RE: Staff training

2011-10-13 Thread Ralph Smith
Good to know, thanks. From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 9:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Staff training I like the Train Signal discs. James On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 8:41 PM, Ralph Smith wrote: Thanks, i'll check thos

Re: Staff training

2011-10-13 Thread James Kerr
:* Wednesday, October 12, 2011 1:19 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Staff training > > ** ** > > Another option is to check the local community colleges. Some of them have > IT Tracks and much better pricing. > > ** ** > > ** ** > > On

RE: Staff training

2011-10-12 Thread Ralph Smith
nsite training as well. From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 1:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Staff training Another option is to check the local community colleges. Some of them have IT Tracks and much better pricing. O

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2011-10-12 Thread Jimmy Tran
. They also do onsite training as well. From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 1:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Staff training Another option is to check the local community colleges. Some of them have IT Tracks and much

RE: Staff training

2011-10-12 Thread Kennedy, Jim
Another option is to check the local community colleges. Some of them have IT Tracks and much better pricing. On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Ralph Smith mailto:m...@gatewayindustries.org>> wrote: This may be a little OT, but I was just pricing out some training for 3 staff here with the ide

RE: Staff training

2011-10-12 Thread Maglinger, Paul
y vouchers, but I do have some access to MS e-learning through our Technet subscription. -Original Message- From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 3:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Staff training What kind of licensing agreement d

RE: Staff training

2011-10-12 Thread Ralph Smith
, but I do have some access to MS e-learning through our Technet subscription. -Original Message- From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 3:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Staff training What kind of licensing agreement do you have

RE: Staff training

2011-10-12 Thread Ziots, Edward
CISSP, Network +, Security + Security Engineer Lifespan Organization Email:ezi...@lifespan.org Cell:401-639-3505 -Original Message- From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 3:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Staff training What ki

Re: Staff training

2011-10-12 Thread Erik Goldoff
Send one each to each of the 5 day courses. Then that person must train the other two on his/her class. ( train the trainer ) Prove they learned the required material in the class by teaching it to others. Possibly the other two get self study materials before the first trains them. maybe all th

RE: Staff training

2011-10-12 Thread Ralph Smith
Hmm, like somebody from a local college? Where would you find someone to do onsite training? I'll have to investigate. -Original Message- From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:ezi...@lifespan.org] Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 3:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Staff tra

RE: Staff training

2011-10-12 Thread Ralph Smith
r other similar products? From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 12:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Staff training I agree with most of what Michael already outlined. I'd also like to point out that there are employee

RE: Staff training

2011-10-12 Thread Maglinger, Paul
What kind of licensing agreement do you have with Microsoft? Sometimes you can get training credits with your agreements that will cover the cost of most of the classes (which I think were more around $3000-3500 range each). -Original Message- From: Ralph Smith [mailto:m...@gatewayindu

RE: Staff training

2011-10-12 Thread Ziots, Edward
Issues Subject: RE: Staff training " Others (like me) learn best by setting up a lab and trashing and rebuilding and testing and breaking and fixing the product several dozen times." Sounds like our production environment! -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [m

RE: Staff training

2011-10-12 Thread Ralph Smith
I'll check into that - thanks for the suggestion. -Original Message- From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:sabercrom...@nhdallas.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 2:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Staff training When I was working at a non-profit when someone was se

RE: Staff training

2011-10-12 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
When I was working at a non-profit when someone was sent to training they were required to come back and cross-train their co-workers. You might consider something like sending each of them to a different class and then having them cross-train one another. Just a way to stretch your training b

Re: Staff training

2011-10-12 Thread Joseph Heaton
We have a local company that we use for most of our training. We were able, a few years ago, to buy vouchers. We put our annual training budget into these, and are able to use them whenever, without expiration. Then, we watch their weekly newsletter, and book classes at the last minute, which

Re: Staff training

2011-10-12 Thread Steven Peck
] > To: NT System Admin Issues > [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] > Sent: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 > 09:23:29 -0700 > Subject: RE: Staff training > > > > The value of classroom training is completely dependent on the > instructor. > > An instructor who knows what

RE: Staff training

2011-10-12 Thread Matthew W. Ross
hcons.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:23:29 -0700 Subject: RE: Staff training > The value of classroom training is completely dependent on the instructor. > An instructor who knows what the heck s/he is talking abo

RE: Staff training

2011-10-12 Thread Michael B. Smith
cons.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 9:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Staff training The value of classroom training is completely dependent on the instructor. An instructor who knows what the heck s/he is talking about and has real experience in the product is invaluable. An

Re: Staff training

2011-10-12 Thread Christopher Bodnar
I agree with most of what Michael already outlined. I'd also like to point out that there are employee's who see that type of formal training as a vacation from work. and really get nothing out of it. You should also evaluate and try to quantify what you or your company is trying to get out of

RE: Staff training

2011-10-12 Thread David Lum
y, October 12, 2011 9:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Staff training The value of classroom training is completely dependent on the instructor. An instructor who knows what the heck s/he is talking about and has real experience in the product is invaluable. An instructor who review

RE: Staff training

2011-10-12 Thread Kim Longenbaugh
. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 11:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Staff training The value of classroom training is completely dependent on the instructor. An instructor who knows what the heck s/he is talking about and has real experience in the p

RE: Staff training

2011-10-12 Thread Michael B. Smith
The value of classroom training is completely dependent on the instructor. An instructor who knows what the heck s/he is talking about and has real experience in the product is invaluable. An instructor who reviewed the MOC and ran through it the weekend before the class started and has little-t