Safety eLearning business seeks a special client or two … I’ve never participated in online dating. I tried it once, lasting quite literally 16 hours with a trial membership and a profile carefully crafted with one or two dear friends. (You know who you are.) It was...

Dammit, Jim, I'm a safety trainer, not a LMS guru! There's no one better to give the average human the low-down on LMS than a woman who struggles to operate her iPhone. (I exaggerate a bit, but no one in my inner circle accuses me of being on the cutting edge of...

A few years ago, I discovered the joy of audiobooks. I have always been a pretty voracious reader, but got caught up in how “busy” life felt and sitting quietly with a book screamed Overly Indulgent. (Yes, I’m working on it.) But as someone who drives and travels for...

(With apologies to everyone for referring to myself in the third person for this blog title.) At 53 years of age, I have plenty of opportunities to exclaim – “I cannot believe I own a tech business!” When I cannot work my iPhone. When I say to my tech team – “please...

Part One/Embracing the Curmudgeons It seems that it was just last week Tuesday I was the young safety “kid” in the room. I rolled my eyes when someone referenced it, or made jokes about when I got to be their age, or lamented their deteriorating vision. When someone...

This week I am teaching a 40-Hour HAZWOPER course. It's been quite some time since I've done so, and I must admit, it's a long week. As usual, I'm enjoying the group in class -- a very small group, just four, but with vastly different experience. One construction...

The Reality of Temporary Employees and Safety Temporary employees afford American businesses an incredible convenience -- the flexibility to expand its workforce without the commitment of taking on the additional cost and commitment of hiring permanent employees. The...

[Those who know me will be amused to know that all of the photos of me teaching involved shots of me talking with my hands in some exaggerated way.] This week I had the pleasure of presenting at the ASSE PDC in beautiful Cape Cod on the topic of “Seven Secrets to...

  Many of our clients are making their plans for 2017 training -- or getting nervous, knowing that they should be. Our recommendation to them is unvarying: It's the perfect time to conduct a Training Needs Assessment! Imagine for a moment, a tale of two...

We've been in the environmental health and safety (EHS) training biz for a long time. Our success has come from being solution-driven and able to quickly size up our clients' needs to provide them with common-sense, comprehensive solutions and communicate those in a...