In this episode of the Leading Learning podcast, Celisa and Jeff discuss the topic of the learning business including what it is, why it’s such an important concept, and the important link between both learning and business . Full show notes are available at http://www.leadinglearning.com/episode85 . Highlighted Resource – an informal curriculum on the topic of the Learning Business – new post on the Tagoras site that brings together the various episodes we have done on the podcast along with va...
May 28, 2017•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast Assessment-based certificates, or ABCs, are a trend all learning businesses need to know about. In this episode, Celisa Steele discusses assessment-based certificates with Robin Gault-Winton, a facilitator, trainer, and instructional designer, is the director of learning solutions at Castle and an expert on how assessment-based certificate programs can help increase professional development opportunities and improve learning outcomes. Full show notes available at http://www.leadinglearning.com.e...
May 21, 2017•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode you'll learn more about what we think has to be the “hippest” learning event in the world of continuing medical education, CMEpalooza . Jeff talks with Derek Warnick and Scott Kober about the CMEpalooza experience, the (mostly free) technology behind it, and key points of advice for organizations who might be interested in pulling together a similar educational offering. Full show notes available at http://www.leadinglearning.com/episode83 . Highlighted Resource - Leading Lea...
May 14, 2017•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast Do you wonder - or worry - about LMS ROI? Then this episode is for you! When it comes to determining whether to implement a new or replacement learning management system (LMS) , it’s important to ask, “What will the return on investment be?” Oftentimes, organizations struggle to try and answer this question—or even worse, it isn’t ever asked at all. In this episode of the Leading Learning podcast, Celisa and Jeff help you answer this sometimes daunting question and provide 5 key aspects of getti...
May 07, 2017•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Leading Learning podcast, Celisa talks with Stephanie Owen, director of education with the National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA) Stephanie knows first-hand how digital badges and credentials can impact member engagement, learning, and exposure in the marketplace. That’s because she’s been responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of NWFA University to include the use of digital credentials. Celisa talks with Stephanie about their rollout out digital...
Apr 24, 2017•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast Leading Learning co-host Jeff Cobb interviews Kevin Eikenberry, Chief Potential Officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group and bestselling author of Remarkable Leadership: Unleashing Your Leadership Potential One Skill at a Time and host of the Remarkable Leadership podcast . Jeff talks with Kevin about why remarkable leadership seems to be so elusive, the relationship between leadership and learning, and the various resources available for leaders and aspiring leaders. Full show notes available at h...
Apr 23, 2017•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Leading Learning podcast, Celisa and Jeff revisit their definition of a learning business and delve into the five supporting principles behind their newly created Learning Business Manifesto - a guiding document for any organization in the business of lifelong learning, continuing education, and professional development. Full show notes available at http://www.leadinglearning.com/episode79 Resource Highlight - Learning Business Maturity Model – We’ve discussed this before ...
Apr 15, 2017•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast Celisa Steele talks with Julie Dirksen, author of Design for How People Learn , about the primary responsibilities of instructional design, the various gaps that exist for learning, and what she sees as the biggest game changer on the horizon related to the design of learning. Resource Highlight : Free download of Chapter 8, Design for Motivation from the book, Design for How People Learn by Julie Dirksen. Full show notes available at http://www.leadinglearning.com/episode78 . Thank you to Castl...
Apr 08, 2017•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of the Leading Learning podcast, Jeff Cobb interviews Rich Phaneuf, CEO and Executive Director of the Association Executives of North Carolina (AENC). Jeff and Rich discuss his perspective on leadership, the evolving role of associations in education and lifelong learning, and what AENC is doing to support this. Resource Highlight : Socrative – a quizzing tool that enables you to rapidly create relatively sophisticated assessments to track how learners perform. There is a free ve...
Mar 31, 2017•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast Leading Learning co-hosts Jeff Cobb and Celisa Steele discuss the growth in podcasting indicated by the most recent Infinite Dial report from Edison Research and explore why podcasting is such a relevant and powerful medium for organizations in the business of lifelong learning. Highlighted resource : Ultimate Guide to Podcasting - a comprehensive podcasting “how to” resource page put together by John Lee Dumas from Entrepreneur on Fire who publishes an interview with an entrepreneur every day o...
Mar 22, 2017•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast Celisa Steele interviews Kristin Arnold, president and founder of Quality Process Consultants and The Extraordinary Team and author of Powerful Panels: A Step-by-Step Guide to Moderating Lively and Informative Panel Discussions . Celisa talks with Kristin about the different formats for panel discussions, what makes a good panel, and ways to increase their effectiveness. Full show notes available at http://www.leadinglearning.com/episode75 Resource Highlights : The Speaker Report – ( created by ...
Mar 18, 2017•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jeff Cobb, co-founder of Tagoras , interviews Dr. Robert Cialdini, author of the mega-bestseller Influence and the more recent bestseller Pre-suasion . Jeff talks with Dr. Cialdini about the core idea behind his new book, tips on how to influence people using “pre-suasion” techniques, and the impact the concept of unity has on influence. The insights shared by Cialdini have significant value for anyone in the business of lifelong learning, continuing education, and professional development. Full...
Mar 10, 2017•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jeff Cobb and Celisa Steele, co-founders of Tagoras and Learning • Technology • Design™ (LTD) , provide an After Action Review of LTD 2017. This episode was also broadcast via Facebook Live on the Leading Learning Facebook page . Featured resource for this episode: Padlet . Full show notes for this episode available at http://www.leadinglearning.com/episode73 . Thanks to YourMembership for being the sponsor for this quarter of the Leading Learning podcast....
Mar 06, 2017•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the digital world, top-notch copywriting is an essential part of building your brand and helping to turn potential customers into current customers. This is something every learning business professional needs to consider when looking at ways to improve their marketing efforts and gain the attention of prospective learners. In this episode of the Leading Learning podcast, Celisa talks talks with Layla Masri, co-founder of Bean Creative , about the relationship between copywriting and conversi...
Feb 25, 2017•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Leading Learning co-host Jeff Cobb interviews Paul Gannon, founder and CEO of Thoughtcast Media , a digital marketing agency specializing in video content marketing. Highlighted free resource: the Market Insight Matrix – a matrix that guides you through 3 stages of assessing your market: idea generation, idea verification, and idea testing with specific activities in each of those stages. Full show notes available at http://www.leadinglearning.com/episode71 . Don't miss out on Learning • Tec...
Feb 17, 2017•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast Leading Learning co-hosts Jeff Cobb and Celisa Steele discuss a recent report in The Economist and other signs that lifelong learning is becoming a mainstream issue. Show notes available at http://www.leadinglearning.com/episode70 . Download of Chapter 1 of Leading the Learning Revolution available at http://www.leadinglearning.com/revolution ....
Feb 11, 2017•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Celisa Steele ( http://www.tagoras.com ) interviews Jonathan Finkelstein, founder and CEO of the digital credential service provider, Credly . Be sure to check out Learning • Technology • Design™ (LTD) , a virtual conference designed specifically for professionals in the business of continuing education and professional development. Full show notes available at http://www.leadinglearning.com/episode69 . 01:57 – Highlighted Resource - Exploring the Fringe: Flipping, Microcredentials, and MOOCs . ...
Feb 05, 2017•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast Celisa Steele and Jeff Cobb ( http://www.tagoras.com ) interview Jeff De Cagna, founder of Foresight First ( http://foresightfirst.io/ ). Be sure to check out Learning • Technology • Design™ (LTD) , a virtual conference designed specifically for professionals in the business of continuing education and professional development. Full show notes available at http://www.leadinglearning.com/episode68 . 02:01 – Highlighted Resource - Leading Learning Newsletter . 07:45 – We’ve reached a point/critica...
Jan 30, 2017•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast What's a learning business and who is a learning business professional? Find out in this episode of the Leading Learning Podcast with Celisa Steele and Jeff Cobb. Show notes available at http://www.leadinglearning.com/episode67 . Get the Learning Business Maturity Model . Find out about Learning • Technology • Design™ (LTD) , and event designed specifically for professionals in the business of continuing education and professional development....
Jan 21, 2017•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jeff Cobb interviews best-selling author Rohit Bhargava about his curation, curiosity, and his new book Non-Obvious: How to Think Different, Curate Ideas & Predict The Future . Show notes for this episode are available at http://www.leadinglearning.com/episode66 .
Jan 15, 2017•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Celisa Steele interviews Karl Kapp, author of The Gamification of Learning and Instruction and The Gamification Field Book . Show notes for this episode are available at http://www.leadinglearning.com/episode65 Find out more about Learning • Technology • Design™ (LTD) 2017, the virtual conference at which Karl will present on gamification at http://ltd.leadinglearning.com ....
Jan 08, 2017•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this encore episode, Jeff Cobb and Celisa Steele discuss 3 low-cost, high-impact areas for investing in your education business in the coming year. Show notes available at http://www.leadinglearning.com/episode6 .
Dec 24, 2016•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast Celisa Steele and Jeff Cobb discuss a range of free tools and resources - most available as digital downloads - to help you with formulating and executing strategy for your lifelong learning business. Show notes available at http://www.leadinglearning.com/episode64 . A PDF download of the document discussed in this episode is available at http://www.tagoras.com/download/6903/...
Dec 23, 2016•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Leading Learning co-hosts Jeff Cobb and Celisa Steele discuss major trends that impacted the market for lifelong learning in 2016 and offer predications about what we'll see in the year ahead. Show notes available at http://www.leadinglearning.com/episode62 .
Dec 19, 2016•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Celisa Steele interviews Maddie Grant, co-author of Humanize and When Millennials Take Over about the implications of social media on associations, how it has led to organizations becoming more human-centric (including the impact millenials are having on this), and the important role of learning in organizational culture. Madddie is a digital strategist and thought leader who is an expert at helping organizations use social media to transform organizational culture and become more human-centric....
Dec 09, 2016•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this encore episode of the Leading Learning Podcast Celisa Steele talks with John Horrigan of the Pew Research Center about his organization's recent research into lifelong learning and technology . Roughly three quarters of Americans said they considered themselves lifelong learners and a similar number actually engage in a lifelong learning activity in a given year. At the same time, most American remain relatively unfamiliar with major concepts like distance learning or trends like Mas...
Dec 05, 2016•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Celisa Steele and Jeff Cobb discuss 10 critical shifts in the market for lifelong learning. A downloadable document to accompany the podcast is available at: 10 Critical Shifts in the Market for Lifelong Learning Show notes are available at http://www.leadinglearning.com/episode59 .
Nov 28, 2016•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Celisa Steele interviews Robbie Kellman Baxter, author of The Membership Economy . Show notes available at http://www.leadinglearning.com/episode58 .
Nov 21, 2016•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast Celisa Steele interviews Marla Weston, CEO of the American Nurses Association. Show notes available at http://www.leadinglearning.com/episode57 .
Nov 13, 2016•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast Celisa and Jeff discuss the recently-introduced Learning Business Maturity Model . Show notes available at http://www.leadinglearning.com/episode56 .
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