T is For Training

Paul, Maurice, Aaron and Tom talked about the Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning (new edition just came out) Here is an introductory PDF link https://the6ds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Introduction-to-the-6Ds-3.0.pdf Find our show notes (when the host writes them) at tisfortraining.wordpress.com Next show September 4th, 9 eastern.

Maurice, Tom, Paul, Mark and Aaron used this https://www.lisedunetwork.com/training-and-professional-development-of-library-professional/ article as a jumping off point to talk about what WE get out of training/teaching/learning. Mostly we talked about how teaching others energizes us. Notes eventually on tisfortraining.wordpress.com Next show on August 7th then September 4th.

Lively hour podcast focusing on Training/Teaching/Learning. Tom, Maurice, and Paul were joined by Madeline Shellgren from https://onlinelearningconsortium.org and Laura Geringer from https://pumpkinberryconsulting.com/ (this is their consulting group) We talked about excape rooms and how to apply escape rooms to create different learning pathways and an engaging way to convey many different types of information. Be present, be authentic, and have some fun designing your escape room. Records on Thursdays notes usually up by Sunday at tisfortraining.wordpress.com

Lively hour podcast focusing on Training/Teaching/Learning. Usually with Maurice, Paul, Tom, Mark and a cast of friends. Records on Thursdays notes usually up by Sunday at tisfortraining.wordpress.com

Lively hour podcast focusing on Training/Teaching/Learning. This week featured Maurice, Tom, Mark and Aaron B. We started off talking about reflective writing and then went tangentially many interesting places. Records on Thursdays notes up by Sunday at tisfortraining.wordpress.com

We used the excellent article from Political Librarian Safeguarding Libraries, Schools, and Communities from Political Threats: A Strategic Framework for Engagement, Advocacy, and Sustainable Organizing as a jumping off point of what we can do as trainers/teachers/leaners to create a civil and civic minded society. Libraries are non-partisan political entities and need to start acting like it. Lively hour podcast focusing on Training/Teaching/Learning. Records on Thursdays notes up by Sundayish at tisfortraining.wordpress.com

Paul, Tom, Mark and Maurice discuss the recent news about IMLS, what we can do as trainers to help library staff deal with the good and the bad of modern libraries. And on Public Service and On Bullshit. Lively hour podcast focusing on Training/Teaching/Learning. Records on Thursdays notes up by Sunday at tisfortraining.wordpress.com

Maurice, Paul, Tom and Sardek talk about some ways to deal with the everyday and professional situations when your world has gone to [redacted.] Sardek is developing content to help his learners negotiate and influence outcomes in some of our most challenging "world on fire" situations. He will be drawing from Chris Voss's book Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended on It. Notes and links up this weekend on tisfortraining.wordpress.com

Maurice, Tom, Diane and Jared talked about Copyright, AI models, AI as index or author, how everything is tainted and should everything be open and not bound by copyright laws if it advances knowledge? notes on tisfortraining.wordpress.com sometime soon this weekend. Join us in two weeks at 9 pm ET on March 20th for another episode of T is for Trianing

Tried to start the show on Talkshoe. Didn't start recording, so we switched to Zoom. Look for notes on tisfortraining.wordpress.com we recorded an episode about advocacy in light of foolishness.

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, Tom and Maurice use Kate Murphy's Book You're Not Listening to talk about the power of listening and the need to listen in all of our spaces. We then tangentially (I know you are all shocked) talked about other things related to listening and thinking such as the Candle Test (aka Duncker's Candle Problem) and how to create spaces where people listen to each other to build new pathways of thought. our web home - 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.

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