Dr. Kathy King, keynote speaker, award winning author and professional coach,  was a guest on Florida NPR radio on November 9, 2009 in a special 1-hr discussion about career transformation and retraining.



Joseph Cooper is the host of WLRN's Topical Currents broadcasting on the web and air waves from Miami Florida. In a full one hour, daytime interview from her New York City offices, Dr. King fielded questions from Cooper, listeners on the call in line and and provided much needed information and encouragement for developing alternative career paths.

The emphasis of the discussion includes federal and state resources as well as retraining opportunities, considering new career paths, and adult development and change.

Dr. King reminds callers that they are not making final decisions, but instead this is but one career choice in a series of many across their career journey.

She also demonstrates benefits of short term certifications and training to upgrade skills and marketability of all job seekers during a time of rapid changes in the economy and marketplace.

Listen in to hear her explanation of cost-benefit analysis, job choices and considering online learning options!

 Audio interview on-demand

Click the link to listen >>>   11-9-09 WLRN Interview

In the last segment of the hour interview, Dr. King was joined by another workforce development expert, Maureen Bozell to address retraining possibilities for the nation's 15 million unemployed workers.

Resources include

• www.bls.gov/OCO
• www.transformationed.com

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About Dr. Kathleen P. King

Dr. King is an award winning author, professional and faculty coach,keynote speaker and president of Transformation Education LLC. She isalso professor of adult learning at Fordham University in NYC. Apopular, dynamic keynote speaker. If you did not  catch the actualbroadcast, do not despair; this interview will also be recorded andposted on the Transformation Education e-Zine and Interview website (http://www.TransformationEd.com) as soon as it is available.

Kathy is a professor of adult education, specialist in adultlearning and higher education and professor, and award winningauthor/researcher in distance learning (AERA Outstanding ResearchAward, 2009). She has published 17 books about change in teaching,learning, distance learning, and technology. Widely known for hermotivational speeches connected to timely topics, King also designs herpresentations to address specific audience needs. In 2008-2009, shespoke across the USA and internationally in China, Canada and Mexico.In fall 2009, she is speaking in NY, VA, and TX to name a few of herupcoming major engagements. To learn more about the Dr. Kathleen P. King andTransformation Education LLC visit www.TransformationEd.com/speaker

About Transformation Education LLC

Led by Dr. Kathleen P. King and founded in 1992, TransformationEducation LLC is a private consulting firm providing dynamic servicesfor professionals. We are the “go-to” team for coaching, motivationaland informative keynotes, seminars, training and faculty development!Based on research in the adults’ learning and development, and thecareful study of emergent trends in technology, training, and socialdynamic trends, we provide invaluable support for mastering theopportunities of a competitive global age. “We help professionals reachtheir dreams of success.”

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