The Ten-Minute Trainer: 150 Ways to Teach it Quick & Make it Stick!

by Sharon L. Bowman

Discover 150 job training room–proven exercises & activities sure to reduce delivery time, increase retention and improve knowledge and skill transfer.

Do you want to create a lot of training in a little time? Do you wonder how to involve your learners without wasting their time, or yours? Do you want to use your training time wisely and well?

The Ten-Minute Trainer is just what you need. Written for the busy training professional, this practical, grab-it-and-go book will show you how to design and deliver effective training programs in less time and with increased learner retention. Based on two major concepts—shorter segments of instruction are better than longer ones, and learners remember more when they are involved in the learning—this book provides 150 quick, high-energy ways to involve your learners without sacrificing content. This timely resource will also help you organize your training time so that your learners get the most from your instruction. With The Ten-Minute Trainer as your guide, you will be able

·       Choose from 140 “Got a Minute?” activities proven to help learners review, repeat, and remember important information

·       Use ten short “Take Five!” games to RAP up the learning—Reinforce, Apply, and Practice—so that learning is moved rapidly into long-term memory

·       Soak up ordinarily wasted instructional minutes with thirty Time Sponges such as Quick Starts, Take a Break, and Early to Finish activities

·       Apply two powerful instructional tools—the Learning Compass and Training Map—to shorten your training design and delivery time

·       Include four “Get a CLUE!” elements to increase motivation and memory

·       Use five Power-Hour Training Templates to create a custom training session on any topic, for any size group, and any age learner

·       Change your concept of training time as you use small but mighty seconds and minutes in creative, interesting, and memorable ways

·       Become a more time-efficient training professional and be able to explain the what, why, and how of it all to your training colleagues

Sharon Bowman, a thirty-year veteran teacher and trainer and author of seven popular training and motivation books, welcomes you into her world of fast-paced, shorter-is-better, high-energy, “teach it quick and make it stick” training!

“An awesome guide for anyone who wants to spark engagement and learning. Its nuggets of wisdom, creative suggestions, and reader-friendly format make it a perfect resource for promoting effective training. Thank you, Sharon!” —Mel Silberman, author, 101 Ways to Make Training Active and Training the Active Training Way

Genres: Teaching, Education, Nonfiction, Business, Reference

306 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 1, 2005

About the author

Sharon Bowman is the president of Bowperson Publishing & Training, Inc. She has been a professional speaker, author, teacher, and trainer for almost forty years. She works with businesses and educational institutions that want to offer exceptional in-house training and professional development programs.

Sharon is a popular speaker at both the American Society of Training and Development (ASTD) and the Training Magazine Events annual conferences. She is the author of eight popular training books, including the best-selling Pfeiffer/Wiley books titled The Ten-Minute Trainer and Training from the BACK of the Room. Her newest book is Using Brain Science to Make Training Stick.

Sharon practices what she preaches by facilitating highly-interactive, informative, and unforgettable learning experiences. Whether the format is a conference keynote or breakout session, a half-day, full-day, or multi-day training, or webinars and other online learning venues, learners never sit long: they actively participate throughout the entire learning event. The experience is always EPIC: emotional, participatory, image-rich, and connected to their lives.

Join Sharon at one of her learning events and your teaching or training life will change forever!

Reviews

[Daniel Eika · Rating 5 out of 5]

This booke is an excellent read and will serve as a good reference work for whenever I am planning a training og workshop. Besides the many practical exercises, the book, just like “Training From The Back of the Room”, teaches the concepts by applying concepts from the book itself.

Highly recommended for anyone wanting to improve their teaching, training or any form of knowledge transfer!

[Harry Moskowitz · Rating 5 out of 5]

An eye opener for really teaching

I really appreciated the method the author used to introduce a great amount of concepts for teaching. The accent was on dialog and participation in many forms. I have incorporated so!e of the ideas in my presentation. Appears to have a positive effect.

[BookCupid · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book had some many good tips. I was instantly able to adapt a training I had to provide and received great praise. It's always important as trainers to keep our skills sharped. More than anyone, we all know that there is always something new to learn. Hope the author continues providing more tips.

[Mahmoud Ghoz · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really like this book and I wish that I have read it before reading the latest book for Sharon Bowman Training from the Back of the Room!: 65 Ways to Step Aside and Let Them Learn. This book is amazing and answers a lot of questions that I have while reading Training from the Back of the Room. This book is highly recommended for anyone who decided to work as a professional trainer.

[Antoinette Perez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really good as far as training idea books go. More to it than the usual endless list of variations of variations of training ideas. The author does address some of the theories behind her ideas, most of which are widely accepted adult learning theories, but she makes them personal. I implemented two of the ideas in a training class I taught the next day -- one went over very well by making a big impact in a short amount of time, and the second was received more coolly. Could have been that I implemented it too late in the class, could have been that particular group didn't connect with it.

I can see using the book as a resource when designing and enhancing training in the future.

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Practical strategies that can be readily applied right now.