Describes how to develop both short- and long-term plans for using video in a training department. Recommends combining rented and purchased equipment, starting slowly, and working according to a long-term plan, in order to avoid purchasing the wrong equipment. (NRJ)

Reviews options for training first-time computer users and discusses the pros and cons of three basic training approaches--vendor classroom, in-house, and self-paced training. (JOW)

Continuation of a two-part feature on how the exigencies of recession can spark a change of training direction from activity to results. (See CE 512 717 for part one.) (JOW)

For a workshop to be successful, it must have characteristics such as organization, acceptable pace, well-defined objectives, and adequate facilities. Trainers court disaster if these are not present. Includes symptoms of dysfunctional behavior by participants, causes of this behavior, and strategies to deal with it. (JOW)

The reasons athletes and comedians are so effective in films for training are explored. Their limitations are also examined, along with the subjects for which they are most effective. (CT)

Describes a nine-step method to overcome resistance from participants and get the most from using role playing in training. (JOW)

The use of subliminal communication is examined through discussions of its use by advertisers, training for Navy gunners in World War II, football coaches, and in driver education programs. (CT)

Presented is a satire on employee training, retraining, efficiency experts, consultants, team training, peer teaching, and behavioral objectives--based on the training of apple sorters at the Fantabalous Fruit Farm. (KC)

Describes testing of a method for teaching people how to identify implied claims in advertising and keep from remembering them as asserted facts. Results show that training may have an effect on teaching the naive consumer to recognize potentially misleading statements. (Author/BK)

Among the findings were that trainers of the retarded used more preresponse prompts than error correction prompts and more praise than reprimands in their personal training methods. (Author/DLS)

Discusses the concept of a new paradigm for ISD (instructional systems design). Topics include characteristics of industrial-age versus information-age organizations; the current paradigm of education and training; implications for instructional theory, including learning-focused theory; and implications for the ISD process, including a sample…

A computer system conversion in a business was relatively painless for users and invisible to customers. The plan relied on basic training strategies that apply to a variety of technology upgrades. (Author/JOW)

Looks at the nature of resistance and how one trainer deals with problems of resistant trainees. Suggests that the best method is to adapt, step aside, and invite the force of opposition--not to humiliate and destroy, but to regain balance and harmony. (JOW)