T Is For Training

Join Maurice, Jill, Paul and Tom as we talk questions you should ask yourself as a presenter. It was a wild ride of a show. So wild, we will use the same list (link on the blog at tisfortraining.wordpress.com) for the next show. Some pull quotes- Learn to train during a disaster. I'm Damn Good. Make it Memorable. You broke the training, not the ice. What the f is that? I need a better word.

So, we wanted to talk about unexpected technology failures, and we got a live example as Talkshoe decided to take a vacation today. We (Maurice, Jill, Andrea, Tom, Diane and Paul) took to zoom to record the session. We talked about what to do about unexpected interruptions and other things during a live, hybrid and virtual presentations. Check out the blog post on tisfortraining.wordpress.com

We started talking about the different directions of our work and then went in different directions. Lots of books in the show notes at tisfortraining.wordpress.com Lots of books. Paul, Jill, Tom, Diana and Maurice were on the call.

Guest and Friend of the show Sardek Love joins us top talk about the top 10 challenges trainers face on the job. With Maurice, Jill, Paul, Tom and Diane. check out the blog at tisfortraining.wordpress.com for Jill's copious and practical notes.

Tom started it. A revolution that makes learning applicable to the real world and grades obsolete. But that is because the system itself is broken. We all want to make sure our end user/client/learner/student ends up with more than just trivia, but applicable skills and a THING they can use after the class.

Welcoming virtually. Welcoming in person. Dealing with people who don't want to be there. Welcoming as inclusion. As gathering. As a jump off point. As a way to build community. As a way of building trust. As a way of encouraging participation. As a way of making each trainee feel important and a unique part of a unique experience.

Jill, Paul, Tom, Diane, Andrea from the car and Maurice talked about DEI+ training in the library world, how you have to create an environment of compassionate curiosity, That DEI+ is HUGE, really huge and most get lost where to start dissecting and fixing the issue. The acknowledgement that these issues are part of the fabric and history of the US and the world. That there needs to be a DEIGPT. (patent pending) Books are a means of oppression and not the only way to share cultural information. Go to something free and learn about someone other than yourself. Yeah, it was a lot. And I hope the start of something transformative for libraries.

Mindfulness was the theme. Paul, Andrea, Diane and Maurice were the panel. It started with this article https://www.wellsteps.com/blog/2020/02/11/mindfulness-in-the-workplace/ Alternate titles: [Being]There, There, there and there. We are all just practicing. The don't like you being in the moment. I do better when I haven't read the book.

Jill, Paul, Tom, Diane and Maurice talked about assumptions in the field formerly known as training-teaching-learning. Check out the blog post on the T is for Training show site http://tisfortraining.wordpress.com

Jill, Paul, Tom, Diane H. and Maurice discussed recent conferences, the difference between pre and post pandemic conferences. What is good about live face to face conferences. What is good about online conferences. and AI. Lots of AI. More AI than is legally allowed in 4 states.

We talked about the power of mentoring in a bunch of different arenas. Find the notes at tisfortraining.wordpress.com for all the links, participants and whatnot. Yeah, it's lazy, but you should see Jill's work. It is remarkable. Also welcome our newest usual suspect, Dan! And welcome back Diane and Andrea!

Jared Bendis and Jill Hurst-Wahl talk about copyright, fair use, patents, trademarks, penguins and mice. And what is Intellectual Property and what is Public Domain and where do you draw the line. And so much more. Maurice Coleman and Tom Haymes are along for the ride.

We talk about the 10 year anniversary of the 10 week ETMooc course taught by Alec Couros with course participants Susan, Dan, Erin, Alec the professor, usual suspect Paul, a part of the community and Jill. Hosted by Maurice Coleman. Show notes at tisfortraining.wordpress.com Thanks Jill!

The photographer, teacher and author Glenn K. Seki, Ed. D. talks to us about how to become an expert in Anything. Find his book at https://howtobecomethebest.com/ Notes added 2/11/23 I didn’t want the world to remember him like that. [Glenn was the LMU photographer when Hank Gathers died on the court] https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hank-gathers-death-college-basketball K Anders Ericsson [I would make a bad photojournalist] because I want to save the kid on fire. Companies should retrain injured employees for free. I learned to compensate. Make sure you have a plan B. Planning and Pre-focusing. Anticipation matters in photography You can only use one good eye for photography. Have an editor who can tell you “This Sucks, Start Over.” Glenn practiced action photography by following seagulls. Drive to get better. Takes deliberate practice with goals. Observe habits. You don’t have to be born the best; you have to work at it. Persistence is the key. It depends on where you attribute f

T is for Training 328 - You Don’t Want Your Grandmother to Clean That Up All info at https://tisfortraining.wordpress.com The show was recorded on January 26th 2023. Due to my computer completely freaking the * out, we recorded it in Zoom. Thanks, Paul! The panelists were Paul Signorelli, Tom Haymes, Buffy Hamilton, and Maurice Coleman. Running Show Thoughts: See think wonder. Teach the big concept – SOAPSTone text analysis – We need to teach people how to use this (or a variation) on every social media platform. Some students come with a critical thinking framework, some you have to install the framework before you can ensure they will learn something they can use in real life. Ethos, Pathos, Logos. AI is transforming education. Education shouldn’t be a black box. Resource links on http://tisfortraining.wordpress.com How Tom Learned to Stop Worrying about ChatGPT (from the Shaping Edu Blog.) Making Thinking Visible Project Zero Classroom Check out Standardized Minds: The High Price Of Ameri

We started talking about what tech and non tech we will use in 2023. Recognizing Limitations of Technology is important. It is a good thing to hear your friend's voices in your head. Leave the interstate and take the road less traveled (you want to see the big ball of string) We learned that Jill folds (and annotates) her maps properly. We want you to get the right help. Start your training with a story. Or a murder like Colombo. You then get to see how you got there. Which is the interesting journey.

The end of year wrap show. Next episode January 12th 2023. We figure all systems are broken and all of our guests this year are trying to fix them one small change at a time. We should create small learning communities, not ways to game the system and chrun out diplomas like automobiles. The notes: DEI is everywhere Work on people and self-discovery is at the heart of DEIJ training. It is also an easy way to approach any problem. (really emotional intelligence) Familiarity breeds contempt. Bad things happen when you doomscroll and have no outlet to process and evaluate what you learned with moderately reasonable people. Interacting with people acts as a professional governor. Chat GPT you can beat it by knowing some stuff about the subject. The world changes as the world resists the change. Non-industrialized and non-gamified instruction will turn Chat GPT into a tool, not a problem. Education has become an assembly line. There is an economics of academic scale. Large schools have money to prov

Pat Wagner's penultimate public appearance. Lessons over 44 years. Every time I hear you speak, I feel braver. You should meet the needs of your community. Have a sincere desire to like people and to serve people. Don’t show benign contempt. Don’t dominate under the guise of service. Serve with a clear heart with compassion and empathy for everyone. The three types of libraries: the Comfort Zone library, the same old stuff, and the Responsive library, can be expensive, fad driven, and cater to the loudest voices, and the Visionary library, think and be different take risks and learn from mistakes and failures. Libraries like this tend to be really rich or really desperate. Pat would ask libraries, what percentage of these types of libraries are you? You should explore failures. Innovation is a process, not an event. Why did we build it THIS way? Monuments to ego, not service. One library consulted with its staff to figure out the right type of floor to install. They saved time and money by inst