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Show #10
News, articles, current events
Fun at work, or fun in work (Bertrand Duperrin’s Notepad)
Other articles and things of note from this week:
- Ranking Employees: Why Comparing Workers to Their Peers Can Often Backfire (Knowledge@Wharton via ASTD blog)
50 Most Engaged Workplaces (PRWeb via ASTD blog) - What Is It About 20-Somethings? (New York TImes magazine)
Today’s Topic
Level 1 Evaluations
- Kirkpatrick Re-writes Level 1 Evaluations (Brain Friendly Trainer blog)
- The New World of Level 1 Evaluation Sheets (full article)
What Would You Do?
This week:
- Dear TLW–
I have been asked by my organization to move into a formal training role. I’ve been a “subject matter expert” in our department. Fellow employees as well as new employees were expected to come to me for assistance, answers, and guidance. My manager thought I did such a good job with helping our team members grow in their knowledge and skill, that she requested a new role be given me. I decided that I needed to train myself about the “training and development” profession!! There is a lot to learn! Please explain the ADDIE model to me!
Next week:
- Dear TLW–
I have been enjoying your weekly podcasts! Though I’ve been in the training and development field for awhile, I have found thru your discussions, news articles, tips and more, that I’m not staying as current as I should! And that this “old dog” may need to learn or refresh some of his old tricks!With that said, the article that Robin referenced last week titled “Leadership Training Gains Urgency Amid Stronger Economy” from The Wall Street Journal hit home. Our managerial “pipeline” is thin, and our senior management recognizes this…especially as the economy improves. We are worried that we may not have the bench strength needed. What are you seeing relative to “emerging leader” programs within organizations? Where should an organization start?
2 minute tips of the week
- Terri: Stay open to time serendipity
- Max: Time check participants during small group activities to keep them on track
- Robin: Pomodoro time management technique
Resources mentioned during the show
- American Society for Training & Development, ASTD
- International Society for Performance Improvement, ISPI
- Training for Dummies
by Elaine Biech - The Winning Trainer: Winning Ways to Involve People in Learning, Fourth Edition
by Julius E. Eitington - The 30-Second Encyclopedia of Learning and Performance: A Trainer’s Guide to Theory, Terminology, and Practice
by David H. Miles (Robin wanted to mention this during the show as a resource to the new trainer but couldn’t remember the title of the book.)
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