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Summary: I Wish I'd Thought of This Myself
Review: I discovered Jean Barbazette's book about three months ago while doing a little bit of research on the topic of "job aids." I wasn't looking for job aids for myself, but I was delighted to find this gem. 227 pages of job aid are divided into 15 chapters and 3 appendices. Barbazette's motto seems to be "common sense, no nonsense." Some 83 templates give the trainer and (maybe more importantly!) the trainer's support staff ready access to the key issues they encounter in their work. Topics include developing support for training, assessing training needs, hiring consultants, administering training, running a web site for training, budgeting.... None are surprising, but all are encountered by most training units quarterly if not monthly or weekly. Barbazette has managed to collect the core of things, though, that each of the training functions I have been involved with has managed to reinvent multiple times. Well, no more! With this in hand in just a few months I have saved myself (and the support team I work with) several dozen hours by using a number of these templates. I regret I didn't think of this myself. Sincerely, I do. Yet there is one thing I regret more--that I didn't find this book immediately after it was published. I can only imagine the time I could have saved in projects until now.
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Summary: I Wish I'd Thought of This Myself
Review: I discovered Jean Barbazette's book about three months ago while doing a little bit of research on the topic of "job aids." I wasn't looking for job aids for myself, but I was delighted to find this gem. 227 pages of job aid are divided into 15 chapters and 3 appendices. Barbazette's motto seems to be "common sense, no nonsense." Some 83 templates give the trainer and (maybe more importantly!) the trainer's support staff ready access to the key issues they encounter in their work. Topics include developing support for training, assessing training needs, hiring consultants, administering training, running a web site for training, budgeting.... None are surprising, but all are encountered by most training units quarterly if not monthly or weekly. Barbazette has managed to collect the core of things, though, that each of the training functions I have been involved with has managed to reinvent multiple times. Well, no more! With this in hand in just a few months I have saved myself (and the support team I work with) several dozen hours by using a number of these templates. I regret I didn't think of this myself. Sincerely, I do. Yet there is one thing I regret more--that I didn't find this book immediately after it was published. I can only imagine the time I could have saved in projects until now.
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Summary: A first of its kind - Extremely useful
Review: To my knowledge, this book is pioneer in its coverage of the 'support' aspect of training. Most training books are concerned with trainer's skills or style, learning, trainee behavior, etc. Barbazette, however, chooses to provide us with the tools and resources that we all need to run a hitch-free, administratively smooth training. The book is brimming with useful forms, resources and even downloadable utilities available on the Internet. It is arranged in a logical manner and it is easy to locate the material that you might need if you are searvhing for a particular form. Overall, this is a must for all trainers, especially new-comers and is probably an indispensable tool for any training department or function.
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