Free Behavioral Styles Profile Until 8 May. After that, $25 retail and $12.50 wholesale

This is a great opportunity for visitors of 'Trainers Network' blog. Following is a reproduction of an email that I received from Business Training Works:

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Subject: Business Training Works - Free Behavioral Styles Profile Until 8 May

Greetings – You have recommended our free icebreakers on your site. Many thanks for that. We are beta testing a new social styles/behavioral styles profile your fans might be interested in. it is free until the 8th of May. After that it is $25 retail and $12.50 wholesale.

http://businesstrainingworks.com/Communication-Jungle-Assessment.html

is the link. Many thanks for taking a look.

Regards,

Kate Zabriskie

Business Training Works, Inc.

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Once you are directed to the login page, click on links of the 3 assessments, click on the following links and take the tests:

If you like these Assessments:

You can weave these assessments into your training programs. Your customers can buy one set of logins (360) per program participant from Business Training Works. Participants are required to take the required assessment(s) before they come in for your training program. After you have discussed a relevant "knowledge" module, Assessment output(s) can be used for an introspection session. During this session, participants relate their Behavioral styles to the "knowledge" module discussed earlier. It works well for manager levels (for many managers - as an eye-opener!).

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Free Stuff: More than 200 ready-to-use training games

More than 200 ready-to-use training games from Thiagi - World reknowned Guru of Training Games. You can download this great resource by clicking on the following link:

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http://thiagi.com/games.html

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Apart from 200 ready-to-use training games, there are lots of other 'free to use' trainer's resources available from Thiagi. Click on the following link to go directly to the "Freebies" page on Thiagi.com:

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http://thiagi.com/freebies-and-goodies.html

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The company website is : http://thiagi.com/

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Enjoy using "Free Stuff" from this great collection, however, remember to give due credit to Thiagi.com each time you use any resource from this collection.

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Training Methodology for the Next Generation – The Gamer Generation Version 3D!

A Gamer has grown up in a world influenced by Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo. A person from this generation, now a teenager, has short attention spans when it comes to conventional lecturing. They are used to gaming for fun and learning, constant pumping of adrenalin for stimulation, instant feedback and cheat codes!

What do these gamers look like? These kids, while still in school, have their own cell phones, MP3 players , laptop computers and many other Gizmos. They live in the world of internet and video games. Some of these kids spend more than 2 hours daily in the virtual world of internet and video games.

In the next few years these gamers will enter the workforce. Is the training industry prepared for it?

Attributes of Gamers:

Analytical/Problem Solvers – When gaming, Gamers are confronted with problems, which is almost every few seconds. They spend substantial part of their gaming time analyzing and solving puzzles, working through mazes, keeping characters happy or even killing some characters. Unknowingly, they have learned to break down the game environment into its very basic elements and then determine how each element fits together in the jig-saw. It is like learning the logic of Analysis and Design by playing games!.

Multitasking A Gamer is used to multi-tasking as a way of life. Invariably, Gamers have multiple screens of computers open at the same time. They keep juggling seamlessly through various screens. Imagine a 15 year old school child working on a computer. You are more likely to find multiple screens open at the same time, maybe, one email software for checking emails every few minutes, MS-PowerPoint for creating a school project presentation, maybe MS-Excel as well for number crunching, few dozen web pages, a chat window. Imagine this person with ears plugged to an MP3 player. At times, music playing in the background, while this person chats to a friend on the mobile phone while surfing through web for information and simultaneously creating MS PowerPoint presentation for next day’s submission!

Probably you are saying, “That’s impossible!”. You just have to look at a teenager working (should I say working or playing!). Gamers have learnt to work with distractions. Information overload? – they don’t seem to understand this term. In the world of internet, they have learnt how to find the precise needle in the internet haystack.

Competitive – Games are all about winning. Gamers love challenges, love to compete and love to win. For Gamers, competition is the law of nature and that they must always compete. How competitive will these kids be in the workplace? - that’s just anyone’s guess.

The Cheat Code Generation? Gamers love cheat codes. For Gamers, rules are made to be broken. Bending the rules and working at the edge is the way of life! Will this generation have higher percentage of cheats in the workplace? – well that’s anybody’s guess.

Training this work force – are we ready?
I think most of us working in the training industry have not even thought about it. However, writing is on the wall!

"Unleash the Power of Consultative Selling" - excellent 200 page e-book by Rich Grehalva

Free trainer stuff from businessballs.com. You can download this great resource by clicking on the following link:

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http://www.businessballs.com/freespecialresources/Consultative_Selling_ebook.pdf

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I draw your attention to the copyright clause (link) >>> http://www.businessballs.com/freespecialresources/

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The free resources on this website are available free for your own personal development or organization, and to teach or train others, provided you don't sell or publish them, and that you retain relevant copyright and attribution details on the materials.

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For businessballs.com home page, use this link >>>>>>>>>> http://www.businessballs.com/

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Enjoy using free stuff from this great collection, however, remember to give due credit to businessballs.com/specific author, each time you use any stuff from this collection.

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Leadership - A Perspective

Following is a great message that I received from my Canadian friend, Sheriff Thaver

"Successful leaders have the courage to take action while others hesitate."

"Only those who dare to fail greatly can achieve greatly"

“Look within not without"

Have a great day!!!

Free Stuff - Trainer's Survival Guide

Free stuff from Business Training Works, Inc.  You can download this great resource by clicking on the following link:

http://www.businesstrainingworks.com/Onsite%20Training%20Web/Free%20Articles/PDFs/Active%20Training%20and%20Teaching.pdf


Apart from the Trainer's Survival Guide, there are lots of other 'free to use' trainer's resources available from Business Training Works, Inc.  Click on the following link to go directly to the "Free Stuff" page on businesstrainingworks.com

 http://www.businesstrainingworks.com/Free%20Resources.html


The company website is : http://www.businesstrainingworks.com/


Enjoy using "Free Stuff" from this great collection, however, remember to give due credit to Business Training Works, Inc each time you use any resource from this collection.

Copyright Icebreakers for free Use

Free to use collection from Business Training Works, Inc

You can download a great collection of 15 Icebreakers from Business Training Works, Inc.

I draw your attention to the copyright clause on page-2:

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You are welcome to use and copy these icebreakers as much as you like. You may also distribute them as long as you include the Business Training Works, Inc. copyright. You may not, however, distribute them for money or as part of a package for sale or as “free with purchase” giveaway.
Good luck and happy icebreaking!

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Icebreaker download available at :
www.businesstrainingworks.com/Icebreakers.PDF

The company website is : http://www.businesstrainingworks.com/

Enjoy using icebreakers from this great collection, however, remember to give due credit to Business Training Works, Inc each time you use any of these icebreakers.
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End your training programmes with a Bang!

Visualise the situation –

A training programme has just ended, the whole event just seems to fizzle out! Participants put their heads down and seem to slip out one-by-one. Only the last few interested remain till the end – talking to the trainer.  That’s what I call a trainer’s nightmare!

Successful high energy closure to a training session is an art. In the end, participants should celebrate completion of the programme. There should be confirmation whether learning objectives (of expectation mapping session) were met. Participants should discuss how the learning will be applied at the workplace. A wrap-up of all the modules.  I can guess, you are already saying - What’s the big deal! Well, that’s what most trainers do!
The “Big” deal is that many trainers make closing a drab session.  Ending a training programme on low energy is suicidal.  A good trainer should always make the ending high on energy!

Here are some ways to bring your training programmes to high energy closures -  

1. Remember to thank your participants for giving you the opportunity to learn! 
   
2. Have a round of tea/coffee at the end. 
   
3. Have “End of programme song activity” (send me an email, if you require faculty notes) 
   
4. Have something important to give participants at the end, for example, a handout which sums the modules that have been covered by your training programme. 
   
5. Play a motivational video like FISH, FISH Sticks, etc. It is important to note that the video should be related to the topic of the training programme. 
   
6. Call a senior person from stake holder department and request him to give away prizes (e.g. books) to winning teams/individuals. Dramatize the prize giving session! 
   
7. Handover participation certificates. Participation certificates should be given in the end of the programme for maximum impact. Certificates “Sent” next have no effect. 
   
8. With a young crowd, you may even try funky activities. Give away “Apple Awards” (one real apple on a saucer!) to each individual of the winning team and maybe, “Banana Awards” to each individual of the other teams! 
   
9. Take a group photo in a formal setting. A better way is to take group photo on Day-1, first half of the day. Handover a hard copy of the photo to each participant at the end of the programme.

  Some 'Pfeiffer' Training books have good training games and activities including 'end of training' activities that you can use. These books are usually expensive; maybe, visit to an MBA college library might help.

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