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    Not-So-Anonymous Four

    Monday, August 17th, 2009

    So, I had this on my to-do list: Ask some registrants for the ASTD-Cascadia 2009 Regional Conference in Salem, Oregon, September 23-24 (pre-conference workshop, Sept. 22) why they’re coming. Other tasks intervened before I could pop the question and there wasn’t time for everyone to respond. Suddenly I was on deadline with no males in [...]

    I do new employee orientation when we hire, am I a trainer?

    Friday, June 6th, 2008

    Yes, you are!!! Even if you do not have the word “trainer” in your title, if you do new employee orientations, you are training! Orientations are prime opportunities for seasoned employees to share with new employees ideas about what makes the organization/company a great place to work. All of us train differently during new employee [...]