Q1: Do you see any trends in the distribution of government funding for T & D?

Q2: How can an organization if it is ready to apply for government funding?

Q3: Is it difficult to secure government funding?

Interviewer/Editor: Amy Berger, ASTD San Diego

Music Credits: "Good As Gold" by bill, from their album End of the Hits.  Thanks, bill!

Question 1: How did you come to choose the speakers for the 2010 SOTI Panel?

Mentioned in Answer 1: Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work for in 2010

Question 2: Do you see the learning function included in strategic planning?

Question 3: Do you have one piece of foundational advice for these challenging times?

Interviewer/Editor: Amy Berger, Technology Coordinator, ASTD San Diego

Music Credits: "Good As Gold" by bill, from their album End of the Hits.  Thanks, bill!

Question 1: What would State Farm have to say about Action Learning? (3:11)

Question 2: What does it take to be an effective facilitator of Action Learning? (3:30)

Interviewer/Editor: Amy Berger, Technology Coordinator, ASTD San Diego

Music Credits: "Good As Gold" by bill, from their album End of the Hits.  Thanks, bill! 

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Question 2

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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

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

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

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

Question 1: What changes have you seen in Succession Planning over the years?

Question 2: Has the economy prompted any changes in Succession Planning?

Question 3: What one Career Planning compentency do you recommend emphasizing?

Question 4: Would you please tell us a bit about your work at Vistage?

Question 5: What have you learned about how T & D pros can help CEO's with Succession Planning?

ASTD Competencies Addressed:

• Improving Human Performance
• Career Planning and Talent Management
• Managing Organizational Knowledge

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

Question 1: How and why did you become interested in coaching and cultural alignment?

Question 2: What, if any, differences have you encountered in foreign countries as you help them develop more coaching oriented organizational cultures?

Question 3: What, if any, differences have you encountered in the United States working with clients to develop more coaching oriented cultures?

ASTD Competencies Addressed:

• Coaching
• Improving Human Performance
• Facilitating Organization Change
• Delivering Training
• Measuring & Evaluating

Interviewer/Editor: Mona Melanson, Co-Director of Programs, ASTD San Diego

Post-Production: Amy Berger, E-Learning & New Media Coordinator, ASTD San Diego