T Is For Training

Join Paul, Maurice, Tom, Andrea, Diane and guest Gee Kin Chou, co-founder of the Boombox,https://www.theboombox.org/ a collaborative not for profit connecting students with professionals who share their network with the students as needed. We talked about how to create, curate and the power of the conversation. Also take some damn notes.

How do we simplify our messaging to make it clear, relatable and understandable to as many as possible? There were book mentions, an article about simplifying Employee Training and other tidbits. Show notes at tisfortraining.wordpress.com Paul, Tom, Mark and Maurice were on the call.

Well, we started with one subject. Then branched to another subject. Talked about divides, engines and stuff. Notes will be up later on tisfortraining.wordpresss.com Thank you, Mark, Paul, Tom, Jared and the universe. Maurice.

Maurice, Paul, Tom, Mark, Diane and special guest Jared talked about expanding your knowledge and empathy. Change your location, change your mind, read something that offends you. Create a culture of understanding and empathy by exploring history and new places. And taking mass transit. Go to tisfortraining.wordpress.com for more information and poorly written show notes.

Maurice, Paul Michael, and Tom talk about imposter phenomenon (not syndrome) and what can we do to recognize it and stop it. We should realize we are all knowledgeable and should be in the room we are in. And recognize that many suffer IP quietly, and be proactive about acting inclusively welcoming everyone into the room and acknowledge their experience and skills. tisfortraining.wordpress.com is where the notes live. Like, Click and Subscirbe.

Anthony Chow, the head of SJSU's iSchool joined us to take a look at how SJSU prepares the next generation of information scientists.. Paul Signorelli, Tom Haymes, Mark Corbett Wilson joined Maurice Coleman to talk about school libraries, Haves and have nots, the digital divide in its many forms, AI, and future thinking. "It's not about money, it's about how you think about information and what literacy means." Tom Haymes There were many alternate titles to this show - Support to Succeed, GPS Thinking, The robot followed him home and antiquated is a mind set. Books were mentioned. find notes at tisfortraining.wordpress.com

Maurice, Paul, Tom and Daniel talked about collaborative learning, how learning needs a revolution, technology and application to the learning process, and slide design. T is for Training on the web at tisfortraining.wordpress.com Maurice is at colemanassociates.net

Today’s T is for Training 355 – Zero Engagement Droning featured Paul, Tom, Maurice and our new/old friend Dorothy Stoltz. Find complete notes about today's show @ tisfortraining.wordpress.com Our jumping-off point was this excellent article from the Association of Talent Development by Cornelius “Neil” Dowdell – https://www.td.org/magazines/td-magazine/agility-will-elevate-your-facilitation-skills

Ironically, there was an AI commercial added to the beginning of the recording. Go to tisfortraining.wordpress.com for full notes. Next show on March 7th. Paul, Tom and Maurice talked with Mark Corbett Wilson, who is working with Tom on an Open AI course. Here are some things mentioned in the pod -

Paul, Tom, Diane with Aaron Blumberg and special guest Connie Guglielmo (CNET) Transparency, AI, Garbage In Garbage Out, Open vs Closed AI Systems. Good for brainstorming. Disruptive to copyright. Protecting IP. Useful for older information depending on the service Neural Network within Large Language Model. The chatbots can give you a hallucination as an answer. Less likely now. The EU and Bletchley Park accords. tisfortraining.wordpress.com for notes

Look for the show notes on tisfortraining.wordpress.com alternate title: the joy of finding simplicity We talked about what inspires us as trainer-teachers-learners. Photography, books, our students, our colleagues and music are some of the usual suspects.

We talked about what things we saw this year. Said a magic word. Noted a desire to create/sustain communities of tolerance and help people connect to others and themselves. Also reach out to those who are important to you. Make their day (Thanks Howard!) http://tisfortraining.wordpress.com for notes.

Last show of 2023 Well, not really... Next time on the 28th will be the last show of 2023. We talked with guest Sardek Love sardeklove.com (brand spanking new website) about how we can channel engagement across platforms and delivery styles. And what two questions lead to better experiences (What and How) And about AI. And about elevators that attack. Notes as usual at tisfortraining.wordpress.com

Tonight we talked about George Needham -- https://buildingcreativebridges.wordpress.com/2023/11/30/george-needham-hope-and-inspiration/ a true pebble.... Thanks to Paul, Janie H. Diane, Joan Frye Williams, Peter Bromberg, and David Lankes for joining us to talk about George.

Jill, Paul, Tom and Maurice talked about How Training-Teaching Has Changed (and Continues to Change) Our Own Lives and the Lives of Those We Serve. There are notes on tisfortraining.wordpress.com Jill wrote them. They are wonderful. Catch me at colemanassociates.net. See y'all in two weeks.

So, audio on talkshoe failed. Diane couldn't hear me, so I did some house ads for myself (booking events in 2024 and 2025 at colemanassociates.net ) (How can I help your organization be and do better?) and my upcoming webinar for LibraryWorks called - Elevating Customer Satisfaction: Building Exceptional Library Experiences at https://www.libraryworks.com/webinars Thanks for listening.... Think of it as Metal Machine Music. Less angry tho.

Jill and Maurice talked about a bunch of things. How you should have your act together before doing anything big, Or Small. What is justice and belonging and inclusion? Why libraries are both forts against ignorance and a symbol of colonialism. Yeah, we went there and we went deep. http://tisfortraining.wordpress.com

tisfortraining.wordpres.com Paul, Tom and Maurice talked about the "ahem" challenges with education and training, why institutions are afraid of change, how to teach so someone could learn.... and other stuff. Also, Maurice recommended a book. A rare treat indeed. Some pull quotes: Detransforming Class; Hate when a student says "did i miss anything?" Yes, you did. Is the air out there tonight? Fear based education and We make connections. Make sure you don't build a car with a steering wheel in the back seat.

Jill, Tom and Maurice talked about Jane Hart's Top 100 Tools for Learning 2023 survey of 200 plus professionals. https://toptools4learning.com/ and Mike Taylor's https://mike-taylor.org/2023/09/04/2023-top-10-learning-tools/ Lots of conversation about the tools, the way the survey results were organized, if there was a missing layer to match tool to user modality, how lists were useful, who writes like pumpernickel bread, how we missed our good friend Paul and how some tools and institutions could use some time in the User Experience Woodshed.

Jill, Tom and Maurice talked about Jane Hart's Top 100 Tools for Learning 2023 survey of 200 plus professionals. https://toptools4learning.com/ and Mike Taylor's https://mike-taylor.org/2023/09/04/2023-top-10-learning-tools/ Lots of conversation about the tools, the way the survey results were organized, if there was a missing layer to match tool to user modality, how lists were useful, who writes like pumpernickel bread, how we missed our good friend Paul and how some tools and institutions could use some time in the User Experience Woodshed.