Improvised Training Called 'Faster, Cheaper, Better' Improvised, unconventional, interactive training programs are “faster, cheaper and better,” says consultant Sivasailam Thiagarajan, who directs the trainers who work for his firm—the Thiagi Group of Bloomington, Ind.—to “ignore” program content, be inconsistent and to not use slides. Read this article

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Webcasts Webcast: Making the Business Case for Training Presenter: Joyce Oliner, Managing Member, Joyce Oliner Consulting, LLC How do you overcome the perception that employee training is a luxury? Join Joyce Oliner as she shows how the net result of recent court decisions, statutes and regulations has been to mandate that all employers provide training to employees on issues such as equal employment opportunity and workplace ethics. About the speaker: Formerly a partner with Shaw Pittman LLP, Joyce Oliner has 20 years of experience as an employment lawyer, counseling management on a wide range of employment issues. Ms. Oliner now concentrates on providing customized employment law, ethics and human resources training programs to the senior executives, managers and staff employees of commercial, non-profit and government organizations. View this webcast Fighting Scope Creep in HR Consulting Projects with Steven Lishansky View this webcast Finding New Sources of Work with Margo Berman View this webcast Retirement Planning Options for HR Consultants with Fred Payne View this webcast Marketing Ideas for Consultants with The Training Doctor's Nanette Miner View this webcast Establish a Business Plan for Your Consulting Practice with Innovative HR Solutions' Richard Sherwood View this webcast More webcasts

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