Jill, Tom and Maurice talked about Jane Hart's Top 100 Tools for Learning 2023 survey of 200 plus professionals. https://toptools4learning.com/ and Mike Taylor's https://mike-taylor.org/2023/09/04/2023-top-10-learning-tools/ Lots of conversation about the tools, the way the survey results were organized, if there was a missing layer to match tool to user modality, how lists were useful, who writes like pumpernickel bread, how we missed our good friend Paul and how some tools and institutions could use some time in the User Experience Woodshed.

Join Maurice, Jill, Paul and Tom as we talk questions you should ask yourself as a presenter. It was a wild ride of a show. So wild, we will use the same list (link on the blog at tisfortraining.wordpress.com) for the next show. Some pull quotes- Learn to train during a disaster. I'm Damn Good. Make it Memorable. You broke the training, not the ice. What the f is that? I need a better word.

So, we wanted to talk about unexpected technology failures, and we got a live example as Talkshoe decided to take a vacation today. We (Maurice, Jill, Andrea, Tom, Diane and Paul) took to zoom to record the session. We talked about what to do about unexpected interruptions and other things during a live, hybrid and virtual presentations. Check out the blog post on tisfortraining.wordpress.com

We started talking about the different directions of our work and then went in different directions. Lots of books in the show notes at tisfortraining.wordpress.com Lots of books. Paul, Jill, Tom, Diana and Maurice were on the call.

Guest and Friend of the show Sardek Love joins us top talk about the top 10 challenges trainers face on the job. With Maurice, Jill, Paul, Tom and Diane. check out the blog at tisfortraining.wordpress.com for Jill's copious and practical notes.

Tom started it. A revolution that makes learning applicable to the real world and grades obsolete. But that is because the system itself is broken. We all want to make sure our end user/client/learner/student ends up with more than just trivia, but applicable skills and a THING they can use after the class.

Welcoming virtually. Welcoming in person. Dealing with people who don't want to be there. Welcoming as inclusion. As gathering. As a jump off point. As a way to build community. As a way of building trust. As a way of encouraging participation. As a way of making each trainee feel important and a unique part of a unique experience.

Jill, Paul, Tom, Diane, Andrea from the car and Maurice talked about DEI+ training in the library world, how you have to create an environment of compassionate curiosity, That DEI+ is HUGE, really huge and most get lost where to start dissecting and fixing the issue. The acknowledgement that these issues are part of the fabric and history of the US and the world. That there needs to be a DEIGPT. (patent pending) Books are a means of oppression and not the only way to share cultural information. Go to something free and learn about someone other than yourself. Yeah, it was a lot. And I hope the start of something transformative for libraries.