Rebecca Pluth

Rebecca Pluth

CSP

MN, US
Train the Trainer and Virtual Training Expert, President and CEO at The Bob Pike Group

Becky Pluth, M.Ed., CSP, MPCT, is the Chairman and CEO at the Bob Pike Group. From the board room to the virtual classroom, leaders and employees alike relate immediately to Becky's charismatic engaging delivery on a variety of topics like: experiential virtual training, train the trainer, business presentation skills and leadership and team development.

With a solid background in learning and development and in working in both big and small business, Becky is a natural fit for organizations looking for presenters that focus on presentation skills, leadership and team development, training programs, and virtual training. Clients like Cisco, Coca-Cola, Johnson & Johnson, Fed-Ex, Target Corporation, Wells Fargo, and many branches of the military describe Becky as "authentic" and "passionate" with subject matter that is spot on. Becky and her team also provide one-on-one consulting, and mentoring on a variety of development issues and topics.

A published author of two training industry best-selling books, including her latest book Webinars with WOW Factor puts substance behind her sass.

As proof of her desire to continuously strive for "great," Becky earner her CSP (Certified Speaking Professional) designation in 2013 and was named one of Training magazine's Top 40 under 40 Trainers in 2012. She earned her MPCT (Master Participant-Centered Trainer) in 2006 and is an active member of ASTD MN and the National Speakers Association.

When she isn't working, Becky spends time playing golf with her PGA hubby, Brad Pluth, and their four kids ages 9 and under. Participant-centered training starts right at home!

Specialties: training and development expert, thought leader, author, mentor to executives focusing on making training more interactive through brain-based learning, keynote speaking, development training, training and development workshops, presentation skills and in-house consulting.

Becky Pluth, M.Ed., CSP, MPCT, is the Chairman and CEO at the Bob Pike Group. From the board room to the virtual classroom, leaders and employees alike relate immediately to Becky's charismatic engaging delivery on a variety of topics like: experiential virtual training, train the trainer, business presentation skills and leadership and team development.

With a solid background in learning and development and in working in both big and small business, Becky is a natural fit for organizations looking for presenters that focus on presentation skills, leadership and team development, training programs, and virtual training. Clients like Cisco, Coca-Cola, Johnson & Johnson, Fed-Ex, Target Corporation, Wells Fargo, and many branches of the military describe Becky as "authentic" and "passionate" with subject matter that is spot on. Becky and her team also provide one-on-one consulting, and mentoring on a variety of development issues and topics.

A published author of two training industry best-selling books, including her latest book Webinars with WOW Factor puts substance behind her sass.

As proof of her desire to continuously strive for "great," Becky earner her CSP (Certified Speaking Professional) designation in 2013 and was named one of Training magazine's Top 40 under 40 Trainers in 2012. She earned her MPCT (Master Participant-Centered Trainer) in 2006 and is an active member of ASTD MN and the National Speakers Association.

When she isn't working, Becky spends time playing golf with her PGA hubby, Brad Pluth, and their four kids ages 9 and under. Participant-centered training starts right at home!

Specialties: training and development expert, thought leader, author, mentor to executives focusing on making training more interactive through brain-based learning, keynote speaking, development training, training and development workshops, presentation skills and in-house consulting.

Train the Trainer Bootcamp

Do you want to see retention rates soar to over 90% , attain a 45% transfer rate, reduce training time by 25% and speed the application of the training? See what a difference this alternative to lecture can make in your classroom!

Transform your training with learning skills that separate the extraordinary from the mediocre. Spend two action-packed days at Bob Pike's Train the Trainer Boot Camp learning how to:

  • create powerful new openings for your...
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Business Presentation Skills

Whether it's a simple sales meeting or a progress report, you are judged by how well you present. This participant-centered workshop focuses on the fundamentals of organizing and delivering high impact presentations, including body language, voice, gestures, and delivery style of adult learning. There is tremendous emphasis on application, practice, and video as well as self and peer feedback.

This is a workshop that:

  • Uncovers the theory and creates understanding of...
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Webinars that Work

It's time to put the WOW back into your webinar! Discover or rediscover techniques that will make your material come to life on the screen and over the phone. This is a course in designing creative webinars while increasing knowledge retention and ultimately transferring learning on to the job. With so many learners checking out of web casts and doing email or finishing another task, it is important to involve the listeners and participants every 4 minutes. But how?

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The Art of Facilitation

Which hat are you wearing today? Meeting leader? Trainer? Facilitator? Supervisor? Each task requires a unique skill set and tools that work in one setting may be nonproductive in another. What distinguishes facilitators from classroom.

Effective facilitators know how to take charge of training sessions and meetings to effectively guide group processes. Even when confronted with difficult participants like the texter, the prisoner, the sleeper and the sharpshooter, an effective...

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Presentation Skills

Grow, Lead, Succeed

What's more important? What you have to say or how you say it? At the Bob Pike Group, we think both. You can have the most important information for an audience but if they cannot receive your message because of distracting behaviors or an unenthusiastic delivery, it is irrelevant. Likewise, you can be very engaging but have no structure or serious content and an audience may feel that their time has been wasted. Let us help you bridge the gap as you hone your...

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Coaching for Success

Good coaches clearly define the vision, values and goals for their people in order to coach effectively. Coaching is a core competency in today's high performing workplace, yet most supervisors and managers have had little or no training in effective coaching. Poor performance often goes unchallenged in the workplace with the hope it will somehow straighten out on its own.

This two-day workshop will help your supervisors and managers learn the strategies and skills to coach...

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