About This Book

Why is this topic important?

Trainers, consultants, and facilitators depend on activities that are creative as well as practical and exciting as well as useful for their learners. This book is filled with activities that are road-tested and certain to work every time. It provides a wonderful array of tools you can use with confidence that they will achieve the results you desire.

What can you achieve with this book?

This book offers a selection of more than one hundred activities and trainer tools and techniques. Every activity has been used successfully by experienced training professionals, many of whom you may recognize as American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) colleagues and friends. Consider The Book of Road-Tested Activities as a trusted, rich source of practical classroom tools, approaches, and ideas that others in your profession find useful. Whether you spice up your long-distance learning events with some of the technology tools presented or use time tested classroom techniques, this book will add loads of learning and fabulous fun to your next training session. Each activity is accompanied by insider tips and observations provided by the activity designer to ensure you consider every detail to ensure success.

How is this book organized?

The book is divided into two sections and sixteen chapters. Section I, “Training Topics,” includes ten of the sixteen chapters. Each chapter represents a specific training topic, such as communication, teamwork, and leadership. The activities are presented as complete and ready-to-use designs for working with groups. Facilitator instructions, lecturettes, handouts, and participant materials are included.

Section II, “Training Tools and Techniques,” includes six chapters. Each of these chapters presents training techniques that may be incorporated into many training sessions, including icebreakers, training techniques, and technology tools. All will enrich your training design.