books about: silberman     books:       101 Ways to Make Training Active12 reviews Pfeiffer, 1995 Increase Learning - Train Actively! As a professional trainer and coach I know my subjects well. That's my problem! It's too easy to stand up and lecture. The trick is to involve participants in meaningful ways. "101 Ways to Make Training Active" is just the ticket. Silberman begins with 20 "top 10" lists of training tips. For example, "Ten assignments to give learning partners" and "Ten suggestions for activating a lecture" ...             The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Isreal and the Origin of Sacred Texts129 reviews Free Press, 2002 EXCELLENT book. Super informative, well-written, and logically put together. Blows the Old Testament myths right out of the water by way of archaeological evidence--or lack thereof. If you had the sneaking suspicion that much of the Bible was imaginative story-telling, this book will confirm your suspicions; not with rhetoric, but actual proof. And it not only gives you the how, but the why. There's a reason ...             Active Training: A Handbook of Techniques, Designs, Case Examples, and Tips (Active Training Series)8 reviews Mel Silberman, Carol Auerbach Pfeiffer, 2006 Activate Your Training Mel Silberman is the master of active training. Just skimming his book gave me a handful of new ideas I applied to my training. Reading the book helped me to revamp my training courses to include many more participatory training exercises. Everybody loves being involved, talking, interacting, and exploring during training. Lecture, however, is too often the default methodology. In some ways ...             PeopleSmart25 reviews John Wiley & Sons, 2005 Beautifully simple, straightforward, and practical The book is beautifully simple, straightforward, and practical. Very helpful. A great resource for interpersonal communications and human relations. Well-written and user-friendly. I highly recommend it.             The Insomnia Workbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Getting the Sleep You Need11 reviews Stephanie Silberman New Harbinger Pubns, 2009 Amazing and useful resource for improving your sleep I recently read "the insomnia workbook" by Dr. Stephanie Silberman as someone with sleep difficulties but not necessarily insomnia. Not sure if it would help my particular issues, I gave it a read and was overwhelmed with just how much pertinent information it contained. There is such great information that I was able to put into practice immediately, especially in Chapter 4 - Sleep Hygiene and ...             The Consultant's Toolkit: High-Impact Questionnaires, Activities and How-to Guides for Diagnosing and Solving ...11 reviews Mel Silberman McGraw-Hill, 2000 Valuable Book This is a wonderful book that combines the expertise of a wide range of experts in the consulting field. Due to the different styles of the authors, the reader is bound to find several that really address their concerns. The book is a useful toolkit as it has templates that one can easily adapt to meet their needs. Most of the common consulting problems are addressed. Among the readily ...             Active Learning: 101 Strategies to Teach Any Subject7 reviews Mel Silberman Allyn & Bacon, 1996 Creative Ideas to Involve Students This book is full of wonderful ideas. It is especially helpful if you teach on the block schedule. The ideas are very easy to implement in the classroom.             The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science (James H. ...192 reviews Norman Doidge Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007 My number one book! This is one of my two favorite books. I am a vocational rehabilitation counselor and feel that the book has taught me things I didn't know about what is possible for my consumers with a head injury or stroke. Also, I think it is a good book for teachers or parents, as it explains why learning, practicing, imagining etc. are good for children. All the research that has been done is very ...             David and Solomon: In Search of the Bible's Sacred Kings and the Roots of the Western Tradition18 reviews Free Press, 2006 An enlightened treatment of two major biblical figures It is so refreshing to read a book like this! For too long, biblical romantics have fantasized that archaeology would `verify' the history constructed by the biblical text itself; the narrative account. More recently, "revisionists" have argued that the biblical text is so divorced from history so as to be nothing more than an ideologically grounded fiction! Finkelstein and Silberman show, ...             The Consultant's Big Book of Orgainization Development Tools: 50 Reproducible Intervention Tools to Help ...1 review McGraw-Hill, 2002 Cookbook of Interventions A good compendium of intervention recipes. Lots of team activities. I have found a number of these available on the web, but this does compile them together. No theory, just recipes. You should already have a concept of your OD strategy, then use this as a reference.             Working PeopleSmart: 6 Strategies for Success1 review Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2004 Coaching for Relational Success Following a theme that relationships are at the heart of professional success, the authors of "PeopleSmart" present a coaching book for improving professional interactions. Focusing on six basic strategies for success with four critical constituencies - boss, colleagues, subordinates, customers - the book provides strategy specific coaching tips and advice, and then for each strategy gives ...             Bite-Sized Marketing: Realistic Solutions for the Over-Worked Librarian2 reviews Nancy Dowd, Mary Evangeliste, ... Amer Library Assn Editions, 2009 Marketing solutions for the overworked librarian--is that you? I recently obtained a copy of Bite-Sized Marketing by Dowd, Evangeliste and Silberman and thought, this is exactly what librarians like me need! The book provides an excellent solution to the librarian who is also the part-time marketing person, outreach person, event planner, etc. that does not have the time or resources to plan large-scale marketing activities/events. Neatly written, ...             La heredera de la libertad (Spanish Edition), 2010 Roberto Silberman (1942), ha sido galardonado con el Segundo Premio de Literatura AMIA 2009 por este magnífico e inolvidable cuento ?La Heredera de la Libertad?. Esta narración trata sobre los frutos de la convivencia, y fue elegido entre muchísimas obras enviadas de Latinoamérica y España. Su aguda, ingeniosa y desconcertante pluma desprovista de limitaciones y de lo que hoy se considera políticamente correcto, es lo que nos ofrece en todas sus ...             Teaching Actively: Eight Steps and 32 Strategies to Spark Learning in Any Classroom1 review Mel Silberman Allyn & Bacon, 2005 An outstanding guide to creatively providing an effective learning environment for children of any age Teaching Actively: Eight Steps And Thirty-Two Strategies To Spark Learning In Any Classroom by Mel Silberman (Professor Emeritus of Psychological Studies, Temple University) is an outstanding guide to creatively providing an effective learning environment for children of any age and applicable to any instructional subject. Logically analyzing and comprehensively breaking down the constructs of ...             Simply Being: One Year with Spirit1 review Pamela Silberman O Books, 2008 A Book That Changed My Life Simply Marvelous!!!! A Must Read. Don't Wait for the Movie. Read it now. Hollywood can never do it justice. If you want to transform your life beyond your wildest dreams then this is the book for you. Run, dont walk to your computer and order it now. Oh wait if you are reading this you are at your computer. Regardless order it now and have a life worth living. And there is more. If you ...             Educating Children With Multiple Disabilities: A Collaborative Approach1 review Fred P. Orelove Paul H Brookes Pub Co, 2004 Good Buy! This is a great book that talks about many approaches and techniques to use for students with multiple disabilities. Is is an easy & quick read. Good for teachers and parents.             101 Ways to Make Meetings Active: Surefire Ideas to Engage Your Group2 reviews Pfeiffer, 1999 Getting Meetings Moving! This book is the best I have seen (and I've seen several) for a quick reference to meeting activities. Moreover, the activities are incredibly easy to understand and implement and are, in a word, fun! This is a great reference to have on any facilitator's desk, or for the person who leads meetings for his/her company.             A Family Haggadah II (Passover)16 reviews Shoshana, Dr. Silberman Kar-Ben Publishing, 2010 Colorful, clear journey through the Seder My husband and I host a seder each year for a group of about 30 to 40 people. This year (2010), we used "A Family Haggadah II" for the first time. I found it very enjoyable and helpful. "Seder" means "order," and a good Haggadah is essential for following the order of Passover night. The clear illustrations of the Seder Plate were helpful for setting up our tables. Then we went around the ...             Small Business Survival Book: 12 Surefire Ways for Your Business to Survive and Thrive5 reviews Wiley, 2006 All New Small Business Leaders Should Read This Book! In recent years, I've been teaching courses in how to start small businesses. From that experience, it's become obvious to me that most people who start small businesses don't begin to know what they don't know. In a 4-6 six week course over 10-15 hours, I can only cover so much ground. I was delighted to see that Small Business Survival Book goes into those areas which I have to cover ...             Civil Procedure: Theory and Practice, Third Edition Linda J. Silberman, Allan R. Stein, ... Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, 2009 Civil Procedure: Theory and Practice, Third Edition, offers comprehensive coverage that integrates a Socratic approach to doctrinal analysis with contextual strategic lawyering perspectives—and the opportunity to explore challenging theoretical questions. A highly effective pedagogical innovation—the <b><i>Anatomy of a Litigation</i></b> case study chapter—leads students through the ...              search for books activities, approach, archaeology, bite-sized, classroom, collaborative, comprehensive, consultant, development, diagnosing, disabilities, educating, frontiers, high-impact, intervention, librarian, marketing, orgainization, over-worked, peoplesmart, procedure, questionnaires, realistic, reproducible, silberman, solutions, strategies, techniques, tradition, unearthed books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: A War That Never Ended: The Story of an Eurasian OrphanHer Life & Loves ... home  impressum - about us