Services:
Writing, Staff Training, Presenting,
Learning Advocacy, Consulting
We work collaboratively and creatively with clients to better reach and serve their customers by:
*Promoting effective workplace learning and performance (staff training/e-learning).
*Facilitating the successful introduction of new technology into organizations.
*Providing instructional design services for dynamic onsite and online learning.
*Helping trainers and others hone instructional design, presentation, and evaluation skills.
*Fostering the development of results-driven leadership skills.
*Writing and helping others improve their business-, creative-, and grant-writing skills.
*Providing consulting/marketing services to build bridges between clients and customers.
Technology is the tool. People are the focus. Positive results are the product.
What I'm Doing Now
*I'm again part of a training team working with hospice employees--this time, in Florida. We're making the transition from medical recording-keeping on paper to Samsung Galaxy tablets. My work, with consultants from across the United States, includes writing and editing training manuals and other learning material (instructional design), delivering face-to-face training, and crafting an engaging program for the client and learners in this important health-care initiative. Training is underway as of January 2012.
*I have also, as a member of the New Media Consortium's 2012 Horizon Report Advisory Board, contributed to the creation of the 2012 report to be released in February 2012 and will be attending the Advisory Board's 10th anniversary retreat in Austin Texas in January 2012.
*Working as part of the "Next Level Chapters" and "Leadership" teams on the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) National Advisors for Chapters.
Books
Workplace Learning & Leadership, a staff training guide co-written with Lori Reed for ALA Editions to highlight examples of trainers as successful leaders within their organizations (April 2011); online excerpts available
Contributor to The Book of Road-Tested Activities (Elaine Biech, editor; May 2011); online excerpts available
Articles
Professional Growth Through Learning Communities, co-written with Lori Reed and published in American Libraries magazine May/June 2011 as an exploration of the important roles learning communities play for trainer-teacher-learners.
The 2011 Horizon Report: Keeping Up with Learners and Technology, published in Learning Solutions Magazine (online), March 16, 2011 to offer trainer-teacher-learners a glimpse of tech tools that will probably be influential worldwide in the next five years for teaching, learning, and creative inquiry.
Skype Me: When Learning Is Just a Call Away, published in Learning Solutions Magazine (online), February 28, 2011 to help trainer-teacher-learners explore Skype as a delivery tool for just-in-time learning.
Latest Free Learning Resources for You
"Training, Teaching, and Learning 2012: State of the Industry Reports"
ASTD Sacramento Chapter Meeting Presentation -- January 23, 2012
(PowerPoint Presentation)
Presentation with Walt Hansmann, at ASTD National Chapter Leader Conference,
Arlington, VA--October 2011
(PowerPoint Presentation)
Stay Tuned:
My Upcoming Courses, Webinars, and Onsite Presentations
Web Analytics Webinars (two-part series)
With Sarah Houghton, for ALA Editions
Thursdays, January 12 and 26. 2012, 2 pm ET/11 am PT
"Training, Teaching, and Learning 2012: State of the Industry Reports"
ASTD Sacramento Chapter Meeting Presentation
Monday, January 23, 2012, 11:30 a.m., Rancho Cordova
Hidden Garden Steps: Community, Collaboration, and Fundraising
Brief onsite presentation as part of the day-long San Francisco Department of Public Works Street Parks Workshop
Saturday, 1/28/2012, San Francisco
Rethinking Library Instruction (ecourse)
February 6 - March 4, 2012 (four-part facilitated online course including live weekly chats)
ALA Editions (registration underway)
Create Mentoring Programs That Produce Positive Results,
Onsite Workshop, Texas Library Association Conference
Friday, April 20, 2012, 10-11 am CT
New Four-Part Online Course on the Topic of Effectively Using Social Media Tools
ALA Editions (currently in development; tentatively scheduled for May 2012)
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