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The 2005 Pipecleaners Group
3-Day Certificate Program: The Ten-Minute Trainer!
VNU 2005 Conference and Expo, New Orleans

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Learn how to teach it quick
and make it stick!

Browse the free articles, terrific tips, and great resources - all designed to help you teach, train, speak, and communicate more effectively. Turn your passive listeners into active learners with these helpful teaching and training tools.

Be sure to check out the newest link below titled "Involving the Learner Who Is Learning Online" – it's a ten-minute micro-course designed to make any online learning program interactive.


WHAT'S NEW? (Updated 6-30-09)

Available Now:

Preventing Death by Lecture!

The Facilitator’s Guide for the
Three-Hour Workshop

Now you can offer your company and clients a practical, informative, interactive and memorable train-the-trainer workshop, based on Sharon Bowman’s best-selling book by the same name. Click HERE for the PDF description of this excellent resource package. Or click on the following link:

www.wetrainthetrainers.com

See what one of the facilitators of the pilot program says about Preventing Death by Lecture:

"I found the trainer's guide to be very user-friendly. It provided me with all the information I needed to effectively facilitate "Preventing Death by Lecture". The guide included background information and materials, power point slides and reference materials all in one easy-to-follow format.

Thanks to the thoroughness of the trainer's guide, my first PDL class was energizing and fun to teach and I received an enthusiastic and positive response from the participants!

Sharon and Marcia have successfully translated their upbeat and interactive style into a facilitator's guide for trainers at all skill levels."

Katie P. Mangett CHT
Quality Development Manager
Xanterra Parks and Resorts, CO

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TAKE TEN!

Welcome to Sharon's newest online learning experience! It's free, and it only takes ten minutes.

Would you like to take a ten-minute break right now – and discover a few new concepts about interactive e-learning at the same time?

Click HERE or on the link below to immerse yourself in a ten-minute, hands-on e-learning experience. Afterwards, use what you've learned in this micro-course in your own online programs. On with the learning!

Involving the Learner Who Is Learning Online

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SHARON'S NEWEST BOOK

Training from the
BACK of the Room!
65 Ways to Step Aside
and Let Them Learn.

Purchase your own copy of this valuable "grab-and-go" resource. Available now on www.amazon.com

Click HERE for more detailed information about this sequel to The Ten-Minute Trainer.

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EVENTS AND NATIONAL TRAINING CONFERENCES

EVENT: American Society of Training and Development (ASTD) 2009 International Conference and Expo, May 31st - June 3rd 2009, Washington D.C.

Get Handout and Slides: Although this event is over, the handout and slides for Sharon's breakout session "Right from the Start! What Beginning Trainers Need to Know" are available on the articles link or by clicking HERE. You can also log onto the website at www.astd.org for the 2009 handouts and the 2010 conference information.

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EVENT: Annual Teaching for a Change Conference – Take Learning to the Edge! June 15th - 17th 2009, Flagstaff, AZ

Get handout, slides, and postcards from Sharon's opening session titled "Teaching from the BACK of the Room!" Click HERE for these pdf-formatted session "souvenirs."

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Call 775-749-5247 for dates and locations of Sharon's other training programs. She will be presenting in Knoxville TN and Myrtle Beach SC in May, in Washington D.C. and Flagstaff AZ in June, in Kansas City MO in July, and in South Lake Tahoe CA in September 2009.

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What Participants Are Saying

"This was the most useful course I have attended in my career - lifelong learning at its finest!"

Michelle Hutchings-Medina, Instructor
Washington University

"Multi-faceted in its scope and complexity made simple! This course presented essential training information in a totally fun and involved way!"

Patrick Casanova, Trainer
Southwest Gas Corporation

"There is something in this course for everyone, from novice to experienced trainer - stimulating and action-packed!"

Donna Gravesen, Training Corrdinator
General Mills

"Career and life-changing! A packed three-day session that leaves you with tons of valuable information."

Crystal Hardinan, Training and Development Specialist
Nestle Purina Company

"I would go beyond recommending this course and would push anyone to take it, kicking and screaming if need be. Resistance is futile - take this course!"

Stephen Lamp, Government Instructor
National Security Agency

"This session was outstanding! I learned more in three days about learning and training than I have in ten years."

Ryan Leonelli, Field Training Manager
Bausch & Lomb


"Go! Even if you've been training for a long time, you will learn or revisit MANY ways to liven up any training. Outstanding, useful, and fun!"

Karen Carlson, Senior Training Specialist
Best Buy

"Dynamite! We were immersed in all of the tools and, from one activity to the next, they all become clear and useable. It excited me about all the new training possibilities at my disposal."

Karen Harris, Division HR Manager
Orkin Pest Control, GA

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