The Changing Careers One
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Our first guest this week is Lina Jurkunas. Lina is the Academic Director of a non-profit, post-secondary English language school in San Francisco. Outside of her full-time role, she is a freelance educational consultant and instructional designer who collaborates with small businesses in the Bay Area. She describes herself as one scrappy lady and a lover of data, design, and details.
Learn more about her work at https://learningbylina.com and can connect with Lina on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ljurkunas
Jessica Hagerty is a Digital Learning Designer at the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. Jessica is a self-starter who is passionate about instructional design. Wanting to learn as much as she can about being an instructional designer, she is an advocate for continuous learning and can often be found attending a webinar or reading a book about creating effective learning experiences.
You can find out more about Jessica's experiences on her LinkedIn page, https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-hagerty/
Amanda Nadri is a learning experience manager at a non-profit organization that helps minority-owned small businesses reach their goals through multi-lingual educational resources, coaching, and financing. Having made the transition from the academic world to e-learning and instructional design during the first year of the pandemic, Amanda now manages and develops hundreds of free educational resources for small business owners. Together with her team, she has reached hundreds of thousands of small business owners with educational resources. Amanda combines her passion for supporting small businesses with her e-learning expertise and her love for languages and storytelling to create highly engaging and applicable learning experiences that address the ever-changing needs of her target audience.
If you are considering starting or already have your own business, check out aofund.org/resources for educational resources to help you reach your business goals. You can connect with Amanda on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-nadri/
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