Air Force Learning Professionals "Communities of Practice” on "The Air Force Starts Here" podcast

A look at the Air Force Learning Professionals “Communities of Practice” is the focus of the latest episode of "The Air Force Starts Here," released Nov. 2.

On episode 58 of the podcast, Dan Hawkins from the Air Education and Training Command public affairs teams talks with Dana Horn from the Headquarters AETC/A3BP Learning Professionals branch about how her team is accelerating change in line with Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr.’s Action Order A: Airmen and advancing force development across the Air Force with the recent launch of their learning professionals communities of practice.

Topics discussed include the why and how the Communities of Practice on MilSuite have been formed to support the continuous learning of learning, how the communities of practice came about after collaboration with others on the AETC staff revealed a gap in developmental information, the collaborative aspect of development, and much more.

The professional development podcasts are designed to help communicate and inform Total Force Airmen across the globe on relevant, timely topics related to the recruiting, training, education and development fields and can be listened to on the government network on the AETC website, or via mobile application as well as on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Future episodes are set to cover a wide range of topics, including innovation and much more.