Socratic eLearning!

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Tricia Ransom

Why don’t we design elearning like this?

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Like a…TRICIA!

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Tricia Ransom

A friend of mine posted a link to this ad by Always called #LikeAGirl.

All my life I’ve heard “like a …”:

  • You throw like a girl.
  • You don’t swing a baseball bat like a girl.
  • You don’t talk like a black person.

Of course I throw like a girl. I am a girl. Some of us lob the ball. Some flip. Some throw like major league pitchers. We’re people.

Of course I talk like a black person. I am a black person. Some of us speak the Queen’s English. Some patois. Some Ebonics. Some even speak French and Spanish and Italian and Chinese and a whole bunch of other languages. We’re people.

It took me over half of my life to learn these life lessons:

  1. I like myself.
  2. I am me and that is a wonderful thing.
  3. I’m good enough. In fact, I’m a better me than anyone!
  4. I’m not different from everyone else, and I’m not the same as everyone else. And that’s a wonderful thing.

My mom always tells me and my brother that our birthdays are special because that’s when we entered the world.

Mom tells us that we make the world a better place simply because we are who we are. And you know what? She’s right.

Yes, I can always be a better person. However, at this very moment, I am who I need to be.

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Crunch Time is Hardest Time to WoL yet most Critical

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Tricia Ransom

I promised I’d work out loud and then I go off the grid for weeks.

The very time when you MUST be vocal in what you’re doing and how you’re doing it is during crunch time.

I got stuff done, but I don’t know how and now I can’t share it with you guys.

Does anyone have any ideas? Suggestions? Please?

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Learning from the Past

Posted on June 14, 2014 by Tricia Ransom

Longer post to come soon, but I just saw an actual Linotype machine and spoke with a typesetter.

Fascinated by how much newspapers of yesterday are still influencing communications of today.

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Another Open Letter to Tony Bingham, ASTD Board of Directors and ASTD Employees

Posted on June 6, 2014 by Tricia Ransom

Dear Tony,

I posted my first open letter to you on May 8th asking you and ASTD/ATD to listen.

Now I need to publicly thank you, Brandon, Kristen, Justin, Cris and many other ASTD/ATD employees for listening.

I know this is a HUGE culture shift for you. The simple fact that you’re trying to change means everything to me.

ASTD/ATD is listening, especially if you’re willing to listen to them. They’re trying and they’re open to ideas. That’s all I can ask.

I’m still not a fan of the name – I believe, with my entire heart, that it should include “performance”.

I won’t agree with every action and decision Tony and ASTD/ATD makes. And I’m sure he wouldn’t agree with all of mine. That’s OK.

What I wanted, and what I’m starting to see, is a sharing of the journey Tony took. Whether or not I would have taken the same journey is an impossible question to answer, but at least I am starting to understand the WHY.

I’ve learned Tony is new to blogging. I’ve learned ASTD is new to Social Media and social conversations. Tony’s latest blog, The Journey of Change, post shows me that they’re learning.

Thank you for talking with me and not at me.

Thank you for listening to me and not dismissing my ideas.

Thank you for trying to include me on this journey.

I appreciate it.

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