The Bob Pike Group

Name: The Bob Pike Group
Address: 3740 N Chestnut Street #113, Chaska, MN, 55318, US
Telephone: +18003839210
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Three decades ago, Bob Pike began revolutionizing trainer training with a focus on interaction and participation of the learners.

Three decades ago, Bob Pike began revolutionizing train the trainer training with a focus on active and experiential learning. With this change from lecture to participation came greatly increased content retention and training transfer! Since then, we have provided training for trainer classes, training for managers, and training and development consulting services to individuals and corporations to rave reviews and continued positive word of mouth referrals.

08/31/2026

The best part of CTT isn't always the session inside the room.

It's the morning hike through the nature preserve. Sunrise yoga before the day starts. A no-agenda networking reception where trainers actually talk shop.

Past attendees tell us the same thing every year: the connections they make rival the content itself — trainers from every industry, all wrestling with the same problems you are.

You don't just learn better training here. You meet the people building it.

This is your reminder to save your seats (and hiking spots) → https://na2.hubs.ly/H07x42j0

08/28/2026

When onboarding focuses on rules instead of connections, new employees can get disengaged and never recover. Becky has a plan that improves retention and avoids quiet quitting.

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https://na2.hubs.ly/H05Hcr00

08/27/2026

AI can build a slide deck. It can summarize research. It can write learning objectives.

But it can't read the room. It can't notice confusion. It can't adapt an activity on the fly. It can't create genuine discussion.

As AI becomes more common, facilitation skills become more valuable — not less.

The future isn't AI or trainers. It's AI and great trainers.

We're digging into exactly this at the Creative Training Techniques® Conference 2026, including a full session on practical AI tools for trainers. Save your seat → https://na2.hubs.ly/H07rwGl0

08/26/2026

A trainer came to us frustrated.

They knew their content was strong. Their learners were still disengaged.

Turns out, the issue wasn't the content. It was the experience.

By swapping portions of lecture for structured discussion, peer learning, and hands-on application, they started seeing:
✅ More participation
✅ Better energy in the room
✅ Increased learner confidence

The biggest shift? They stopped trying to be the expert in the room and started facilitating learning instead.
..The person doing the talking is doing the learning.

This is the kind of shift we spend a lot of time on — more on it soon.

08/25/2026

Your training had 100% attendance. Now what?

It's an easy number to feel good about — but it doesn't tell you if anything actually changed back on the job.

This year, an Air National Guard readiness team we worked with moved from passive lecture to interactive, mission-aligned training. The result: a 94% instructor effectiveness rating and $460K in operational savings.

Attendance is an input. Behavior change is the outcome.

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What's the metric that actually tells you if your training worked?

08/21/2026

Saying you don’t know isn’t a weakness. It can create confidence. You’re not the all-knowing oracle. Becky shows us how to navigate uncertainty and vulnerability to create trust.

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08/18/2026

All cameras off, no reactions. Or the Wi-Fi drops right at the big moment. Virtual training has its own kind of quiet — and it's way louder than it sounds.

One session at the CTT Conference 2026 tackles this problem directly. "Screen Queen/King: Command Your Virtual Stage" covers it all: camera angle, lighting, platform features, and audience-centered design, so your sessions land even when the room isn't really "a room."

CTT 2026 · Sept 16–18 · Minneapolis

08/14/2026

We’ve been told to make everything shorter because of attention span. But that’s not how training works. The content determines the length. Becky has tips on how to organize your content into right-size chunks that make sense for your learners.

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https://na2.hubs.ly/H05Hcc50

08/13/2026

"Is this conference for me?" Short answer: probably yes. 😊

🆕 New trainers & SMEs → Presentation Skills or the Train-the-Trainer Boot Camp
🎯 Experienced facilitators → Boot Camp II, AI for Trainers, or Microlearning
📊 L&D leaders → Resilient Leadership, The Coaching Leader, or Training Leaders Who Actually Change Behavior
🏅 Credential seekers → three tiers of the CTT 2026 Digital Badge, customized to your goals
Tag a colleague who needs to see this! 👇

08/12/2026

The vote's in — and it's a tie. 50% of you said crickets when you ask a question. 50% said half the room checking their phones. Different symptom, same root cause: attention isn't something you demand, it's something you design for.

That's the whole premise behind Creative Training Techniques® — sessions like Move the Room: Spatial Learning That Sticks and Gamify Your Training with Improv aren't about trying harder to hold a room. They're about redesigning the room, so it holds itself.

Address

3740 N Chestnut Street #113
Chaska, MN
55318

Telephone

+18003839210

Website

http://bobpikegroup.com/

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