Training Best Practices

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Contents 1 You're Invited to Join In 2 Purpose of this WikiBook 3 Best Practice Profiles 3.1 Case studies 3.2 Subject Matter Experts 3.3 Misc. 4 See also 5 Sample Format of Best Practice Profiles 6 About the Authors

[edit] You're Invited to Join In

We invite you to add your training information to this book. It's a great way to learn how to do wikis. Just jump in and add some pages.

[edit] Purpose of this WikiBook

The purpose of this book is to collaboratively share a collection of learning/training best practices across many different organizations. For definition purposes, a best practice is something that can be replicated at multiple locations, expecting similar results; and not just something that worked well inside an organization.

We welcome you to add stories, examples, as well as documented, results-oriented best practices to this Wiki, entitled "Training Best Practices," so that others may use them to develop learning strategies at their organizations.

The initial book started as part of a Learning Lab at Training Directors Forum on June 16, 2006 in Palm Springs, California.

If you would like to add to book, please click here to download the instructions page on how to add your training best practices to this WikiBook (in Microsoft Word format). Thanks! enjoy.

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[edit] Best Practice Profiles

1. Using Alignment to Get Management Buy-in
2. Assessment
   1. Common Mistakes in Creating Assessments
3. Blended Learning
4. Resources

[edit] Case studies

1. Training with Competition / Whataburger WhataGames Case Study
2. Engaging in Dialogue/Cafe Conversations
3. Trading Swaps with Futures case study

[edit] Subject Matter Experts

1. Subject Matter Experts
2. Communities of Specialists
   1. Communities of Specialists at Lam Research
   2. Communities of Specialists - Identifying Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)
3. Working with Subject Matter Experts
   1. Leveraging SMEs as Full Time employees
   2. Involving SMEs from Project Inception to Deployment
   3. Use of the Master SME

[edit] Misc.

1. Customizing - Low Cost QRGs
2. Podcasting
   1. Change the Human Performance Way
   2. Transforming a Training Organization into a Performance Organization
      1. Transforming a Training Organization click here to view article and presentation on this topic by M. McGinnis
3. PowerPoint for E-Learning
   1. Drawbacks
   2. Keeping it Simple
4. Selecting a Learning Management System
   1. LMS On A Shoestring
   2. Do you need one?
5. Simulations
   1. Simulations Designed to Meet Business Goals
   2. Simulations Designed to Keep Learners Engaged
   3. Software Simulations: How close to the real thing do they need to be?
6. Strategy Development
   1. Strategic Visioning
   2. Using Technology for System-wide Implementation
7. Training Games and Activities

[edit] See also

1. Virtual Worlds - potential for training
2. Combine Theory with Application

[edit] Sample Format of Best Practice Profiles

Click Here to see a Sample Format. Please feel free to cut and paste the contents of the sample when submitting your best practice examples. The sample includes a list of recommended headings.

[edit] About the Authors

The initial group of authors who started this project, were assembled for an onsite, Wiki lab at Training Directors Forum, June 13, 2006 in Palm Springs, California. The book was added to by a group of most excellent authors at Training Conference 2007 in Orlando, Florida on February 28, 2007. The audience is made of up of Training Managers and Training Executives. If you are not part of this group, but would like to contribute best practice examples to this Wiki Book, please feel free to do so, and be sure to add your name, title, company and bio to the "About the Authors" section.

Additional content was added February 28, 2007 by participants of the Training 2007 Conference from Disney World.

Here we are again in Orlando to add more to the blog as part of the Training Institute, December 5, 2008.

Click Here for a List of Authors