[ICANN Academy WG] Pilot leadership training in Toronto - decision on the dates

[Gomes, Chuck]

Alain,

I think that the curriculum currently on the table would be quite useful to community leaders that are not ICANN veterans.  My point was simply that the participants identified in this first effort are predominantly veterans.  Even in the case of Fadi, by the time he starts he likely will have been briefed and done enough self-study that attending two days of the training probably wouldn't be the best use of his time.

A training needs assessment is a very good idea.  But we would need to have sufficient time before scheduled training to do that and, just as important, we would need to design a training program that allowed for some customization of training per individual.  On-line training can be especially well-suited for customization but even in-person training could be designed to accomplish that to some degree.  I think these are very good things for us to drill down on further because the bottom line is that there will always be large variations in terms of training needs.

Chuck

From: Alain Berranger [mailto:alain.berranger at gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 9:59 AM
To: sandra hoferichter
Cc: Gomes, Chuck; at-large-icann-academy-ad-hoc-wg at icann.org
Subject: Re: [ICANN Academy WG] Pilot leadership training in Toronto - decision on the dates

Dear Marilyn, thanks for comprehensive remarks. Just for the record, community leaders at ICANN are elected not appointed, right?

Dear Chuck,

Thanks for your comments. I am in agreement that the target audience should be clearly defined: how about community leaders that are not ICANN veterans? What ever training audience is strategically selected, a training needs' assessment must be carried out in order to design a relevant curriculum.

Alain

On Wednesday, August 29, 2012, sandra hoferichter wrote:
Dear Chuck, I agree with you perception, it is a diverse group, with a different level of experience and we do not finally know to which degree we are dealing with more experienced and less experienced participants.

You are right, this makes it difficult to set up an curriculum. In our draft proposal we tried to consider this issue, ("Some of these participants are also noted as suggested speakers for certain sessions ... so they are seen as both, trainee and trainer. While they provide an inside look into the community as they represent, they also learn more about the focus of other groups.")

I understand from the comments here, that the result was not sufficient and also the discussion about the target group should be continued here.

Best Sandra

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Sandra,



You absolutely may object and that is healthy, but please help me understand.  I know the ultimate goal is as you state and I fully support that, but look at the list of 32 attendees.  As I previously pointed out on this list: the overwhelming majority of the 32 are 'experienced and well trained in ICANN matters'; there may be some of the NCAs that are not; and it could be that there are new SO/AC Board appointees that are not.  If there are a lot of substitutes for the identified 32, it is possible that they would benefit from the curriculum proposed but we don't have enough information in that regard.  Like was well pointed out by others, we need to know our audience and make sure our learning objectives meet their needs.



If I am missing something here, please show me.



Chuck



From: sandra hoferichter [mailto:info at hoferichter.eu]
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 10:59 AM
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Subject: AW: [ICANN Academy WG] Pilot leadership training in Toronto - decision on the dates



Dear Chuck, may I object at this point:



[Gomes, Chuck]  The large majority of potential trainees are also 'experienced and well trained in ICANN matters'.



The original idea of, what we recently called ICANN Academy, came up because this is not the case. There are people joining ICANN where it is required that they take over responsibility pretty soon and they have not entirely understood the organisation, nor they know their counterparts in other SO /AC /SG and their focus.



It even turns out, that changing constituencies within ICANN offers surprises for many among us. We received this feedback from NomCom elections, Board members, ALAC reps and many others. Participating in the Ne


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