Elaine Biech - Training For Dummies

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Training

FOR

DUMmIES

by Elaine Biech

Other Titles by Elaine Biech:

Marketing Your Consulting Services, 2003

The Consultants Quick Start Guide, 2001

Successful Team-Building Tools, 2001

The Consultants Legal Guide, 2000

The Business of Consulting, 1999

Building High Performance, 1998

Interpersonal Skills: Understanding Your Impact on Others, 1996

The ASTD Sourcebook: Creativity and Innovation Widen Your Spectrum, 1996

The HR Handbook, 1996

TQM for Training, 1994

Managing Teamwork, 1994

Business Communications, 1992

Delegating For Results, 1992

The Pfeiffer Annual,Training (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006) The Pfeiffer Annual, Consulting (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006) 01_559850 ffirs_2.qxd 5/16/05 11:42 AM Page iv

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Training

FOR

DUMmIES

by Elaine Biech

Other Titles by Elaine Biech:

Marketing Your Consulting Services, 2003

The Consultants Quick Start Guide, 2001

Successful Team-Building Tools, 2001

The Consultants Legal Guide, 2000

The Business of Consulting, 1999

Building High Performance, 1998

Interpersonal Skills: Understanding Your Impact on Others, 1996

The ASTD Sourcebook: Creativity and Innovation Widen Your Spectrum, 1996

The HR Handbook, 1996

TQM for Training, 1994

Managing Teamwork, 1994

Business Communications, 1992

Delegating For Results, 1992

The Pfeiffer Annual,Training (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006) The Pfeiffer Annual, Consulting (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006) 01_559850 ffirs_2.qxd 5/16/05 11:42 AM Page ii

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About the Author

Elaine Biech has been in the training and consulting field for more than a quarter of a century. She is president of ebb associates inc, an organization development and custom training design firm that helps organizations work through large-scale change. Known as the trainers trainer, Elaine has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Management Update, and FortuneMagazine. She is the author and editor of dozens of books, including MarketingYour Consulting Services, The Business of Consulting, and The ASTD Sourcebook:Creativity and Innovation.

An active American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) member, Elaine served on the National ASTD Board of Directors, initiated Consultants Day at ASTDs International Conference and Expo, and writes ASTDs Ask an Expert Column. She is a past member of the ISA Board of Directors and currently serves on the Advisory Council for the Independent Consultants Association. Elaine is the recipient of the 1992 National ASTD Torch Award and was selected for the 1995 Wisconsin Women Entrepreneurs Mentor Award. In 2001, she received ISAs highest award, The Terry Broomfield Spirit Award. She is the editor for the prestigious Training and Consulting Annuals published by Pfeiffer.

You may reach her office at 757-588-3939 or by e-mail at elaine@ebbweb.com with inquiries about training or to request additional information.

About ASTD

ASTD is a leading association of workplace learning and performance professionals, forming a world-class community of practice. ASTDs 70,000 members and associates come from more than 100 countries and thousands of organizations multinational corporations, medium-sized and small businesses, government, academia, consulting firms, and product and service suppliers.

ASTD marks its beginning in 1944, when the organization held its first annual conference. In recent years, ASTD has widened the industrys focus to connect learning and performance to measurable results, and is a sought-after voice on critical public-policy issues.

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