Paul Signorelli
Facilitator Trainer @Paul Signorelli & Associates
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WORK HISTORY
Facilitator Trainer @Paul Signorelli & Associates
San Francisco, CA, US
Focus on positive, innovative approaches to lifelong learning, ed-tech, podcasts, & fostering community/collaboration for libraries and other innovative organizations interested in staff talent development. Develop/facilitate highly-interactive onsite presentations as well as online (e-learning) courses, webinars, and other online and onsite learning opportunities for a variety of clients and colleagues, e.g, blended (onsite-online) train-the-trainer series for Tampa Bay Library Consortium and California Library Association (CLA). Actively involved in Arizona State University\'s ShapingEDU initiative shaping the future of learning in the digital age, including role as Storyteller-in-Residence July 2020-June 2022, and, as Library Advocacy Training Project Manager, in CLA. Served on teams writing-training-consulting with Northern California and Florida-based hospices to help employees transition to mobile devices for medical record-keeping; and completed instructional design projects for clients including Blue Shield of California (helping employees understand national health care reform policies). Designed and managed a volunteer-orientation program for American Library Association conference attendees (20••••18); co-facilitated, with Maurice Coleman, sessions on the future of libraries and learning for the Library of Virginia\'s statewide directors meeting (Richmond, VA), facilitated daylong workshop on libraries and community partnerships for library directors in Northeast Kansas Library System and others, facilitated community meetings for Mendocino County Library (Mendocino County, CA).Wrote \"Change the World Using Social Media (published January 2021; Rowman & Littlefield); co-wrote \"Workplace Learning and Leadership: A Handbook for Library and Nonprofit Trainers\" with Lori Reed for ALA Editions (April 2011); and write articles for a variety of publications and for blogs including Building Creative Bridges (http://buildingcreativebridges.wordpress.com).
EDUCATION
University of North Texas
M.S., Library and Information Sciences
Golden Gate University
M.A., Arts Administration
UCLA
B.A., Poli-Sci. History, Languages
SKILLS
ABOUT PAUL SIGNORELLI
Through highly interactive keynote presentations, workshops onsite and online, and podcasts, I help people successfully develop opportunities; we work together on training-teaching-learning, community collaborations, and other creative endeavors.I tell stories designed to engage learners and those involved in community collaborations.I listen to others so I can help them hear and act upon the meaningful things they are saying.I write to document and inspire success in learning and collaborative efforts and to explore innovations in lifelong learning.I believe that when we seamlessly combine work and play, we are capable of producing magnificent acts of transformation.Career highlights:•Author,\"Change the World Using Social Media\"(Rowman & Littlefield, 2021; https://rowman.com/ISBN/97••••••••14/Change-the-World-Using-Social-Media) and co-author, with Lori Reed,\"Workplace Learning & Leadership: A Handbook for Library and Nonprofit Trainers\"(ALA Editions, 2011) •Helped create, nurture, and sustain the partnerships that produced the Hidden Garden Steps project (http://hiddengardensteps.wordpress.com)-a set of ceramic-tiled steps and accompanying gardens on City-County property in San Francisco•Provide innovative learning opportunities, as Library Advocacy Training Project Manager for the California Library Association, to help members of the California library community hone their skills as advocates on behalf of the libraries and communities they serve•Co-host, with Maurice Coleman & Essraa Nawar, of the San Jose State University School of Information \"Information Gone Wild\" podcast •Helped create and manage a mentoring program for students currently working on the UCLA Daily Bruin and establish professional development opportunities (including workshops) for staff at the publication•Helped revitalize a training-teaching-learning program for the 850 employees in the multi-facility San Francisco Public Library system while serving as Director, Volunteer Services and Staff Training for the San Francisco Public Library system•Active involvement in Association for Talent Development (ATD; formerly ASTD, the American Society for Training & Development), where I served as an advisor on the National Advisors for Chapters and helped rebuild a chapter on the verge of collapse•Storyteller-in-Residence, ShapingEDU, July 2020-February 2023•Facilitate dynamic, interactive presentations onsite and online at conferences and in other venues •More than 30 years of writing and editing
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