Bonnie Burns

Below are links to the three questions Mona Melanson, Co-Director of Programs asked the Panel Moderator, Bonnie Burn, CEO of DISC Provider regarding Facilitating Organizational Change. the first Q&A covers Bonnie’s perspectives on what she has found helpful when helping organizations implement change. The second one covers Bonnie’s advice on what people who would like to enter the field or hone their skills can do. The third Q &A is about what the panel may cover on December 2. We hope to see you there!

Question 1

Question 2

Question 3

Three Questions for Thiagi

"Dr. Sivasailam "Thiagi" Thiagarajan is the Resident Mad Scientist at The Thiagi Group, an organization with the mission of helping people improve their performance effectively and enjoyably...Thiagi has published 40 books, 120 games and simulations, and more than 200 articles. He wrote the definitive chapters on simulations and games for ISPI's Handbook of Human Performance Technology, ASTD's Training & Development Handbook, and the American Management Association's Human Resources Management and Development Handbook."

The following podcasts were recorded in preparation for the 2009 Your Turn to Learn.

Question 1: In this economic climate, how can FUN be maintained in the training function?

Question 2:  Have you seen the needs of training change over the past 30+ years, or do you feel that the basic elements have remained the same?

Question 3: Your presentation for YTTL is entitled "Breaking 11 Barriers."  What barriers do you feel need to be broken?

Interviewer/Editor: Amy Berger, E-Learning & New Media Coordinator, ASTD San Diego

Oct 2009 Kathy Box, Harrahs Rincon/PEAK Awards Chair

Listen to/Download Entire Podcast about the 2009 Peak Awards (4:33)

Question 1: What are the ASTD San Diego PEAK Awards?

Question 2: What can attendees of the October 28 PEAK Awards ceremony expect to learn?

ASTD Competencies Addressed:

• Career Planning & Talent Management
• Coaching
  
• Designing Learning
• Delivering Training
• Facilitating Organizational Change
• Improving Learning Performance
• Managing Organizational Knowledge
• Managing the Learning Function
• Measuring & Evaluating
  

Interviewer/Editor: Amy Berger, E-Learning & New Media Coordinator, ASTD San Diego

Sep 2009: Steve Inscoe, Palomar Pomerado Health

Listen to/Download Entire Podcast (12:44) with Steve Inscoe, Director of Education, Palomar Pomerado Health

Question 1: Why have you chosen to use an "Edutainment" approach at PPH? (6:06)

Question 2:  You've taken some risks at PPH; what's the response been to that? (3:52)

BONUS Questions!

About 40% of your courses incorporate Blended Learning; would you please expound upon that? (1:57)

How is PPH using Second Life as a learning environment? (2:40)

(In Second Life, search for "PalomarWest;" coordinates: PalomarWest Hospital 39, 122, 34)

What LMS are you using at PPH? (1:39)

Is there a project from which you learned a particular powerful lesson? (7:36)

ASTD Competencies Addressed:

• Designing Learning
• Delivering Training

Interviewer/Editor: Amy Berger, E-Learning & New Media Coordinator, ASTD San Diego

Aug 2009: Captain Pete Morford, US Navy

Topic: Managing Organizational Knowledge: A Navy Approach

Listen to/Download entire podcast (6:45) with Captain Pete Morford, United States Navy

Question 1: What is your favorite working definition of Knowledge Managment (KM)?

Question 2: What takeaways would an attendee of the Aug 26 ASTD Chapter Meeting receive?

Question 3: What do you find so interesting about Knowledge Management (KM)?

Question 4: Where would one go to find out more about Knowledge Management (KM)?

ASTD Competencies Addressed:

• Managing Organizational Knowedge
• Managing the Learning Function
  

Interviewer/Editor: Amy Berger, E-Learning & New Media Coordinator, ASTD San Diego