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- The ABCs and 1-2-3s of choosing the right CBT
- Do you know how to go about choosing the right CBT for your organization? Bob Potemski covers the basics of evaluating CBTs and determining what's best for your training situation.As an IT training manager, choosing the right Computer-Based Training CBT to fit your given training needs and situation can be...
- Tags: Computer-based training (CBT), ABC Inc., Elisa Suiter, computer-based training, computer
- Technical articles 2000-01-07
- Run your training department like a business
- Can you measure your training department's ROI for your company? Bob Potemski reviews a book that will help your training organization thrive in a bottom-line-oriented enterprise.Don’t be misled by the title of this book, Running Training Like a Business: Delivering Unmistakable Value, by David van Adelsberg and Edward A. Trolley....
- Tags: Workforce management, Bob Potemski, training, trainer
- Technical articles 1999-12-28
- Video review: "Introduction to Access 2000"
- Looking for a video that teaches Access 2000 basics? Bob Potemski reviews one that you'll probably want to skip.Have you ever been taught a desktop application via video? I just experienced a bit of video-age learning with “Introduction to Access 2000.” If you're shopping around for training videos, you might...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Microsoft Office, Databases, Bob Potemski, video, Access 2000, instructor, Microsoft Access
- Technical articles 1999-12-10
- Project 98 has been discovered by a new CBT
- If you're considering using a CBT to learn Microsoft Project 98, Bob Potemski reviews a CBT product designed by Canadian CBT newcomer DiscoverWare.Discover Project 98 is a recently released computer-based training tool from Canadian CBT newcomer DiscoverWare. As CBTs go, Discover Project 98 is a nicely packaged, attractive product. While...
- Tags: Computer-based training (CBT), Bob Potemski, computer-based training, Discover Project 98, Project 98, training
- Technical articles 1999-12-17
- How to get your training courses certified for college credit
- Have you considered getting your training courses certified for college credit? Bob Potemski tells you how.Whether you work for an independent training center or run a training organization within a larger company, you have to worry about making your classes attractive to potential students. One way to set yourself apart...
- Tags: Workforce management, Bob Potemski, training
- Technical articles 1999-12-27
- Make a New Year's resolution to become a Certified Technical Trainer (CTT)
- What is a CTT? Bob Potemski shares the background information on what the Certified Technical Trainer CTT is all about in his first installment on becoming a CTT.I’ve heard less about New Year’s resolutions this December than I’ve heard in any year in recent memory. It seems as if almost...
- Tags: Workforce management, Bob Potemski, Chauncey Group, Certified Technical Trainer, training
- Technical articles 1999-12-13
- Tips for becoming a Certified Technical Trainer (CTT)
- With all the certifications available, here's one that's in many fields and shows you have the basic "trainer" skills needed to facilitate training. Bob Potemski discusses the program requirements for becoming a Certified Technical Trainer.Last week I shared my enthusiasm for the Certified Technical Trainer CTT program. I work with...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Quality, PRODUCTIVITY, Strategy, Leadership, Bob Potemski, Certified Technical Trainer, Certified Technical Trainer program
- Technical articles 1999-12-20
- Turn a training ambush into a classroom success
- Have you ever been asked at the last minute, after your class has started, to customize the training material to the students' needs? Most trainers refer to this as being ambushed. Bob Potemski shares some pointers on how to prevent an ambush from becoming a crisis.I remember watching old Western...
- Tags: Workforce management, Bob Potemski, training
- Technical articles 1999-11-22
- Course design on the fly
- We've all experienced this at least once in our careers. If you haven't, your time is coming. You've been approached with a "request to teach" and once you accept you're told, "By the way, the class is tomorrow." Bob Potemski shares his game plan on what to do to get...
- Tags: Storage, Databases, Microsoft Office, Workforce management, Bob Potemski, database, Microsoft Access, main thrust
- Technical articles 1999-11-01
- Interviewing: Looking beyond the resume
- Knowing the right questions to ask during an interview is sometimes difficult. But it's especially difficult when technical knowledge is a key requirement for the position you are seeking to fill. Bob Potemski shares four interviewing guidelines for technical trainers and developers.Almost every day I hear about a shortage of...
- Tags: Quality, Bob Potemski, certification
- Technical articles 1999-11-16
- Roam your training room freely with a Logitech TrackMan Live!
- Bob Potemski shares his review of what a remote mouse can do for you in your technical training classes. Roam free with the Logitech TrackMan Live! (Model 4324)Perhaps I'm outside the norm for technical trainers or perhaps not, but I'm a real "people person." I love to make my training...
- Tags: Mice, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows NT, Bob Potemski, mouse, Logitech, Microsoft Windows, Logitech TrackMan Live, training
- Technical articles 1999-11-12
- Just who do you think you are, anyway?
- Do you stop to think before you blurt out an answer to a question in class? Bob Potemski sheds light on why you should and provides tips on what to listen and look for in every question you're asked as a trainer.As a trainer, when a particularly defiant student decides...
- Tags: Bob Potemski, trainer
- Technical articles 1999-10-05
- Improving desktop visibility for your students
- Don't diminish your audience's learning experience by making the desktop difficult to see. Bob Potemski shows you the steps necessary to improve visibility in the classroom.Not long ago, the picture tube on my TV died. It was a quiet, somewhat dignified blanking of the screen. I still could hear all...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Bob Potemski, Active Title Bar, Display Properties Dialog, Display Properties dialog box, font, desktop
- Technical articles 1999-10-18
- Book review: Rain Making: The Professional's Guide to Attracting New Clients
- Trainers typically don't think they need to know marketing fundamentals. Contrary to that popular opinion, marketing is essential to the success of your training career and business. Bob Potemski reviews a book that you'll find to be a keeper for your library collection.Today's business environment is markedly different. Magazines testify...
- Tags: Marketing research, Bob Potemski, marketing, Ford Harding, Rain Making
- Technical articles 1999-10-22
- No "ifs" about it: Use direct and precise language to grab students' attention
- In the second installment of this three-part series, certified technical trainer Bob Potemski says students respond best to direct, precise language.In this series of articles, we’re looking at the effective use of language to motivate students. In part 1, “Not all training tools are free, but the language of training...
- Tags: Workforce management, training language, Bob Potemski, training, trainer
- Technical articles 1999-09-14
- Fielding difficult questions in the classroom
- Questions during class are inevitable. Our question is: Are you practicing the best techniques for handling those inquiries? Bob Potemski shares ways to keep the focus on your students' need to understand.I witnessed something last week that I found to be, unfortunately, rather unusual. A bookstore employee was busily working...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Workforce management, Bob Potemski
- Technical articles 1999-09-29
- Put your best language tools to work for a powerful presentation
- In the final part of his series, Bob Potemski pulls all three types of language together to show you how these training tools work to help you present the most effective teaching for your audience.In this series we've discussed the power of language in motivating students. In Part 1,...
- Tags: Workforce management, Bob Potemski, training
- Technical articles 1999-09-21
- Not all training tools are free, but the language of training is—so use it correctly
- As trainers, we sometimes need to get back to the basics—including the words we use. In the first of three articles on effective training language, Bob Potemski explains the importance of using audience-centered words.Some of the most effective tools we use as trainers are words that are audience-centered, directive, precise,...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Workforce management, Bob Potemski, Dad, trainer, training, tool
- Technical articles 1999-09-08
Additional Resources
- Silent-Bob (exe)
- Silent-Bob is your personnel audio recording tool. It is wiretapping the recording-channel of your soundcard and on mouseclick it records your favourite song into a wav-file. Since Silent-Bob is latching the last couple of minutes in the RAM you will never ever miss the beginning of your favourite song. A...
- Tags: Song, Mouse, Systray-icon, Mice, Hardware, Peripherals
- Software downloads 2001-02-28
- Bob The Schizo (exe)
- Bob The Schizo is a platform game which takes action to the extreme. The player controls Bob; just a normal guy who gets caught up in an evil plot to take over the world. Fortunately, Bob knows how to handle a gun, two guns in fact. During the game Bob...
- Tags: Gun, Shotgun, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2006-02-21
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