[arrl-odv:30442] ARRL Learning Network
Good afternoon: I wanted to inform the Board of a new initiative we are launching that has been named "The ARRL Learning Network" -- a series of online webinars presented by member-volunteers, for members. While somewhat a reaction to the pandemic, like hamfest forums and radio club presentations, these webinars are intended to help members get more active, involved, and engaged in amateur radio. Prospective speakers will be invited to complete an online form including their topic and other information. A cross-departmental staff team will select speakers to schedule for the webinars. At least initially, the webinars will be hosted using our 500-seat GotoWebinar account, though we will likely evaluate Zoom, too. Webinars will be recorded, and some will be made available for viewing as part of a ARRL Learning Network library. In this way we will be able to control the quality of both the content and the presentation for distribution. Motivation for the Learning Network stems from a handful of goals and interests: * We want to identify more subject matter experts for our future online course member benefit, the ARRL Learning Center. In addition, this might also help identify content providers for our line of publications (both books and periodicals) although that is not the primary purpose. * We want to position ARRL and our experienced member-volunteers as a regular source of quality learning and skills development in amateur radio. * We want to be able to respond to regular requests from our affiliated radio clubs for quality programming, particularly clubs that lack ready access to presenters, or have a last-minute speaker cancellation. * We want to bolster the ARRL membership proposition. The live webinars and recorded presentations are intended for members and will create additional value in the membership. To help initially identify potential presenters, we will be enlisting the SMs in this first step as, individually, each is well connected with known speakers and presenters from throughout the clubs and hamfests in their Section. We will be sending out the attached Call for Speakers to the SMs later this week. Our current plan is to begin scheduling speakers for webinars as early as mid-July. The ARRL Learning Network is the creation of, and is being developed by, Kris Bickell for Lifelong Learning, and Bob Inderbitzen for Product Development. Steve Ford, for Publications, will provide additional support for vetting speakers and topics. Ally Flynn, also for Lifelong Learning, will provide additional support and coordination for the program and speakers. Overall it calls for a collaboration across functions at HQ and it uses qualified member-volunteers to help us reach our objectives, two things we have been criticized for in the past. Right now the program is labeled "beta" as we anticipate making modifications as we introduce and evaluate the webinars. Please let me know if you have any questions and we will try and answer them. 73, Barry, N1VXY
Great idea, Barry. 73, Art K0AIZ On 6/23/2020 1:31 PM, Shelley, Barry, N1VXY (CEO) wrote:
Good afternoon:
I wanted to inform the Board of a new initiative we are launching that has been named “The ARRL Learning Network” -- a series of online webinars presented by member-volunteers, for members. While somewhat a reaction to the pandemic, like hamfest forums and radio club presentations, these webinars are intended to help members get more active, involved, and engaged in amateur radio.
Prospective speakers will be invited to complete an online form including their topic and other information. A cross-departmental staff team will select speakers to schedule for the webinars. At least initially, the webinars will be hosted using our 500-seat GotoWebinar account, though we will likely evaluate Zoom, too. Webinars will be recorded, and some will be made available for viewing as part of a ARRL Learning Network library. In this way we will be able to control the quality of both the content and the presentation for distribution.
Motivation for the Learning Network stems from a handful of goals and interests:
• We want to identify more subject matter experts for our future online course member benefit, the ARRL Learning Center. In addition, this might also help identify content providers for our line of publications (both books and periodicals) although that is not the primary purpose.
• We want to position ARRL and our experienced member-volunteers as a regular source of quality learning and skills development in amateur radio.
• We want to be able to respond to regular requests from our affiliated radio clubs for quality programming, particularly clubs that lack ready access to presenters, or have a last-minute speaker cancellation.
• We want to bolster the ARRL membership proposition. The live webinars and recorded presentations are intended for members and will create additional value in the membership.
To help initially identify potential presenters, we will be enlisting the SMs in this first step as, individually, each is well connected with known speakers and presenters from throughout the clubs and hamfests in their Section. We will be sending out the attached Call for Speakers to the SMs later this week. Our current plan is to begin scheduling speakers for webinars as early as mid-July.
The ARRL Learning Network is the creation of, and is being developed by, Kris Bickell for Lifelong Learning, and Bob Inderbitzen for Product Development. Steve Ford, for Publications, will provide additional support for vetting speakers and topics. Ally Flynn, also for Lifelong Learning, will provide additional support and coordination for the program and speakers. Overall it calls for a collaboration across functions at HQ and it uses qualified member-volunteers to help us reach our objectives, two things we have been criticized for in the past.
Right now the program is labeled “beta” as we anticipate making modifications as we introduce and evaluate the webinars.
Please let me know if you have any questions and we will try and answer them.
73,
Barry, N1VXY
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I like it! Mark, HDX On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 11:31 AM Shelley, Barry, N1VXY (CEO) < bshelley@arrl.org> wrote:
Good afternoon:
I wanted to inform the Board of a new initiative we are launching that has been named “The ARRL Learning Network” -- a series of online webinars presented by member-volunteers, for members. While somewhat a reaction to the pandemic, like hamfest forums and radio club presentations, these webinars are intended to help members get more active, involved, and engaged in amateur radio.
Prospective speakers will be invited to complete an online form including their topic and other information. A cross-departmental staff team will select speakers to schedule for the webinars. At least initially, the webinars will be hosted using our 500-seat GotoWebinar account, though we will likely evaluate Zoom, too. Webinars will be recorded, and some will be made available for viewing as part of a ARRL Learning Network library. In this way we will be able to control the quality of both the content and the presentation for distribution.
Motivation for the Learning Network stems from a handful of goals and interests:
• We want to identify more subject matter experts for our future online course member benefit, the ARRL Learning Center. In addition, this might also help identify content providers for our line of publications (both books and periodicals) although that is not the primary purpose.
• We want to position ARRL and our experienced member-volunteers as a regular source of quality learning and skills development in amateur radio.
• We want to be able to respond to regular requests from our affiliated radio clubs for quality programming, particularly clubs that lack ready access to presenters, or have a last-minute speaker cancellation.
• We want to bolster the ARRL membership proposition. The live webinars and recorded presentations are intended for members and will create additional value in the membership.
To help initially identify potential presenters, we will be enlisting the SMs in this first step as, individually, each is well connected with known speakers and presenters from throughout the clubs and hamfests in their Section. We will be sending out the attached Call for Speakers to the SMs later this week. Our current plan is to begin scheduling speakers for webinars as early as mid-July.
The ARRL Learning Network is the creation of, and is being developed by, Kris Bickell for Lifelong Learning, and Bob Inderbitzen for Product Development. Steve Ford, for Publications, will provide additional support for vetting speakers and topics. Ally Flynn, also for Lifelong Learning, will provide additional support and coordination for the program and speakers. Overall it calls for a collaboration across functions at HQ and it uses qualified member-volunteers to help us reach our objectives, two things we have been criticized for in the past.
Right now the program is labeled “beta” as we anticipate making modifications as we introduce and evaluate the webinars.
Please let me know if you have any questions and we will try and answer them.
73,
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Excellent initiative! Mickey Baker, N4MB Palm Beach Gardens, FL *“The servant-leader is servant first… It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead." Robert K. Greenleaf* On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 2:31 PM Shelley, Barry, N1VXY (CEO) < bshelley@arrl.org> wrote:
Good afternoon:
I wanted to inform the Board of a new initiative we are launching that has been named “The ARRL Learning Network” -- a series of online webinars presented by member-volunteers, for members. While somewhat a reaction to the pandemic, like hamfest forums and radio club presentations, these webinars are intended to help members get more active, involved, and engaged in amateur radio.
Prospective speakers will be invited to complete an online form including their topic and other information. A cross-departmental staff team will select speakers to schedule for the webinars. At least initially, the webinars will be hosted using our 500-seat GotoWebinar account, though we will likely evaluate Zoom, too. Webinars will be recorded, and some will be made available for viewing as part of a ARRL Learning Network library. In this way we will be able to control the quality of both the content and the presentation for distribution.
Motivation for the Learning Network stems from a handful of goals and interests:
• We want to identify more subject matter experts for our future online course member benefit, the ARRL Learning Center. In addition, this might also help identify content providers for our line of publications (both books and periodicals) although that is not the primary purpose.
• We want to position ARRL and our experienced member-volunteers as a regular source of quality learning and skills development in amateur radio.
• We want to be able to respond to regular requests from our affiliated radio clubs for quality programming, particularly clubs that lack ready access to presenters, or have a last-minute speaker cancellation.
• We want to bolster the ARRL membership proposition. The live webinars and recorded presentations are intended for members and will create additional value in the membership.
To help initially identify potential presenters, we will be enlisting the SMs in this first step as, individually, each is well connected with known speakers and presenters from throughout the clubs and hamfests in their Section. We will be sending out the attached Call for Speakers to the SMs later this week. Our current plan is to begin scheduling speakers for webinars as early as mid-July.
The ARRL Learning Network is the creation of, and is being developed by, Kris Bickell for Lifelong Learning, and Bob Inderbitzen for Product Development. Steve Ford, for Publications, will provide additional support for vetting speakers and topics. Ally Flynn, also for Lifelong Learning, will provide additional support and coordination for the program and speakers. Overall it calls for a collaboration across functions at HQ and it uses qualified member-volunteers to help us reach our objectives, two things we have been criticized for in the past.
Right now the program is labeled “beta” as we anticipate making modifications as we introduce and evaluate the webinars.
Please let me know if you have any questions and we will try and answer them.
73,
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You guys stole my thunder, but that's probably a good thing. I have been working on putting together a seminar/webinar series for our Division using the Zoom webinar software, especially since we lost Sea-Pac this year. I have an Asst Director who is charge of keeping track of subject matter experts/speakers and subjects, and he was going to put it all together along with a couple other guys. Now I guess he can work with his SM to get the information to HQ, and I can now back out of it. :-) 73; Mike W7VO
On 06/23/2020 11:31 AM Shelley, Barry, N1VXY (CEO) <bshelley@arrl.org> wrote:
Good afternoon:
I wanted to inform the Board of a new initiative we are launching that has been named “The ARRL Learning Network” -- a series of online webinars presented by member-volunteers, for members. While somewhat a reaction to the pandemic, like hamfest forums and radio club presentations, these webinars are intended to help members get more active, involved, and engaged in amateur radio.
Prospective speakers will be invited to complete an online form including their topic and other information. A cross-departmental staff team will select speakers to schedule for the webinars. At least initially, the webinars will be hosted using our 500-seat GotoWebinar account, though we will likely evaluate Zoom, too. Webinars will be recorded, and some will be made available for viewing as part of a ARRL Learning Network library. In this way we will be able to control the quality of both the content and the presentation for distribution.
Motivation for the Learning Network stems from a handful of goals and interests:
• We want to identify more subject matter experts for our future online course member benefit, the ARRL Learning Center. In addition, this might also help identify content providers for our line of publications (both books and periodicals) although that is not the primary purpose.
• We want to position ARRL and our experienced member-volunteers as a regular source of quality learning and skills development in amateur radio.
• We want to be able to respond to regular requests from our affiliated radio clubs for quality programming, particularly clubs that lack ready access to presenters, or have a last-minute speaker cancellation.
• We want to bolster the ARRL membership proposition. The live webinars and recorded presentations are intended for members and will create additional value in the membership.
To help initially identify potential presenters, we will be enlisting the SMs in this first step as, individually, each is well connected with known speakers and presenters from throughout the clubs and hamfests in their Section. We will be sending out the attached Call for Speakers to the SMs later this week. Our current plan is to begin scheduling speakers for webinars as early as mid-July.
The ARRL Learning Network is the creation of, and is being developed by, Kris Bickell for Lifelong Learning, and Bob Inderbitzen for Product Development. Steve Ford, for Publications, will provide additional support for vetting speakers and topics. Ally Flynn, also for Lifelong Learning, will provide additional support and coordination for the program and speakers. Overall it calls for a collaboration across functions at HQ and it uses qualified member-volunteers to help us reach our objectives, two things we have been criticized for in the past.
Right now the program is labeled “beta” as we anticipate making modifications as we introduce and evaluate the webinars.
Please let me know if you have any questions and we will try and answer them.
73,
Barry, N1VXY
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Barry et al: Thanks for putting this together. What an exciting member benefit. 73, -- Dale WA8EFK On 6/23/2020 2:31 PM, Shelley, Barry, N1VXY (CEO) wrote:
Good afternoon:
I wanted to inform the Board of a new initiative we are launching that has been named “The ARRL Learning Network” -- a series of online webinars presented by member-volunteers, for members. While somewhat a reaction to the pandemic, like hamfest forums and radio club presentations, these webinars are intended to help members get more active, involved, and engaged in amateur radio.
Prospective speakers will be invited to complete an online form including their topic and other information. A cross-departmental staff team will select speakers to schedule for the webinars. At least initially, the webinars will be hosted using our 500-seat GotoWebinar account, though we will likely evaluate Zoom, too. Webinars will be recorded, and some will be made available for viewing as part of a ARRL Learning Network library. In this way we will be able to control the quality of both the content and the presentation for distribution.
Motivation for the Learning Network stems from a handful of goals and interests:
• We want to identify more subject matter experts for our future online course member benefit, the ARRL Learning Center. In addition, this might also help identify content providers for our line of publications (both books and periodicals) although that is not the primary purpose.
• We want to position ARRL and our experienced member-volunteers as a regular source of quality learning and skills development in amateur radio.
• We want to be able to respond to regular requests from our affiliated radio clubs for quality programming, particularly clubs that lack ready access to presenters, or have a last-minute speaker cancellation.
• We want to bolster the ARRL membership proposition. The live webinars and recorded presentations are intended for members and will create additional value in the membership.
To help initially identify potential presenters, we will be enlisting the SMs in this first step as, individually, each is well connected with known speakers and presenters from throughout the clubs and hamfests in their Section. We will be sending out the attached Call for Speakers to the SMs later this week. Our current plan is to begin scheduling speakers for webinars as early as mid-July.
The ARRL Learning Network is the creation of, and is being developed by, Kris Bickell for Lifelong Learning, and Bob Inderbitzen for Product Development. Steve Ford, for Publications, will provide additional support for vetting speakers and topics. Ally Flynn, also for Lifelong Learning, will provide additional support and coordination for the program and speakers. Overall it calls for a collaboration across functions at HQ and it uses qualified member-volunteers to help us reach our objectives, two things we have been criticized for in the past.
Right now the program is labeled “beta” as we anticipate making modifications as we introduce and evaluate the webinars.
Please let me know if you have any questions and we will try and answer them.
73,
Barry, N1VXY
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This is great news. Please do let us know when we can publicize. I also have a few speakers in mind from my division as well as my friends. 73 Ria, N2RJ On Tue, 23 Jun 2020 at 14:31, Shelley, Barry, N1VXY (CEO) <bshelley@arrl.org> wrote:
Good afternoon:
I wanted to inform the Board of a new initiative we are launching that has been named “The ARRL Learning Network” -- a series of online webinars presented by member-volunteers, for members. While somewhat a reaction to the pandemic, like hamfest forums and radio club presentations, these webinars are intended to help members get more active, involved, and engaged in amateur radio.
Prospective speakers will be invited to complete an online form including their topic and other information. A cross-departmental staff team will select speakers to schedule for the webinars. At least initially, the webinars will be hosted using our 500-seat GotoWebinar account, though we will likely evaluate Zoom, too. Webinars will be recorded, and some will be made available for viewing as part of a ARRL Learning Network library. In this way we will be able to control the quality of both the content and the presentation for distribution.
Motivation for the Learning Network stems from a handful of goals and interests:
• We want to identify more subject matter experts for our future online course member benefit, the ARRL Learning Center. In addition, this might also help identify content providers for our line of publications (both books and periodicals) although that is not the primary purpose.
• We want to position ARRL and our experienced member-volunteers as a regular source of quality learning and skills development in amateur radio.
• We want to be able to respond to regular requests from our affiliated radio clubs for quality programming, particularly clubs that lack ready access to presenters, or have a last-minute speaker cancellation.
• We want to bolster the ARRL membership proposition. The live webinars and recorded presentations are intended for members and will create additional value in the membership.
To help initially identify potential presenters, we will be enlisting the SMs in this first step as, individually, each is well connected with known speakers and presenters from throughout the clubs and hamfests in their Section. We will be sending out the attached Call for Speakers to the SMs later this week. Our current plan is to begin scheduling speakers for webinars as early as mid-July.
The ARRL Learning Network is the creation of, and is being developed by, Kris Bickell for Lifelong Learning, and Bob Inderbitzen for Product Development. Steve Ford, for Publications, will provide additional support for vetting speakers and topics. Ally Flynn, also for Lifelong Learning, will provide additional support and coordination for the program and speakers. Overall it calls for a collaboration across functions at HQ and it uses qualified member-volunteers to help us reach our objectives, two things we have been criticized for in the past.
Right now the program is labeled “beta” as we anticipate making modifications as we introduce and evaluate the webinars.
Please let me know if you have any questions and we will try and answer them.
73,
Barry, N1VXY
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Barry, all, This is an excellent initiative for all the reasons you listed. Many smaller clubs in the Midwest simply run out of presenters/topics for club meetings and as a result interest and participation wanes. The larger clubs found in metropolitan areas have a larger pool of talent to draw from and thus are thriving. We will contribute to this important program you have started. Best 73's, Rod, K0DAS On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 1:31 PM Shelley, Barry, N1VXY (CEO) < bshelley@arrl.org> wrote:
Good afternoon:
I wanted to inform the Board of a new initiative we are launching that has been named “The ARRL Learning Network” -- a series of online webinars presented by member-volunteers, for members. While somewhat a reaction to the pandemic, like hamfest forums and radio club presentations, these webinars are intended to help members get more active, involved, and engaged in amateur radio.
Prospective speakers will be invited to complete an online form including their topic and other information. A cross-departmental staff team will select speakers to schedule for the webinars. At least initially, the webinars will be hosted using our 500-seat GotoWebinar account, though we will likely evaluate Zoom, too. Webinars will be recorded, and some will be made available for viewing as part of a ARRL Learning Network library. In this way we will be able to control the quality of both the content and the presentation for distribution.
Motivation for the Learning Network stems from a handful of goals and interests:
• We want to identify more subject matter experts for our future online course member benefit, the ARRL Learning Center. In addition, this might also help identify content providers for our line of publications (both books and periodicals) although that is not the primary purpose.
• We want to position ARRL and our experienced member-volunteers as a regular source of quality learning and skills development in amateur radio.
• We want to be able to respond to regular requests from our affiliated radio clubs for quality programming, particularly clubs that lack ready access to presenters, or have a last-minute speaker cancellation.
• We want to bolster the ARRL membership proposition. The live webinars and recorded presentations are intended for members and will create additional value in the membership.
To help initially identify potential presenters, we will be enlisting the SMs in this first step as, individually, each is well connected with known speakers and presenters from throughout the clubs and hamfests in their Section. We will be sending out the attached Call for Speakers to the SMs later this week. Our current plan is to begin scheduling speakers for webinars as early as mid-July.
The ARRL Learning Network is the creation of, and is being developed by, Kris Bickell for Lifelong Learning, and Bob Inderbitzen for Product Development. Steve Ford, for Publications, will provide additional support for vetting speakers and topics. Ally Flynn, also for Lifelong Learning, will provide additional support and coordination for the program and speakers. Overall it calls for a collaboration across functions at HQ and it uses qualified member-volunteers to help us reach our objectives, two things we have been criticized for in the past.
Right now the program is labeled “beta” as we anticipate making modifications as we introduce and evaluate the webinars.
Please let me know if you have any questions and we will try and answer them.
73,
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Speaking of which, do we have an active speakers bureau? I’m unclear how it works. I bring speakers to clubs and conventions from my own social circle (such as your excellent kit building resource, Joe, K0NEB) but it would be nice to have something official from ARRL that we can use. Ria N2RJ On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 9:32 AM Rod Blocksome <rod.blocksome@gmail.com> wrote:
Barry, all, This is an excellent initiative for all the reasons you listed. Many smaller clubs in the Midwest simply run out of presenters/topics for club meetings and as a result interest and participation wanes. The larger clubs found in metropolitan areas have a larger pool of talent to draw from and thus are thriving. We will contribute to this important program you have started. Best 73's, Rod, K0DAS
On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 1:31 PM Shelley, Barry, N1VXY (CEO) < bshelley@arrl.org> wrote:
Good afternoon:
I wanted to inform the Board of a new initiative we are launching that has been named “The ARRL Learning Network” -- a series of online webinars presented by member-volunteers, for members. While somewhat a reaction to the pandemic, like hamfest forums and radio club presentations, these webinars are intended to help members get more active, involved, and engaged in amateur radio.
Prospective speakers will be invited to complete an online form including their topic and other information. A cross-departmental staff team will select speakers to schedule for the webinars. At least initially, the webinars will be hosted using our 500-seat GotoWebinar account, though we will likely evaluate Zoom, too. Webinars will be recorded, and some will be made available for viewing as part of a ARRL Learning Network library. In this way we will be able to control the quality of both the content and the presentation for distribution.
Motivation for the Learning Network stems from a handful of goals and interests:
• We want to identify more subject matter experts for our future online course member benefit, the ARRL Learning Center. In addition, this might also help identify content providers for our line of publications (both books and periodicals) although that is not the primary purpose.
• We want to position ARRL and our experienced member-volunteers as a regular source of quality learning and skills development in amateur radio.
• We want to be able to respond to regular requests from our affiliated radio clubs for quality programming, particularly clubs that lack ready access to presenters, or have a last-minute speaker cancellation.
• We want to bolster the ARRL membership proposition. The live webinars and recorded presentations are intended for members and will create additional value in the membership.
To help initially identify potential presenters, we will be enlisting the SMs in this first step as, individually, each is well connected with known speakers and presenters from throughout the clubs and hamfests in their Section. We will be sending out the attached Call for Speakers to the SMs later this week. Our current plan is to begin scheduling speakers for webinars as early as mid-July.
The ARRL Learning Network is the creation of, and is being developed by, Kris Bickell for Lifelong Learning, and Bob Inderbitzen for Product Development. Steve Ford, for Publications, will provide additional support for vetting speakers and topics. Ally Flynn, also for Lifelong Learning, will provide additional support and coordination for the program and speakers. Overall it calls for a collaboration across functions at HQ and it uses qualified member-volunteers to help us reach our objectives, two things we have been criticized for in the past.
Right now the program is labeled “beta” as we anticipate making modifications as we introduce and evaluate the webinars.
Please let me know if you have any questions and we will try and answer them.
73,
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Outstanding Barry! Right on target crew! Congrats! 73 David A. Norris, K5UZ Director, Delta Division Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 24, 2020, at 8:39 AM, "rjairam@gmail.com" <rjairam@gmail.com> wrote:
Speaking of which, do we have an active speakers bureau? I’m unclear how it works. I bring speakers to clubs and conventions from my own social circle (such as your excellent kit building resource, Joe, K0NEB) but it would be nice to have something official from ARRL that we can use.
Ria N2RJ
On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 9:32 AM Rod Blocksome <rod.blocksome@gmail.com> wrote: Barry, all, This is an excellent initiative for all the reasons you listed. Many smaller clubs in the Midwest simply run out of presenters/topics for club meetings and as a result interest and participation wanes. The larger clubs found in metropolitan areas have a larger pool of talent to draw from and thus are thriving. We will contribute to this important program you have started. Best 73's, Rod, K0DAS
On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 1:31 PM Shelley, Barry, N1VXY (CEO) <bshelley@arrl.org> wrote: Good afternoon:
I wanted to inform the Board of a new initiative we are launching that has been named “The ARRL Learning Network” -- a series of online webinars presented by member-volunteers, for members. While somewhat a reaction to the pandemic, like hamfest forums and radio club presentations, these webinars are intended to help members get more active, involved, and engaged in amateur radio.
Prospective speakers will be invited to complete an online form including their topic and other information. A cross-departmental staff team will select speakers to schedule for the webinars. At least initially, the webinars will be hosted using our 500-seat GotoWebinar account, though we will likely evaluate Zoom, too. Webinars will be recorded, and some will be made available for viewing as part of a ARRL Learning Network library. In this way we will be able to control the quality of both the content and the presentation for distribution.
Motivation for the Learning Network stems from a handful of goals and interests:
• We want to identify more subject matter experts for our future online course member benefit, the ARRL Learning Center. In addition, this might also help identify content providers for our line of publications (both books and periodicals) although that is not the primary purpose.
• We want to position ARRL and our experienced member-volunteers as a regular source of quality learning and skills development in amateur radio.
• We want to be able to respond to regular requests from our affiliated radio clubs for quality programming, particularly clubs that lack ready access to presenters, or have a last-minute speaker cancellation.
• We want to bolster the ARRL membership proposition. The live webinars and recorded presentations are intended for members and will create additional value in the membership.
To help initially identify potential presenters, we will be enlisting the SMs in this first step as, individually, each is well connected with known speakers and presenters from throughout the clubs and hamfests in their Section. We will be sending out the attached Call for Speakers to the SMs later this week. Our current plan is to begin scheduling speakers for webinars as early as mid-July.
The ARRL Learning Network is the creation of, and is being developed by, Kris Bickell for Lifelong Learning, and Bob Inderbitzen for Product Development. Steve Ford, for Publications, will provide additional support for vetting speakers and topics. Ally Flynn, also for Lifelong Learning, will provide additional support and coordination for the program and speakers. Overall it calls for a collaboration across functions at HQ and it uses qualified member-volunteers to help us reach our objectives, two things we have been criticized for in the past.
Right now the program is labeled “beta” as we anticipate making modifications as we introduce and evaluate the webinars.
Please let me know if you have any questions and we will try and answer them.
73,
Barry, N1VXY
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Ria: The work we’re doing on this initiative will certainly lead to a very good list of presenters and, as noted earlier, allow for clubs to replay presentations in which they’re interested. There was an attempt many years ago to form and ARRL Speakers Bureau but it never really got off the ground. There is a very small list on our web site of speakers, (http://www.arrl.org/speakers-bureau) all from the HQ staff, but I can’t say I would want to promote it in any form or fashion. 73, Barry, N1VXY From: rjairam@gmail.com <rjairam@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2020 9:39 AM To: Blocksome, Rod, K0DAS (Dir, MW) <rod.blocksome@gmail.com> Cc: Bickell, Kris, K1BIC <kbickell@arrl.org>; Inderbitzen, Bob, NQ1R <rinderbitzen@arrl.org>; Shelley, Barry, N1VXY (CEO) <bshelley@arrl.org>; arrl-odv <arrl-odv@arrl.org> Subject: Re: [arrl-odv:30450] Re: ARRL Learning Network Speaking of which, do we have an active speakers bureau? I’m unclear how it works. I bring speakers to clubs and conventions from my own social circle (such as your excellent kit building resource, Joe, K0NEB) but it would be nice to have something official from ARRL that we can use. Ria N2RJ On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 9:32 AM Rod Blocksome <rod.blocksome@gmail.com<mailto:rod.blocksome@gmail.com>> wrote: Barry, all, This is an excellent initiative for all the reasons you listed. Many smaller clubs in the Midwest simply run out of presenters/topics for club meetings and as a result interest and participation wanes. The larger clubs found in metropolitan areas have a larger pool of talent to draw from and thus are thriving. We will contribute to this important program you have started. Best 73's, Rod, K0DAS On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 1:31 PM Shelley, Barry, N1VXY (CEO) <bshelley@arrl.org<mailto:bshelley@arrl.org>> wrote: Good afternoon: I wanted to inform the Board of a new initiative we are launching that has been named “The ARRL Learning Network” -- a series of online webinars presented by member-volunteers, for members. While somewhat a reaction to the pandemic, like hamfest forums and radio club presentations, these webinars are intended to help members get more active, involved, and engaged in amateur radio. Prospective speakers will be invited to complete an online form including their topic and other information. A cross-departmental staff team will select speakers to schedule for the webinars. At least initially, the webinars will be hosted using our 500-seat GotoWebinar account, though we will likely evaluate Zoom, too. Webinars will be recorded, and some will be made available for viewing as part of a ARRL Learning Network library. In this way we will be able to control the quality of both the content and the presentation for distribution. Motivation for the Learning Network stems from a handful of goals and interests: • We want to identify more subject matter experts for our future online course member benefit, the ARRL Learning Center. In addition, this might also help identify content providers for our line of publications (both books and periodicals) although that is not the primary purpose. • We want to position ARRL and our experienced member-volunteers as a regular source of quality learning and skills development in amateur radio. • We want to be able to respond to regular requests from our affiliated radio clubs for quality programming, particularly clubs that lack ready access to presenters, or have a last-minute speaker cancellation. • We want to bolster the ARRL membership proposition. The live webinars and recorded presentations are intended for members and will create additional value in the membership. To help initially identify potential presenters, we will be enlisting the SMs in this first step as, individually, each is well connected with known speakers and presenters from throughout the clubs and hamfests in their Section. We will be sending out the attached Call for Speakers to the SMs later this week. Our current plan is to begin scheduling speakers for webinars as early as mid-July. The ARRL Learning Network is the creation of, and is being developed by, Kris Bickell for Lifelong Learning, and Bob Inderbitzen for Product Development. Steve Ford, for Publications, will provide additional support for vetting speakers and topics. Ally Flynn, also for Lifelong Learning, will provide additional support and coordination for the program and speakers. Overall it calls for a collaboration across functions at HQ and it uses qualified member-volunteers to help us reach our objectives, two things we have been criticized for in the past. Right now the program is labeled “beta” as we anticipate making modifications as we introduce and evaluate the webinars. Please let me know if you have any questions and we will try and answer them. 73, Barry, N1VXY _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org<mailto:arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org<mailto:arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv
Sounds good, thanks. I’m watching this with keen interest as I firmly believe that learning has to be our focus. I’m pleased that ARRL is now taking this initiative and it has my full support. Ria N2RJ On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 11:34 AM Shelley, Barry, N1VXY (CEO) < bshelley@arrl.org> wrote:
Ria:
The work we’re doing on this initiative will certainly lead to a very good list of presenters and, as noted earlier, allow for clubs to replay presentations in which they’re interested.
There was an attempt many years ago to form and ARRL Speakers Bureau but it never really got off the ground. There is a very small list on our web site of speakers, (http://www.arrl.org/speakers-bureau) all from the HQ staff, but I can’t say I would want to promote it in any form or fashion.
73,
Barry, N1VXY
*From:* rjairam@gmail.com <rjairam@gmail.com> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 24, 2020 9:39 AM *To:* Blocksome, Rod, K0DAS (Dir, MW) <rod.blocksome@gmail.com> *Cc:* Bickell, Kris, K1BIC <kbickell@arrl.org>; Inderbitzen, Bob, NQ1R < rinderbitzen@arrl.org>; Shelley, Barry, N1VXY (CEO) <bshelley@arrl.org>; arrl-odv <arrl-odv@arrl.org> *Subject:* Re: [arrl-odv:30450] Re: ARRL Learning Network
Speaking of which, do we have an active speakers bureau? I’m unclear how it works. I bring speakers to clubs and conventions from my own social circle (such as your excellent kit building resource, Joe, K0NEB) but it would be nice to have something official from ARRL that we can use.
Ria
N2RJ
On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 9:32 AM Rod Blocksome <rod.blocksome@gmail.com> wrote:
Barry, all,
This is an excellent initiative for all the reasons you listed.
Many smaller clubs in the Midwest simply run out of presenters/topics for club meetings and as a result interest and participation wanes.
The larger clubs found in metropolitan areas have a larger pool of talent to draw from and thus are thriving.
We will contribute to this important program you have started.
Best 73's,
Rod, K0DAS
On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 1:31 PM Shelley, Barry, N1VXY (CEO) < bshelley@arrl.org> wrote:
Good afternoon:
I wanted to inform the Board of a new initiative we are launching that has been named “The ARRL Learning Network” -- a series of online webinars presented by member-volunteers, for members. While somewhat a reaction to the pandemic, like hamfest forums and radio club presentations, these webinars are intended to help members get more active, involved, and engaged in amateur radio.
Prospective speakers will be invited to complete an online form including their topic and other information. A cross-departmental staff team will select speakers to schedule for the webinars. At least initially, the webinars will be hosted using our 500-seat GotoWebinar account, though we will likely evaluate Zoom, too. Webinars will be recorded, and some will be made available for viewing as part of a ARRL Learning Network library. In this way we will be able to control the quality of both the content and the presentation for distribution.
Motivation for the Learning Network stems from a handful of goals and interests:
• We want to identify more subject matter experts for our future online course member benefit, the ARRL Learning Center. In addition, this might also help identify content providers for our line of publications (both books and periodicals) although that is not the primary purpose.
• We want to position ARRL and our experienced member-volunteers as a regular source of quality learning and skills development in amateur radio.
• We want to be able to respond to regular requests from our affiliated radio clubs for quality programming, particularly clubs that lack ready access to presenters, or have a last-minute speaker cancellation.
• We want to bolster the ARRL membership proposition. The live webinars and recorded presentations are intended for members and will create additional value in the membership.
To help initially identify potential presenters, we will be enlisting the SMs in this first step as, individually, each is well connected with known speakers and presenters from throughout the clubs and hamfests in their Section. We will be sending out the attached Call for Speakers to the SMs later this week. Our current plan is to begin scheduling speakers for webinars as early as mid-July.
The ARRL Learning Network is the creation of, and is being developed by, Kris Bickell for Lifelong Learning, and Bob Inderbitzen for Product Development. Steve Ford, for Publications, will provide additional support for vetting speakers and topics. Ally Flynn, also for Lifelong Learning, will provide additional support and coordination for the program and speakers. Overall it calls for a collaboration across functions at HQ and it uses qualified member-volunteers to help us reach our objectives, two things we have been criticized for in the past.
Right now the program is labeled “beta” as we anticipate making modifications as we introduce and evaluate the webinars.
Please let me know if you have any questions and we will try and answer them.
73,
Barry, N1VXY
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Barry & all, It just occurred to me - A quick source of potential presenters can be quickly assembled by looking at the list of presenters at all the large hamfests and conventions over the past few years. The folks that were lined up to speak at Dayton 2020 probably have a presentation already prepared and ready to go. This might "jump start" the program? Just a suggestion, Rod, K0DAS On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 1:31 PM Shelley, Barry, N1VXY (CEO) < bshelley@arrl.org> wrote:
Good afternoon:
I wanted to inform the Board of a new initiative we are launching that has been named “The ARRL Learning Network” -- a series of online webinars presented by member-volunteers, for members. While somewhat a reaction to the pandemic, like hamfest forums and radio club presentations, these webinars are intended to help members get more active, involved, and engaged in amateur radio.
Prospective speakers will be invited to complete an online form including their topic and other information. A cross-departmental staff team will select speakers to schedule for the webinars. At least initially, the webinars will be hosted using our 500-seat GotoWebinar account, though we will likely evaluate Zoom, too. Webinars will be recorded, and some will be made available for viewing as part of a ARRL Learning Network library. In this way we will be able to control the quality of both the content and the presentation for distribution.
Motivation for the Learning Network stems from a handful of goals and interests:
• We want to identify more subject matter experts for our future online course member benefit, the ARRL Learning Center. In addition, this might also help identify content providers for our line of publications (both books and periodicals) although that is not the primary purpose.
• We want to position ARRL and our experienced member-volunteers as a regular source of quality learning and skills development in amateur radio.
• We want to be able to respond to regular requests from our affiliated radio clubs for quality programming, particularly clubs that lack ready access to presenters, or have a last-minute speaker cancellation.
• We want to bolster the ARRL membership proposition. The live webinars and recorded presentations are intended for members and will create additional value in the membership.
To help initially identify potential presenters, we will be enlisting the SMs in this first step as, individually, each is well connected with known speakers and presenters from throughout the clubs and hamfests in their Section. We will be sending out the attached Call for Speakers to the SMs later this week. Our current plan is to begin scheduling speakers for webinars as early as mid-July.
The ARRL Learning Network is the creation of, and is being developed by, Kris Bickell for Lifelong Learning, and Bob Inderbitzen for Product Development. Steve Ford, for Publications, will provide additional support for vetting speakers and topics. Ally Flynn, also for Lifelong Learning, will provide additional support and coordination for the program and speakers. Overall it calls for a collaboration across functions at HQ and it uses qualified member-volunteers to help us reach our objectives, two things we have been criticized for in the past.
Right now the program is labeled “beta” as we anticipate making modifications as we introduce and evaluate the webinars.
Please let me know if you have any questions and we will try and answer them.
73,
Barry, N1VXY _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv
Thanks Rod. Those sources are already on our target list and we’ll be mining them for appropriate presentations. 73, Barry, N1VXY From: Rod Blocksome <rod.blocksome@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2020 9:41 AM To: Shelley, Barry, N1VXY (CEO) <bshelley@arrl.org> Cc: arrl-odv <arrl-odv@arrl.org>; Inderbitzen, Bob, NQ1R <rinderbitzen@arrl.org>; Bickell, Kris, K1BIC <kbickell@arrl.org> Subject: Re: [arrl-odv:30442] ARRL Learning Network Barry & all, It just occurred to me - A quick source of potential presenters can be quickly assembled by looking at the list of presenters at all the large hamfests and conventions over the past few years. The folks that were lined up to speak at Dayton 2020 probably have a presentation already prepared and ready to go. This might "jump start" the program? Just a suggestion, Rod, K0DAS On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 1:31 PM Shelley, Barry, N1VXY (CEO) <bshelley@arrl.org<mailto:bshelley@arrl.org>> wrote: Good afternoon: I wanted to inform the Board of a new initiative we are launching that has been named “The ARRL Learning Network” -- a series of online webinars presented by member-volunteers, for members. While somewhat a reaction to the pandemic, like hamfest forums and radio club presentations, these webinars are intended to help members get more active, involved, and engaged in amateur radio. Prospective speakers will be invited to complete an online form including their topic and other information. A cross-departmental staff team will select speakers to schedule for the webinars. At least initially, the webinars will be hosted using our 500-seat GotoWebinar account, though we will likely evaluate Zoom, too. Webinars will be recorded, and some will be made available for viewing as part of a ARRL Learning Network library. In this way we will be able to control the quality of both the content and the presentation for distribution. Motivation for the Learning Network stems from a handful of goals and interests: • We want to identify more subject matter experts for our future online course member benefit, the ARRL Learning Center. In addition, this might also help identify content providers for our line of publications (both books and periodicals) although that is not the primary purpose. • We want to position ARRL and our experienced member-volunteers as a regular source of quality learning and skills development in amateur radio. • We want to be able to respond to regular requests from our affiliated radio clubs for quality programming, particularly clubs that lack ready access to presenters, or have a last-minute speaker cancellation. • We want to bolster the ARRL membership proposition. The live webinars and recorded presentations are intended for members and will create additional value in the membership. To help initially identify potential presenters, we will be enlisting the SMs in this first step as, individually, each is well connected with known speakers and presenters from throughout the clubs and hamfests in their Section. We will be sending out the attached Call for Speakers to the SMs later this week. Our current plan is to begin scheduling speakers for webinars as early as mid-July. The ARRL Learning Network is the creation of, and is being developed by, Kris Bickell for Lifelong Learning, and Bob Inderbitzen for Product Development. Steve Ford, for Publications, will provide additional support for vetting speakers and topics. Ally Flynn, also for Lifelong Learning, will provide additional support and coordination for the program and speakers. Overall it calls for a collaboration across functions at HQ and it uses qualified member-volunteers to help us reach our objectives, two things we have been criticized for in the past. Right now the program is labeled “beta” as we anticipate making modifications as we introduce and evaluate the webinars. Please let me know if you have any questions and we will try and answer them. 73, Barry, N1VXY _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org<mailto:arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv
IMO, the primary strength of this initiative will be the those presentations that are recorded and become available for LATER viewing “as part of a ARRL Learning Network library”. We hear from many sources that younger folks don’t read handbooks and user manuals, and I know from watching my 29-y/o son how true that is. What this age group DOES do is watch video tutorials ten minutes before undertaking a specific task: "How to Rebuild a MerCruiser Lower Unit”, etc. For me, the problem with that approach is that for every excellent YouTube video out there I have to wade through a half-dozen or more that range from “terrible” to “boring” to “off-target” to “decidedly unsafe recommendations”. A library of useful presentations to hams at all stages of the learning-about-ham-radio process has the potential to boost ARRL’s “stock” among the general ham population PROVIDED we make sure that all such library videos have been vetted for such matters as: * Safety * Interesting, attention-holding, and upbeat presentation skills * Accuracy of (technical, regulatory, etc.) information conveyed * Clarity and SNR of dialog and other audio content And I’m sure there are more categories that need to be added to that short bullet list above. If we adhere to a rigorous selection process, gradually amateurs will learn that they waste the least amount of time by selecting an ARRL Learning Network video. Most importantly: Vetting needs to be done by people who are good representatives of the TARGET populations, not just the experts in those topics. Bud, W2RU On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 1:31 PM Shelley, Barry, N1VXY (CEO) <bshelley@arrl.org<mailto:bshelley@arrl.org>> wrote: Good afternoon: I wanted to inform the Board of a new initiative we are launching that has been named “The ARRL Learning Network” -- a series of online webinars presented by member-volunteers, for members. While somewhat a reaction to the pandemic, like hamfest forums and radio club presentations, these webinars are intended to help members get more active, involved, and engaged in amateur radio. Prospective speakers will be invited to complete an online form including their topic and other information. A cross-departmental staff team will select speakers to schedule for the webinars. At least initially, the webinars will be hosted using our 500-seat GotoWebinar account, though we will likely evaluate Zoom, too. Webinars will be recorded, and some will be made available for viewing as part of a ARRL Learning Network library. In this way we will be able to control the quality of both the content and the presentation for distribution. Motivation for the Learning Network stems from a handful of goals and interests: • We want to identify more subject matter experts for our future online course member benefit, the ARRL Learning Center. In addition, this might also help identify content providers for our line of publications (both books and periodicals) although that is not the primary purpose. • We want to position ARRL and our experienced member-volunteers as a regular source of quality learning and skills development in amateur radio. • We want to be able to respond to regular requests from our affiliated radio clubs for quality programming, particularly clubs that lack ready access to presenters, or have a last-minute speaker cancellation. • We want to bolster the ARRL membership proposition. The live webinars and recorded presentations are intended for members and will create additional value in the membership. To help initially identify potential presenters, we will be enlisting the SMs in this first step as, individually, each is well connected with known speakers and presenters from throughout the clubs and hamfests in their Section. We will be sending out the attached Call for Speakers to the SMs later this week. Our current plan is to begin scheduling speakers for webinars as early as mid-July. The ARRL Learning Network is the creation of, and is being developed by, Kris Bickell for Lifelong Learning, and Bob Inderbitzen for Product Development. Steve Ford, for Publications, will provide additional support for vetting speakers and topics. Ally Flynn, also for Lifelong Learning, will provide additional support and coordination for the program and speakers. Overall it calls for a collaboration across functions at HQ and it uses qualified member-volunteers to help us reach our objectives, two things we have been criticized for in the past. Right now the program is labeled “beta” as we anticipate making modifications as we introduce and evaluate the webinars. Please let me know if you have any questions and we will try and answer them. 73, Barry, N1VXY _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org<mailto:arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org<mailto:arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv
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Arthur I. Zygielbaum -
Dale Williams -
David Norris -
Hippisley, George (Bud), W2RU, (Dir, RK) -
Mark J Tharp -
Michael Ritz -
Mickey Baker -
rjairam＠gmail.com -
Rod Blocksome -
Shelley, Barry, N1VXY (CEO)