Training Programs is filled with practical information, best practices, and proven strategies. This book will help both new and experienced trainers design and develop training programs that achieve results for both individuals and their organizations while meeting the challenges of today's fast-paced, rapidly changing learning environment. Created to be easy-to-use, Designing and Developing Training Programs covers a wide range of topics, including how to:

• Ensure that training is needed, relevant, and cost-effective

• Analyze the needs and characteristics of the audience

• Write behavioral learning

• Select the right content and design activities that help people learn

• Develop effective learning materials

• Create a program evaluation

• Design virtual and remote training programs

Praise for Designing and Developing Training Programs

"Janis Fisher Chan is truly a master designer, having an uncanny ability to help people to truly think. Her book is of real service to anyone in the field of training."
—Manfred Kets de Vries, Raoul de Vitry d'Avaucourt Chaired Clinical Professor of Leadership Development and director, INSEAD Global Leadership Centre

"What makes Janis Chan's book so exceptional is the variety of challenging, content-related exercises that bring the concepts 'up close and personal' into the reader's life and work."
—Sharon Bowman, Author, Training from the BACK of the Room!...

Delivering Training Workshops is filled with practical information, best practices, and proven strategies. This book will help trainers, no matter what their level of experience, prepare and deliver effective workshops that achieve results for both individuals and their organizations while meeting the challenges of today's fast-paced, rapidly changing learning environment. It covers a wide range of topics, including:

• Planning and scheduling a workshop

• Methods for preparing workshop participants to learn

• Tips to help trainers increase their confidence

• Keep participants engaged and involved

• How to present information clearly, respond to questions, and manage the group

• Tools for measuring workshop success

• Methods for conducting virtual workshops

The Pfeiffer Essential Guides to Training Basics is a three-volume series—Training Fundamentals, Designing and Developing Training Programs, and Delivering Training Workshops—that offers new and experienced trainers a wealth of ideas, information, tips, tools, and techniques.

Praise for Delivering Training Workshops

"Here's a terrific guide....to make sure you successfully teach others what you know."
—Barbara Nelson, principal of Nelson Communications

"Janis Chan guides you step-by-step through the process of planning and delivering training that engages participants and helps them learn, sharing her vast store of practical tips and techniques."
—Sue Funkhouser, facilitator and organization development consultant, Pinwheel Performance

"A learning tool....to increase your confidence and deliver training that achieves results."
—Natasha Terk, President, Write It Well...

Training Fundamentals is a no-nonsense, practical overview of training, filled with useful information, best practices, and proven strategies to help both new and experienced trainers develop their skills and design and deliver training that achieves results in today's rapidly changing learning environment. Designed to be easy-to-use, Training Fundamentals covers a range of topics, including:

• How training helps organizations achieve their goals

• What characteristics and skills a trainer needs to be successful

• The adult learning principles that guide all successful training programs

• The basics of designing, developing, delivering, and evaluating training programs

• Guidelines for becoming a professional trainer

The Pfeiffer Essential Guides to Training Basics is a three-volume series—Training Fundamentals, Designing and Developing Training Programs, and Delivering Training Workshops—that offers new and experienced trainers a wealth of ideas, information, tips, tools, and techniques.

Praise for Training Fundamentals

"Training—it sounds so simple, but it's not. This book provides an essential—and practical—foundation for designing and delivering a successful workshop. It's easy to use, practical, and chock full of insights only a successful trainer knows."
—Barbara Nelson, principal of Nelson Communications

"With crisp, fresh, and easy to understand language, Chan cuts through all the jargon and provides easy to follow guidelines for becoming a pro."
—Terrence L. Gargiulo, president, MAKINGSTORIES.net, and author, Building Business Acumen for Trainers and Trainer's Portable Mentor...