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Title: Ask Bob Pike
Time: Tuesday, September 13th at 9:55am Eastern
Listening method: Phone + Web Simulcast
To attend, visit:
http://attendthisevent.com/?eventID=14701017
What’s one question you’d like to ask about getting employees more engaged at work while also increasing your enjoyment of what you do? Send me your question at BPike@BobPikeGroup.com.  I’ll answer the top 10 questions submitted [...]

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Take the major subject headings of your presentation, and choose one item to go with each heading. Duplicate these items as needed so that there is one item per participant. Place them in a grab bag and, as participants enter, have them select one.
At the beginning of your class introduction, explain that each item is [...]

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Being at Training 2010 in San Diego reminded me once again that connection is so important. How often do you feel like a lone ranger? How many people really understand what you do – or why you do it? And how many people – even trainers – are really committed to adding value and making [...]

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At Training 2010, in a session titled Making Training Stick, Carolyn Balling said managers often send their employees to training programs that aren’t necessarily designed and presented in a manner that “make the training stick.” To make your program sticky, Balling suggests you: make training objectives clear, identify and reinforce the transfer of learning, address [...]

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Making your computer based training interactive can be pretty easy with the plethora of websites out there with free software to help you create games, visuals or other mental activities. One method of getting your audience engaged is an intranet hunt.
Create a worksheet with questions about your company, the company mission, their role and so [...]

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