The Accelerated Learning Fieldbook

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Summary: Everything you wanted to know about training...
Review: and didn't know who to ask!

As a seasoned practitioner of brain-based learning techniques, NLP, and accelerated learning, I was intrigued by this book - it was the book I always thought I'd write!

I'd recommend it to my friends who've decided they want a cool job like mine.

It covers the A-to-Z of learning - business reasons, contract for learning, learning styles, memory, you as trainer, environment, music, development of learning events and marketing. It even provides usable examples and activities.

The best thing - Lou models what she's writing with the use of illustrations, tables, etc. If you want to be a trainer who does more than lecture, this book is a must for your briefcase...it may never make its way to your bookshelf!

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Summary: Guide to Performance-based training
Review: Energized training strategies respectful of the multiple intelligences and learning styles flow throughout the book. Content features key strategies for instructors from building the course, to igniting anticipation from learners, to understanding why a variety of well-placed and appropriate activities--including the use of music-- build retention of the training content. Practice segments invite the reader into interaction with the ideas suggested in each chapter. From instructor self-reflection, to comprehensive planning and delivering the course, Russell builds elements of Instructional Design into an Accelerated Learning process with the learner, retention and performance at the center.

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Summary: Informative and Useful !
Review: I delighted in the opportunity to review this book for Lou and her publisher, because I got an early opportunity to learn a whole host of useful techniques to improve my facilitation practices. The book will now serve as a useful reference every time I need a reminder or new idea to accelerate the learning process. I've observed her practice these lessons and can indeed testify that her skillful blending of research findings with personal examples is immensely informative, and, best of all, immediately useful. Her energy is an inspiration to us all.

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Summary: Ideal student text for professional continuing education
Review: I have adoped the field book for use in the Corporate Trainer Certification program being offered here at San Antonio College Continuing Education. The text is up to date. It combines a very well written text with review exercises, case studies, and personal actions through out. The students love it! But, what I like best about the book is my instructors' USE IT! They use the music CD as well. Their coments to me are that "it's user friendly." Thank you very much for this great teaching tool.

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Summary: Ideal student text for professional continuing education
Review: I have adoped the field book for use in the Corporate Trainer Certification program being offered here at San Antonio College Continuing Education. The text is up to date. It combines a very well written text with review exercises, case studies, and personal actions through out. The students love it! But, what I like best about the book is my instructors' USE IT! They use the music CD as well. Their coments to me are that "it's user friendly." Thank you very much for this great teaching tool.

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Summary: Crtical Chain/Theory of Constraints Learning Facilitator
Review: Outstanding presentation on the theory and practical tools to enahnce any learning experience. I found that the book answered many questions I had, and solved many dilemmas I face facilitating behvior change in organizaitons. Lour orgainied the material very well, and ends each chapter with a personal plan place. Her work exemplifies the methods she illuminates.

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Summary: A Great Tool for Trainers, Teachers and Learners!
Review: The book makes an excellent text for a train the trainer course, but more importantly, will provide each new trainer with a toolkit that they'll use over and over again. I especially like the author's advice to 'lecture as a last resort'!

The contents are also easily adaptable for use in undergraduate and graduate courses, and I suspect that many secondary educators could rekindle the love of learning in their classrooms by employing some of the design strategies in their classrooms as well!

The book is very effectively 'chunked' with three main parts:

How People Learn

How Successful Learning is Delivered

How Successful Learning Events Are Built

Russell's work is accessible, interesting and very hands on. The appendix is also filled with opens, interpersonal, intrapersonal and review exercises and a large resource list and the book also contains a CD with music that can be used as part of your training event as well as future events.

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Summary: Fast Fun and Flexible ways to learn and teach
Review: This is the most useful training book I have ever read. The format is easy to read and it is easy to learn the concepts. I have been doing training and psychotherapy for twenty-two years and I am an NLP practitioner. I learned many valuable new things. Especially the importance of teaching all the types of intelligence's. I now realize that when I get all excellent evaluations except for one or two I may not be hitting that persons intelligence. The marketing ideas are a very welcomed addition. This book has helped my training and business immensely.