This was one of the most memorable sessions in the entire conference – not only was it thought-provoking, but the presenters Megan and Jess really connected with the audience emotionally through storytelling and sharing their own experience with this topic! Find the full slide deck for the presentation posted on the Learning 2022 Resources Page (highly recommend!!) […]
This year, I was intentional to select more case-study sessions during the conference over ones about tools, trends, or concepts. I am currently looking to build more sustainable and scalable learning programs at my organization, so it is of high value to me to learn the successes and mistakes from other organizations. This is why
The women in leadership session by Rebecca Shambaugh was one of my favorite sessions during Learning 2021 last year, so I did not hesitate when I saw her colleague Kerry will be presenting this year! Powerful message and important takeaways. 108 Expand the Lens of Leadership: The Opportunity for Women to Rise Speaker: Kerry Preston,
GS01 Future of Work Panel Panelists: Donald H. Taylor, Megan Torrance, Debbie Richards, Bob Mosher, Frank Nguyen My takeaways: Don’t overcomplicate things. This quote seriously cracked me up, “This sounds like a solution looking for a problem.” Some of the roles in future L&D teams in the order of importance: Data Analyst, Data Engineer, Business
Hi all, Posting this update after a LONG 13-hour first day at the Learning 2022 Conference. While my brain is certainly fried, I really wanted to document and share my notes and takeaways from the sessions I attended. Plus, knowing myself, if I didn’t do this now I would be too overwhelmed to do it
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This is a form I developed years ago when I first joined the L&D industry as a Training Coordinator, brand new to instructional design. I was assigned to a project with a client and needed to interview each business unit to perform needs analysis on their training needs. Pulling together what I learned from my
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Hello world! 👋 A few weeks ago, I did something awesome. I spoke at a learning conference for the very first time, at DevLearn 2018 in Las Vegas. To my surprise (and what felt like horror at the time), I had a packed room of over 450 attendees! My topic was on “Transforming Boring Content
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Before embarking on the design and development of your e-learning course, it is useful to create a design system to create consistency in your design. Here are some important questions to think about for your course design: Photos or illustrations? Realistic or conceptual? What type of fonts? Thick or thin? What type of colors? Bright or
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A couple days ago I discovered something called Learning Battle Cards. It is a deck of cards with 108 different instructional methods and can be used to “introduce design thinking into the instructional design space”. While this sounds super cool, $99 for a deck of cards is a little steep for me. Which is why
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