John Cyr speaks to CT Trainers on TL Facilitation based on Jack Mezirow's Transformative Learning Theory

Program Description

"TL Facilitation"
Using Transformational Learning Methods to facilitate change in your students
- John Cyr

If your aim is to not only pass along knowledge, but to facilitate a profound change of heart and mind in your students, than this is the presentation you don't want to miss!

Fourteen year training veteran John Cyr will reveal some new ideas in teaching methodology that sprang from Professor Jack Mezirow and Columbia University within the last decade that have to do with changing meaning perspectives and ultimately affect your customers' ROI.

Transformative learning means to transform what we know. It is almost opposite than informative learning. It means to modify the meaning of our experiences. It is more of an outward process of thinking rather than an inward one. It examines HOW we know what we know. This produces a much deeper and profound learning experience than simply gathering knowledge.

Also, Less than 30% of the workforce training done in this country actually transfers to the workplace. Why is this so? It has much to do with learning theory and how trainers learn to become trainers. Whether you are new to training or a veteran of 20 years, you will enjoy John's enthusiasm and energy as he discusses a very important topic that just may change the way you have been looking at training.


John Cyr	Bio
	John Cyr was born in 1954 and spent his life in two major industries, sales and training. He started training in 1991for a book company in Connecticut. In 1999 he began work as a workforce development trainer for Career T.E.A.M. He worked there from from1999 through 2005. During that time he has helped thousands of individuals move from unemployment to work. During 1999 through 2001 he targeted the "Hardest to Serve" population through the JFES and Welfare-to-Work programs. He was voted most likely to advance in the company in1999, and was voted the most motivated person by his peers in 2000. He was keenly involved in the creation of the corporate training division of Career T.E.A.M. helping it to realize its first $400,000 in training revenue. He co-wrote several publications such as "Career Empowerment" which is now being used for training purposes by the State of Louisiana Department of Labor and several Job Corps centers nationally. As National Training Director for CTL, he led the training of corporate staff, facilitated train-the-trainer courses for government agency personnel at Job Corps through motivational workshops in Connecticut, New York, Ohio, and Washington D.C., California, and Puerto Rico. Former Recruiter and Sales pro of seventeen years, Mr. Cyr spent the better part of his pre-CTL years as a corporate sales trainer. He has trained real estate agents, mortgage brokers, and advertising, marketing, and automobile sales people. He is a proponent of Professor Jack Mezirow's Transitional Learning methodology and has created a training model after it called TL Facilitation which produces substantial change in people's motivations. In 2002-2004 John Cyr led the adult pre-employment workshop program throughout the North Central Region of the Connecticut Works One-Stop System and trained over 8,000 unemployed individuals. He is a member of the National Association for Training and Development and is the President of the local Chapter, CTASTD. In 2002 Cyr contracted a serious painful disease called Peripheral Neuropathy (PN) which eventually forced him out of work. John has retired from his business started in 2005 due to health issues but still consults on training topics for free. John is a personal coach and is always willing to lend a hand to improve the human condition. John is married to Jill Cyr, and has 3 adult sons named Michael, Matthew, and Marc. Matthew currently serves in the armed forces.

John Cyr

Bio