How to Run Seminars & Workshops (ePub)

The Trainer's Guide to Training
Most new trainers and presenters know all they need to knowabout their chosen subject. Unfortunately, few of them actuallyknow how to present what they know. For more than a decade, RobertJolles's How to Run Seminars and Workshops has taught tens ofthousands of people how to sell, teach, stand up, and deliver aneffective training session on almost any subject in almost anysetting.
This new Third Edition updates this classic guide for anyone whohas to get up and move an audience. Just as he did in the book'sprevious editions, Jolles-former head of Xerox's world-renowned"train the trainer" program-shares proven, effective techniques forwinning over an audience, holding their interest, conveyingimportant information, and moving that audience to take action! Forseasoned pros, this is an invaluable tool for becoming aworld-class seminar and workshop leader. For novices, it's astep-by-step self-teaching guide that provides the confidence andthe techniques speakers need to survive and thrive in front of anaudience.
Packed with straightforward, trustworthy advice, this reliableresource covers all the bases for today's professional trainers andspeakers, including research and preparation, questioningtechniques, pacing, visual aids, evaluation and support, feedback,and more:

* Creating your own seminar business
* Recognizing different personalities and types of behavior
* Training groups with diverse needs
* On-site preparations
* Maintaining the audience's interest
* The latest technology and visual aids
* Giving feedback and coaching
* Presenting your best self to the audience
* Developing a training staff
* And, most important, how to sell your message
Trusted by thousands of professional trainers for the latesttactics and practices in seminar and workshop leadership, How toRun Seminars and Workshops, Third Edition is the ultimate guide foranyone who makes a living sharing what they know with others.