CORE Activities and Games for Technical Training, Volume 4

by Becky Pike Pluth, Rich Meiss (Editor), Imagewerks (Illustrator)

Don't Be Dull! There is no boring content, only boring presenters! The perception of boring content, especially in technical training, is a result of presenters not sharing with their learners what is in it for them and then choosing a dull and dry format with which to present the information. You already show your learners how their lives, jobs, work performance, environment or safety can be better through the implementation of your training. Now use CORE activities to help learners assimilate your content in a fun and engaging way so they remember it and use it on the job! This book is filled with more than 50 activities for technical trainers to help Open your training session with impact and purpose, Close it with celebration and action planning, Revisit content in fun and rejuvenating ways, and Energize your learners so they are excited and ready to learn more! The activities are specifically designed for those who do technical training, especially in face-to-face settings. These activities have been tested and proven successful in training classes for over 20 years by Bob Pike Group trainers. So, what are you waiting for? Get this title now and revolutionize your technical training!

126 pages, Perfect Paperback

Published January 1, 2017

Reviews

[Erianne · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is great as a way for instructional designers or trainers to get ideas for closers, openers, revisiters, and energizers, or just if you’re genuinely in a creative funk.

My complaint though is that the book is just plain black and white with no pictures or color throughout so sometimes the exercises look the same as you’re reading through and they can mesh together.

There are also QR codes throughout the book, but every time I scanned one it said the link was broken or inactive. I tried manually typing the link too, but then the YouTube videos say they’re private now.

Also, this book claimed it to be for technical training, but really only about halfway through did they start addressing technical techniques. I had to do a double take at one point because there were 2 activities that were the same back to back but only 1 thing was slightly different (this happened multiple times).