Modern Fire Instructor Podcast

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What is a “Backchannel” and Why Should You Be Using One? I discuss the concept of using a backchannel during  your conference or classroom sessions.  I cover the 4 main reasons I like to use a backchannel, and the 4...

10 Keys To Improve Buy-In To Department Training In this episode I cover my most asked question regarding fire department training.  “How can I improve buy-in to our department training?”  I give 10 sure fire keys...

Listener Question – Saving Files After Uploading to YouTube (4:20) This week’s listener question comes from Michael. He wants to know what he should do with the Camtasia or Screenflow project files and the YouTube mp4...

Listener Question – YouTube Privacy Settings (3:15) This week’s listener question comes from Andrew. He wants to know which of the YouTube privacy setting he should be using to protect his training videos.  I cover...

Special Guest: “The Fire Critic” Rhett Fleitz My guest on this episode is Rhett Fleitz.  Rhett is a FF/EMT with the City of Roanoke Virginia Fire & EMS Department.  He has been with the department for 15 year, and...

Fire Accountability App Creator – Bob Ruff In this episode I talk with the creator of the Fire Accountability App – Fire Chief Bob Ruff.  This app is available for Android, or iOS you can find it at the link below....

Get the Official FDIC 2014 App Today!  Many conferences and trade shows these days are taking advantage of social media and mobile devices to interactwith their customers and attendees.  FDIC has been a leader in...

User Questions Answered In this episode of Modern Fire Instructor, I answer many common technical questions that I get from my students, as well as common questions from listeners.  During this episode, I cover the...

Essential Plugins For Your WordPress Site (10:35) In this episode I discuss my essential plugins for your WordPress based department training site.  I know many of you are using WordPress to create your department...

   My Top 10 iOS Apps of 2013(16:27) I am often asked what are the best apps that I have on my device, or what are the apps that I use    everyday.  In this segment I show the top applications that I used during 2013....

4 Interactive Training Sessions guaranteed to Engage Your Members (16:27) I discuss 4 classroom activities that are proven to increase member engagement and interest in your department training.  These interactive...