This past week, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Kim Cofino (@mscofino) of the ‘Coach Better’ Podcast. Kim is legendary in Ed Tech circles. A former Tech Coach herself, she now focuses full time on helping other people to ‘Coach Better’ through her company Eduro Learning. My friend and colleague Jordan Benedict (@JordanGBenedict) put us in contact. Jordan is a data geek, in the way Simon Pegg talks about being a geek: Jordan’s passion for data stories and making data conversations relevant, meaningful and most importantly accessible for all is really changing the way I think about data. He loves data so much, that he blogs over at Visualize Your Learning and has given a couple of Learning 2 talks. I equal parts loved and hated Jordan to putting my name forward- hated because putting a spotlight of any sort on myself is not something I aspire to (a shock for some, I’m sure as I have a tendency for the dramatic and love theatre) and loved because it was a level of validation that I didn’t realize I needed; a peer looked at what I was doing and felt there was value in my having a platform in which to share my story with the world. I have to say, I really enjoyed the conversation. Kim is super easy to talk to and let’s face it, I can rattle on about most subjects without too much difficulty. Kim shared some questions beforehand as a starting point and while some allowed for a ‘canned’ response, I was surprised by some of my takeaways as they had not stood out to me before:
In all honesty, I felt so energized by the reflective nature of the conversation that I would love to do it all again next year. The end of the year timing means that I’m now visualizing potential goals or actions that I want to set up and implement in 2019-20. This is the power of coaching. For 20 minutes, an hour it’s all about you, about sharing, reflecting and considering what is important to you and what’s next. Thanks Kim for an awesome learning experience!
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