March 28, 2008 – Silence and Voice

Has anybody out there taught a project management class? #
Does anybody have any suggestions for teaching project management? http://tinyurl.com/2q5t5s #
@maniactive How does a chapter a day via RSS work? #
@slmader Thanks for the Twitter link. #
@slmader True, though "value" as a term in large organizations is more qualitative than many would like to consider, or even understand. #
@ChrisRicca Jelly? #
@pinoyboy How much snow and ice? #
Getting a Jamba Juice. Pricy, but good. Healthier than pizza; tired of soup and salad. #
Have not been receiving CPSquare emails. Not appear to be caught in spam filter, either. Will need to do some more testing . . . #
Getting coffee. #
@leelefever Or like the ages when the weather could not be forcasted accurately and offerings were needed. Perhaps still like today? #
@slmader You know, I saw that and posted a reply, but it does not seem to be there any longer . . . #
@maniactive I am intrigued. Can you demo it? #
@ChrisRicca Sounds interesting, but still am not clear as to what it is (was?). #
@fncll Thank you, Chris. Was not familiar with his work and just ordered a book from him. #
@pinoyboy Ouch. We may get some later tonight. Raw out there now. #
@Currie So, how is it going after a first week? #
@ChrisRicca Congrats!!! Nice way to end the week. #
Inbox Zero! #

I am teaching a new class that begins next week — Project Management for Training. The course description is listed as:

Whether you’re conducting a single training session for a small audience or multiple sessions for a large group, a training program–like a project in any other discipline–must have an effective plan to guide and track progress. This class provides you with a planning process and teaches you techniques to prepare and deliver training projects consistently and effectively. Focusing on logistics, rationale, scope, timescales, risk management, and budget, you acquire the skills to communicate with the training project’s stakeholders to ensure optimum performance.

I am looking forward to teaching this class, as I am able to bring my skills as a senior instructional designer (my full-time title) and project management (what I primarily do right now) and merge them with my expertise in adult education and human resource development (two of my graduate degrees).

After working in this field for some time now, this this seems to be my life recently . . .

I am interested in seeing if anybody has any useful references or websites they want to share, as well as any stories about how they have seen project management brought into the training function. Any thoughts?

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Day: March 28, 2008

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Project Management for Training