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Sharla Lair

Transfer of Training: Moving Beyond the Barriers | trainingmag.com - 1 views

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transfer training

shared by Sharla Lair on 06 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • Notwithstanding the complexities of training, it is indisputable that the true success of training is represented in the learner’s ability to demonstrate what has been learned.
  • Overall learner satisfaction is greater if the training is relevant to the job. In alignment with this idea is the importance goal setting (Gist et al. 1990). Relevant goals intensify the learner’s interest in the tasks at hand, which results in persistence from the learner to reach the goal (Gist et al. 1990).
  • new research has shown peer support as being significantly influential on effects of transfer (Burke & Hutchins, 2008). Peer collaboration, networking, and the sharing of ideas relating to the content can act as support for skill transfer in trainees (Hawley and Barnard, 2005)
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  • Provide support for transfer throughout the duration of the transfer process and not solely at specific time phases.
  • Further, incorporate assessment of transfer from trainee, trainer, and the organization’s perspective.
  • Sharla Lair on 06 Apr 12
     
    Good tips on learning transfer. Teach for transfer!
Jennifer Parsons

Free Webinars Introducing FOSS4LIB | Library Open-Source Software Registry - 2 views

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library software opensource

shared by Jennifer Parsons on 27 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Jennifer Parsons on 27 Mar 12
     
    Say, Sharla, would this be something our customers might be interested in?  I'm curious about it myself.
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  • Sharla Lair on 28 Mar 12
     
    Yeah, this looks very promising. Interestingly enough it is through Lyrassis, the company from which I am considering purchasing online courses. Go figure! How do we promote? Are all of the members on the training listserv? Can we just forward this email out on it?
  • Jennifer Parsons on 28 Mar 12
     
    Not all, just some, but this might be the kind of thing we'd cross-post on (i.e., to the Mobius-users-l list as well as the Training-l list). Christopher is usually the one who posts to the lists about training, and he does it across several lists; you may want to check with him. As far as promoting, I don't know-- first of all, will Lyrassis let us promote their stuff? I don't see why they wouldn't, but you never can be sure with some providers. But the lists are usually where a lot of the action is. We might also want to do a blog post to the MOBIUS website, too.
  • Sharla Lair on 28 Mar 12
     
    Ok. I'll talk to Christopher this afternoon about promoting training.
  • Christopher Gould on 01 May 12
     
    FYI, the training list is largely defunct. It was populated by people who were interested in discussing training with the MOBIUS office, but I was the only one who ever posted anything.
  • Sharla Lair on 02 May 12
     
    Yeah, that's often how lists go. People are always afraid to speak up.
Scott Peterson

The Reskilling Muddle: Wasted Time, Money, and Opportunity | Peer to Peer Review - 0 views

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Professional Development

shared by Scott Peterson on 08 Nov 13 - No Cached
  • Scott Peterson on 08 Nov 13
     
    A brief article that raises some questions about the utility of training and "reskilling" as many people take classes and courses to demonstrate value to an employer rather than to learn or use the skills from the training. The result is wasted time and training that poorly fits the user or their job.
Sharla Lair

Trainer Talk: 6 Magic Training Phrases | trainingmag.com - 2 views

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trainer training phrases

shared by Sharla Lair on 23 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • The purpose of a question is for learning to take place, not for testing to take place.
  • We need to focus on learning for living, not learning to pass.
  • Never do for participants what they can do for themselves.
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  • We need to stop chopping wood and sharpen our ax.
  • Remember the Chinese Proverb: “What I hear, I forget; what I see, I remember; but what I do, I understand.
  • Get to the C.O.R.E. of training—Closers, Openers, Revisitors, and Energizers.
  • Christopher Gould on 01 May 12
     
    How do I add an annotation to something already posted?
  • Sharla Lair on 02 May 12
     
    Don't know. Perhaps you can just make a new post from the same article? Or you can just add it in the comments. You can also try moving your mouse over the annotations already listed, and add a sticky note.
Sharla Lair

Why Trainers Lack Influence-And How They Can Get It | trainingmag.com - 0 views

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Professional Development training

shared by Sharla Lair on 24 Jan 13 - No Cached
  • Sharla Lair on 24 Jan 13
     
    By Joseph Grenny, Co-Founder, VitalSmarts There's a lot more to influencing new behavior than just delivering high-quality training. Once training finishes, participants return to work and immediately are pulled in a dozen different directions. In fact, research suggests that all these distractions are the reason why less than 10 percent of what is taught in the classroom translates into real behavior change back at work.
Sharla Lair

Sometimes Negative Feedback is Best - Heidi Grant Halvorson - Harvard Business Review - 0 views

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Professional Development management positive vs. negative feedback

shared by Sharla Lair on 29 Jan 13 - No Cached
  • Sharla Lair on 29 Jan 13
     
    Nice article for when to give positive feedback vs. negative feedback in order to motivate people. Especially good for folks in management or in training situations.
Sharla Lair

Educating a Better Customer | trainingmag.com - 1 views

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Professional Development customer service education

shared by Sharla Lair on 12 Jul 12 - No Cached
  • Sharla Lair on 12 Jul 12
     
    This article seems very common sensical, but it still has wise advice about how to deal with customers. I really like the idea of training your customers to BE better customers.
Sharla Lair

Supercompetent Speaking: Before and After Tips | trainingmag.com - 0 views

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Professional Development speaking tips

shared by Sharla Lair on 14 Jun 12 - No Cached
  • Sharla Lair on 14 Jun 12
     
    This article has some great ideas for what to do before and after you speak to help your audience put more of your message in their permanent memories. Great tips for training sessions! Favorite quote: "If someone expects something to be wonderful and valuable, then they're more likely to experience it as wonderful and valuable."
Sharla Lair

Next ALCTS e-Forum: BISAC and Beyond, April 17-18 - 0 views

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training BISAC ALCTS

shared by Sharla Lair on 09 Apr 12 - No Cached
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      Sharla Lair on 09 Apr 12
       
      BISAC and Beyond: Making Word-Based Classification Your Own April 17-18, 2012 Hosted by Logan MacDonald and Loretta Mainock Please join us for an e-forum discussion. It's free and open to everyone! Registration information is at the end of the message. Each day, sessions begin and end at: Pacific: 7am - 3pm Mountain: 8am - 4pm Central: 9am - 5 pm Eastern: 10am - 6pm Description: Many libraries are considering moving away from traditional classification systems like Dewey or LC in favor of word-based systems based on BISAC, a classification scheme used by book retailers and publishers. Reclassifying a library collection takes thought, planning, courage, and sweat. How can a word-based classification system benefit your customers? Join the conversation and talk to other libraries who have already ditched Dewey or are considering making the switch. Topics for discussion may include: Why switch to a BISAC-based system? Adapting BISAC for the needs of your customers Planning the conversion process Tips, tricks, and FAQs for reclassifying collections Using BISAC for collection development Rethinking the 'flow' of your nonfiction collection Merchandising with BISAC BISAC and the MARC record Leveraging BISAC in the OPAC to add discovery points Logan Macdonald is the Collection Development Manager for Anythink Libraries in Adams County, Colorado. In 2008, Logan helped develop WordThink, Anythink's BISAC-based classification system that was implemented district-wide in 2009. Prior to joining Anythink, Logan worked for the Montrose Regional Library District in Montrose, Colorado and University of Washington Libraries in Seattle. He is frequently introduced by colleagues as "The Man Who Killed Dewey." Loretta Mainock is the Anythink Buyer for children's materials and also purchases econtent, music and dvd's for Anythink Libraries. She has been with the library district for more than 15 years. She has been in
Sharla Lair

edX, Coursera, Udacity - free online course initiatives - 2 views

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free online course training

shared by Sharla Lair on 08 May 12 - No Cached
  • Sharla Lair on 08 May 12
     
    Free courses from MIT, Harvard, Stanford, and more...
  • anonymous on 09 May 12
     
    Academic Earth is pretty awesome too. http://www.academicearth.org/
  • Jennifer Parsons on 09 May 12
     
    I'm taking Stanford's CS101 course, actually, and I recommend it. There are some nice exercises, and the lectures allow you to toggle back and forth between an interactive study guide.
Sharla Lair

Before You Innovate, You First Must Kill Your Company | trainingmag.com - 3 views

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Professional Development innovation

shared by Sharla Lair on 26 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Companies are investing major resources in training employees to“think big,” “get inspired,” and nimbly embrace change. Some have made significant progress in the last several years, but most innovation initiatives fall flat. Why? Because too many change initiatives simply add another layer of processes to the to-do lists of already overwhelmed and tired employees. Rather than piling on more, you must begin by getting rid of things rather than continually building on what doesn’t work. In effect, you must “kill” your company.
  • Therein lies the dilemma, because even as we shunt aside innovation in favor of more immediately gratifying business initiatives, most of us know that innovation—the ability to develop novel and useful ideas with a business purpose—is what will really drive growth and carry our organizations into the future. It’s, therefore, imperative that we better balance how much time we spend working internally on ways to make the status quo more efficient with time we spend examining what’s changing externally so we can start questioning the status quo altogether. We need to accept some risk, because innovation requires taking risks. We need to find ways to develop and support a culture that makes room for innovative insight. A company mired in complicated processes and short-term results is simply not in a position to encourage innovation, no matter how many new programs its leaders talk about or implement, or how often they demand innovation from their employees. It just won’t work. To create the company of tomorrow, you must break down the bad habits, silos, and inhibitors that exist today. That’s why you have to kill the company first. It’s probably the most innovative thing a leader can do.
  • The challenge for most companies isn’t how to get people to be more innovative; it’s how to stop paying lip service to innovation and create a structure and culture in which it actually can flourish and deliver results.
  • Sharla Lair on 26 Sep 12
     
    Do not ignore this article!  This article is quite timely with the all of the changes occurring in MOBIUS.
  • Jennifer Parsons on 28 Sep 12
     
    Hm. If you see your company on the road, kill it? More seriously, this reminds me of some of the readings I had on library management back in graduate school-- how after awhile, a workflow begins to exist only to preserve itself, not to further the goals of the organization. In order for said organization to remain relevant, it's necessary to occsionally review workflows and procedures to see which ones are working and which aren't-- and can thus be dropped.
  • Sharla Lair on 28 Sep 12
     
    Spot on, Jennifer! Spring cleaning!!! The trick is to not wait too long to do it.
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