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Training Magazine Events

Click on the link above to access information about Sharon's public training programs below:

EVENT: Training Live and Online, November 18th - 20th 2008

Training Instructor Certificate -
Accelerated Learning in the Classroom.

This is the online version of Sharon's most popular three-day certificate program. By participating in this Accelerated Learning program, you will combine what you already know about effective training with the best of Accelerated Learning strategies to create learning experiences that involve learners from the moment they walk into the room until they leave.

This is a 12-hour online certificate program (9 hours online spaced over 3 days, with 3 hours of independent work). The next start date: November 18, 2008. Log onto the following link for more information and registration.

EVENT: Training Magazine Institute, December 3rd - 5th 2008, Orlando FL

Training Instructor Certificate - Accelerated Learning in the Classroom

This is Sharon's high-energy, strategy-packed, unforgettable, three-day Accelerated Learning Certificate Program.

Take your classroom training skills to a new level as you become a skilled practitioner of Accelerated Learning. These time-tested, brain-compatible instructional strategies help you involve learners without wasting their time, or yours, during a training, class, workshop, or presentation.

Whether you are a novice or experienced trainer, Accelerated Learning will give you the rationale, brain research, and proven training techniques that will enable you to keep learners engaged, motivated, and learning, even while covering dry, lengthy, or technical material.

This certificate is designed for trainers with all levels of experience, instructional designers and facilitators, and anyone interested in Accelerated Learning and who trains, teaches, or facilitates learning. Log onto the Training Magazine Events link above for more information and registration.

EVENT: Training 2009 Conference and Expo, February 9th - 11th 2009, Atlanta GA

This is Training Magazine's largest annual event, with over 3,000 trainers and human resource specialists from all across the country attending. Log onto the website for more information when it becomes available - they are accepting presenter proposals until July 2008. Sharon will be facilitating breakout sessions at this conference - topics to be determined.

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Call 775-749-5247 for dates and locations of Sharon's inhouse training programs. She will be presenting in Illinois in August and September 2008, in Washington state in September 2008, in Canada and Nevada in October 2008, and in Minnesota in November 2008.

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The Accelerated Learning Master Practitioner Certificate Program.

Bring Sharon's three-day certificate program inhouse. Here are the description and learning outcomes that will enable your company's trainers to become master practitioners of Accelerated Learning:

Take your classroom training skills to a new level as you become a master practitioner of Accelerated Learning! These time-tested, brain-compatible instructional strategies help you involve learners without wasting their time, or yours, during a training, workshop, or presentation.

Whether you are a novice or experienced trainer, Accelerated Learning will give you the rationale, brain research, and proven training techniques that will enable you to keep learners engaged, motivated, and learning, even while covering dry, lengthy, or technical material.

By participating in this Accelerated Learning program, you will combine what you already know about effective training with the best of Accelerated Learning strategies to create learning experiences that are unforgettable - training that involves learners from the moment they walk into the room until the moment they leave.

Learning Outcomes:

After actively participating in this certificate program, you will be able to:

• Choose from over 36 Accelerated Learning instructional strategies that you can use with any topic, any size group, and any age learner.

• Use a variety of “interactive lecture” formats to liven up even the most technical, “dry,” or complex information.

• Apply brain research that is basic to Accelerated Learning - research that dramatically increases learners’ attention, involvement, and retention of the material being presented.

• Demonstrate Accelerated Learning strategies using your own training topics.

• Design training with the 4 Cs of Accelerated Learning - four steps that are based on the way people naturally learn, not the way they were made to learn.

• Boost long-term retention of important concepts with 6 important memory tools, and with exciting opening and closing activities that engage learners from the moment they walk into the room.

• Identify 4 general learning styles or preferences, and “style-stretch” to meet the needs of each type of learner.

• Discuss the difference between “adult learning theory” and “human learning” - and why Accelerated Learning can be applied to all learners, regardless of age, culture, gender, nationality, or job specialization.

• Evaluate training programs using simple pre- and post-assessment tools.

• Discover additional resources to enhance your understanding of Accelerated Learning.

• Explain the what, why, and how of Accelerated Learning to training colleagues.

• Lessen the time it takes to design, develop, and facilitate effective training that works for the learners.

• Form your own “mastermind group” to continue sharing best practices with each other after the certificate program is over.

Leave with copies of Sharon's newest books, a 70-page Accelerated Learning workbook that is only available during the program, and many other learning aids and resources. You will also receive a star-studded Accelerated Learning Master Practitioner Certificate of Completion, in its own elegant jacket, and suitable for framing.

What Participants Are Saying

"Lively, participatory, and so relevant to meeting the needs of the changing work environment. This training helps trainers and managers assess and create training that will quickly incorporate new employees and provide guidance and support for seasoned employees. The training allows you to plan and develop a safe, yet challenging, transition to the future."

Pam White, Training Specialist
CO Dept. of Labor and Employment

"Fabulous energy! Outstanding interaction! A must-attend for everyone!"

Angie Hinkle, Trainer
Adelphia Corporation

"Best training I ever attended! The lessons I experienced were hands-on and , best of all, ALL reproducible in my own training. Thank you, Sharon!"

Danielle Limogos, Global Account Training Manager
Novartis Pharmaceutical

"Dynamic, life-changing! A must for ANY trainer - new or experienced! This workshop should be mandatory for ALL who do training. The information, tools and techniques that we learned will forever change how we conduct training. Impactful and applicable regardless of what type of industry you are in."

Candaace Geisler, Corporate Trainer
Securian

"This session brought a sparkle to my eyes, a smile to my face, and a skip to my step!! It renewed my commitment to, and passion for, my job - energetic, fun, valuable!"

Jane Myerson, High School Teacher
Rhinebeck Central School District, NY

"This class was informative and energizing, and it gave me valuable insights into human learning and training."

Sherry Wood, Training Coordinator
Intuit, Inc.

"Lively, fun, and experiential! Sharon's sessions will refresh your teaching and renew your spirit. I'm all revved up and ready to go!"

Carol Lopez, Trainer
Charter Communications

"A huge wave of refreshing information about training."

Bob Lathrop, Business Development Manager
Hiro Dynamics

"Dynamic, informative, and interesting ... helped me get excited about changing my presentation format."

Jean Opperman, Learning Coordinator
Harley-Davidson Financial Services

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