From creating a safe learning environment to learning how to align your training to meet various learning styles, 10 Steps to Successful Training offers readers everything they need to deliver results....

A straightforward guide to modern instructional techniques for professional and part-time trainers
Professionals called upon to provide training may know everything about the subject they teach, but that doesn’t mean that they know how to teach it. Training For Dummies offers proven techniques of instructional design, giving trainers the tools they need to craft truly effective training courses. They’ll learn how to size-up the audience, determine the type of training needed, deliver it effectively, and also measure the training’s overall success. For the estimated 300,000 professional trainers who lack training in instructional design, Training For Dummies offers a fun and easy approach.

Elaine Biech (Norfolk, VA) is President and Managing Principal of ebb associates, inc., a strategic implementation, leadership development, and experiential learning consulting firm. Known as "the trainer's trainer," she is active in the American Society for Training & Development, and has been featured in such publications as The Wall Street Journal and Fortune magazine....

The Consultant's Quick Start Guide offers a practical approach to setting up a consulting business. Throughout the guide, Elaine Biech--author of the best-selling The Business of Consulting--shares both her own secrets as well as those of numerous other successful consultants. With a focus on the business side of consulting, Biech takes you through a painless, fill-in-the-blanks, step-by-step process for setting up your consulting firm. New sections include:

• Why A Consulting Career—Five Reasons Why You May Be a Good Investment
• How Much Will Clients Pay?
• Your first "To Do" List
• What to call your business
• Creating and writing Business Plans
• Office Location Options
• Setting up your office, including Furnishing Your Office and planning your Technical Needs
• Electronic Records, including Monthly Expense Records, Revenue Projections, and Invoicing
• Staying Organized, including a Session Planner
• Determining your market niche
• Creating your marketing plan
• Developing your website
• Reviewing your first year with your family
• Electronic resource list, available online
• Skills And Knowledge Required of Consultants

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