Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Part I. Prepare for Effective Trainings Every Time
Overview
The Five Pillars of the TrainSmart Model
The Bricks and Mortar of the TrainSmart Model
Sample TrainSmart Schedule
TrainSmart Lesson Plan Template
Part II. 25 Key Concepts for Training Smarter
Key Concept Matrix
1. Acknowledgment
2. Bridges and Zones
3. Comfort Levels
4. Task Completion
5. Contrast
6. Precise Directions
7. Resource Distribution
8. Teach It Standing
9. Participant Inquiry
10. Adequate Response Time
11. Specify Response Mode
12. Question/Clarify/Question
13. Managing Disruptions
14. Creative Note Taking
15. Positive Language
16. Involve, Don’t Tell
17. Ownership
18. Pause for Visuals
19. Press and Release
20. Purposeful Body Language
21. Visual-Field Variations
22. Vocal Italics
23. Music Matters
24. Guiding Attention
25. Verbal Specificity
Part III. Tools for Training
Six Powerful Parables
A TrainSmart Checklist
TrainSmart Lesson Plan Template
References
Index
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Richard Allen is an international consultant with more than 25
years experience coaching trainers and educators. Cofounder and
president of Education Illustrated, he has taken the TrainSmart
strategies beyond the United States and Canada to such diverse
countries as the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong,
Singapore, Brunei, Russia, Jordan, and Brazil. Allen is also a
popular keynote speaker at international conferences, and he
facilitates motivational and teambuilding workshops.
Allen started his educational career as a high school math and
drama teacher. In 1985, he became a lead facilitator for
SuperCamp—an accelerated learning program for teens—and has since
worked with more than 25,000 students worldwide. He completed his
doctorate in educational psychology at Arizona State University,
where he studied how the human brain receives, processes, and
recalls information—knowledge that informs all aspects of his
training strategies.
"Rich Allen has done it again—another clear, practical, and
powerful resource for all educators. These principles and
strategies ought to be mandatory for everyone who presents for a
living."
*Eric Jensen, President and Founder*
"Rich Allen has the rare ability to identify and define with
clarity the elements of excellence in training. In TrainSmart, he
reveals the pathway from good presentation to great presentation.
Every professional trainer should use this resource to support
their continuous improvement plan."
*John Parks Le Tellier, Lead Trainer, Quantum Learning Network*
"TrainSmart is the best, clearest, most to-the-point, practical,
and most valuable resource available for trainers. With this second
edition, Rich Allen has gone from ′great′ to ′even greater.′ It is
a required guide for our trainers and the new text in our Trainer
of Trainers program."
*Spence Rogers, President*
"Rich Allen is THE consumate trainer with a natural gift for
delivering effective, dynamic presentations. This is a must-read
for beginning professional developers, and it also offers veterans
new ideas. If the intent is to raise student achievement via
high-quality presentations, then this book meets its
goal."
*Mark Diaz, Superintendent*
"A powerful text in a small package, designed to teach
trainers and workshop facilitators within or outside of education
how to design effective training sessions."
*Middle Ground Magazine, April 2008, Vol. 11(4)*
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