This past week, Maurice Coleman and Paul Signorelli were both at the Association for Talent Development International Conference and Exposition 2019 in Washington, DC. With that as background, ATD2019 was the focus of today’s call. Maurice and Paul were joined by Christie Ward, who was also at ATD2019, and Jill Hurst-Wahl, who ingested a lot of ATD content virtually. ATD ICE was attended by approximately 10,000 people and had over 300 sessions. Both Christie and Paul presented at the conference.
Christie began with an overview of the conference and the topics that resonated with her, and then Paul chimed in with sessions that piqued his interest. Both spoke about AI (artificial intelligence) which was the focus of several sessions. With technology changing – and an increase of AI – people need to be flexible. Flexibility is a skill that students need to learn at a young age.
Paul noted that librarians and trainers overlap on many levels. We are both invested in helping people acquire new knowledge and skills for the future. There is much happening online that helps people learn, including TED Talks. Christie quoted someone who said that TED Talks are the largest deliverer of learning.
This was a FAST moving conversation and these notes really do not do it justice. So LISTEN to the episode!
Quotes of the Day:
The pause is not a delay, it is a discipline. – Charles Fred, outgoing chair of the ATD Board
Pausing can be a sign of respect; meaning that you want to think before acting or responding. Pausing is helpful in terms of respecting diversity and creating inclusion.
“ … That we even call these things ‘soft skills.’ How dare we. These are REAL skills.”
#atd2019#sethgodin
Word to Remember:
Agility
Resources:
- T is for Training @ #ATD2019 – Sunday AI Can’t Do This (not now but later maybe) Edition
- T is for Training @ #ATD2019 Monday Monday 1 – Chad Udell, @visualrinse Shock of the New briefing notes.
- T is for Training @ #ATD2019 Monday Monday 2 Paul Smith @paulsmithATD author of Learning While Working
- T is for Training @ #ATD2019 Monday Monday Final Edition – Meet, Talk, Repeat.
- T is for Training @ #ATD2019 Tuesday’s Just As Bad 1 – State of the Association Briefing
- T is for Training @ #ATD2019 Tuesday’s Just As Bad 2 Sure You Want To Have Your Mind Blown Again, Sir?
- ATD ICE 2019: The Learning Room
- Wikiversity
- Intellectual Property page on Wikiversity
- National Institute for Civil Discourse
- Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir
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