The Best Free Training

Topic:  Halloween Safety
Format: Brief (8 min.), interactive, animated, and narrated slide shows with quizzes and competency tests
Reviewer/email: Mike G – greers_pm@yahoo.com

This tight little slide show with animation provides a brief (only 8 minutes!) and fun overview of important safety tips to assure a safe Halloween for you trick or treaters. Check it out!

URL:  http://www.safetyskills.com/halloweensafety

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Topic: Appropriate workplace behaviors and norms and how to handle problem behaviors as a supervisor
Format: 1 1/2 hour online course with slide shows, rollover quizzes and feedback [free registration required]
Reviewer/email: Mike G – greers_pm@yahoo.com

This unique short course covers a bunch of hard-to-discuss issues that might come up in the workplace (i.e., inappropriate dress, excessive personal phone use, and more). Supervisors (and fellow workers) will learn how to discuss these issues with workers. New employees or young people who are entering the workforce will learn about some typical personal issues they need to avoid to be successful.

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Topic:  US Healthcare debate
Format: 1 hr., 15 min. video lecture by investigative journalists (also available as audio download)
Reviewer/email: Mike G – greers_pm@yahoo.com

Thanks to LearnOutLoud for alerting us to this great free video resource!
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Topic:  US Healthcare debate (political, moral, ethical)
Format: Unbiased, balanced pro/con format website
Reviewer/email: Mike G – greers_pm@yahoo.com

According to the Los Angeles Times* (my bold added):

“For Americans worn out trying to weigh the motivations and machinations of the most vocal proponents and opponents of healthcare reform, the nonpartisan organization ProCon.org is here to help. Its mission is to promote critical thinking about controversial issues in a straightforward, no-nonsense way. It presents the arguments for and against; what you make of those arguments is up to you… The site offers more than 10 arguments per side (with sources, not heresay), plus a chance to weigh in. It’s hard to argue with the need for critical thinking in this case.”

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