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Jonathan West

July 2010 - The Public Manager

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Jonathan Rock is a GMP training specialist and instructional designer in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing. He is passionate about bringing compassion, humor, and surprise to compliance training. As an LMS administrator and e-learning developer for the past nine years, Jonathan has worked with various technologies including AICC, SCORM, and xAPI to capture and report learning events to defend his colleagues’ qualifications in regulatory inspections.Jonathan has experience designing, and building a team of trainers to deliver: new employee orientation, soft skills, and train-the-trainer courses. He has taken part in several xAPI cohorts, developing a K—12 environmental teaching game in the Unity 2D game engine, as well as tracking player choices in table-top roleplaying games like Dungeons and Dragons using xAPI statements.He has spoken at local ATD events on the topics of creating your own background art and sprites for e-learning (using PowerPoint) and where to find open source and free art and music assets to build game-based e-learning.Jonathan has a bachelor’s degree in secondary education (English) and an MBA from Western Michigan University. He loves harnessing the power of storytelling to form lasting memory and the use of video game mechanics to make compliance training engaging, challenging, and memorable.

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Confessions of a Corporate TrainerJonathan Halls Tells All(Alexandria, VA), April 29, 2019—When it comes to corporate training, there's a perception that corporate trainers are keynote speakers who talk to small crowds. The reality is completely different. According to Jonathan Halls in his latest book, Confessions of a Corporate Trainer: An Insider Tells All (ATD Press, April 2019), trainers are more like physical therapists. “Much like physical therapists, trainers help their clients stretch and learn to stretch.”Halls contends that the unwritten but seemingly universally accepted dos and don'ts the training industry follows pushes trainers closer to the keynote mold. “Many trainers spend more time worrying about the presentation than crafting experiences learners can use to build their skills.“While presentation skills matter, success for the seasoned trainer is less about how well the trainer delivers content than how the trainer draws on competing dynamics to engage and direct people to the learning objective.” Halls focuses on learners and learning and advises organizations to be learner centered for best training results.Drawing on his extensive career spanning 25 countries, including as a learning executive at the BBC, Halls shares his research through relatable stories about his own training challenges, successes, and failures and offers helpful tips and guidance to the new, accidental, or seasoned trainer on how to be the most effective.Halls underscores that trainers must rely on a solid foundation of critical thinking and understand how learning occurs in the workplace. For the best chance of success, trainers must:satisfy the needs of both the hiring company and the employees being traineddeal with multiple and competing prioritiesturn potential tensions between designers and trainers into rich relationshipsadjust and develop skills to stay competitive and “future-proof” in response to new fads and trends in the training industry and new demands by organizations.Confessions of a Corporate Trainer: An Insider Tells AllISBN: 978-1-947308-92-3April 29, 2019Paperback • 200 Pageshttps://www.td.org/product/book--confessions-of-a-corporate-trainer/111907To order, call 1.800.628.2783

Confessions of a Corporate Trainer: Jonathan Halls Tells All

Recording audio doesn’t have to cost much. In fact, you can be up and running for under $100. You just need a microphone, something to record on, something to listen back to it with, and a space to do the recording.  Microphones Choosing a microphone can be quite daunting when you see all the options. A quick search online might bring up hundreds of different makes and models. But the microphone is the heart of audio recording, so you need to make a good decision.Not all microphones are alike. Different ones respond differently to different voices, so micro¬phone choice can be very personal. In fact, some radio announcers actually bring their own micro¬phone into the studio rather than use the one in the studio. If you buy a microphone in a shop, rather than from an online retailer, take some time to try out different models. Listen to them and choose one that makes you sound good.  Dynamic Versus Condenser Your first purchase choice is between a dynamic or condenser microphone (Figure 6-1). Dynamic mics tend to be more robust than condensers, although condensers are more sensitive and pick up more detail in the higher audio frequencies.A dynamic microphone uses a magnetic coil in the diaphragm to convert the sound waves, whereas the condenser microphone uses a capacitor. The capacitor in a condenser microphone requires electrical current to work, so it will need either a battery or external power supplied from a mixing desk or audio recorder, which is called “phantom power.”Some higher-end condenser microphones, like those used on video cameras or in recording studios, do not have a space for batteries and can only be used with devices that supply the phantom power. Be sure to check before you purchase if your mic requires phantom power and if your audio recording device or mixer can supply it. USB Microphones  A recent development in microphone technology is the USB microphone. This is a plug-and-play device that you can connect to your laptop through the USB port. Most computers will detect the microphone and automatically configure it for use, making it a great trouble-free option. The downside to USB mics is that they tend to be less responsive than traditional mics, so you need to position the mic closer to your mouth. Another limitation is that many models also have a record-only function, so you can’t listen to your voice while you record. And to play back your recording, you need to pull the USB microphone out of the computer. Headset Mics  Some people use headset microphones to record podcasts. Marketed to gaming enthusiasts and people who make VoIP calls, they’re relatively cheap and may seem like a good option. Some even come with noise reduction to help reduce background noise. However, unless you buy a studio-quality model, which are often quite expensive, the audio quality of headset mics is usually very poor. The noise reduction feature is not as effective as one would hope and the frequency response may make you sound like you’re talking on a telephone. They also pick up a lot of breathing because they’re positioned awkwardly relative to the mouth.I have nothing against headset mics when used in gaming and for VoIP. But the purpose of microphones when recording podcasts is to reproduce the voice and other sounds so they are realistic. And for you to sound real and natural in your podcast, most headset mics will not cut it. For another $15, you can dramatically improve the audio quality with a better microphone.For more tips on creating video content read Jonathan’s latest book, Rapid Media Development for Trainers.

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