Jayne has 20 years in L&D as a software trainer, elearning developer, screencaster and is a TechSmith Recommended Training Provider. Jayne enjoys helping others develop new video skills and seeks to learn something new every day. An active member of the TechSmith community, she loves connecting people and building communities.
Harrison Withers is our guest today. He is an L&D consultant with Tier1 Consulting and has a lot of experiences to share with TLDC. He is also the author of Organisation Horsepower: Thinking Like a Motorcycle Racing Team. Harrison’s History Transitioning to eLearning Organization Horsepower – His book based on a blog post The over emphasis on infrastructure The tech doesn’t solve your business problems
With a return to Women in L&D (WiLD), we have Cara North and Valerie Sunyak in the inverviewer seat and Taruna Goel in the third window. Taruna is a Learning and Performance Specialist with close to 20 years of experience in the areas of instructional design, adult learning and workplace learning. They take on the issue of mentorship and how the mentee can benefit from the relationship. Andre’s History Mentor vs. Coach Manager as mentor? Mentee positives Volunteer mentoring Finding a mentor ...
A new idea starts today! Tuesday will bring more of an HR and leadership direction to the cast and the special guest to kick it off is Andre Nellams of Alaska Airlines is a HR Leader, HR Geek, Strategic Partner, Facilitator, Passion for all things Human Resources. He has 18 years of human resources experience; 13 years of senior level human resources experience introducing, building and implementing human resources programs and initiatives. Andre’s History Own your story Empowering others Though...
We have special guest Kati Ryan who has built world class, award-winning training programs for companies like Instacart, Gannett, LivingSocial, and others. She founded A Positive Adventure, an L&D consultancy business and is a leader in the industry encompassing professionalism, experience, and understanding of learning that’s required to be successful. Kati’s History Personal brand Graphic design Keeping current Connections “Me” monster How much to share? When you can’t share...
Barbara Ingrassia is a certified copyright manager, speaker, and trainer. She has a passion for raising awareness of the role of copyright in our daily lives. We are all consumers and creators of copyright-protected works, and understanding some copyright basics can help us achieve our goals and avoid unpleasant surprises. As President of Manage Copyright, she helps organizations navigate copyright law in the digital age by facilitating a review of their public presence, developing best practice...
Trivantis’ Community Manager, Jennifer Valley, joins us to talk about community building, both from a company/product level and at an instructional designer standpoint. In the session, we discuss taking advantage of networks, groups, supporting fellow users, collecting feedback, training, and conversations. Where to find them? How to use them? Sponsored by: Trivantis®, makers of Lectora®, CenarioVR®, and ReviewLink™ have been trusted software partners in the training, learning, and development s...
Today TLDC we welcome Kevin Yates who is a learning and development detective looking for facts, evidence and data for learning’s impact on behavior, performance and business results and he is a sought-after subject matter expert and international speaker. Brent and Kevin talk about how data fits into the L&D world. Kevin’s history Learning development through measurement Facts in data Business vs. training data Order taker Statistics How to stop training Politics in the business Find that o...
Today we are joined by Alex Godinez, the Senior Member Relationship Trainer at Travis Credit Union. He has dipped his toes in various fields throughout his life including screenwriting, acting, call center, video, public speaking, management, marketing, and voice-over work. Now fully recovered, he is the Senior Member Relationship Trainer at Travis Credit Union. Brent and Alex talk about going back to school to get into the L&D field. Alex’s history Getting back into school Managing life Sti...
Darryn has been disrupting the current education landscapes for the past 17 years, re-igniting curiosity to learn within the workplace. Regarded as a thought leader in Learning Assessments and applied Gamification he specializes in building and applying frameworks that demystify the ‘grey’ in complex systems maximizing sustained User Engagement and FUN engagement experiences. Darryn continues to pioneer innovative ways to help people enjoy what they do – and ultimately convert productivity to bu...
Video Friday is back with Brent and Sam hosting. Special guest Colin Steed joins the two today. He is the founder and executive producer of Learning Now tv. Colin has some 40 years’ experience in the learning and performance and publishing fields. Colin is co-founder and Chief Executive of the Learning & Performance Institute and founder of The Learning Awards, LearningLive, and the Learning Directors Network. Colin’s history Curation Technology advancements Q&A Podcasts Video Techniques...
Today we have Karen Hebert-Maccaro in the window. She is presently Chief Learning Experience Officer of O’Reilly Media, Inc. Prior to O’Reilly, Karen was Chief Learning Officer and VP of People Development at healthcare technology and biotechnology companies. Luis dropped in to cover for Brent and he and Karen discuss the ins and outs of learning on-demand. Karen’s history Learn in the moment Performance adjusted learning Practical applications On-demand training Clarity in needs Designing Digit...
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...
Monday starts the week with a special guest, Taylor Tomanio. She is an Instructional Designer at Shoptech Software where she acts as a designer, video editor, and e-learning developer. Taylor completed the Articulate Expert Training in Boson in 2018 and focuses on e-learning development and interactive training courses. Taylor has given webinars for Quinnipiac University’s Instructional Design Graduate Program and has spoken on the Women in Tech’s Social Platforms for a Takeover Episode. Taylor’...
Topher Olsen is our guest today. What a wonderful conversation. Topher is an L&D leader for Alliance Residencial Company and he is the recent winner of the Video Awards given by Training Magazine. His amazingly creative videos are all done internally with the help of a talented videography within the company. Topher’s History His Winning Video is a Parody Video for Onboarding New Employees How did he Light that scene? Things that we can all learn from his experiences Lightning round of quest...
Myra Roldan was our guest today. She brought some friends with her from EEVO Virtual Reality. They market themselves as a virtual reality product, but in Brent Schlenker's world, it’s actually interactive 360 video. It’s a fantastic solution and they are doing some great work to improve the engagement levels of training solutions. Myra Introduces Alejandro Dinsmore from EEVO We talked about VR vs 360 Video Watched some demos from EEVO
Tameka Harris is our guest today. What a wonderful conversation. We talked a lot about what it’s like to be a newbie in the L&D industry. Tameka’s History She shared experiences of her past media production career How she transitioned to instructional design Discovering the dark gap of newbies transitioning from EDU to Corporate The tear down after your first real ID project
Today is VideoFriday! Sam Rogers and Brent Schlenker host special guest Mary Tolena. She’s a drum circle facilitator who comes from the corporate world of Organizational Development. Mary also talked with us about creating her online course on drum circle facilitation using Teachable. Mary’s history Defining Drum Circle Facilitation What was it like getting started creating a course? Her learning journey creating her online course. How does a drum circle experience help enterprise organisations?...
Today’s guest is Jakub Zurawinski. He talked with us about Learning Battle Cards and how they can be used to help training organizations better discover and communicate learning design solutions in a card game format. it’s a tried and tested framework and tools that introduce design thinking into the instructional design space. Jakum’s history Introduction to Learning Battle Cards How LBC is being used across the globe
Join us for our series premiere of WILD: Women in Learning & Development! This episode features hosts Toddi Norum, Valerie Sunyak with special guest, Stella Lee. Our discussion topic will be “The Impostor Syndrome”. You can find more information about Stella Lee at www.paradoxlearning.com.
Today we have one of our own, Jonathan Rock, in the window. Jonathan is like many of us in Training and L&D, he stumbled into his role accidentally. But he discovered that he loves it and he’s good at it. Today he showed us how to use Powerpoint to create animation videos for use in eLearning projects. Jonathan uses Articulate Storyline, but the same ppt output can be used in any authoring tool. Jonathan’s history How he learned about side scrolling ppt from Mel Milloway’s post Animated Titl...
In today’s TLDCast, Lisa and Jeroen discussed: Designing for a global audience – Cultural considerations in instructional design. Jeroen Breman is the learning and development coordinator for Grid U, the corporate university of Northwest Lineman College, at their Meridian, ID, campus. His current research interests focus on organizational performance and workplace learning, instructional design, and blended learning solutions in remote learning environments. Lisa A. Giacumo is an assistant profe...
Jeff has over ten years experience in the digital learning and media industry. Currently he is CEO and Head Trainer/Sensei at Learning Dojo, a company dedicated to training you to become a software ninja in a variety of eLearning and web related software. Sponsored by:
Today we have one of our own, Joseph Suarez, in the window. Joseph is an award-winning eLearning Developer with over 10 years of experience out of Columbus, OH. His passion for user-centered design, visual communication, and story-telling bleeds into the production of innovative learning experiences and associated media assets. Joseph’s history Podcasts in learning Creating a production room Podcast specifics Personality in speaking Q&A Session Sponsored by:...
Dan Schawbel is a New York Times bestselling author, Partner and Research Director at Future Workplace, and the Founder of both Millennial Branding and WorkplaceTrends.com. He is the bestselling author of two career books: Promote Yourself and Me 2.0. His third book, Back to Human: How Great Leaders Create Connection in the Age of Isolation, will be published by Hachette on November 13th, 2018. He’s the host of 5 Questions with Dan Schawbel, a podcast where he interviews the smartest and most in...
We have VP or Turpin Communication Greg Owen-Boger on and he specializes in communication consulting, training, and coaching. He brings his 20 years of experience in the field of talent development to the window to talk shop with Brent, specifically the SMEs (Subject Matter Experts). Greg’s history Transition from acting to training Orderly Conversation Effective SMEs Getting the right people in the room Get untangled Executive presence Emotional intelligence Gravitas Story = event**** Sponsored...
Niki Hobson is a digital learning designer from the UK. She is an active member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and is currently working to achieve Level 5 qualifications in Learning and Development. Niki is a trained trainer and a competent assessor. She has a BA Hons degree in TV and Film Design from 2005. Throughout her career she’s been responsible for the delivery and management of various training programs, designed blended learning programs, and managed trai...
Jack has been involved in training and learning design for more than 30 of his 40 years as an entrepreneur. He’s convinced that much of what we do in learning and human capital development is negated by ‘hostile’ organizational cultures. These need to be redesigned, to better support our massive talent potential. When it comes to social media, Jack is most active on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/myrhythmjack/...
Today, good friend of TLDC, Andrew Hughes joined us for another great conversation about how DDInc creates, how they work with clients, and how they create a successful work culture. This was Nick’s first time on TLDCast and it was great to meet him for the first time. Andrew and Nick also gave a “first look” at their entry into the upcoming DemoFest. And just before we ran out of time Andrew handled the lightning round of questions with perfection. Introducing Nick Taylor How does Andrew Create...
Tuesday was so much fun. If you’ve never worked with Hadiya Nuriddin, then you should get to know her and her business by listening to today’s episode. She is the author of StoryTraining: Selecting and Shaping Stories that Connect. And also, the owner of Focus Learning Solutions. Introducing Hadiya Hadiya’s Origin Story What is StoryTraining This TLDCast is sponsored by:...
