Cara North: “It’s not about the tools, though. It’s about what you do with them. Right?” There may be no one better in the eLearning industry to answer that than our June 21 TLDCast guest, Tim Slade. Tim Slade is a speaker, author, and award-winning freelance eLearning designer. Having spent the last decade working to help others elevate their eLearning and visual communications content, he has been recognized and awarded within the eLearning industry multiple times for his creative and innovati...
Jun 22, 2019•59 min
Women are making big shifts in industries and roles that were once predominately male. Although per Linkedin, “Over the past ten years, the proportion of female leaders in the workforce has increased by an average of just over two percentage points among the 12 industries we studied”, more women are entering the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) sector than ever before. Meet Ily Nunn, Owner/ Operator of Nunn Utility Locating, LLC. NU Locating provides Private Utility Locating and Gro...
Jun 14, 2019•56 min
In this Case Study episode by Host Kristen Hayden Safdie, the guest was Jacqueline Hutchinson, eLearning Designer/Developer and host of the The Lounge podcast. Their discussion topic was a recent project Jac took on: Moving 48 courses from ILT to eLearning for a healthcare organization. The project required taking the organization's Powerpoints, and using the services of an SME from the UAE, convert all of the instructional design into eLearning courses. Listen to this episode to hear details on...
Jun 09, 2019•1 hr
With over 10,000 attendees, 450+ exhibitors, and 300+ sessions, ATD ICE has defined itself as the world's premier L&D event. And none other than Cara North is here to wrap up ATD ICE with a fantastic Friday #TLDCast. Cara was joined by three guests: Carmen Bonilla, Yolanda Fraction, and Dr Tracy Shoyer. They discussed their backgrounds, why they went to the conference, and what their event experiences were like. Keynote summaries, conference highlights, and numerous "pro-tips" are talked abo...
Jun 03, 2019•59 min
In this Community Discussion TLDCast episode, Rubina Halwani led an excellent conversation about finding jobs in Instructional Design. Rubina is a teacher turned Instructional Designer that used her backgrounds in Business Development and the film market to eventually begin her career as an ID. Some highlights of the discussion: Network as much as possible. Use the power of social media to find other professionals like yourself to learn what they're doing and how they've found employment. Use Li...
May 27, 2019•56 min
Do your employee training programs lack interactivity and the ability to spark your learners’ interest? Has your company’s training ever failed to engage your employees? If you answered yes to either of these, this TLDCast will be a great resource for you! Custom online learning solutions utilize a variety of innovative technologies, such as gamification and immersive scenarios, which Learning and Development professionals now realize is a great way to enhance training experiences for their lear...
May 19, 2019•54 min
We are proud to announce a new TLDCast series by Toddi Norum called The Parity Podcast. This series will be focused on ideas and concepts focused on equality, especially in regards to status and pay. Discussions will be covering parity in organizational development, human resources, and learning and development. Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, or EDI, has many challenges in the workplace. This podcast will chronicle some of those challenges and tell the stories of practitioners and participant...
May 19, 2019•31 min
Was it the SMEs? The technology? Working behind the scenes? Maybe you wish you had known you'd end working with and for so many so called "experts". Or perhaps it was the assessments that are driving you nuts. Or the tedious exercise of having to adapt materials from one format to another. We had Valary Oleinik, Rubina Halwani, Jonathan Rock, Kristen Hayden Safide, Cara North, and Quetzalcoatl Cortes join us for a fantastic discussion where they contributed their "lists" of things they wish they...
May 13, 2019•1 hr 1 min
It always sounds much simpler than it is: Find an idea, build on it, execute on delivery, and reap the benefits.In this TLDCast episode, Jo Cook, Founder of Lightbulb Moment, tells the story of how she and her brother Michael came up with the idea of their CPD Webinar series. The conversation was very straight-forward, with Jo detailing a variety of challenges she had in building this product. Discussions like this aren't common; Jo is very articulate and transparent about the wins and losses, a...
May 13, 2019•1 hr
Mikaela Kiner is the Founder and CEO of Reverb, an HR consultancy for startups, located in Seattle, WA. She is also the author of the upcoming book, Female Firebrands: Stories and techniques to ignite change, take control, and succeed in the workplace. Women in L&D Host Valerie Sunyak had an excellent conversation with Mikaela that covered a variety of topics. The discussion was wide-ranging and thought provoking; Mikaela offered a variety of insights on social inequities women, men, and peo...
May 04, 2019•51 min
Our Competency Models Playlist featured three guests: Rachel Weiss from Oscar Health Insurance, Erin Melvin from Lambda Solutions, and Host Toddi Norum. Rachel's background helped answer a few questions. Her primary function with Competency Model frameworks, is to interpret and build around the L&D function. Rachel speaks to understanding the model architecture and why it's important to the business. Then with her background as an L&D professional, measure competency and react to the res...
Apr 26, 2019•50 min
Our Competency Models Playlist featured three guests: Rachel Weiss from Oscar Health Insurance, Erin Melvin from Lambda Solutions, and Host Toddi Norum. Rachel's background helped answer a few questions. Her primary function with Competency Model frameworks, is to interpret and build around the L&D function. Rachel speaks to understanding the model architecture and why it's important to the business. Then with her background as an L&D professional, measure competency and react to the res...
Apr 26, 2019•1 hr 1 min
Engagement, team building, activity variety —- there are so many things to love about Scavenger Hunts. So how about turning scavenger hunts into an educational opportunity using technology? Heard of Pokemon Go? How about that - but build learning experiences into it? Then meet Alyshahn Kara of Goosechase in this fantastic TLDCast brought together by Alan Natachu. Goosechase is inspired by the outrageous. It builds fun and engagement by getting users to move around, interact with strangers, and h...
Apr 21, 2019•52 min
The Best Tool Missing From Your Toolbox Is Adobe XD in your toolbox? If not, why not? Some say it’s everyone’s favorite tool they don’t know about. So we were extremely excited to have Melissa Milloway on Cara North’s Learning Technologies TLDCast to let us know why she loves Adobe XD. In 2014, a small team from Adobe Creative Cloud began developing a software tool to create prototypes and user experiences. Less than a year later, that team successfully convinced Adobe to invest in their tool, l...
Apr 17, 2019•56 min
In the Journal, Computers and Human Behavior, a study on divided attention and social media stated “The fundamental tenet of cognitive load theory is that the quality of instructional design will be raised if greater consideration is given to the role and limitations of working memory”. So in the Age of Distraction, what is our current working memory? In the summer of 2015, Microsoft published a report that argued the widespread usage of smartphones has led to the deterioration of attention span...
Apr 12, 2019•1 hr 3 min
In today’s TLDCast episode, with spoke with Virtual Learning Collaborative Director Sonia Furini about 5 Tactics for Great Client/Vendor Relationships. The 5 Tactics are: Partnership Communication Honesty Availability Agility Partnership Sonia emphasized that you’ll know in the first five minutes if a client/vendor relationship is going to work. The relationship has to be one of a partnership, where both parties are focused on working together to be successful. Collaborative, cooperative, and te...
Apr 11, 2019•57 min
Today our TLDCast discussion was focused on whether or not an instructional design degree is required to be successful in L&D. We had a nice split of guests: two of them had L&D related degrees and two didn’t — but had degrees outside of our industry. Also, we had one guest that doesn’t have a degree and is currently working on getting his undergrad. The guests were: Bethany Paterson – has non-L&D Degree Alan Natachu – has non-L&D Degree Alex Godinez – currently enrolled in a deg...
Apr 06, 2019•57 min
How do we develop an agile workforce and create that adaptaibility within our employees? On Monday, April 1st, Kristen Hayden Safdie hosted her first in a series of Case Study TLDCasts. Her guest was Deborah Decker, eLearning Expert and Learning Advisor for Southern California Edison. Southern California Edison is a 130 year old company that is currently experiencing change management challenges. Like many organizations, technology is impacting its workforce, and strategies to implement a cultur...
Apr 02, 2019•58 min
Compiling the 2018 Top 10 TLDCasts was an interesting exercise in understanding what drives an audience to TLDCast. “Name recognition” and “topic covered” tend to be the primary reasons TLDCasts fill up. There’s also something to be said for “day of the week” as well. For the full blog post on this episode, go here: https://tldc.us/2019/03/25/the-top-10-tldcasts-of-2018/ Of this Top 10, there are some interesting things to note: 8 out of 10 feature female guests 3 out of 10 feature Melissa Millo...
Mar 30, 2019•32 min
Need some tips to build an effective training strategy? How about SEVENTEEN of them? Join Andrew Hughes, one of L&D’s premier experts, for a fantastic discussion on how to make sure your training initiatives succeed. As President & CEO of Designing Digitally, Andrew has proven time and again how to implement effective training strategy. This broadcast will give you insight into his success, what he’s done and how he’s done it. Sponsored by: Designing Digitally, Inc. specializes in creati...
Mar 25, 2019•57 min
Two years, 525 episodes, 692 Crowdcast followers. Every weekday since March 2017, TLDCast has been broadcast free without restriction, featuring hundreds of guests. It’s a remarkable feat that co-Founder, Brent Schlenker was able to host +90% of the episodes. But there’s an infrastructure required to maintain this kind of platform, and we’d like to tell you about it — in case you want to do your own TLDCast. Join co-Founder Luis Malbas for a breakdown of the behind-the-scenes requirements for th...
Mar 25, 2019•57 min
Video Friday brings Sam Roger and Brent Schlenker co-hosting and talking with guest, Amanda JS Kaufmann. She is a producer and an authoring specialist with comprehensive publishing and production experience in academics, technology, and healthcare. With her network of A/V professionals, Kaufmann has directed and produced video projects across the country and is expanding her reach with independent film projects. They discuss techniques in front of and behind the camera and video in general. Aman...
Mar 10, 2019•59 min
Be part of the conversation! Join Kassy LaBorie and Sonia Furini for a lively and enlightening discussion on how the virtual classroom producer’s effectiveness is related to the facilitator’s skill set. Kassy is an in-demand speaker and author. In this cast, she is joined by Sonia, the Virtual Classroom & eLearning Services Director at Virtual Learning Collaborative. Sonia Furini is the co-owner and Virtual Classroom Services Director at Virtual Learning Collaborative. With over 14 years of ...
Mar 10, 2019•57 min
Melissa Lamson is one of the world’s foremost intercultural consultants. As president and CEO of Lamson Consulting, she uses her decades of global expertise to help companies and business leaders cultivate a successful global mindset, bridge cultures, and achieve real results. Her experience spans two decades and projects in more than forty countries, affording her invaluable expertise in helping organizations expand globally, improve time-to-market, and increase profits. She has offered hundred...
Mar 10, 2019•1 hr 1 min
Starting off the week with a special guest from across the pond. Daan Assen is the Founder of SwipeGuide: the new industry standard for digital work instruction. Today, Brent talks to Daan about the changing structure of learning under the influence of Information 4.0. They focus on the importance of capturing tribal knowledge and provide the workforce in industries with high employee-turnover (mainly manufacturing, maintenance and field service) with user-friendly, mobile on-the-job work instru...
Mar 03, 2019•54 min
Brent has a special guest, Bridgett McGowen in the window. Bridgett is a published author, a presentation skills coach, and an awarded international professional speaker. She has spoken on programs alongside notable figures such as Shonda Rhimes, Deepak Chopra, and former President Barack Obama. Bridgett has delivered hundreds of presentations to thousands of participants from all around the globe. Today they discuss the ins and outs of public speaking. Bridgett’s history Like it AND be good at ...
Feb 25, 2019•1 hr 2 min
For nearly a decade, Andrew Hughes has made it his personal mission to ensure that commonly-used ineffective and lackluster training techniques are a thing of the past. Realizing his passion for changing the way we learn and evolve, in 2006 Andrew founded and became President of Designing Digitally, Inc., an E-Learning and Serious Game Development firm that creates fully customized learner retention solutions for various types of industries. Starting with a solo team, Designing Digitally has gro...
Feb 25, 2019•58 min
Today, Brent Schlenker talks to Michael Noble about tools, the learner experience and his years in the L&D Industry. Michael J. Noble, PhD, is TTA’s Chief Operating Officer & Chief Learning Strategist. In addition to leading TTA’s sales and operations teams, he works with clients to map their future state objectives and to innovate within their learning organizations. Show topics: Introduction & Announcements Talking about CBT tools used in the past Challenges and the Learner experie...
Feb 17, 2019•53 min
Today, Brent Schlenker speaks to Daniel Menden about his career, working at Harley-Davidson and being in the industry for over 25 years. Dan is an international speaker, trainer and consultant with over 20 years of success in helping organizations improve their performance. Show topics: Introduction & Announcements Daniel’s backstory Starting at Harley-Davidson to working in Harley’s L&D Analyzing learning challenges in employee training What worked in the Leadership program Measuring su...
Feb 17, 2019•59 min
With 10 years’ experience designing, delivering and evaluating learning experiences, her biggest strengths are resilience in volatile and complex environments, ability to seek solutions and make progress, and strong communication and collaboration skills. Brent and Kim discuss this ideal and how it fits into L&D, design, and being on video Kim’s History Learning Now TV Real world examples Getting used to video Life work balance
Feb 10, 2019•57 min
