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Once a month TAT offers FREE Guest Expert Interviews
to our newsletter subscribers. Each interview is about 10-15 minutes.
These interviews will help you do your job better, faster, or cheaper.
Two ways to listen...
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anytime.
Total Engagement Made Easy - Dr. Spencer Kagan
Brains learn best when they are engaged. Listen as Dr. Kagan explains
why our brains open up to learning when there is the safety of working
in a group. He also shares how having oxygenated blood nourishing the
brain helps us to learn better and how emotion and verbalization is
a signal to the brain to remember things. For more information go to
www.kaganonline.com or 1 800
WEE CO-OP (1.800.933.2667) (USA and Canada)
Power Pointers – Marcia Jackson
Listen as Marcia Jackson shares the top three mistakes trainers make
when using PowerPoint and offers tips on how to best use PowerPoint
to engage your audience. She also gives tips on how to wow your audience
visually with photos, cartoons, graphs, one or two words; not animations.
You can reach Marcia at marcia@mljackson.com
and visit her website at http://www.resources4trainers.com.
What Beginner Trainers Need to Know – Sharon
Bowman
Listen to this interview to hear Sharon Bowman from Bowperson Publishing
and Training expound on how these three tips will help you be a better
trainer.
1. Lessen the lecture to increase the learning.
2. Chunk materials in to 10 to 20 minute segments.
3. Physical activity will increase learning.
You can also visit Sharon’s website at www.bowperson.com
for free tips, articles, and resources.
Leaders as Teachers - Ed Betof
This interview is about the importance of using leaders as teachers
in organizations. Listen as Ed tells us how to best use leaders as teachers
and the importance of preparing these leader/teachers to ensure they
are successful. He also shares why it is important to use leaders at
every level within the organization and how to find them. You can reach
Ed at ebetof@wharton.upenn.edu.
Improvisation in Training - Michelle Alba Lim
Find how improvisation can improve your training by setting the outline
of topics and then letting the content go where the participants need
it go by giving them the opportunity to ask questions.
You can reach Michelle at michelle_a_lim@yahoo.com
Training on Trial - James Kirkpatrick
Our newest POWer Interview is with Dr. Jim Kirkpatrick and this topic
is Training on Trial.
Jim is VP of Global Training and Consulting for SMR USA, Inc. He has
co-authored four books on training evaluation using the Kirkpatrick
Four Levels created by his father, Don. The latest book, Training on
Trial, is due out in February through AMACOM. In this interview, Jim
shares his thoughts as to why training professionals are on trial, being
charged with having our costs exceed our value. Specifically, he will
talk about the urgent need to put away our traditional definition of
training – developing and delivering training programs –
and expand our role, expertise, impact, and value into the business.
Return On Expectations and compelling chain of evidence are key terms
Jim will discuss with Nannette.
Contact Jim at jim.kirkpatrick@smr-usa.com or linkedin.com/in/kirkpatrickfourlevelevaluation.
To join the Kirkpatrick mailing list and receive more information, go
to Kirkpatrick
Newsletter.
Award Winning E-Learning - Zora Rizzi and Matthea
Marquart
Zora Rizzi and Matthea Marquart from BELL (Building Educated Leaders
for Life) designed award winning e-learning. In this interview they
share how to design and implement your own award winning e-learning.
They share tips such as how to get management buy-in and what to include
(and what not to include) in your e-learning. Listen and find how to
save your company money by moving your classroom training to online
e-learning.
Learning Measurement - Will Thalheimer
Smile sheets are the most used evaluations to training and they are
not good enough. Listen as Will Thalheimer (http://www.willatworklearning.com/
and http://www.work-learning.com/catalog) shares how smile sheets do
not correlate with learning or on-the-job performance. Will explains
the reasons to measure learning; support learning, improve our learning
design, and prove our results to our organizations. He will also share
examples of how to use specific questions on individual learning points
to get the best feedback from your evaluations.
Myths about Technical Training - Julie Spokus
Listen as Julie shares how technical training doesn’t have to
be boring. By adding interactivity, group activities, and by sharing
the reasoning behind technology instead of just ‘do this, do this,
do this’ will engage the learner. To contact Julie email her at
julieastd@gmail.com
Micro Blogging in Business – Michelle Lentz
Michelle Lentz from Write Technology, www.write-tech.com,
explains Web 2.0, social media tools, and how micro blogging can be
used in business. Did you know that there are over 600 learning professionals
on Twitter? Do you know what Twitter is? Michelle gives examples on
how to use Twitter and why. She puts in plain words how Web 2.0 is a
community of sharing and how you can use it to improve your business
in real time. Contact Michelle at michelle@write-tech.com.
Heather Gee – Using Second Life as a Training
Tool
Heather Gee from Bloomsburg University explains what
Second Life is and how it is not a game but a virtual world that can
be used as a learning tool. Heather describes how it can be used for
something as simple as a virtual classroom to something as complex as
simulations of real life events. Also find out how it can save your
company money on travel and accommodations by having participants meet
in Second Life for a realistic and interactive experience. Contact Heather
at heather.m.gee@gmail.com
Learning Design with Will Thalheimer
Forgetting what was learned soon after the training is complete is
a large problem in training. Listen as Will Thalheimer (http://www.willatworklearning.com/
and http://www.work-learning.com/index.htm)
tells us about the three things that can help participants remember
what they ve learned; retrieval practice, context alignment, and the
spacing effect.
How To Provide Employee Training without Doing
it Yourself
Did you know that 80% of training that occurs in the workplace does
not occur in a formal training program? Listen as Dr. Nanette Miner
shares tips on to formalize that training and many other tips on low
cost training without doing it yourself. To reach Dr. Miner email nanette@trainingdr.com.
Career Skills Every Professional Can't Succeed
Without
Julie Jansen shares tips and skills on Networking, Enhancing Your Image,
Delegation, Managing Your Career, Time Management and Getting Organized.
To contact Julie directly email her at julie@juliejansen.net.
Podcasting in Training with Jeff Potocki
Podcasting has become a great tool for trainers. Listen to this interview
to find out what exactly podcasting is, how to do it, and how it can
help your training department.
Business Outreach Librarians as a Resource
Listen as Jennifer Koehane from the Simsbury Public Library in Simsbury,
Connecticut shares a wealth of knowledge on how your local library and
business librarian can help you and your training department. To contact
Jennifer directly please use her email jkeohane@simsburylibrary.info
Spicing Up Classroom Training with Matthea Marquart
Matthea Marquart from BELL (Building Educated Leaders for Life) shares
many wonderful tips on spicing up your classroom training. In this interview
you will find information on activities such as building in pauses for
discussion, visual clues, effective use of games, and using movement
to spice up your training. To contact Matthea directly you can email
her a mattheamarquart@gmail.com.
Team Building with Barbara Collins
In this interview you will find out what a team is, how to lead a successful
one, and the stages of team development; forming, storming, norming,
and performing. To find out more about Barbara please visit her website
at www.hainescentredc.com
Innovation as Improvisation with Izzy Gesell
Izzy is an organizational alchemist who helps individuals and organizations
transform their thinking from commonplace to extraordinary. In this
interview you will find out how improvisation in training is easier
than you think – no improv experience needed! To find out more
about Izzy G and Company visit their website at www.izzyg.com.
The Power of Influence
Join Wally Hauck from Super Training Inc. to hear about how influence,
and not control, will lead to more sustainable and predictable results.
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