Month: June 2008

Email Notification Test

Email notifications have not been going out, as Feedburner no longer appears to be working. I am testing a plug-in that I hope will resole the issue. The main difference? I am not relying on Google’s free (but buggy) RSS notification features anymore.

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Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2008-06-24

  • Just gave the Critical Incident Questionnaire (from Stephen Brookfield) to my class. #
  • Setting up for our biweekly training session. #
  • Just got my renewal form for ODNetwork. Not sure if I have found enough value with it to renew. Is anybody else a member? #
  • @coyenator Have not seen this, but interested in learning more if you find anything. #
  • @SarahStewart Congrats! DM me with more info. #
  • @jowyang How can you not have fun here in NYC?! It is the Center Of Civilization As We Know It! #
  • @skydaddy Good point. I will share that with my students next week. #
  • @mathplourde Thank you for the heads-up. #

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Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2008-06-23

  • Scratchy throat this morning. Wonderful way to begin the week. #
  • Was in a Green Initiative meeting for most of the morning. Lots of good ideas. #
  • Have a headache and congested. Wonder about the environmental causes and allergens? #
  • Took some Aleve Cold and Sinus. #
  • About to attend an AHRD conference call. #
  • In a break in my Project Management for Training class. ABout to tell my students about Twitter. #
  • Just explained Twiitter. Let’s see if they try it?! #

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Project Management for Training Class Begins Tonight

nyuscps.jpgI am teaching a new class that begins tonight, Project Management for Training.

How many times has somebody in the training and development, or workplace learning and performance fields (not to mention human resource development, industrial / organizational psychology, organizational development, etc.) been told to develop a class in this or that without being equipped for managing the process itself? This is what this course is focused upon, project management of the training development and delivery function. Think about it — trainers and designers and developers and project managers are all skills and jobs in their own right, but in the learning function, they are often combined without recognizing all that is really involved. 

The description:

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 working with my learners over the next six weeks. BTW, I wish I would have had this course when I started in the field (and I am not saying this just because I am teaching it!).