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T is for Training 349 – George Needham is Sourdough Starter

Drawn together by the passing of library champion George Needham (1955-2023),
a group of long-time T is for Training usual suspects (Peter Bromberg, Janie Hermann, Diane Huckabay, R. David Lankes, and Paul Signorelli) and one of George’s great collaborators (Joan Frye Williams) joined host Maurice Coleman to talk about George’s influence, his partnerships (and the way they worked), his love of making this as good as we can make it, his love of improv, and many other reminders of his continuing influence on the way we think of libraries to this day. If you knew, admired, and learned from George, this one is for you. And if you didn’t have the great fortune to come across him, this is a good time to be inspired by all he fostered.

You can download the show here, or look for T is for Training wherever you get your podcasts.

Here are links to some of the resources mentioned during the recording of
this episode:

Paul Signorelli’s remembrance of George: https://buildingcreativebridges.wordpress.com/2023/11/30/george-needham-hope-and-inspiration/

A BattleDecks sample (relevant to the conversation) https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kPEcU0GPtzNK0X3lZ26vkQZEXz0VDIVg/edit#slide=id.p1

George at BattleDecks at ALA Annual 2010 (demonstrating George’s quick wit and wonderful sense of humor) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3Q-Dgw8rCY

George and the Applause Meter (with guest appearance by PJ Sweeney and
Jenny Levine: https://www.flickr.com/photos/shifted/4769987802/in/pool-1493112@N22/

Samples of George and Joan’s work, available on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/search?q=george%20needham%20and%20joan%20frye%20williams

Join us in two weeks on December 14th, when we welcome back our friend Sardek Love!

T is for Training 61: That Lobbycon Feeling

T is for Training Episode 61: That Lobbycon Feeling is now available for download here from our host TalkShoe. You can listen to this or any of our other shows using the TalkShoe panel in our sidebar.

Thanks to the participants who participated so much that I had to use my voice very little today.

The opinions expressed by call participants are those of the participants and not necessarily those of any institution or group they represent or are associated with. And thanks to those who participated by chat. We would love to hear your voice next time.

Today’s Guests:

Maurice Coleman, Harford County (MD) Public Library
Marianne Lenox, Huntsville Madison County (AL) Public Library
Lori Reed, ALA Learning
Julie Strange, Maryland Ask Us Now (MD)
Michael Porter, WebJunction (Not so new Usual Suspect!)
Kate Kosturski, Middlesex (NJ) Public Library
Jennifer Koerbe r Boston (MA) Public Library (New Usual Suspect!)
Peter Bromberg, Princeton (NJ) Public Library
Sarah Houghton-Jan, San Jose Public Library

The agenda:

The WebJunction Conference Serving the 21st Century Patron
Help Plan the next WebJunction Conference
Free Web Seminars
The Importance of Staff Development and How To Do It Inexpensively And Well.

T is for Training is supported by you the audience and our usual supporters LISHost, the library friendly hosting service ,the Library Society of the World and the ALA Learning Round Table, LearnRT, of the American Library Association (ALA).

Keep up with us: Our blog, Podcast Feed, ITunes Home,Friendfeed, our Google Group, (pretty please join the google group!) and our Diigo Group.

Contact Us: baldgeekinmd at gmail dot com or via text or voice at Google Voice number 504-233-0361

Link Love: Go to the delicious page :http://delicious.com/tag/tisfortraining to see relevant links. Or Use Diigo and join the T is for Training Group there.

And join us on December 17th, 2010 at 2 pm Eastern Time for the next T is for Training call in taping.

See you then!

T is for Training 57: Finding Balance – It’s Different for Everyone

T is for Training Episode 57: Finding Balance – It’s Different for Everyone is now available for download here from our host TalkShoe. You can listen to this or any of our other shows using the TalkShoe panel in our sidebar.

Today’s Guests:

Lori Reed, Charlotte Mecklenburg (NC) Library
Kate Kosturski, Middlesex (NJ) Public Library
Peter Bromberg, Princeton (NJ) Public Library
Jay Turner, Gwinnett County (GA) Public Library
Mary Pelton, Rocky River (OH) Public Library
Pat Carterette, Georgia Public Library Service

The agenda:

Work-Life Balance
Training for safety, security, self-defense, disaster preparedness

Keep up with us: Our blog, Podcast Feed, ITunes Home,Friendfeed, our Google Group, (pretty please join the google group!) and our Diigo Group.

Contact Us: baldgeekinmd at gmail dot com or via text or voice at Google Voice number 504-233-0361

Link Love: Go to the delicious page :http://delicious.com/tag/tisfortraining to see relevant links. Or Use Diigo and join the T is for Training Group there.

And join us on October 22th, 2010 at 2 pm Eastern Timefor the next T is for Training call in taping.

See you then!

T is for Training 50: ALA – Where The Funny Happens

T is for Training Episode 50!: ALA: Where The Funny Happens is available for download here from our host Talkshoe. You can listen to this or any of our other shows using the TalkShoe panel in our sidebar.

Check out the post on ALA Learning about the Training Showcase. The writer is full of awesomesauce.

Join us Friday July 16th for our next show.

Today’s Guests:

Maurice Coleman, Harford County (MD) Public Library
Andrea Snyder, Enoch Pratt (MD) Free Library and MD State Library Resource Center
Paul Signorelli , Paul Signorelli and Associates (CA)
Janie Hermann, Princeton (NJ) Public Library
Jill Hurst-Wahl, Syracuse (NY) University
Peter Bromberg, South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative (NJ)
Dani Vaughn-Tucker
and we think Buffy Hamilton was lurking in the shadows.

The agenda:

All ALA, All The Time

Keep on Your Radar: Two New Podcasts : LibPunk and Heels and Tiaras. Both feature adult language used properly.

Keep up with us: Our blog, Podcast Feed, ITunes Home, Friendfeed, our Google Group, (pretty please join the google group!) and our Diigo Group.

Contact Us: baldgeekinmd at gmail dot com or via text or voice at Google Voice number 504-233-0361

Link Love: Go to the delicious page : http://delicious.com/tag/tisfortraining to see relevant links. Or Use Diigo and join the T is for Training Group there.

And join us on July 16th, 2010 at 2 pm Eastern Time for the next T is for Training call in taping.

See you then!

T is for Training 40 – I Reject Your Reality

The fourth episode of 2010 aka T is for Training 40! is in the can and is called “I Reject Your Reality.“

Download the episode HERE.

Today’s guests:

Maurice Coleman, Harford County (MD) Public Library
Julie Strange, Maryland Ask Us Now (MD)
Marianne Lenox, Huntsville Madison County (AL) Public Library
Lori Reed, ALA Learning
Jill Hurst-Wahl, Syracuse (NY) University
Polly-Alida Farrington – Library Consultant (NY based)
Peter Bromberg, South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative (NJ)
Allison Miller, Manager, ipl2 Reference Services, Drexel University
Janie Hermann, Princeton (NJ) Public Library
Chester Mealer, Rapides Parish Library (LA) Newest Usual Suspect!
Dana Longley, SUNY Empire State College (Welcome FIRST TIMER!)

We talked about:

Learning from Failure: How can we learn from the stuff that DOES NOT work? Here are two posts to start the discussion One focuses on JK Rowling and one focuses on “smart folks”

Wrap Up of the Handheld Librarian Conference, which featured some T is for Training regulars as both speakers and attendees.

TEDxNJ A brief discussion of the upcoming TEDx event in New Jersey.

Keep on Your Radar: Computers In Libraries in April; and Project Compass.

Follow us on Our blog, Podcast Feed, ITunes Home, Friendfeed, our still new Google Group, (pretty please join the google group!) LinkedIn, FaceBook, Twitter, a brand new Flickr group, Diigo Group and our Twitter Twibe.

Go to the delicious page : http://delicious.com/tag/tisfortraining to see relevant links. Or Use Diigo and join the T is for Training Group there.

And join us on March 12th at 2 pm Eastern Time for the next T is for Training. See you then!

T is for Training Winter Siesta Report

The podcast took almost a month off and there were some exciting things happening around the T is for Training Ranch.

First things first:

We have a new sponsor: The ALA Learning Round Table, LearnRT, of the American Library Association (ALA).

T is for Training is honored to have a group with a mission “to provide a thought-provoking resource for those interested in learning and training in libraries” as a show sponsor, joining the LISHost and the Library Society of the World as supporters of the program.

Second:

We recorded four special episodes with some different voices in the training world.

Joining us during the intercession was Robin Hastings (webgoddess) of MRRL, Sarah Houghton-Jan (aka LibrarianInBlack), Michele Martin, creator of The Bamboo Project blog, and Cliff Landis, Technology Librarian (and futurist/philanthropist) at Valdosta State (GA) University .

If you have not already done so, have a listen at these thought-provoking interviews.

Third a crowdsourced challenge:

I challenge each member of the T is for Training family to answer these 27 questions (created by your training peers) on your own Blog/Forum/twitterfeed/googledoc and put the link in a reply to the post on the T is for Training Website

(Seriously, do you know how hard it is to get more than a handful of busy trainers together to do anything? )

I will then collate the results as one T is for Training intercession Class Project post on the T is for Training Blog and social networking feeds.

And here are the results as of January 25th, 2010 (there are some pulled from the ALA Learning blog (our fab new sponsor’s blog):

Nicole Engard The T is for Training Challenge
Polly-Alida Farrington – The T is for Training Challenge
Bobbi Newman – T is for Training Meme
Alison Miller – A T is for Training Challenge
Maurice Coleman’s Getting to Know All About Me Post
Betha Getsche – I Like Sushi & Libraries
Laura Botts – “C is for Challenge” at “T is for Training” –
Heather Braum T is for Training Challenge Meme
Jill Hurst-Wahl – Me. Coffee. Morning.
Beth Tribe – T is for Training Meme
Pete Bromberg’s 23 things (minus 3): A getting to know ya post
Stephanie Zimmerman – A Get to Know Me Meme from TIFT
Marianne Lenox – 27 Questions (Supplemental Pictorial Essay)
Paul Signorelli Paul’s Getting to Know Me Post
Lauren Pressley 23 Questions with Lauren Pressley
Buffy Hamilton 27 Questions with Buffy Hamilton
Jay Turner 20 Questions for Just that Guy
Angela Paterek, Getting to Know Me
Julie Strange T is for Training Questionapalooza v 1.1

If I missed yours, I am sorry. Please comment on this post and add a link to your 27 (23 or 20 questions.) Thanks.

Our next show is this Friday the 29th of January at 2pm Eastern.

T is for Training 29: T is for Training, Not Just Another Webminar

Please take the T is for Training survey: T is for Training Survey

The twenty ninth hour of T is for Training is entitled T is for Training: Not Just Another Webminar (or Werbinar) aka Best Friends with the Same Job.

Download and listen to our 19th show of 2009 here.

Today’s marks the first year of the podcast. Thank you to everyone who has participated or otherwise supported T is for Training.

On the today’s show:

Maurice Coleman Harford County (MD) Public Library
Andrew Schuping, Mercer University (GA)
Angela Paterek, Rocky River (OH) Public Library
Beth Tribe, Howard County (MD) Public Library
Betha Gutsche, WebJunction (WA) Our Newest Usual Suspect!
Laura Botts, Mercer University (GA)
Lori Reed, Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County (NC)
Marianne Lenox, Huntsville Madison County (AL) Public Library
Paul Signorelli, Paul Signorelli and Associates (CA)
Peter Bromberg, South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative (NJ)
Stephanie Zimmerman Library System of Lancaster County (PA)

Today’s Topics:

LibCamp Monterey, taking place on Saturday October 24th;
LearnRT and The (relaunched!) ALA Learning Blog (for a little bit);
Is Online Education More Effective Than Traditional Learning? from ReadWriteWeb;

AND_____ Hey, It’s our FIRST ANNIVERSARY!!!! Share your favorite thing from the past year of shows. I already have the one I can repeat on air picked out!

T is for Training is supported by you the audience and our usual supporters LISHost, the library friendly hosting service and the Library Society of the World.

Go to the delicious page : http://delicious.com/tag/tisfortraining to see relevant links. Or Use Diigo and join the T is for Training Group (brand spanking new!) there.

And join us on September 25th 2009 at 2 pm Eastern Time for the next T is for Training.

T is for Training 28 – If It Costs That Much, It’s A System

The twenty eighth hour of T is for Training is entitled If It Costs that Much, It’s a System!

Download and listen to our 19th show of 2009 here. Today’s show had many first time callers. Thank you LearnRT for that boost! I hope all of the new folks come back again. We loved having your input!

You can click here to donate to the Louisville Free Public Library’s recovery campaign. This drive is sponsored by the Library Society of the World. We are almost at our $5,000 goal!

On the today’s show:

Maurice Coleman Harford County (MD) Public Library
Marianne Lenox, Huntsville Madison County (AL) Public Library
Jill Hurst-Wahl, Syracuse (NY) University
Paul Signorelli, Paul Signorelli and Associates (CA)
Janie Hermann, Princeton (NJ) Public Library
Peter Bromberg, South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative (NJ)

And our roster of first time callers:

Andrea Snyder, Enoch Pratt (MD) Free Library
Anna Van Scoyoc,Mercer County (NJ) Library System
Betha Gutsche, WebJunction (WA)
Dodie Gaudet, Central MA Regional Library
Jessica Chandler, Seattle (WA) Public Library
Jennifer Peterson, WebJunction (WA)

Today’s Topics:

Low/No Budget Staff Development Ideas from Janie Hermann

LearnRT and The (relaunched!) ALA Learning Blog

Getting your Foot in the Door: Training Resources for a New Trainer (From the T is for Training and Library Learning google groups, suggested by Lori Reed)

T is for Training is supported by you the audience and our usual supporters LISHost, the library friendly hosting service and the Library Society of the World.

Go to the delicious page : http://delicious.com/tag/tisfortraining to see relevant links. Or Use Diigo and join the T is for Training Group (brand spanking new!) there.

And join us on September 11th 2009 at 2 pm Eastern Time for the next T is for Training.