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As someone who trains groups every day, this book gave me fresh new ways to think about my programs. I especially loved the insights on the radioactive elements of training sessions!--Melissa Marshall, TED Speaker, Founder, Present Your Science Brian Washburn breaks down key training elements in What's Your Formula? making it an effective tool for HR professionals. I highly recommend it for anyone responsible for delivering training programs.--Michelle Jones, Chief Human Resources Officer at a professional association This book presents a powerfully simple approach to organizing the growing number of instructional methods with their complexities and limitless combinations. The metaphor of a periodic table is genius because it works!--Brent Schlenker, Consultant and Founder, TheLearnTrain.Community What I love about this book is that it challenges L&D professionals to approach their training programs with intention and curiosity. Rather than continuously using the same 'elements' in their work, trainers can use this book to find new ones that better suit the content, the learners, or the context. Jam-packed with helpful tools, What's Your Formula? will remind trainers that each program they create is its own unique experiment.--Sophie Oberstein, Author, Troubleshooting for Trainers What's Your Formula? is a clever and practical guide full of reflection prompts, tips, and tools for those of us who truly want to create meaningful, relevant, and impactful learning solutions. Brian Washburn has a gift for making the complex simple--and he's done it with instructional design!--Britney Cole, Vice President, Solution Architecture & Innovation, The Ken Blanchard Companies What's Your Formula? is a narrative in organizing and building an effective training program that guides you to answer a key question: What is the problem to solve? Like a baker, Washburn identifies different training elements and shows how to mix them together to create meaningful learning experiences.--Tim Cunningham, Director, Customer Training and Development, at a multinational tire manufacturing company

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Brian Washburn is the co-founder and CEO of Endurance Learning, a boutique instructional design company specializing in generating creative and unique instructor-led or e-learning programs for a client base that ranges from small nonprofit organizations to major Fortune 500 companies. He has been dabbling in the world of instructional design and corporate training for more than 20 years. It all began as a Peace Corps volunteer in Paraguay where he discovered the joys of standing in front of a group of participants, finding ways to engage them, and using flipchart to generate dynamic visual aids. Since then, Brian has worked mostly in the nonprofit sector, leading training teams that have been charged with world-changing missions that range from ensuring every foster child has a safe and permanent home to eliminating corneal blindness around the globe. Brian has developed and facilitated training programs in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Years ago he was named a ""Top Young Trainer"" by Training magazine, and more recently has served as president of the ATD Puget Sound Chapter. Brian can be found through his weekly blog Train Like A Champion, on Twitter (@flipchartguy), and is always happy to connect on LinkedIn. He lives in Seattle, Washington, with his two children and four fish.

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