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Thursday, March 30: Special Chat on Train-the-Trainer, Cert. Tech. Trainer
On Thursday, March 30, at 6 p.m., join <I>MCP Magazine</I> and Office<I>Cert</I>.com for a special chat on the Certified Technical Trainer and Train-the-Trainer programs, with special guests Pat McBri
Because the Microsoft Certified Trainer title happens
to be a popular one among
MCP Magazine readers, we
thought we'd let you know about a special chat on the
Certified Technical Trainer Certification (CTT), being
hosted by Office
Cert.com (
MCP Mag's sibling online
publication). Obtaining the CTT is one way to satisfy
the MOUS Authorized Instructor program requirement; the
other way is to take a Train-the-Trainer course, which
also happens to be an MCT requirement. Both the CTT and
Train-the-Trainer programs will be part of the chat
discussion headed by guests Patrick McBrien, Director
of Workshops and Instructors, and Margaret Burniston,
Director of Marketing, at Friesen, Kaye and Associates.
The chat takes place in the #OfficeCert room this
Thursday, March 30, from 6-7 p.m. Pacific (Los
Angeles) time (to figure out the time difference for
your location, go to href="http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER/worldtime).
You can join the chat by going to MCP Magazine's chat
page at http://www.mcpmag.com/2000chat.asp, clicking
on the Enter Room button in the Public Chat section,
then switching to the #OfficeCert room. Or, make your
chat life less complicated by going to the OfficeCert
chat page at http://www.officecert.com/99chat.asp,
which will take you directly into the chat room you
want (Microsoft Chat users can log onto www.mcpmag.com
and then choose #OfficeCert from the Room List).
A few notes about Pat McBrien and FKA: Pat's extensive
training experience spans over 25 years encompassing
design, development, delivery, and administration of
training programs. In his current role as the Director
of Workshops, Pat oversees FKA instructors who deliver
thousands of workshops each year. As lead developer for
FKA's CTT Exam Simulator and FKA's CTT workshops, Pat
has extensive hands-on experience with the CTT
requirements.
Friesen, Kaye and Associates (http://www.fka.com) has specialized for over 34
years in Training and Performance Improvement, offering
train-the-trainer workshops, comprehensive consulting
services, and software tools for trainers. A committee
member of the Certified Technical Trainer (CTT) Program,
FKA helped determine the scope, content and specifications
of the CTT examinations. FKA's Instructional Techniques
Workshop is a cornerstone for instructional certification
for organizations such as Microsoft, Autodesk, and Oracle.