T is For Training

Join Paul (subbing again), Mark, Aaron & Tom for show number 395 - Kill the Wizards. A story told by T is for Training Usual Suspect [Mark Corbett Wilson](https://www.linkedin.com/in/markcorbettwilson/) during the recording of Episode #394 inspired us to circle back to that story for a conversation centered on the question “What is learning, and how do we know when it has been successful?” Full notes on [tisfortraining.wordpress.com/](https://tisfortraining.wordpress.com/)

Paul, Tom, Jared, Aaron and Mark discussed mastery-based learning, what learning is, and how training and higher education succeed and fail in preparing learners for when they leave the learning space. Thanks to Paul again for being a better host than the regular guy. Full show notes with links to stuff at tisfortraining.wordpress.com

Paul, Aaron, Maurice, & guest, Jimmy Glanos, “The Volunteerist,” President Elect of ATD South Florida, discuss fostering Leadership and Creativity. Show notes and more at tisfortraining.wordpress.com

With T is for Training Host Maurice Coleman away for the evening, we were faced with a simple choice: persevere with a substitute host or pull the plug. The fact that you’re reading this and about to listen to the recording tells you that substitute host Paul Signorelli—along with Regular Suspects Jared Bendis, Aaron Blumberg, Tom Haymes, and Mark Corbett Wilson—persevered with a conversation centered on “Persevering or Pulling the Plug in Training-Teaching-Learning.” Among the ideas bubbling up during the conversation: the nature of heroism in learning and persevering, helping learners persevere by making things crystal clear, engaging learners to produce, and peer learning as the highest level of learning. Hope you enjoy the conversation. Full notes (and links!) on tisfortraining.wordpress.com

T is for Training 391- Mad Lib Framework for the Breakroom Wall. Maurice, Tom, Jared, Mark, and Aaron talked about the Department of Labor’s AI Literacy Framework Full notes and show information at tisfortraining.wordpress.com

We had the pleasure of a full house today – Paul, Mark, Jared, Tom, Aaron, Dorothy & Maurice. Premise: Let's look at our own communities of learning (including T is for Training), how they have changed over the years, and identify what makes them work in our blended onsite/online world. Find notes (mostly) at tisfortraining.wordpress.com Next Show on March 5th at 9 pm Eastern on Talkshoe. Seeds: Priming the Pump: "What Is a Learning Community?' California Learning Resource Center (real or memorex or ai) February 11, 2025 https://www.clrn.org/what-is-a-learning-community/ "Learning, Innovation, and Instagram: Building a Community of Leaning" Paul Signorelli /Building Creative Bridges blog February 10, 2020 https://buildingcreativebridges.wordpress.com/2020/02/10/learning-innovation-and-instagram-iitb-building-a-community-of-learning/ "Learning Community' Wikipedia Accessed February 19, 2026 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_community

T is for Training 389 –Drifting Through Rabbit Holes. I must apologize, my mic was muted, so my headset picked me up. And I am so damn loud, you can still sort of hear me. (ED.) Paul, Tom, Mark, Jared, Aaron, and Maurice talk about rabbit holes. This article primed the pump. Obsessive Learning: Level Up by Going Down (The Rabbit Hole)," Christopher Kokoski, Medium, July 15, 2023 https://medium.com/better-advice/obsessive-learning-level-up-by-going-down-the-rabbit-hole-bee52535dcd1 The show ended up being a rabbit hole. See you in two weeks on the 19th. Find notes and information at tisfortraining.wordpress.com

Paul, Tom, Mark, Aaron, Jared, and Maurice talk about reducing barriers to learning. Here is the link to the article we primed the pump. https://www.ispringsolutions.com/blog/barriers-to-learning We started with who is the author? Is the author real, or memorex, group think, or AI. This was a bit of a discussion. While the article is ok, is it citeable? Then, creating space for the person learning to engage with the trainer and authors, to create a community of learning and inquiry. How do we get people to value the road, not the destination? Our job is to break down the barriers to learning. And putting them in touch with their voice. And how to express that voice. Full notes at tisfortraining.wordpress.com

#387 Emotional Woo Woo Thing Paul, Tom, Aaron, and Maurice talk about what we are looking forward to in 2026 and discover some same (bleep,) different years. The ever-changing world requires the application of sublime emotional intelligence. Care about the result not the tool. Seed articles: https://assets.trainingindustry.com/content/uploads/2025/11/Trends-2026.pdf https://hybridhorizons.substack.com/p/the-thinking-class Resources https://ii.inc/web The Last Economy Free E-book. @ https://ii.inc/web/the-last-economy Books mentioned: Teaching with AI, Focus: The Hidden Driver, The Last Economy (link above) Find T is for Training @ tisfortraining.wordpress.com Next show January 22nd 9 pm ET

We wrap 2025 with Paul, Aaron, Jared, and Maurice talking about quality control, personal responsibility, changing hearts, and committing to professionalism everywhere. Show them the mountain behind the clouds. tisfortraining.wordpress.com next show on Jan 8th, 2026.

T is for Training 385 - I Love The Penny? With Paul, Maurice, Tom & Aaron. tisfortraing.wordpress.com is the place you can find notes when I post them. Adaptability discussion primed with https://status.net/articles/what-is-adaptability-in-the-workplace/ article. We will next record on December 11th, then January 8th, 2026. Happy every damn holiday to you if you don't join us. 1) How do we effectively move learning from one environment to another (and, sometimes, back to the original environment)? 2) What are the key skills related to adaptability in learning that we foster among ourselves and the learners we serve?

Lively hour podcast focusing on Training/Teaching/Learning. Usually with Maurice, Paul, Tom, Mark and a cast of friends. When the lazy host writes them, notes are up at tisfortraining.wordpress.com Aaron B joined us as we talked about what preparation goes into a successful training session, started with this https://www.sessionlab.com/blog/training-session-plan/ article.

Lively hour podcast focusing on Training/Teaching/Learning. Usually with Maurice, Paul, Tom, Mark and a cast of friends. When the lazy host writes them, notes are up at tisfortraining.wordpress.com We talked about how we influence with words, who influenced us and how we can show others how they can shine. Inspiration - https://georgecouros.com/resilience-and-risk/

This article sparked our talk about How to Teach During Turbulent Times. https://searle.northwestern.edu/resources/our-tools-guides/learning-teaching-guides/turbulent-times-guide-page.html Let's see if Talkshoe recorded THIS version. Paul, Aaron, Tom and Maurice talked about how to deal with BIG OUTSIDE topics in a learning session. Like a shutdown, or AI. You know, easy subjects. find notes usually on tisfortraining.wordpress.com

Paul, Maurice, Aaron and Tom talked about the Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning (new edition just came out) Here is an introductory PDF link https://the6ds.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Introduction-to-the-6Ds-3.0.pdf Find our show notes (when the host writes them) at tisfortraining.wordpress.com Next show September 4th, 9 eastern.

Maurice, Tom, Paul, Mark and Aaron used this https://www.lisedunetwork.com/training-and-professional-development-of-library-professional/ article as a jumping off point to talk about what WE get out of training/teaching/learning. Mostly we talked about how teaching others energizes us. Notes eventually on tisfortraining.wordpress.com Next show on August 7th then September 4th.

Lively hour podcast focusing on Training/Teaching/Learning. Tom, Maurice, and Paul were joined by Madeline Shellgren from https://onlinelearningconsortium.org and Laura Geringer from https://pumpkinberryconsulting.com/ (this is their consulting group) We talked about excape rooms and how to apply escape rooms to create different learning pathways and an engaging way to convey many different types of information. Be present, be authentic, and have some fun designing your escape room. Records on Thursdays notes usually up by Sunday at tisfortraining.wordpress.com

Lively hour podcast focusing on Training/Teaching/Learning. Usually with Maurice, Paul, Tom, Mark and a cast of friends. Records on Thursdays notes usually up by Sunday at tisfortraining.wordpress.com

Lively hour podcast focusing on Training/Teaching/Learning. This week featured Maurice, Tom, Mark and Aaron B. We started off talking about reflective writing and then went tangentially many interesting places. Records on Thursdays notes up by Sunday at tisfortraining.wordpress.com

We used the excellent article from Political Librarian Safeguarding Libraries, Schools, and Communities from Political Threats: A Strategic Framework for Engagement, Advocacy, and Sustainable Organizing as a jumping off point of what we can do as trainers/teachers/leaners to create a civil and civic minded society. Libraries are non-partisan political entities and need to start acting like it. Lively hour podcast focusing on Training/Teaching/Learning. Records on Thursdays notes up by Sundayish at tisfortraining.wordpress.com

Paul, Tom, Mark and Maurice discuss the recent news about IMLS, what we can do as trainers to help library staff deal with the good and the bad of modern libraries. And on Public Service and On Bullshit. Lively hour podcast focusing on Training/Teaching/Learning. Records on Thursdays notes up by Sunday at tisfortraining.wordpress.com

Maurice, Paul, Tom and Sardek talk about some ways to deal with the everyday and professional situations when your world has gone to [redacted.] Sardek is developing content to help his learners negotiate and influence outcomes in some of our most challenging "world on fire" situations. He will be drawing from Chris Voss's book Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended on It. Notes and links up this weekend on tisfortraining.wordpress.com

Maurice, Tom, Diane and Jared talked about Copyright, AI models, AI as index or author, how everything is tainted and should everything be open and not bound by copyright laws if it advances knowledge? notes on tisfortraining.wordpress.com sometime soon this weekend. Join us in two weeks at 9 pm ET on March 20th for another episode of T is for Trianing

Tried to start the show on Talkshoe. Didn't start recording, so we switched to Zoom. Look for notes on tisfortraining.wordpress.com we recorded an episode about advocacy in light of foolishness.

Maurice, Tom, Diane, Paul and Haneda–Campos comet Aaron Blumberg talked about effective advocacy for libraries, some resources, and a realistic timeline of advocacy efforts in libraries. Find links on tisfortraining.wordpress.com

Paul, Tom and Maurice use Kate Murphy's Book You're Not Listening to talk about the power of listening and the need to listen in all of our spaces. We then tangentially (I know you are all shocked) talked about other things related to listening and thinking such as the Candle Test (aka Duncker's Candle Problem) and how to create spaces where people listen to each other to build new pathways of thought. our web home - tisfortraining.wordpress.com

Paul, Mark, Tom, Diane & Maurice welcomed in Jimmy Glenos from ATD South FL chapter https://www.atdsfl.org/mentorship and returning guest Dan Bassil from Chicago www.tutormentorexchange.net/dan-bassil to talk about mentoring during January, which is National Mentorship month! Notes up this weekend at tisfortraining.wordpress.com We next record on Jan 23rd at 9 ET. Join us!

The usual crew (Maurice, Paul, Mark and Tom) were joined by Veronda Pitchford, VP of CALIFA (we love her) We talked about the power of consortia, to spread the word about various new or important library things, and to be a one-stop shop of resources for libraries of all sizes. CALIFA helps libraries market themsleves locally, regionally, statewide, & nationally. CALIFA also is the home of InfoPeople, which started as a state library training project and was picked up by CALIFA when their funding was repurposed. Find T is for Training at tisfortraining.wordpress.com

Paul, Mark, Maurice and somewhat Tom talked about activism in Libraries, Acting Locally while thinking regionally, and globally, How small acts can make powerful change. Activism comes in many forms, from pinging networks to making transformative connections for the people you directly and indirectly work with in a learning session. Notes eventually on tisfortraining.wordpress.com

The pump priming article: “You’re Not an Imposter. You’re Actually Pretty Amazing” Kess Eruteya Harvard Business Review, January 3, 2022 Maurice, Paul, Tom and Mark were on the call. https://hbr.org/2022/01/youre-not-an-imposter-youre-actually-pretty-amazing Imposter Syndrome and how to combat it. Reflection is an important tool for combating the imposter syndrome. Also, learn how to accept a compliment with grace. Surprise someone with your appreciation.

tisfortraining.wordpress.com Maurice, Paul, Tom and Mark talked about the need for refocusing and improvisation during live and virtual training sessions. Also, being flexible allows the facilitator to meet the needs of the audience, when they need it and where they are. Our kickoff document was the Dynamic Facilitation Process: https://coco-net.org/wp-content/uploads/To%20add%20to%20media%20library/DynamicFacilitationOverview.pdf We're back in two weeks on October 3rd at 9 Eastern. Join us!.

Paul, Tom and Maurice talked about joy and how to incorporate joy in your training, we started with an educause article called Sparking Joy. https://www.edutopia.org/article/sparking-teaching-joy find use at tisfortraining.wordpress.com

We talked about current leadership thinking inspired by this LinkedIn Article https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/rethinking-leadership-paradigm-shift-modern-world-rohan-patrick-o34ae/ by Rohan P. Mark, Paul, Tom and Maurice talked about styles of leadership, breaking things down to the essential elements, management theories and the difference between leaders and managers and why you need to be or have both.

Paul, Diane and Maurice used this article https://memberclicks.com/blog/new-member-orientation/ to jumpstart a talk about the importance of welcoming new people, cultivating relationships with them, and how new blood keeps the organization going after the founders move on. And a little about T is for Training itself.

Join Paul, Maurice, Tom, Andrea, Diane and guest Gee Kin Chou, co-founder of the Boombox,https://www.theboombox.org/ a collaborative not for profit connecting students with professionals who share their network with the students as needed. We talked about how to create, curate and the power of the conversation. Also take some damn notes.

How do we simplify our messaging to make it clear, relatable and understandable to as many as possible? There were book mentions, an article about simplifying Employee Training and other tidbits. Show notes at tisfortraining.wordpress.com Paul, Tom, Mark and Maurice were on the call.

Well, we started with one subject. Then branched to another subject. Talked about divides, engines and stuff. Notes will be up later on tisfortraining.wordpresss.com Thank you, Mark, Paul, Tom, Jared and the universe. Maurice.

Maurice, Paul, Tom, Mark, Diane and special guest Jared talked about expanding your knowledge and empathy. Change your location, change your mind, read something that offends you. Create a culture of understanding and empathy by exploring history and new places. And taking mass transit. Go to tisfortraining.wordpress.com for more information and poorly written show notes.

Maurice, Paul Michael, and Tom talk about imposter phenomenon (not syndrome) and what can we do to recognize it and stop it. We should realize we are all knowledgeable and should be in the room we are in. And recognize that many suffer IP quietly, and be proactive about acting inclusively welcoming everyone into the room and acknowledge their experience and skills. tisfortraining.wordpress.com is where the notes live. Like, Click and Subscirbe.

Anthony Chow, the head of SJSU's iSchool joined us to take a look at how SJSU prepares the next generation of information scientists.. Paul Signorelli, Tom Haymes, Mark Corbett Wilson joined Maurice Coleman to talk about school libraries, Haves and have nots, the digital divide in its many forms, AI, and future thinking. "It's not about money, it's about how you think about information and what literacy means." Tom Haymes There were many alternate titles to this show - Support to Succeed, GPS Thinking, The robot followed him home and antiquated is a mind set. Books were mentioned. find notes at tisfortraining.wordpress.com

Maurice, Paul, Tom and Daniel talked about collaborative learning, how learning needs a revolution, technology and application to the learning process, and slide design. T is for Training on the web at tisfortraining.wordpress.com Maurice is at colemanassociates.net

Today’s T is for Training 355 – Zero Engagement Droning featured Paul, Tom, Maurice and our new/old friend Dorothy Stoltz. Find complete notes about today's show @ tisfortraining.wordpress.com Our jumping-off point was this excellent article from the Association of Talent Development by Cornelius “Neil” Dowdell – https://www.td.org/magazines/td-magazine/agility-will-elevate-your-facilitation-skills

Ironically, there was an AI commercial added to the beginning of the recording. Go to tisfortraining.wordpress.com for full notes. Next show on March 7th. Paul, Tom and Maurice talked with Mark Corbett Wilson, who is working with Tom on an Open AI course. Here are some things mentioned in the pod -

Paul, Tom, Diane with Aaron Blumberg and special guest Connie Guglielmo (CNET) Transparency, AI, Garbage In Garbage Out, Open vs Closed AI Systems. Good for brainstorming. Disruptive to copyright. Protecting IP. Useful for older information depending on the service Neural Network within Large Language Model. The chatbots can give you a hallucination as an answer. Less likely now. The EU and Bletchley Park accords. tisfortraining.wordpress.com for notes

Look for the show notes on tisfortraining.wordpress.com alternate title: the joy of finding simplicity We talked about what inspires us as trainer-teachers-learners. Photography, books, our students, our colleagues and music are some of the usual suspects.

We talked about what things we saw this year. Said a magic word. Noted a desire to create/sustain communities of tolerance and help people connect to others and themselves. Also reach out to those who are important to you. Make their day (Thanks Howard!) http://tisfortraining.wordpress.com for notes.

Last show of 2023 Well, not really... Next time on the 28th will be the last show of 2023. We talked with guest Sardek Love sardeklove.com (brand spanking new website) about how we can channel engagement across platforms and delivery styles. And what two questions lead to better experiences (What and How) And about AI. And about elevators that attack. Notes as usual at tisfortraining.wordpress.com

Tonight we talked about George Needham -- https://buildingcreativebridges.wordpress.com/2023/11/30/george-needham-hope-and-inspiration/ a true pebble.... Thanks to Paul, Janie H. Diane, Joan Frye Williams, Peter Bromberg, and David Lankes for joining us to talk about George.

Jill, Paul, Tom and Maurice talked about How Training-Teaching Has Changed (and Continues to Change) Our Own Lives and the Lives of Those We Serve. There are notes on tisfortraining.wordpress.com Jill wrote them. They are wonderful. Catch me at colemanassociates.net. See y'all in two weeks.

So, audio on talkshoe failed. Diane couldn't hear me, so I did some house ads for myself (booking events in 2024 and 2025 at colemanassociates.net ) (How can I help your organization be and do better?) and my upcoming webinar for LibraryWorks called - Elevating Customer Satisfaction: Building Exceptional Library Experiences at https://www.libraryworks.com/webinars Thanks for listening.... Think of it as Metal Machine Music. Less angry tho.