As the mom of a Kindergartner, I’ve been reading the speech Obama plans to deliver tomorrow to millions of school children across the nation. My son could not be more excited about hearing the address. He personally voted for Obama, albeit in a preschool election, and to him Obama is his president.
Reading the speech as [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Learning’
ALA Saturday Session: Creating a Culture of Learning
July 11th, 2009
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Saturday I gave one of my favorite presentations ever. Previously I’ve given this presentation as a webinar for WebJunction. The session covers the differences between training and learning, why learning is important, and ways you can become a learning organization. My co-presenter was Pat Carterette from the State Library of Georgia. There were some great [...]
Your Feedback is Needed
April 13th, 2009
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Calling all trainers, training coordinators, HR managers, directors, consultants, anyone who supports the training and learning function within libraries.
Your feedback is needed in the form of a short, anonymous survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=IiS1OlT9GH96h3YLrfCLdg_3d_3d
Please take a few minutes and complete this survey. Your feedback is key to developing a support group and networking resource for trainers and those [...]
Learning Solutions Through Technology
April 1st, 2009
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Below are the slides from our presentation this morning at Computers in Libraries. This was a really fun session and we had a great crowd. If you were there and have thoughts, comments, or questions please let me know!
Learning Solutions Through Technology
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Empowerinng Staff Through Tech Skills Building: Tech2Know?
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Twitter’s Place in Learning
March 11th, 2009
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Imagine you’re teaching a class or presenting at a conference and you hear the click clack, click clack of someone texting away on her cell phone?
What’s your initial assumption?
Is she chatting with a friend about the latest Twilight movie (which by the way is scheduled to release November 20th)?
Or could it be that she is [...]
Virtual Town Hall: Focus on Staff Training
January 16th, 2009
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Hosted by the great team at WebJunction:
Virtual Town Hall: Focus on Staff Training
Training budgets are shrinking while patron traffic is increasing in these economic tough times. What new or improved skills do library staff need to meet the demand? How do we think innovatively about our learning strategies? Join your learning professional community in the [...]
State of Learning at PLCMC
January 10th, 2009
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The following is an email I sent out to PLCMC employees at the beginning of January. I thought it might be of interest to other trainers who are interested in metrics and benchmarking.
We at PLCMC have been very busy learning in 2008
In 2008, PLCMC employees attended a total of nearly 13,000 hours of training–and that’s [...]
Wrapping up Employee Learning Week(s)
December 23rd, 2008
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For the past few weeks I’ve disappeared from my virtual worlds–blogs, RSS, Facebook, twitter, FriendFeed–as I’ve been immersed in Employee Learning Week–which turned into weeks.
This year I had an ambitious goal at PLCMC. To celebrate Employee Learning Week I wanted to start with the basics of learning…learning styles. In my email to staff announcing ELW [...]
Free Teleseminar: Thriving as a Professional Trainer in these Turbulent Times
December 3rd, 2008
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At ASTD’s ALC Bob Pike CSP, CPAE-Speakers Hall of Fame promised ASTD President’s to help professional trainers. “Where there is fear, their is opportunity.” he said. “And I’m hearing way to much fear as I visit chapters.” The free teleseminar is called, “Thriving, not surviving, as a Professional Trainer in these Turbulent Times.” Based on [...]
Free Webinar: Learning for Learning Professionals
December 3rd, 2008
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Learning for Learning Professionals: Competencies, Strategies and Resources
Event Type: Webinar
Date: 12/11/2008
Start Time: 1pm Central/2pm Eastern
Duration: 1 hour
Description: As trainers, continuing education coordinators and staff development managers, we believe in lifelong learning. We are committed to helping library employees improve their skills and build successful careers. As cheerleaders for organizational and individual learning, do we sometimes [...]
