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3: Lori Reed and Paul Signorelli

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Steve speaks with Lori Reed and Paul Signorelli, authors of the new book Workplace Learning & Leadership.

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Lori Reed is a learning strategist with expertise in training trainers, online training, learning communities, and communication skills.  With over 15 years of experience in the workplace learning and development field, Lori is a North Carolina Master Trainer, certified Synchronous Learning Expert, and was named a 2009 Library Journal “Mover & Shaker.” Her new consulting practice, Lori Reed Learning Solutions, can be found at www.lorireed.com.

Paul Signorelli has more than 20 years of experience as a learning leader for libraries and other organizations and businesses. As Director of Staff Training (six years) and Volunteer Services (14 years) for the San Francisco Public Library system, he created, implemented, and managed numerous training plans. He continues to serve as a writer, trainer, onsite and online presenter, and consultant for a variety of organizations and remains active in the American Library Association Learning Round Table and with ASTD (the American Society for Training & Development), where he has held leadership positions at the local and national level, including his current role (January 2011-December 2013) as a member of ASTD’s National Advisors for Chapters. He can be reached at paul@paulsignorelli.com, through his website (http://paulsignorelli.com), and through his Building Creative Bridges blog.

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2: Unshelved

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Steve speaks with Gene Ambaum and Bill Barnes from the webcomic Unshelved.

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Librarian Gene Ambaum and cartoonist Bill Barnes began publishing Unshelved on February 16, 2002. They have eight published collections.

Gene Ambaum (by Bill Barnes)

Gene Ambaum uses a pen name because he’s scared of his own shadow. He is so good at making fun of strange, difficult customers in Unshelved because he is the strangest, most difficult customer of all. He taught English overseas because no one there was in a position to criticize his spelling. If he ever starts another comic strip it will be about poop, because that’s what he spends most of his time thinking about.

Bill Barnes (by Gene Ambaum)

Bill Barnes loves librarians, show tunes, and meat. He can count his toes without taking off his shoes. Over the past eight years, he has tried to convince Gene that the meaning of “partnership” is doing what he says 99% of the time. He can often be seen wandering the floor at trade shows playing “The Final Countdown” on his ukulele Death Adder. In his spare time he draws Unshelved and writes a comic about the software industry, Not Invented Here.

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