NOTED NATIONAL TRAINERS SHARE HUNDREDS OF TIPS AND INSIGHTS
IN NEW BOOK TO ENHANCE LEARNING EFFECTIVENESS
TRAINER’S WAREHOUSE BOOK OF GAMES
Provides Fun and Energizing Ways to Enhance Learning
NATICK, MA, April 10, 2008 –
A new collection of easy-to-facilitate games and exercises, geared to make training and learning more effective, is now available at www.TrainersWarehouse.com, the leading e-commerce site for tools, tips and toys for trainers and teachers. Dozens of training experts and game designers contributed their most effective techniques and insights to the publication, Trainer’s Warehouse Book of Games, Fun and Energizing Ways to Enhance Learning.
This creative collection of fun activities and learning games help make information exchanges easy and more memorable. The book was the brainchild of the Pfeiffer Publishing editorial team. Elaine Biech, author of Training for Dummies and numerous other books, worked in concert with Trainer’s Warehouse to solicit new game ideas from experts who represent a broad range of industries.
“This book is a vehicle to reach out and share insights on innovative uses of a host of products that will help students absorb information,” said Susan Landay, president of Trainer’s Warehouse. “The Trainer’s Warehouse Book of Games is a rich resource of new games, best practices, and training ideas, and breaks new ground by acting as a vehicle for front-line trainers to share those favorite techniques with others.”
More than 100 activities and games, most of which can be customized to the individual trainer’s content, along with teaching notes, are offered by everyday trainers. Trainers also share tips on how to use tangibles—everything from balls and fiddles to raffle tickets and trophies—to encourage student interactivity and reinforce learning.
This comprehensive book contains chapters on:
- The Whys and Hows of Involving Participants
- Setting the Stage for Playful Learning
- Training Tools and Techniques—openings, icebreakers, energizers, participation encouragement, comprehension and retention, time and people management, training techniques, rewards and recognition, review of knowledge and skills, and closings
- Training and Consulting Topics—change management; communication and trust; creativity; customer service; organization knowledge; personal development; problem solving; process and projects; supervision, management and leadership; teamwork and team building
- Primary and Alternative Uses of Activities
Each contributor was glad for both the opportunity to broadcast their most effective and creative techniques as well as the opportunity to learn from others. For example, noted trainer Carrie Gendreau explains her technique of utilizing the Magic Coloring Book in the book. “[The Magic Coloring Book] is one of my most favorite products. I teach presentation communications and use it as a ‘close.’ I show that we all start out with a blank page…the start of the presentation. Then we begin to fill in with pictures…the body, evidence, etc. of the presentation. Then we add color…personal stories, exciting interaction, etc. in the presentation. Everyone loves it and is fascinated by the magic.”
Learning expert Tina Konstant, author of Teach Yourself Speed Reading, has said, “Playful and stress-free learning environments are so effective. One of the biggest destroyers of memory is stress. When you are stressed you release high levels of cortisol into your bloodstream. One of the ways that cortisol affects you is that it destroys glucose—the brain's only source of food. So if your brain is not getting the nutrients it needs then it will not function as well.”
To order the Trainer’s Warehouse Book of Games, Fun and Energizing Ways to Enhance Learning (#RBTWBG, $31.50) or for more information on the Trainer’s Warehouse products and catalog, visit www.TrainersWarehouse.com or call 800-299-3770.
Advance Praise for Trainer's Warehouse Book of Games
“Having been an avid Trainer’s Warehouse customer for years, I was absolutely delighted when I saw that Mike Doctoroff and Susan Landay were taking the best of their training ‘toys’ and combining these with some of the best trainers around to make the best book about creative training ideas. A great resource for anyone who wants to engage and motivate learners in practical, memorable, and humorous ways. A must-have for every trainer!” —Sharon Bowman, author, The Ten-Minute Trainer
“I’ve been an active user of Trainer’s Warehouse products for a long time. A book of creative games, using their tools, is a welcome addition to my library. The collection of games is diverse and high in quality.” —Mel Silberman, author, Training the Active Training Way, and editor, The Handbook of Experiential Learning
“This well organized resource will bring excitement and active learning to any trainer’s workshop. Learn multiple purposes for a variety of training aids in this essential guide that is a ‘must have’ for new or experienced trainer.” —Jean Barbazette, president, The Training Clinic, and author, The Trainer’s Journey to Competence and Training Needs Assessment
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TRAINER’S WAREHOUSE (www.TrainersWarehouse.com) offers hundreds of effective, innovative and fun products for trainers, educators, and presenters across all industries. Established in 1994, Trainer’s Warehouse remains a family owned and operated business that develops exclusive new products and searches the world for the best tools to help trainers and trainees achieve their goals. Trainer’s Warehouse is based in Natick, Mass., and can be reached at 800-299-3770 or by visiting www.TrainersWarehouse.com.
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