@TisForTraining 343: This is Your Brain on Panic

This episode is a continuation of our conversation two weeks ago on “101 Questions to Ask About Your Training in 2022”. We started with #55:

How often do you greet participants before the presentation starts to get to know them, ask questions, and build rapport?

We all – Tom Haymes, Paul Signorelli, Maurice Coleman, and Jill Hurst-Wahl – said (basically) always and then launched into stories and examples.

Then #58:

How often do you repeat the participant’s question when asked so others can hear from other areas in the room?”

Repeating the question is important for a number of different reasons including accessibility, ensuring that you understood the questions, and giving yourself time to formulate the answer,

Do we use humor? Yes!

Then #96:

How often do you use an agreement to establish mutual expectations are set for compensation, terms, and reimbursement of expenses?

Yes, because it sets expectations and puts all of the information in one place.

We then talked about how people schedule time with us. Jill uses Calendly and we also mentioned Doodle.

Finally, #82:

When selecting mobile apps for training delivery, what is the likelihood that they are platform agnostic (work on Apple, PC, Windows, and web-based)?

The next T is for Training will be on Sept. 7 or 21. Some people will be absent on the 7th and Maurice has not decided what to do. Stay turned and watch this space. To listen to this one, go to TalkShoe or Apple iTunes. Also check wherever else you listen to podcasts.

@TisForTraining 342: You are & aren’t the presentation

“The late writer Wallace Stegner said, ‘The guts of any significant fiction–or autobiography–is an anguished question.’ Our inquiries generate our individuality.’ Even when we’re unaware of them, they shape our every move,” Robert Fuller observes in his book All Rise: Somebodies, Nobodies, and the Politics of Dignity.

This week we used the article “101 Questions to Ask About Your Training in 2022”, by Doug Devitre, as background for our discussion.  Paul asked the question to start us:

What question should we be asking ourselves to produce better results for our learners, ourselves, our organizations, and the communities we serve?

 Tom Haymes, Paul Signorelli, Jill Hurst-Wahl, and Maurice Coleman had a lively conversation. So lively that no notes were taken! Oops! You will have to listen to the episode and take your own notes.

Since there is more to discuss from the article by Devitre, we will return to that article on August 24 at 9 p.m. ET. Join us!

Resource

“Pointillist, Cyclical, and Overlapping: Multidimensional Facets of Time in Online Learning” published openly by Pekka Ihanainen (HAAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences, Finland) and John Moravec  (University of Minnesota, USA) in November 2011.