This document discusses the importance of training for employees at a newspaper called The Arizona Republic to help them adapt to changes in technology and their jobs. It recommends evaluating new job expectations and staff skills, developing training programs to teach new skills and content, and testing and adjusting the programs to best serve readers in a changing media landscape. The training is meant to help with survival, managing change, morale and retention of employees, and establishing the newspaper's role in training as the industry evolves.

1. Training on the Edge
of Change
Michael Roberts, The Arizona Republic

2. Change: Information Center
The Arizona Republic
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3. Why train?

4. Why train?
• Survival
• Help manage change
• Morale and retention
• Establish training role
• Serve readers

5. Working in groups today

6. Training on the edge
Dance, dance, dance

7. Training on the edge
Deconstruct: Evaluate new job expectations
Assess: Gauge staff skills against new jobs
Navigate: Programs, time, numbers of people
Conceive: Develop content; pre- and post-training
Evaluate: Test programs; adjust, train, adjust, train
Dance, dance, dance