T is For Training

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...

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. Liv...

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...

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 tho...

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 InfoPeo...

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 comp...

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%20libra...

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 hav...

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...

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 li...