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Laura Thomas is a Registered Dietitian with more than 30 years of experience in child nutrition programs and training. Her child nutrition and training expertise appears in resources developed for Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) of USDA and the Institute of Child Nutrition (ICN). Her work includes school nutrition standardized recipes, cycle menus, nutrition reviews. Most recently, she developed interactive online training for the Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs for the ICN and USDA FNS scheduled for release Fall of 2020. Other USDA works include the Menu Planning Guide for School Nutrition Programs and Grow It! Try It! Like It!. This episode we discuss Meeting adult learning needs Recognizing and building on existing trainee knowledge Create successful Zoom based trainings Keeping your remote team connected Resources https://selfactualizedpro.mn.co/ www.laurathomasnutrition.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurathomasmedrd/ Guide for Developing Training for Adult Learners (School Nutrition Association) https://schoolnutrition.org/uploadedFiles/5_Learning_Center/9_Training_Techniques/SNA-Content-Development-Guidelines.pdf USDA website for Professional Standards, including the updated Training Tracker Tool (released summer 2020) https://www.fns.usda.gov/school-meals/professional-standards