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Sharon's Newest Book

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

Training from the BACK of the Room gives you sixty-five ways to step aside and let your learners take center stage as they teach and learn from each other. Instead of the traditional “Trainers talk; learners listen” information delivery, you’ll discover how to design and deliver training based on “When learners talk and teach, they learn.” Interactive training at its best, this book gives you:

• Brain-Friendly Training: Learning About Learning. This is an overview of the most up-to-date brain research on human learning, and how to apply this research to training.

• The 4 Cs: A Quick and Remarkably Effective Instructional Design Process. This is the four-step, Accelerated Learning model that will become the foundation of every training, presentation, class, or workshop you’ll present.

• 15 Connection Activities. Immediately engage learners in meaningful, topic-related openings, from the moment they walk into the room.

• 20 Concepts Strategies. Use these interactive lecture formats, even if the concepts are new to the learners.

• 15 Concrete Practice Activities. Learners create many of these ways of actively practicing what they learned.

• 15 Evaluation Activities. Involve learners in meaningful, high-energy closings, up to the moment they walk out the door.

• The Secret of Adult Learning Theory: It’s NOT About Age!Replace outdated assumptions about the differences between children and adults, and look at how humans learn.

• Begin with the End: A Fresh Way to Approach Learning Outcomes. Discover a simple and quick way to write and use learning outcomes to enhance the learning.

• And more ... Packed with valuable information, resources, activities, and instructional strategies. this book will enable you train from the BACK of the room, as you step aside and let them learn!

The Ten-Minute Trainer!
150 Ways to Teach it Quick 
and Make It Stick

Do you want to create a lot of training in a little time? Do you wonder how to involve your learners without wasting their time, or yours? Do you want to use your training time wisely and well?

The Ten-Minute Trainer is just what you need. Written for the busy training professional, this practical, grab-it-and-go book will show you how to design and deliver effective training programs in less time and with increased learner retention. Based on two major concepts—shorter segments of instruction are better than longer ones, and learners remember more when they are involved in the learning—this book provides 150 quick, high-energy ways to involve your learners without sacrificing content. This timely resource will also help you organize your training time so that your learners get the most from your instruction. With The Ten-Minute Trainer as your guide, you will be able to: More about this book.

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Ordering Information

Many companies and online web sites carry Sharon’s books. You can find all her books on www.amazon.com (click here or type in “Sharon L. Bowman” to do a search).  

Or you can call the following companies:

The Trainer’s Warehouse: 800-299-3770
The Humor Project: 518-587-8770
Training Systems: 800-469-3560
Creative Training Techniques: 800-383-9210  

You can also special order her books from your local bookstore.

For discounts on quantity orders
of 20 or more books (any titles),
call Bowperson Publishing at 775-749-5247.