I grew up laughing along to Jeff Foxworthy. His famous “you might be a redneck” series hit close to home because of my rural upbringing. Sometimes I laughed at and others I laughed with.
Inspired by Foxworthy, the following is a Learning & Development rendition for your pleasure:
If you think in mnemonic devices, you might be a trainer.
If your brain defaults to PowerPoint mode, you might be a trainer.
If you keep a basket of fidget toys at work, you might be a trainer.
If you learn as much as you teach, you might be a trainer.
If your slide advancer is your best friend, you might be a trainer.
If you’ve cut out props and written name tags until your hand cramped, you might be a trainer.
If you’ve taped hidden surprises under chairs, you might be a trainer.
If you’ve witnessed people “learning” with their eyes closed, you might be a trainer.
If new tech tools thrill you, you might be a trainer. (Or beloved IT geek.)
If you create memorable, immersive experiences unrelated to a Halloween haunted house, you might be a trainer.
If you have classroom shoes ready for all four seasons, you might be a trainer.
If you are an eLearning snob, you might be a trainer.
If sustainability does not automatically make your think “green,” you might be a trainer.
If you are on a treacherous Level 4 Kirkpatrick quest, you might be a trainer.
If you fancy yourself an unpaid ringmaster of a circus of your own design, you might be a trainer.
If the idea of spinning cartwheels with a tutu and clown nose does not phase you if it achieves a greater good, you might be a trainer.
If the only electricity you need is a light bulb going off…think about it…. you might be a trainer.
If you have sent adults on scavenger hunts, you might be a trainer.
If people get excited to spend time with you because of the snacks, you might be a trainer.
If you’re frenemies with more than one LMS or authoring tool, you might be a trainer.
If your resume could honestly say jargon translator, SME coach, instructional design collaborator, video editor, project manager, courageous conversation leader and business consultant, you might be a trainer.
If you want to stand and be counted as an HR pro, who just happens to be the “most fun” one, you might be a trainer.
If you have bitmoji’ed yourself for work purposes, you might be a trainer.
If you don’t mind listening to your voice on a recording, you might be a trainer.
If you are the king/queen of icebreakers, you might be a trainer.
If you can activate performing seal mode on cue, you might be a trainer.
If your thirst for learning is commiserate with the water in Niagara Falls, you might be a trainer.
If you belong to a highly supportive peer coaching network, you might be a trainer.
If you delight in keeping corporate types on the edge of their seats, you might be a trainer.
If you have a backup plan to the backup plan to the backup plan, you might be a trainer.
To the Point
If you help bring out the best in others even when they don’t see it in themselves, you might be a trainer.
Image sources:
The artistic genius of fellow trainer, Sam Eckhardt. Thanks for my bitmoji!
https://circustalk.com/news/orlando-ringmaster-enlivens-pbs-circus
https://www.molon.de/galleries/Singapore/Sentosa/img.php?pic=10
https://www.amazon.com/Snack-Bar-Assortment-American-Students/dp/B07V2BMSRF
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