Beyond Telling Ain't Training Fieldbook: Methods, Activities, and Tools for Effective Workplace Learning

Since its publication two years ago, Telling Ain’t Training and its enthusiastic and entertaining authors have gained a popularity no one could have predicted. Readers and audiences around the world have taken to heart the book’s central admonition to be “learner advocates” who seek to “transform learners” not merely transmit information. In packed conference rooms, in sold-out Telling Ain’t Training mini-conferences and workshops, and through the sale of thousands of copies of the book, Harold and Erica have built a following of “fans” who have wanted more. This book, Beyond Telling Ain’t Training Fieldbook, is the answer to these many requests to provide a practical, on-the-ground guide to help individuals and their organizations fully implement the powerful principles in Telling Ain’t Training. Beyond Telling Ain’t Training provides readers with concrete actions and support materials to help transform telling to training. You will find useful worksheets, assessments, tools, and advice that will enable you and your organization to realize the true value of workplace learning. Like the original book, readers will recognize the easy-to-read, breezy writing style, and icons designed to help in the learning journey.

About the Authors

Harold D. Stolovitch, CPT, is a graduate of both McGill University (Montreal) and Indiana University (Bloomington), where he completed a PhD and post-doctoral work in instructional systems technology. With one foot solidly grounded in the academic world and the other in the workplace, Stolovitch has conducted a large number of research studies and practical projects aimed at achieving high learning and performance results. In addition to creating countless instructional materials for a broad range of work settings, he has authored almost 200 articles, research reports, book chapters, and books. He is a past president of the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI), former editor of the Performance Improvement Journal, and editorial board member for several human resource and performance technology journals. He has won numerous awards throughout his 44-year career, including the Thomas F. Gilbert Award for Distinguished Professional Achievement; ISPI's highest honor, Member-for-Life; ASTD's 2003 Research Award; and the Canadian Society for Training and Development's most prestigious President's Award for lifetime contributions to the field. Stolovitch is an emeritus professor, Université de Montréal, where he headed the instructional and performance technology programs and a former clinical professor of human performance at work, University of Southern California.

Erica J. Keeps, CPT, holds a master's degree in educational psychology from Wayne State University (Detroit) and a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), where she later became a faculty member in the Graduate Business School Executive Education Center. Her 34-year professional career has included training management positions with J. L. Hudson Co. and Allied Supermarkets. She has consulted with a wide variety of organizations in the areas of learning and performance. Keeps has not only produced and supervised the production of numerous instructional materials and performance management systems but has also published extensively on the topic of improving workplace learning and performance. She has provided staff development for instructional designers, training administrators, and performance consultants. Keeps has been acknowledged by many learning and performance leaders as a caring mentor and major influence in their careers. She is a former executive board member of ISPI, a past president of the Michigan Chapter of ISPI, and a Member-for-Life of both the Michigan and Montreal ISPI chapters. Among her myriad awards for outstanding contributions to instructional and performance technology is ISPI's Distinguished Service Award for her many leadership roles.