Week 1 Welcome & Introductions

Hi there! My name is Angela Paschal and I'm from Pella, Iowa. I work for Vermeer, a family-owned agricultural and industrial manufacturing company right in the heart of Iowa. If you've ever seen a round hay bale shaped like a marshmallow out in a field, our founder, Gary Vermeer, invented the machine that makes those back in 1971! I've worked at Vermeer for the last 10 years and currently serve as a Senior Talent Development Specialist. My days are generally spent delivering training on a variety of professional skills topics, designing new instructor-led or online curriculum, providing 1:1 strengths-based career coaching or preparing for and coordinating our annual compliance training.   

I joined the AI Assistant Certification Cohort because we recently added AI Assistant to our Articulate license and I want to learn how to use the tool to its full capability so we can develop training faster. 

Though I don't have a picture on hand, we do have a 4-year-old goldendoodle (Skye), and 1 year old cat (Mizzou) who recently joined our family. They are becoming fast friends!