Carolyn
Balling
Carolyn Balling started her training career
in Bozeman, Montana, designing and delivering programs for adult
volunteers in Big Sky Girl Scout Council.
Carolyn is a frequent presenter at national training conferences
(sponsored by Training Magazine, corporations and trade associations),
and local training organizations. Described as "a great
combination of witty and knowledgeable", she is well-known
for her lively, informative, energetic sessions. She is the
author of "Fit to Train--how to succeed at training delivery
(without really tiring)", (Lakewood 1997). In addition,
she contributed to Managing the Small Training Staff, edited
by Carol McCoy (ASTD, 1998) and both the 1999 through 2003 editions
of the Training and Performance Sourcebook, edited by Mel Silberman
(McGraw-Hill).
Previously she has been an instructor in the University of California
Berkeley Extension's Training and HRD Certificate Program, and
chaired the Advisory Committee for that program. She has served
as a national volunteer trainer for Girl Scouts USA, on the
board of the Golden Gate Chapter of the American Society for
Training and Development, and on the Advisory Board for Lakewood
Conference's "Training Directors' Forum." Away from
the world of training, Carolyn coaches marathon walkers for
the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training program
and competes in marathons herself.
Carolyn holds degrees from the University of California, Berkeley
(B.A., Social Developmental Psychology) and California State
University, Hayward (M.S., Education). When not on the freeway
or working, she lives with her husband in the Oakland hills.
Carolyn S. Balling, M.S., is a San Francisco area consultant
whose training career stretches two decades back into the previous
century. Along the way she has assessed numerous training and
performance needs, designed, delivered and evaluated training
programs internally and externally for industries ranging from
non-profits to stock brokerages, and has managed training functions.
Favorite audiences include people developing their own training
skills and management employees seeking skills to help present
effectively and do their jobs better. She is the author of "Fit
to Train: How to Succeed at Training Delivery (without really
tiring)".
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