*First 50 registrants will get an autographed copy of the Creative Training Techniques Handbook as an early bird bonus. (Offer only available until 12/24/2013)

Description: C.O.R.E. stands for Closers, Openers, Revisit, and Energize the key ingredient in designing and delivery of training that gets results. Going beyond the three key tests for openers and closer, Bob will take you through 5 powerful openers and closers and you'll modify them for your own training.

Next you'll look at 49 strategies for revisiting key content. Why? Because research shows that key content must be explored six times for participants to move it from short term memory to long term memory and you can't use on the job what you can't remember. You will learn the important difference between review and revisit and why you want to do one but NEVER, the other. Finally you'll analyze the five ways that Bob has kept the energy up for delivery and how you can use these techniques in your own training. And that's just in the morning!

In the afternoon you'll dig deeper into the missing link in the ADDIE model undefined and how to add that link into all of your existing training programs. You'll also discover the seven ways to remember anything undefined especially if you think you have a poor memory. Bob will also share the four models that are the foundation of his Creative Training Techniques TM instructor-led, participant centered model undefined along with 11 strategies you can use to engage any and all of the generations that might be in your training program.

Throughout the fast paced day the concepts will be modeled and demonstrated in multiple ways undefined not just taught. A powerful, comprehensive handout will be a valued resource long after the day is over.

Audience Level:

For all levels within learning and development.

Learners will:

• Experience practical closers, openers, and revisiters they can apply to their own programs.
• Explore 9 ways to accommodate all generations of learners in the same program.
• Identify at least 23 alternatives to lecture modeled throughout the program.

In addition to the objectives above, the ASTD Competencies that will be emphasized in this program are the following:

ASTD T&D Areas of Expertise: 

Instructional Design, Learning Technologies, Training Delivery

ASTD Foundational Competencies:

Interpersonal Skills, Personal Skills  

Definition of member: If you are a member of ASTD National, but you are not a member of the ASTD Valley of the Sun chapter, you are a non-member. If you are member of the ASTD Valley of the Sun chapter, you are a member.

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Location: Medtronic
2110 W Medtronic Way
Tempe, AZ
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About the presenter:

Bob Pike attended the U.S. Naval Academy and is a graduate of Moody Bible Institute. After serving as a pastor for three years he began his career in the training and performance improvement field. Beginning as a representative for Master Education Industries, he received nine promotions in three and one half years, to Senior Vice President. His responsibilities included developing an intensive three-week Master Training Academy.

During his seven years as Vice President of Personal Dynamics, Inc., that company grew from less than 4,000 enrollments per year to more than 80,000.

As founder and Chairman Emeritus of The Bob Pike Group and Creative Training Techniques Press, Bob leads sessions over 150 days per year on a variety of topics. More than 125,000 trainers on five continents have attended the Creative Training Techniques"' workshop.

As a consultant, Bob has worked with such organizations as the Salvation Army, the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism (ABWE), most branches of the US military, Pfizer, Hallmark Cards and IBM.

A member of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) since 1972, Bob has been active in many capacities including three National Conference Design Committees, Director of Special Interest Groups, and member of the National Board of Directors.

He has also served on the Board of Directors for the National Speakers Association and the International Alliance of Learning.

In 2002 he joined the National Board of Lead Like Jesus. From 2005-2010 he served as Chairman of the Executive Board for that organization. He served as chief designer for the Leadership Encounter with Jesus Seminar/Retreat and is master trainer for the Encounter certification program.

An outstanding speaker, Bob has presented at national and international ASTD and TRAINING Conferences to standing room only groups of over 2,000. In 1991 Bob earned the professional designation of Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) from the National Speakers Association (NSA). In 1999 he inducted into the CPAE (Council of Peers Award of Excellence) Speakers Hall of Fame.

Since 1980, he has been listed in the Who's Who in the Midwest and in the current edition of Who's Who in Finance and Industry. In 2007 he was named one of the “20 Most Influential People in T&D Globally” by a Training Industry survey and he was honored with the Instructional systems Association’s” Thought Leader Award.” In 2012 he was named a “Legend of the Speaking Profession” and in 2013 he was the second person to be named an ASTD CPLP Fellow.

Over the years, Bob has contributed to magazines like Training, The Personnel Administrator and The Self Development Journal. He is the founder and editor of the Creative Training Techniques Newsletter.

He is author of the popular Creative Training Techniques Handbook, Third Edition which, with over 300,000 copies sold is now the best selling train-the-trainer book ever published. His newest book is "The Fun Minute Manager." He is also co-author of One-on-One Training, Dealing with Difficult Participants, 50 Creative Training Openers, 50 Creative Training Closers, along with more than ten other books.