T is For Training

Maurice, Tom, Diane, Paul and Haneda–Campos comet Aaron Blumberg talked about effective advocacy for libraries, some resources, and a realistic timeline of advocacy efforts in libraries. Find links on tisfortraining.wordpress.com

Paul, Mark, Tom, Diane & Maurice welcomed in Jimmy Glenos from ATD South FL chapter https://www.atdsfl.org/mentorship and returning guest Dan Bassil from Chicago www.tutormentorexchange.net/dan-bassil to talk about mentoring during January, which is National Mentorship month! Notes up this weekend at tisfortraining.wordpress.com We next record on Jan 23rd at 9 ET. Join us!

The usual crew (Maurice, Paul, Mark and Tom) were joined by Veronda Pitchford, VP of CALIFA (we love her) We talked about the power of consortia, to spread the word about various new or important library things, and to be a one-stop shop of resources for libraries of all sizes. CALIFA helps libraries market themsleves locally, regionally, statewide, & nationally. CALIFA also is the home of InfoPeople, which started as a state library training project and was picked up by CALIFA when their funding was repurposed. Find T is for Training at tisfortraining.wordpress.com

Paul, Mark, Maurice and somewhat Tom talked about activism in Libraries, Acting Locally while thinking regionally, and globally, How small acts can make powerful change. Activism comes in many forms, from pinging networks to making transformative connections for the people you directly and indirectly work with in a learning session. Notes eventually on tisfortraining.wordpress.com

The pump priming article: “You're Not an Imposter. You're Actually Pretty Amazing” Kess Eruteya Harvard Business Review, January 3, 2022 Maurice, Paul, Tom and Mark were on the call. https://hbr.org/2022/01/youre-not-an-imposter-youre-actually-pretty-amazing Imposter Syndrome and how to combat it. Reflection is an important tool for combating the imposter syndrome. Also, learn how to accept a compliment with grace. Surprise someone with your appreciation.

tisfortraining.wordpress.com Maurice, Paul, Tom and Mark talked about the need for refocusing and improvisation during live and virtual training sessions. Also, being flexible allows the facilitator to meet the needs of the audience, when they need it and where they are. Our kickoff document was the Dynamic Facilitation Process: https://coco-net.org/wp-content/uploads/To%20add%20to%20media%20library/DynamicFacilitationOverview.pdf We're back in two weeks on October 3rd at 9 Eastern. Join us!.

Paul, Tom and Maurice talked about joy and how to incorporate joy in your training, we started with an educause article called Sparking Joy. https://www.edutopia.org/article/sparking-teaching-joy find use at tisfortraining.wordpress.com

We talked about current leadership thinking inspired by this LinkedIn Article https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/rethinking-leadership-paradigm-shift-modern-world-rohan-patrick-o34ae/ by Rohan P. Mark, Paul, Tom and Maurice talked about styles of leadership, breaking things down to the essential elements, management theories and the difference between leaders and managers and why you need to be or have both.

Paul, Diane and Maurice used this article https://memberclicks.com/blog/new-member-orientation/ to jumpstart a talk about the importance of welcoming new people, cultivating relationships with them, and how new blood keeps the organization going after the founders move on. And a little about T is for Training itself.

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.

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 failure. “Practicing Knowledge” Teach me how to tell someone to f-off and they say thank you. Education and Expertise don't go hand in hand. Be your own coach. Tom quoted the book “Deschooling Society” by Ivan Illitch. I just needed help cracking my chest. You're about to experience some discomfort. Automate Procedure Going on Auto-Pilot to a destination.

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 America's Testing Culture And What We Can Do To Change IT by Peter Sacks inspired by Harvey Daniels, some of his work is in Best Practice, Fourth Edition: Bringing Standards to Life in America's Classrooms 4th Edition SOAPSTone Text analysis.

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 provide things that bring more students into classes whose tuition pays for more things to attract more students who take more classes…. Why is it ok to turn in someone else's work? We need to create networks of small learning communities that can use large-scale classroom sessions as jumping-off points. Everything should be blended learning. Students LIKE IT. You got a grade, now you are in the legislature. You keep the status quo because it is what you know.

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 installing what the custodian staff recommended. Tom recommended the book How Buildings Learn. The building as a system. When designing a building think about maintenance and future use. One library had to have the custodian polish the chrome pillars all day because they were high-touch areas. Don't try to be everything for everyone. The library is not Pizza (which everyone likes) While you have competition, your community comprises current customers, future customers, and potential partners. Think of listening as a radical endeavor.

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, management, and unions? How do we help libraries become Design Organizations? (There are links on the blog post all about how) The goalposts have shifted from access to technology to access the knowledge to use the technology.

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 for the fluff factor. When you start looking at a social media platform follow a celebrity or three. Don't get sucked into the stupid stuff. It's corn it's got the juice. Respect, Research Definitive. Don't Yuck my Yum, Don't Yum my Yuck either. You have to have thick skin. My life as a train.. how long does it take to stop if I pull the brake? I made the linear mistake when I get started TicToc. That is what being an influencer is about.

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.