T Is For Training

Today we welcomed David Lee King from the Topeka Shawnee County Library system in Kansas to talk about innovative learning and creative spaces that have blossomed during the pandemic. Regular Regulars Tom, Jill, Paul and Maurice da host were also on the call. Notes and Quotes: Full notes on the T is for Training blog @ tisfortraining.wordpress.com We were Google Kansas for just one day. Check out the American Connectivity Program part of the big infrastructure bill for resources (aka cash) to do some work libraries already do for the community. “My Soul Patch was on Fire” 30-dollar broadband with equipment can help the economic angle of the digital divide. How do we deal with the first/last mile? Modems, access points in a home/apartment, computers/internet-ready devices for all? Think like a designer. Create, screw up, fix, recreate, repeat until you reveal the sculpture in the marble. Do we hire staff to open the library on Local, State and Federal holidays? What does that mean for recruitment

On the Call were Maurice Coleman, Paul Signorelli, Sardek Love, and the newest friend of the show Anne Bruce. We talked about their new book from McGraw Hill Business Essentials Publications - Presentation Essentials. Anne and Sardek talked about the tools and best practices of presentations, the difference between presenting, training, and lecturing, and how both new and seasoned speakers can hone their craft.

Jared Bendis Jaredx2 is everywhere. If you are going to complain you have to be on Twitter. Right Platform for the job Only an idiot would post a 10-minute video. Me, Joe, and Josh with lava lamps and flintstone ties. My brand is Jared Bendis. I assume this was before the author went crazy. I don’t want videos to go viral. Call me fat and bald, don’t call me a boomer…. The only person who thinks I’m a bad guy is a Republican. You’re not a library but you are a digital hoarder. We will never get copyright reform until we leave international treaties. Let’s use social engineering to figure out copyright. Willingly expire copyrights. I don’t wanna pay for it. But why did you pirate it… Don’t yuck someone yum. Keep on trolling trolls…. Aldi’s doesn’t answer the phone. Even if you didn’t steal a cartridge. My friends really need captions. Turns out I talk really fast. I learned how to be a librarian from one conversation. You need to know where this thing goes in the schema of this house. I didn’t count fo

A summary: I’m a mass murderer of grandparents. Listen to the room. Listening to the silence. Seeing the emotion. I rolled snake eyes. A conga line of students. I don’t see black swans.

Find show notes @ tisfortraining.wordpress.com

Find T is for Training Show notes @ tisfortraining.wordpress.com

Paul, Jill, Henry and Maurice talked about What do we do before the class to set "the stage"?, What do we do during the class to ensure all learners are welcome and feel as if they belong there? How do we use purpose to create a welcoming environment? How do we get learners to be active participants? In every format there are people hiding in the back row. How do we get them engaged? What do we need to do for/with ourselves to ensure that we are welcoming?

ATD's Handbook for Training and Talent Development, Third Edition, edited by Elaine Biech. With Rita Bailey and Tonya Wilson. Who are semi-new usual suspects. With Tom, Jill, Paul and Maurice.

A discussion of a ShapingEDU interview project with Imani, Tula and Lisa as guests. Paul, Jill, Angie, Tom (and his pack buster) from the pool of regulars. Find the details on the T is for Training Blog http://tisfortraining.wordpress.com or follow @tisfortraining on twitter. Thanks for reading!

We talked about conferences and speaking at conferences and supporting speakers and learners at conferences. With Clark Quinn Angie Paterek, Paul Signorelli, Tom Haymes, about 30 minutes of Jill Hurst-Wahl and yours truly, Maurice Coleman (colemanassociates.net)

We talked to our friend Pat Wagner about her career in libraries and about the Office for Open Network, a seminal connecting people to the right people and information service she and her husband ran in Denver for multiple decades. And then Pat shared a bunch of consulting business knowledge. (we love her.) Oh, get your Project Management Certificate yesterday.

The always brilliant Clark Quinn, author of the new book Make It Meaningful, joined the show and talked about what skills and commitment are needed to make sure that your learning event is both memorable and transformational.

We talked about Tom Haymes' 25 Books every Technologist Should Read, which sparked a conversation about education norms, bad design and other topics. Find the list on Tom's Website ideaspaces.net

We talked about our friend Tom Haymes' New Book Discovering Digital Humanity available from atbosh.com

Pat Wagner, a trainer and facilitator of the first order, joins the show again to talk about influences, self-examination and stealth idiocy.

We talked web design, since Paul and Jill just redid their websites and Maurice just launched his own. (colemanassociates.net) Great tips about why have one, what do you want it to do for you, and if you don't have an online presence, have pictures of yourself doing your thing.

We talked about PLA, Specilization v generalization, hair(or the lack thereof) and how to bring non-white people into the library profession.

Pat Wagner, Trainer and Facilitator Extrodinare, joined the show to talk about a career in improving lives and making people braver one place at a time.

Are education and learning the same thing? Siblings? Cousins? Neighbors? Share the same zip code? Should students check boxes or learn how to problem-solve. If they should learn to problem-solve, how do we teach it? How do you convince a student to take a class that will help them 10 years down the road?

Casey Davis of ASU joined us to talk about his book Digital Civics and Citizenship. Fun discussion.