By Donnie Gladfelter on August 15, 2009
In my last post I spoke about the power of reinforcement in the world of education. My point to making the connection between academia and corporate learning is that reinforcement is no less important in academia than it is in a corporate learning environment. But without report cards, parent-teacher conferences, and other staples of [...]
Posted in CAD Management | Tagged Education, Training
By Donnie Gladfelter on August 11, 2009
It’s hard to believe, but 3 weeks ago I started my employment with Ronald A. Williams. Last week was quite exciting as I got to meet a number of our customers for the first time at a CTE conference. For those outside the education world, CTE stands for Career & Technical Education, and is [...]
Posted in CAD Management | Tagged Education, Training
By Donnie Gladfelter on March 8, 2009
Regardless of how you get your news, the reports over the last week have been especially depressing. 651,000 jobs were shed in February alone, or 15 jobs per minute, bringing the unemployment rate to 8.1%; the highest since 1983.
Sadly neither my company, nor my family has been immune. My dad was let go from [...]
Posted in General | Tagged Engineered Efficiency, FedEx, Free, Training, Unemployment
By Donnie Gladfelter on June 16, 2008
While I personally thought Autodesk would announce next (not this) release would be the final release of Land Desktop, the announcement itself really comes as no surprise. Since the Technology Preview release of 2004, Civil 3D has evolved from a really cool new technology to a technology now able to sustain real-world design. For firms [...]
Posted in General | Tagged Land Desktop, Training
By Donnie Gladfelter on February 26, 2008
Good employees are hard to find, and even harder to keep. While this virtue is undeniably true in just about any industry, I find it to be especially true within the engineering industry. Many have heard the timeless question; is the glass half full or half empty? Optimists will respond stating the glass is half [...]
Posted in CAD Management | Tagged CAD Management, Training
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