Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

1. In the Beginning: Getting to the Table

2. Collaboration: Creating a Community of Learning

3. Trainers as Internal Consultants and Facilitators of Change

4. Preparing to Deliver: From Initial Idea to Moment of Delivery

5. In the Middle: Trainers as Leaders in the Classroom

6. When Learning Happens: Supporting Learners after Class

7. Learning from Success and Failure: The Importance of Effective Evaluations

8. Master Trainers, Master Learners: Training the Trainers

9. The End Is the Beginning: Leadership and Learning in an Onsite-Online World

Appendix: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Employee Learning and Development Curriculum (online only)

Bibliography

Index