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Real trainers don’t do Twitter

The training and learning Twitterverse is skewed toward social learning advocates. Those who believe in following human performance theory and process are generally [...]

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Guess the Guru Contest - And who’s yours?

If you are in the PBET Workshop for about 5 minutes, you probably will find out that Robert Mager is my favorite training guru.  By the end of the Workshop you’ll also hear me mention concepts for which I credit Ruth Clark.  Clark has written in a number of areas and always strives to ensure [...]

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Conference Geared for Educators for High Tech Workforce

Since I have elsewhere written about the lack of focus on “equipment training” at professional training conferences, it is only right to remind people about the annual HI-TEC (formerly SAME-TEC) conference coming up in July in Phoenix. This conference has partial roots in task force activities at TPIC beginning in 1994.

Today, HI-TEC (High Impact [...]

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Four Training Conferences - Discount rate deadline near.

There are several conventions geared for training professionals coming up in the near future. The good news: conventions can be a way to pick up new ideas, to discover new resources, and to take advantage of networking. The downside: conference and travel budgets tend to be lean right now. Still, whether employed, or looking for [...]

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Whatever Happened to TPIC?

The short answer is that the Technician Performance Improvement Council (TPIC) was officially dissolved during the fall of 2008 by its Board of Directors with the intention of establishing a new professional association of technical trainers in high tech industries. However, the current recession, as it gathered momentum throughout 2008, forced the individuals on the [...]

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How to Keep in Touch

Over the years of teaching the PBET Workshop, I have met over 1600 fantastic people from this industry. Yet today, I find it difficult to contact very many of them. People leave the places they have been working for many reasons: in the past- a better job offer; today- the recession. Yet typically, all I [...]

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Semiconductor industry job losses keep piling up.

I just heard from a friend that Spansion laid off more employees in Austin, California, and at other locations. This one was devastating for those involved. The small training organizations that there once were, now no longer exist. She says there are more bad announcements still to come this week.

This is on top of the [...]

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Steve Jobs Graduation Speech

If you have not heard it already, give it a listen. It is not quite what I expected from Jobs except for the fact that he tells it like it is.  But that’s to the good.  There is good advice in his message.

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