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The Spamming of Certification. Sounds like a big problem, right? Absolutely. But there's a tremendous opportunity for L&D here and we were lucky enough to have Bobbi Losee Vernon in this TLDCast to break down this concept and help us understand why this is such an important topic. As the gatekeeper to knowledge in the workplace, its important for Learning & Development professionals to stay abreast of different types of credentials, the role of psychometrics in designing assessments, and the significance of certifications in the workforce. It's important to be aware of trends in this space and integrating them into your practice, recognizing it not only impacts new hires' training but existing employees' on-the-job learning as well. And there is A LOT of information out there to learn and stay on top of. Bobbi does a great job of shining a light on it, but it's up to all of us to take that awareness and turn it in to action. This all just scratches the surface, but listen to the episode - you won't regret it.

What an honor it was to talk to Terry Godfrey in our latest Showcase episode. Terry's been an L&D professional for over thirty years and has been a trainer in diverse sectors such as chemicals, distribution, bio-diesel fuels, natural gas, and fertilizers. So needless to say, he's seen a lot. And interestingly, he mentioned he nearly canceled our showcase because he felt some impostor syndrome about coming on. I can tell you, not only was Terry probably over qualified to be on a TLDCast, he was one of the most delightful guests I've had a chance to speak to in the history of this series. Terry was just great. If you'd like to hear from a long time L&D veteran that still loves going to work every day, this is an episode for you. And be sure to connect with Terry; he's definitely someone that could enhance your network.

So are you interested in helping us build out some of our weekly and upcoming events? Take a listen to this episode and learn more about how you can be a part of The Training, Learning, and Development Community's upcoming programming. I'm doing a little bit of catching up in this one, and quite frankly, with how rapid this community is growing, I'm looking for some help in building more content, more relationships, more opportunities for professional development, and generally a community you can come to for practical advice on how to keep getting better at what you do. So check out this episode if you're at all interested in getting a bit more active in TLDC. And reach out if you'd like to chat and discuss more. Also, don't forget, Friday October 7th is our Graphic Design for Instructional Design featuring six fantastic speakers: Nick Floro, Kayleen Holt, Bela Gaytan, Kevin Thorn, Rick Jacobs, and Joseph Suarez. All excellents speakers with some wonderful things to share about graphic design and L&D. Find more info at www.TheTLDC.com.

Moe Ash was the guest in this episode of TLDCast and we had a bunch to talk about. Although Moe was here to talk about comics and learning design, he also covered gamification, and storytelling. But more than anything, I was impressed by his sense of creativity and how he uses it to produce effective learning. This episode is longer than our typical because as you'll see, Moe is passionate about discussing these topics and could probably go on for hours talking about what we covered. Give it a listen and you'll see what I mean.

We started our Exploring Freelancing event a little early with a TLDCast featuring freelance newbie Stephanie Diggins and seasoned freelancers Lisa Crockett and Parker Grant. Stephanie brought a series of questions she has about freelancing and asked for answers from Lisa and Parker --- and they delivered. The conversation ended up being about much more than just freelancing. This is a great listen for anyone interested in instructional design careers and the paths they can take. Give this one a listen. And don't forget to register for our free conference next week, Exploring Freelancing. Lisa, Parker and several other speakers will be featured at the event, and if this TLDCast was any indication, it's going to be a really excellent conference. You can find more information about the Exploring Freelancing Conference here: https://www.thetldc.com/events/2022/exploring-freelancing/exploring-freelancing *Note: we had some technical difficulties at the start of the broadcast, so the first few minutes were edited out due to echo.

https://www.crowdcast.io/e/the-spotlight-on-success-series Save my spot and follow please. What started you on your professional journey? What is your favorite part of being a professional? What are some things you wish you had known when you had started out in your career? Who or what keeps you inspired? What is one important thing that people should know about you? The questions were obtained from Luis Malbas at TLDCast, a frequent Crowdcast platform participant. #crowdcast #spotlight #success --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jack-bosma3/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jack-bosma3/support

Here's another episode with Anja Hartleb-Parson, who many of you know as a Data & Analytics L&D professional. But in this conversation, Anja discussed what philosophy can teach us about learning. And if you're like me, there was a whole lot to take away from this one. Anja offers a great historical perspective of the way philosophy influenced how knowledge is shared, and even what is shared. And ultimately, modalities in which learning is channeled --- which still stands today. It's heady stuff and not anything we've ever covered before in a TLDCast, which makes it that much more special, and provocative, and intriguing. And worth a listen.

Figure Out If Your L&D Efforts Are Making A Difference To The Bottom Line In this episode, Anja Hartleb-Parson returns to a TLDCast to discuss "How To Isolate and Measure the Impact of Your Training". With a passion for training, learning, AND data, Anja also has a wide range of other skillsets that she brings to L&D, offering us a larger perspective on how to use measurement to support your organization's training objectives. Give this one a listen - as always, Anja is brilliant. And a special thank you to Tom McDowall for doing a great job hosting and facilitating this episode.

An Experienced and Practical Perspective on VR and Instructional Design I've been monitoring the virtual reality and learning space for about five years now. I've tested and purchased a few hardware devices, sampled lots of games, and even attended some VR and AR conferences. I honestly thought VR was going to revolutionize technology as we know it --- and change the world of learning. Well, it doesn't look like anything like that is really going to happen soon. However, I'm feeling like my expectations of the future of VR and learning have a more practical perspective after talking with this TLDCast episode's guest, Monique St Paul. Monique is an Instructional Designer at Continuum XR --- and a self-confessed Luddite; you wouldn't expect Monique to be someone that would be doing instructional design in VR. But that's the thing: expectations around working with virtual reality and similar technologies lead you to believe that anyone working with this stuff needs to be a world class geek. Monique proves that's not the case. In fact, if you get anything out of this conversation, it's that doing ID for VR doesn't require you be tech savvy or a computer nerd. Instructional design for virtual reality is the same in normal reality, just no head set. So give this episode a listen - the live event was very popular and the chat was busy. This conversation might change your mind too about VR and Learning.

Learn how the Human Capital Disclosure SEC Mandate affects you The SEC mandating Human Capital disclosure seems like it should've sent shockwaves through the L&D world, but you wouldn't know it unless you searched for it. This mandate, which went into effect in November of 2020, will have a tremendous impact on our industry, and at the very least, having a working understanding of what it means is important. And so we're lucky to have Trish Uhl join us for this TLDCast to discuss 7 Ways Your Internal Instructional Design & Training Process is Now Externally Exposed. With host Christiana Houck, Trish also addresses many of Christiana's concerns as a senior L&D Director. Give the episode a listen, it's definitely something you should know.

On getting through the pandemic, Learning Environment Modeling, and the importance of micro-credentials The first time Bucky Dodd joined us on a TLDCast, afterwards we had quite a few folks post on twitter about how their minds had been blown. You can see why in this episode. He was joined by his associate at LX Studio, Carolyn Muller, and we discussed Learning Strategies During a Pandemic. We also discussed some other topics, including Bucky's Learning Environment Modeling, why having an agency like LX Studio attached to the University of Central Oklahoma has a positive impact on students, and much more. Enjoy the episode. Check out LX Studio here: https://lxstudio.com/

From Kindergarten Teacher to Learning Experience Designer It took a couple of years to get Mike Jones on a TLDCast and the wait was worth it. He's a kindergarten teacher turned Learning Experience Designer and over the last ten years, seems to have seen and done it all in L&D. You can learn a lot from Mike, his knowledge and experience with tools is vast. So give this episode a listen and connect with him on twitter and linkedin. You'll be glad you did. On twitter: https://twitter.com/MPJ_InstrDesign On Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mpjones-elearning/

Learn the Why and How L&D Expert, Joseph Suarez, is Working Out Loud In this episode, we talked with Joseph Suarez about Working Out Loud. It's a concept you may already be familiar with; and if you're not familiar with it, Workingoutloud.com Founder, John Stepper says "Working Out Loud is a way to build relationships that can help you in some way, like achieving a goal or exploring a new topic or skill. Instead of networking to get something, you invest in relationships by making contributions over time, including your work and experiences that you make visible." And here's something interesting about this episode: it's the first time I connected some of the core principles of TLDC to Working Out Loud. The Training, Learning, and Development Community is about exploring and sharing your journey in L&D, and our regular broadcasts and Slack conversations on TLDChat.us serve as a testament to that. Essentially, our Community is in many ways, working out loud. Keep that in mind and give this episode a listen. And if you are at all interested in participating in an episode of TLDCast to "work out loud", email me at luis@thetldc.com. eLearning Out Loud: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDjs4IXB4qO_4rDvIi3mD-Q Instructional Redesign Podcast: http://instructionalredesign.com/

After his recent experience finding a new job in 2019 and being let go in 2020, Joe Suarez decided to turn his misfortune into opportunity and share his lessons learned with others in the learning & development field. That kicked off a 4 part TLDC Job Seeker series. This episode of the podcast is a summary of his presentations along with helpful interjections and resources shared by co-host Cara North. Resources mentioned: TLDC Job Seeker SeriesArticulate's eLearning Heroes ChallengesKristin Anthony's GoDesignSomething.co Learning Guild's 2018 Global Salary & Compensation reportDevlin Peck's 2020 Instructional Designer Salary ReportSimplyhired.com - job search site with estimated salary ranges Connect with Cara & JoeSupport the showLnDTees.com Learning & Development themed swagIRD.LnDTees.com Instructional Redesign podcast swag Music created by Jahzzar. Episode Transcript: Cara North 0:01Today on instructional redesign podcast, we're gonna be talking jobs, jobs, and more jobs with Joe Suarez. So if you missed Joe's series on it TLDCast, he had a wonderful four part series about seeking jobs during this time. And he has a lot of great sage advice, pandemic or no pandemic of great things that you should be doing in your job seeking journey. And today, what we're going to do is we're just going to do a quick recap of some of the things that Joe talked about, see if he still recommends a lot of the same things he talked about a few months ago, and maybe also talk about the future and what that potential looks like. That sounds like a plan to you, Joe. Joseph Suarez 0:48That definitely sounds like a plan. Let's do it. Cara North 0:51Alright, let's go. Joseph Suarez 0:53Alright. So as Cara mentioned, I did a four part series on TLDC, around job seeking. And, you know, part of the reason I did this is because I went through a month long process in both 2019 and 2020, to find a job. And I was hoping the the 2019, one would have would have stuck a little longer. But unfortunately, I was only enrolled for five months. And they had to lay some of us off because of the financial impacts of the pandemic. So I found myself looking for a job again. And I realized that in that moment, that I was in a better position than most I had just gone through this, I felt very confident that I was going to be able to either find something, another full time job or be able to just start freelancing become full time self employed. But I knew others weren't in such a strong position. And I wanted to do something about that. And I figured I could share some some of what I know, with people. And ultimately, I landed on doing the TLDC series. So to start things off, I just want to look at things very big picture and just open with a very simple, I don't mean it to be condescending, but just ask the question, what is the job. And I think it's important to open with that, and understand that a job is basically a contract between two parties, an employer and an employee. So the employee agrees to perform some specified tasks or duties for the employer. And in return, the employee is given some compensation. And this is a contract that can be ended by either party at any time, obviously, the employer can can quit and leave the role, the employer can let the person go. And as long as they're following the laws and regulations in whatever locality they're in, that's perfectly fine. Obviously, what happened to me was, I was let go during the pandemic, and part one of my series was just talking about my experience, but also what others can do, if they suspect they might be about to go through the same thing, and what are the warning signs to see if perhaps they're about to be laid off. Also, I gave some advice for people for what they can do during the layoff, which controlling their emotions and listening for key details that the HR representative or the manager that's letting the person go would would give out,

In this episode, Lee LeFever returned to TLDCast to talk about his new book, Big Enough. You may know Lee from the CommonCraft Explainer videos that were viral hits on YouTube a few years back. We talked about those videos, how he's evolved as a media creator, and also discussed the topic of his new book, Big Enough: Building a Business that Scales with Your Lifestyle. What was particularly interesting was Lee emphasized that much of his success can be attributed to being able to write well - a skill we can always improve upon. Enjoy the episode.

Meet Devlin Peck of Peck Consulting. Devlin joined us to discuss an article he wrote exactly about that: How to Become An Instructional Designer in 2020. As you might expect, there was a lot to go over, and we moved through the conversation at a quick pace. In fact, I can safely say this episode may have had more Q&A than any previous TLDCast we've done. We had over 200 people registered for this one, so the audience chat was a constant stream. Give this episode a listen, it's full of helpful information and you may want to go the original recording for more detail. The chat transcript is also located in our Slack group at www.TLDChat.us. Enjoy. https://www.devlinpeck.com/posts/how-to-become-instructional-designer https://www.crowdcast.io/e/devlin-peck-how-to-id https://www.reddit.com/r/instructionaldesign/ https://webflow.com/ https://discord.gg/7crPR5C https://www.amazon.com/Non-Designers-Design-Book-4th/dp/0133966151 https://www.edx.org/micromasters/usmx-umgc-instructional-design-technology https://www.cathellis.com/ https://www.devlinpeck.com/portfolio https://www.glideapps.com/ https://thefutur.com/team/chris-do https://www.youtube.com/user/TheSkoolRocks http://www.ransegall.com/ https://www.whyscience.com/online-professional-development/

This episode was a really fun TLDCast! We hosted Jo Cook for a live Q&A - meaning the entire discussion was Q&A. And it was focused on what Jo is an expert at, Live Online Learning. Here are some of the questions Jo answered: What are the "must have" tools needed for successful online training? What is the best way to measure the effectiveness of your online training? What do you love best about the virtual classroom and least How do you stop webinars from becoming information dumps and disengaging learners? And answers to so many more... Give this one a listen, Jo provides some great replies and the fast paced format makes this one easy to tune in to.

Hey, Merry end of year reporting Season! ...What? That's not a thing? Sure it is! This is the perfect time of year to be reflecting on your accomplishments and the value you add to your organization. But the big question is What do you count? What data do you have that tells the best story? Well, it's not too late to figure that out. Wrapping up 2019 with a solid EOY report is the best way to put the last 365 days into perspective. Evaluate what you've accomplished and note all things you may have not had enough time for as well. This sort of report will not only show you how far you've come, but also help you better forecast 2020! In this session we're going to help you discover the most important things for your department to count in order to show your work at the end of the year. Sam Rogers, of Snap Synapse has helped clients solve this annual reporting problem every year since 2001. And if it's too late for this year... then this is the perfect time to learn what you should do in 2020. It's a win no matter what situation you are in! And since it's the last episode of 2019, we'll also be celebrating the season. So share a final mug of 2019 coffee with the IDIODCs and leave with a belly full of knowledge and holiday cheer! Sam Rogers is the President of Snap Synapse LLC - a content production and consulting company specializing in eLearning. He is a regular contributor to #TLDCast and a speaker at events run by ATD, The eLearning Guild, Training Magazine and Learning DevCamp. Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter. Remember you can always stay in the loop by searching through the #IDIODC tag: Sam: @SnapSynapse https://twitter.com/snapsynapseBrent: @BSchlenker https://twitter.com/bschlenkerChris: @Chris_V_W https://twitter.com/Chris_V_WIDIODC: @TeamIDIODC https://twitter.com/TeamIDIODC Brent Schlenker is dominKnow's Community Manager. Chris Van Wingerden is dominKnow's Sr. VP Learning Solutions. Interested in learning more about dominKnow? Sign up for our next live platform demo to learn why we do powerful eLearning-authoring best. (And get a free 14-day trial after you watch the demo!) https://www.dominknow.com/demonstration.html

This audio only version of TLDCast took place on Wednesday, October 30, 2019 online in front of a live audience. In this episode, Andrew Hughes of Designing Digitally talks with Matthew Pierce of Techsmith about how video can improve learning outcomes. They also discuss mentorship, leadership, and go into Matt's backstory about his journey to becoming a learning and video ambassador for some of the world's leading visual communication software tools, Camtasia and Snagit. You can access the full video and audio of this episode on the TLDC.us website. And if you're a current TLDC member, you can also get access to the entire transcript of this episode, as well as the audience chat. To learn more and to find all of our episodes, please go to TLDC.us. Sponsored by: Designing Digitally, Inc. specializes in creating educational, engaging, and entertaining learning experiences that incorporate innovation, creativity, and gamification to enhance learner retention. They offer a wide spectrum of solutions, including interactive custom eLearning, Serious Games, Training Simulations, and Mobile Learning. All developments are customized to our clientsí individual needs.

This audio only version of TLDCast took place on Friday, November 1, 2019 online in front of a live audience. In this episode, I talk with Niels Floor, Learning Experience Design Pioneer. Niels originated and coined the term "Learning Experience Design" in May 2007, with the job title following shortly thereafter. He's also the Founder & Owner of Shapers, a Learning Experience Design Consultancy based out of the Netherlands. This was a very interesting conversation that shed light on the beginnings of Learning Experience Design, how it originated, some perspectives on its global impact, and where its going. This discussion is a must listen for anyone doing instructional design that find themselves particularly focused on the design aspect of things. And if you're wondering about how instructional design is evolving, understanding the beginnings of LXD and why it's relevant is definitely something you're going to want to learn about. You can access the full video and audio of this episode on the TLDC.us website. And if you're a current TLDC member, you can also get access to the entire transcript of this episode. This one is particularly good, with quite a few profound tidbits from from Niels. To learn more and to find all of our episodes, please go to TLDC.us. This episode is sponsored by: Designing Digitally, Inc. specializes in creating educational, engaging, and entertaining learning experiences that incorporate innovation, creativity, and gamification to enhance learner retention. They offer a wide spectrum of solutions, including interactive custom eLearning, Serious Games, Training Simulations, and Mobile Learning. All developments are customized to our clientsí individual needs. Designing Digitally, Inc. specializes in creating educational, engaging, and entertaining learning experiences that incorporate innovation, creativity, and gamification to enhance learner retention. Our company offers a wide spectrum of solutions, including interactive custom eLearning, Serious Games, Training Simulations, and Mobile Learning. All developments are customized to our clientsí individual needs.

There are currently 249 people living in Vaughnsville, Ohio. Today on TLDCast, we had two former residents of that small town, both of them now Learning and Development Professionals. Andrew Hughes and Craig Sybert grew up with completely separate lives (although Craig’s father did date Andrew’s Aunt for a few months) and they discovered their common connection at an ATD conference, and have since managed to stay in touch here in The Training, Learning, and Development Community. Take a listen to their interesting stories, and hear about their childhood, how their roots affected their career choice, and how they evolved with technology as youngsters in Vaughnsville, OH, including what L&D was like then and now. *Lots of screen-sharing on this one, so make sure to check out the recording here to get the full discussion: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/082819 Designing Digitally, Inc. specializes in creating educational, engaging, and entertaining learning experiences that incorporate innovation, creativity, and gamification to enhance learner retention. They offer a wide spectrum of solutions, including interactive custom eLearning, Serious Games, Training Simulations, and Mobile Learning. All developments are customized to our clients’ individual needs. Designing Digitally, Inc. specializes in creating educational, engaging, and entertaining learning experiences that incorporate innovation, creativity, and gamification to enhance learner retention. Our company offers a wide spectrum of solutions, including interactive custom eLearning, Serious Games, Training Simulations, and Mobile Learning. All developments are customized to our clients’ individual needs.

Karl Richter is a Chef. But instead of menu prep and food mastery as his medium for cooking up delicious offerings, he concocts “eLearning Blends” — a mixture of design, facilitation, consultation, and coaching — to delight learning appetites. In this TLDCast, we learn more about Karl’s journey as a trainer – going from college, to teaching abroad in Taiwan and Korea, then his time teaching in the Educational Technology Department at San Diego State University, and eventually landing where he is now: Louisville, KY (the best state in the country, according to Kentucky native, Cara North). Most of the TLDCast is accompanied by slides, so to get the most out of the discussion, make sure you check out the video recording here: https://tldc.us/2019/08/25/delighting-learning-appetites-with-karl-richter-and-host-cara-north/

When you think about comics, more than likely some of the first things that come to mind are superheroes like Spiderman or Batman in full-color comic books you might find in bookstores or comic book shops. Or maybe you think about “funny pages”, the once popular color inserts in Sunday newspapers with comic “strips” like Peanuts and Garfield. Well, comics have evolved in many ways. From graphic novels with adult themes to what this TLDCast is about: Instructional Comics. And our guest for this episode is one of the globe’s leading instructional designers producing instructional comics, Kevin Thorn. Check out this TLDCast and listen to host Kristen Hayden Safdie as she talks to Kevin about one of his most current instructional comic projects. They talk about the project dynamics, how Kevin produced it, what he ended up with, and how it was received. You’ll also get some great conversation on the evolution of how he started producing instructional comics and why.

Zsolt Olah has read a lot of books. AND he’s read a lot of L&D books. In fact, over a twelve-week period he read over 100 books in preparation for writing his own book, Engage the WORL&D!: A whimsical, brain-picking “meme-oir” from a creative digital learning strategist. So it comes as no surprise that Zsolt published a popular article about L&D Book Recommendations on eLearningIndustry.com. So this is why Zsolt was a perfect guest for our Community Discussion on “What Are Your Favorite L&D Books?”. As a quick summary, here are the distilled recommendations Zsolt has for reading. Consider it “highlights” from his original article. Be sure to listen to the podcast or view the TLDCast episode for more detail about why he recommends each of these books. Learning (And Doing Business) The Accidental Instructional Designer: Learning Design for the Digital Age Bean, Cammie Make It Stick Brown, Peter C. How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens Carey, Benedict Design for How People Learn (Voices That Matter) Dirksen, Julie Map it! The Hand-on Guide to Strategic Training Design Moore, Cathy Disruptive Learning: Discover Your Inner Learning Rebel Tipton, Shannon Show Your Work Bozarth, Jane Designing Ebook: Design Thinking (Innovation Trends Series) BBVA Innovation Center Designing for Behavior Change: Applying Psychology and Behavioral Economics Wendel, Stephen Thinking Critical Thinking: Tools for Taking Charge of Your Professional and Personal Life Paul, Richard Thinking, Fast and Slow Kahneman, Daniel Playing Play to Learn: Everything You Need to Know About Designing Effective Learning Games Boller, Sharon, and Kapp, Karl Game Thinking: Innovate smarter & drive deep engagement with design techniques from hit games Amy Jo Kim Futuring The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies Brynjolfsson, Erik Learning in the Age of Immediacy: 5 Factors for How We Connect, Communicate, and Get Work Done Carson, Brandon Misc Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences Gardner, Howard The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It McGonigal Ph.D., Kelly

"Task analysis for instructional design is a process of analyzing and articulating the kind of learning that you expect the learners to know how to perform" (Jonassen, Tessmer, & Hannum, 1999, p.3). And in this TLDCast, we had two task analysis experts discussing real application. Hosted by Cara North, our guest was Roberta Dombrowski, an award-winning learning designer with over ten years of experience designing and delivering user-centered digital learning experiences. Roberta is currently a Product Manager for Role IQ at Pluralsight, where she brings her expertise in workplace assessments to empower learner’s technology skill development through the measurement and skilling up within a role. Roberta holds a MS in Organizational Performance and Workplace Learning with Boise State University and was a 30 under 30 award recipient at Elliott Masie’s Learning 2018 conference. Task analysis is the process of learning about ordinary users by observing them in action to understand in detail how they perform their tasks and achieve their intended goals. According to the Instructional Design Knowledge Base, Instructional designers perform a task analysis in order to: determine the instructional goals and objectives; define and describe in detail the tasks and sub-tasks that the student will perform; specify the knowledge type (declarative, structural, and procedural knowledge) that characterize a job or task; select learning outcomes that are appropriate for instructional development; prioritize and sequence tasks; determine instructional activities and strategies that foster learning; select appropriate media and learning environments; construct performance assessments and evaluation (Jonassen et al., 1999). So in this episode, Roberta takes us through a task analysis scenario she constructed for the Idaho Humane Society. She also discusses: Being on Eliott Masie's 30 under 30 group that Learning leadership can happen at any age Her very positive experiences at Boise State University The "New School" of task analysis (via an actual project from the Idaho Humane Society) Building a mobile app for performance support The overlap of UX, product, and learning and lots more! Check out the recording below to learn more!

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 innovative design aesthetics. He’s also a regular speaker at international eLearning conferences, a recognized Articulate Super Hero, co-author of the popular E-Learning Uncovered book series, and author of The eLearning Designer’s Handbook. Tim answers Cara’s and more. In this conversation, he discusses: His start in loss prevention and how he evolved to becoming a trainer and accidental instructional designer His time at GoDaddy and how he set himself up for success by setting goals early in his career How he values structure and its importance to stakeholders How he started building his brand and eventually, his book Dealing with impostor syndrome Doing freelance work and dealing with freelancers Being a conference speaker and sharing your knowledge freely with others You can find the blog post for this episode here: https://tldc.us/2019/06/21/guest-tim-slade-with-host-cara-north-its-not-the-tools-its-what-you-do-with-them/

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 Ground Penetrating Radar services for Wyoming and the surrounding area through the use of Electromagnetic Induction and Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR). What’s it like being the Owner/Operator of an LLC in an industry primarily dominated by males? Listen to this Parity TLDCast episode and find out.

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 about. The chat was incredibly busy as well, and you can view that here: https://tldc.us/2019/06/02/host-cara-north-atd-ice-2019-wrap-up/ If you were an attendee at the event or are considering registering for 2020 ATD ICE, this TLDCast will be a nice wrap-up, or an extremely helpful resource.

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 participants in our space that deal with EDI issues regularly. Check out this report from the Ford Foundation that we gratefully share the EDI values below: https://www.fordfoundation.org/about/people/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/ Equity seeks to ensure fair treatment, equality of opportunity, and fairness in access to information and resources for all. We believe this is only possible in an environment built on respect and dignity. Diversity is the representation of all our varied identities and differences (race, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, tribe, caste, socio-economic status, thinking and communication styles, etc.), collectively and as individuals. We seek to use discussion to proactively engage, understand, and draw on a variety of perspectives. Our conversations are just one of the many ways we can find to create solutions for our challenges. Inclusion builds a culture of belonging by actively inviting the contribution and participation of all people. We believe every person’s voice adds value, and we strive to create balance in the face of power differences. We believe that no one person can or should be called upon to represent an entire community. This episode starts with an introduction to the topic, as well as features Toddi's own experiences with EDI. Guest Molly X's also discusses her experience working with the military and her current challenges navigating a very patriarchal environment. Sponsored by: Designing Digitally, Inc. specializes in creating educational, engaging, and entertaining learning experiences that incorporate innovation, creativity, and gamification to enhance learner retention. They offer a wide spectrum of solutions, including interactive custom eLearning, Serious Games, Training Simulations, and Mobile Learning. All developments are customized to our clients’ individual needs. Designing Digitally, Inc. specializes in creating educational, engaging, and entertaining learning experiences that incorporate innovation, creativity, and gamification to enhance learner retention. Our company offers a wide spectrum of solutions, including interactive custom eLearning, Serious Games, Training Simulations, and Mobile Learning. All developments are customized to our clients’ individual needs.

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 learners. These solutions allow for the ability to deliver content in an engaging way that allows employees to interact with the learning material, triggering actions or reactions in them to accomplish a task or form a decision. From the personal connections made during the training experience, employees are able to retain information better and improve performance results. To ensure your company’s training developments are successful and will keep your employees focused and involved, join Andrew Hughes from Designing Digitally to learn The Top 10 Ways to Increase Learner Interactivity & Engagement! Download the infographic: https://www.designingdigitally.com/infographics/top-10-ways-increase-learner-interactivity-engagement Sponsored by: Designing Digitally, Inc. specializes in creating educational, engaging, and entertaining learning experiences that incorporate innovation, creativity, and gamification to enhance learner retention. They offer a wide spectrum of solutions, including interactive custom eLearning, Serious Games, Training Simulations, and Mobile Learning. All developments are customized to our clients’ individual needs. Designing Digitally, Inc. specializes in creating educational, engaging, and entertaining learning experiences that incorporate innovation, creativity, and gamification to enhance learner retention. Our company offers a wide spectrum of solutions, including interactive custom eLearning, Serious Games, Training Simulations, and Mobile Learning. All developments are customized to our clients’ individual needs.

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 had known. They discussed the need to wear lots of hats, to letting go of their "babies", to the struggle to find support within the organization and lots more.Don't miss this Community Discussion! Easily one of the better discussions we've had in TLDCast.

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, and overall, it's a refreshing talk about building a business, and the work it takes to achieve success. If you are at all building a product or service in the L&D space, this episode will be an excellent experience for you.

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 having a blast. Alan set up a Goosechase for TLDC that asked for things like: Find a newspaper from another country (750 pts) Take picture of something considered an eLearning Myth (500 pts) What is your L&D Superpower? (750 pts) What has been your favorite TLDCast? (750 pts) There were three competing teams - East Coast, West Coast, and The World Players. East Coast won with a phenomenal 16650 points, with The World Players in second at 9900 points and the West Coast bringing in last place at 7950 points. There were some amazing insights during this TLDCast. Uses for workplace onboarding, conferences, and more kept the chat humming. See below for some chat highlights and more! Such a cool tool! Used it once for an office orientation/onboarding and once for a pure team builder. Probably not making Alyshahn's day since it was free both times, but dang, it was super cool. —- Christopher Yellen We work mostly remotely and odd hours and it would go well with my onboarding wizard (see it at Learning Dev Camp!) —- Kristen Hayden Safdie I'm trying to stop from downloading apps but I'll bite on this, downloading now. —- Cara North I can definitely see this as a great teambuilding event for the workforce —- Eric Brott Thank you so much Alyshan -- you were extremely open and this was a great demo. —- Kristen Hayden Safdie Learn more in our blog post here: https://tldc.us/2019/04/21/technology-showcase-tldcast-with-host-alan-natachu-and-featuring-alyshahn-kara-of-goosechase/

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, later named Adobe XD CC. XD is now a rich platform for mobile, desktop, and device design. It’s part of Adobe Creative Cloud, but is available for free. With XD, product designers can build rich user experiences and interactive prototypes. In this TLDCast, Melissa showcases both the prototyping and design capabilities of Adobe XD. She demos a variety of features within an actual design environment she’s building —- for her wedding. There were excellent questions from host Cara North, as well as a very active TLDCast chat audience. See the chat highlights below. Are you going to add Adobe XD to your toolbox? The price is right (it’s free) and from what we see in this TLDCast, it might be your favorite tool you don’t know about! Learn more in our blog post here: https://tldc.us/2019/04/19/cara-norths-learning-technologies-tldcast-melissa-milloway-on-adobe-xd/

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 from 12 seconds in 2000 to 8 seconds. That was four years ago. Is it less now? Therefore, this exploration of Digital Minimalism, Essentialism, and Learning was a very timely – and personal – exploration into our relationships with technology. Our guest Christiana Houck recently made a journey in to minimalism and has integrated it into her digital lifestyle as well. Essentialism is a bit different. Minimalism’s focus is on paring down materials and environment to get rid of the clutter. Essentialism’s focus is to direct energy only on the things that matter; concentrate on less, but better. It’s differentiating between the background noise and the relevant, now an art or skill as technology continues to be more pervasive in our lives. So in this TLDCast, we had an informal discussion about Christiana Houck’s background and her journey into a Minimalist mindset. Christiana is a Learning Solutions Director for a large gaming company and is responsible for training dozens of technicians to support their gaming machines that are located all over the world. Gaming machines, in particular, slot machines, are geared for distraction, and that irony is not lost on Christiana. We discussed the three Digital Minimalist principles: Technology use should be intentional not habitual. Technology is for making stuff not feeling better. Technology should never come before people. We also talked about the considerations Instructional Designers may have in building their training. For example, Christian deTorres commented: To address user distraction: Chunk training into smaller modules. I open up with scenarios and short quizzes that most people get wrong–which I feel perks them up as they realize this isn’t something they already know. Check out our blog post for more information: https://tldc.us/2019/04/12/digital-minimalism-essentialism-and-learning-with-christiana-houck/

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 team-oriented elements are what makes a Partnership work. And it’s especially important to define expectations across the board. Communication There may not be a more critical component to the relationship with your client than Communication. Be responsive, set realistic expectations, and be consistent about communicating with your client. Make sure your client understands that you’re there for them. And not just across single interactions, but all of them. Set a communication cadence, be proactive, set reminders for yourself and have a plan. Be as thorough as possible; you are in service of your client, make sure your client feels that experience. Honesty It goes without saying that you need to be honest. Be transparent about your needs and interactions. Ask for what you need, take ownership of your responsibilities and maintain as much clarity about projects as possible. Ensure you have the capacity to properly partner with your client. If not, let them know as soon as possible. Availability Be there for your client. That’s what you’re getting compensated for. Establish and set the pace. Provide some predictability for your customers to ease any anxiety about whether or not you’ll be available. Be true to your behavior, as well as consistent. And watch that volume! Focus on the relationship; you’re needed. Agility Everyone needs to have workarounds. Unexpected pop-ups are unavoidable, so it’s important to remain malleable and expect changes. Adapting to this dynamic can successfully assist you in building trust with your client, making you look more reliable and trustworthy. Vendor/Client relationships are all about treating people right, being fair and wanting the best results for all, not just for yourself. Making progress toward growth and improvement are key factors in finding success with your relationship, and it’s always important to find solutions that benefit both sides. Link to blog post: https://tldc.us/2019/04/11/sonia-furini-with-5-tactics-for-great-client-vendor-relationships/

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 degree program, no previous degree Cara North – L&D Degree Chris Stadler – L&D Degree So Why the Conundrum? Instructional Design has been around for some 75 years, but many still wonder what instructional designers — who are only now just gaining acceptance in higher ed and corporate training — do. Is it the changing landscape of the role that lends itself to this idea that it’s easy to circumvent a related degree? Is the nature of this career going to completely shift so that it’s a combination of fields, versus one that is specifically L&D? Listen to this episode to learn more! You can find more detailed information, direct links to the episode, and more here in this blog post: https://tldc.us/2019/04/06/community-discussion-do-you-need-an-instructional-design-degree/

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 Milloway 5 episodes took place during Q1 2018 Nearly half of the top 10 featured guest hosts The majority of these sessions focused on instructional design topics Definitely more of an emphasis on practitioner subject matter Most popular day is Thursday, least popular is Monday There’s more to learn from this series, and a great way to get started on understanding how our Community ticks.

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 the cast, as well as a look into TLDCast’s future. Sponsored by: Designing Digitally, Inc. specializes in creating educational, engaging, and entertaining learning experiences that incorporate innovation, creativity, and gamification to enhance learner retention. They offer a wide spectrum of solutions, including interactive custom eLearning, Serious Games, Training Simulations, and Mobile Learning. All developments are customized to our clients’ individual needs. Designing Digitally, Inc. specializes in creating educational, engaging, and entertaining learning experiences that incorporate innovation, creativity, and gamification to enhance learner retention. Our company offers a wide spectrum of solutions, including interactive custom eLearning, Serious Games, Training Simulations, and Mobile Learning. All developments are customized to our clients’ individual needs.

Join us on IDIODC for Mystery Learning Theater with Cara North. Well... okay... so we won't actually be doing a drama. But we WILL be having an exciting conversation with Cara North about multiple topics. She joined us last year as our very first IDIODC guests, and so we thought it might be appropriate to have her back on our 1 year anniversary! We going to followup on last year's conversation about the differences between ISD in Higher Education and ISD in Corporate/Enterprise environments. But we will also be asking her about the amazing presentation gave at TLDC19 that is so highly rated. It's a mystery... so you'll have to join us to learn more. Cara is an instructional designer and PhD student at Ohio State University who also works with #TLDCast as the Community Manager. Check out more about Cara here: https://caranorth.com/ You can learn more about Cara on her LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caranorth11/ Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter (and remember you can always stay in the loop with the #IDIODC hashtag): Cara: @CaraNorth11 https://twitter.com/caranorth11 Brent: @BSchlenker https://twitter.com/bschlenker Chris: @Chris_V_W https://twitter.com/Chris_V_W Brent Schlenker is dominKnow's Community Manager. Chris Van Wingerden is dominKnow's Sr. VP Learning Solutions. Want to join us live? Follow us on Crowdcast: https://www.crowdcast.io/dominknow Interested in learning more about dominKnow? Sign up for our next live platform demo to learn why we do powerful eLearning-authoring best. (And get a free 14-day trial after you watch the demo!) https://www.dominknow.com/demonstration.html

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 professor of organizational performance and workplace learning in the College of Engineering at Boise State University. Her current research interests are at the intersection of instructional design and workplace learning, including: data-based performance improvement solutions, social and digital media in training and workplace learning, global training initiatives, and competency development in instructional designers. Lisa and Jereon’s history Working with World Wildlife Fund Experience Why Involving Local Instructional Designers is Important Examples of Instructional Design that takes Culture into account

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:

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 a Successful Company Culture Demo of Project submitted for DevLearn’s DemoFest This TLDCast is sponsored by:

Wednesday brings a special guest, Mike Conner, coFounder of Catalyst Sale. Mike’s been passionate about organizational behavior, employee development, and creating learning organizations for the past 20 years. As a cofounder at Catalyst Sale, he works with technology companies focused on building scalable sales organizations. His professional services include startup advisory, organizational design, sales training, employee recruitment and technology implementations. He can quickly assess business pain points and opportunities and build sales cultures that scale. He’s with us on TLDCast because also experience building sales programs as part of his consulting experience delivering professional services. We talk a lot about the connections between sales processes and instructional design processes as well as influencing leadership on the projects we want to implement in L&D. How Catalyst Sale got started Mike’s Experience as a training consultant What Sales training looked like “back in the day” Importance of Selling Up – Influencing Leadership/stakeholders Technical difficulties – skip to 37mins for clear audio Technologies that help integrate training into the workflow How does understanding the sales process help training professionals Discovery in sales related to Analysis in ADDIE

Bianca Baumann is a curious, self-driven and results-focused professional with 10+ years in the Education field. She’s focused on finding solutions that leverage data to make learning stick, personalized and delivered just-in-time; something she likes to call digital education success: a mix of education, digital marketing and customer success. In other words, learning solutions need to be personal, predictive and proactive. She doesn’t believe in the LMS for corporate learning, seat-time or the next button and challenges the status quo, asking the tough questions in order to bring L&D into this century. In this episode of TLDCast we talked about the many aspects of marketing and how marketing processes should be leveraged in your instructional design. Bianca’s history Marketing Campaigns Email Marketing platforms that can be used in training Spaced Repetition – Content delivered over time Start small with onboarding Engaging with other organizations like IT, Legal, HR, etc

Adaptive learning experiences can be a game-changer for employee engagement in your elearning courses. What's adaptive learning you ask? Grab your favourite beverage and join us for a chat. I've got mine - it's a tasty cup of decaf Earl Grey tea. In today's episode my friend and "episode partner-in-crime" Simon Blair and I talk about his experience building an adaptive learning experience for a workshop he presented at DevLearn17. What's in this Episode We discuss: What adaptive learning is Why and how you can use adaptive learning Basics of designing an adaptive experience using Storyline (or for me, Lectora) The difference between adaptive and responsive (and how to stop referring to "responsive" out of context) Perils of country living in a digital world Who is Simon? Simon is an evil genius and all-around great guy. He's also funny as heck, and if you don't follow him on Twitter you NEED to! Go do it now! As an eLearning specialist, he has developed eLearning and associated apps, spearheaded quality and efficiency initiatives, and is a go-to source for all things LMS and eLearning technology, supporting colleagues around the globe. At various points, he has also been a software developer, a teaching assistant on back-country camping courses, a technical trainer, and a facilitator of virtual and in-person training across North America.  He also facilitated a hands-on session on building an adaptive course in Storyline at DevLearn 2017 (the eLearning Guild's premier industry conference).  In the next few weeks he'll be appearing on the TLDCast as well, so keep an eye out for that. Links from this Episode Simon on Twitter Simon on LinkedIn The Files for this project (Thank you so much for freely sharing your project with us Simon - available in Storyline and Storyline 360 formats) the Canadian eLearning Conference My big take-away from today was not to be afraid to try something new and outside the box - sometimes, the only way we can get to a conference is to have a speaking submission accepted. Conferences are an expensive investment, but always worth it. If conferences aren't in your budget, maybe you should do what Simon did - lose the fear, create a great proposal for an amazing talk (we all have something we can share) and share your knowledge, skill and expertise.   Connecting this idea of adaptive learning to another concept, like that of confidence based assessments can elevate the experience for your learners, add more of a true "learner at the centre" focus, and also provide you with some statistics to help you design and build future learning experiences. So much to think about - I'd love to hear how you are using adaptive learning approaches to solve your business problems. I'd also love it if you would kindly subscribe on iTunes and if you liked this episode, please give it a rating and review, and share it with your friends and colleagues. You can also share it on Twitter and LinkedIn, just use the hashtag #theloungepodcast.

Megan Torrance and Torrance Learning takes over TLDCast with guest Connie Malamed. Not to be missed!

Social Scientist Brian Moon, of Perigean Technologies joins us for a unique TLDCast. With a background in assessments, research, and expertise management, Brian discusses concept mapping, expertise, and methodology. Not a typical TLDCast, this one is a particularly valuable episode for insights on how to turn your learners into experts.

The PM APAC episode of TLDCast has been created to allow other time zones to participate in the TLDC community. For some practitioners on the West Coast the afternoon time 4pm PT works better. Today’s guest is Con Sotidis from Australia. Conversation started with Con introducing himself. Some of the items discussed: Similarities between Organizational Development and Strategic Learning. The struggles with influencing clients. Finding clients using social selling. Do you remember wikis? Con talks about his success with wikis in his early consulting. The Heavy Metal Umlaut – A great video explaining wikis but also showing the power of communities.

Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee #IDIODC In this IDIODC episode, Brent and Chris bring on a special guest, Shannon Tipton! The three talk about the importance of including microlearning in an organizational training setting for better learner retention, engagement and more. Shannon Tipton is CLO of Learning Rebels, an organization focused on improving business L&D through unique blended and microlearning training designs. She also is the author of her new book "Disruptive Learning: Discover Your Inner Learning Rebel". Check out more about Shannon and Learning Rebels here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannontipton/ https://learningrebels.com/ Want to join us live? Check out our Crowdcast: https://www.crowdcast.io/dominknow Follow Shannon, Brent and Chris on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/stipton https://twitter.com/bschlenker https://twitter.com/Chris_V_W Interested in learning more about dominKnow? Sign up for our next live platform demo to learn why we do powerful eLearning-authoring best. (And get a free 14-day trial after you watch the demo!) https://www.dominknow.com/demonstration.html

In this Thursday PM episode of TLDCast we talk with Helen Blunden from Australia. She has been in L&D for many years starting her career in the Australian military as a trainer. She loved it so much that she stayed. Helen is a big proponent of SnapChat as a tool for working out loud and sharing with her personal learning network. We also talk about how other tools in the enterprise can be used in the same way. Helen’s background Video as a format SnapChat for learning Trends Helen Sees in L&D You can find the recording here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/052518-apac You can download the chat transcript, including relevants links here: https://tldc.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/chat_052518-APAC.csv Sponsored by:

Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee #IDIODC In this IDIODC episode, Brent and Chris bring on a special guest, Sam Rogers. Recorded completely live and candid the three discuss pre and post-production for eLearning videos. Sam Rogers is the President of Snap Synapse LLC - a content production and consulting company specializing in eLearning. He is a regular contributor to #TLDCast and a speaker at events run by ATD, The eLearning Guild, Training Magazine and Learning DevCamp. Check out more about Sam and Snap Synapse here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/SamRogers/ http://snapsynapse.com/ Want to join us live? Check out our Crowdcast: https://www.crowdcast.io/dominknow Follow Sam, Brent and Chris on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/snapsynapse https://twitter.com/bschlenker https://twitter.com/Chris_V_W

Ant Pugh is easily one of the most prolific and interesting L&D Professionals on the planet. Broadcast live from his home in Bali, Indonesia, Ant lets us in on what he and his company, Videobites, is up to. This episode is from our new weekly afternoon edition of TLDCast, specifically timed for the US West Coast and the Asia Pacific Region. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/antpugh Twitter: @antpugh Email: ant@videobites.co

Today we welcomed back the always amazing Connie Malamed to TLDCast. This was a fantastic episode on using Design Thinking in L&D. We also talked about the importance of looking outside of our own industry for ideas, systems, and processes that might benefit the learners we impact. If you’re at all interested in implementing Design Thinking into your instructional design strategies, this is an excellent episode that will offer some an nice overview and some helpful tips to get started.

For the 300th episode of TLDCast, we have special guest Myra Roldan in the window today to talk about applying the Alexa idea to your training. It was an interesting day of geeking out on the idea and Myra did a great job of removing the fear of using and hacking this technology for training use. Alexa described Voice User Interface Amazon Alexa skills Interaction tech Q&A Session

Gabrielle Bayme joined #TLDCast for a conversation about transitioning from instructional designer to learning experience design. Gabrielle brings a unique perspective to this topic starting her career in theater and then moving into training. She shares some great stories and perspective on her transition to Learning Experience Designer as she continues through the transition. 1) Introduction to Gabrielle Bayme and her origin story 2) Making the transition to Learning experience designer 3) How can we create better experiences 4) How to get leadership to embrace the change to learning experience designer 5) Future of work predictions 6) Improv in learning experience design 7) L&D Pet Peeves?

Video Friday is back! We have Sam Rogers in hot seat and Matt Pierce as our guest with a great special message just for TLDCast! Matt went over the Techsmith Academy with the group and discussed his thought process behind setting up this resource. Matt Pierce background Sharing the Techsmith Academy Video production timeline Write, script, film, post Shapes in scripting Video for learning Relating story-telling and scripts to games

More than likely you’ve seen CommonCraft’s “explainer videos” at some point in your instructional design journey. So we are very excited to have Founder and Producer, Lee LeFever, as guest in this TLDCast. Lee goes into detail his processes and methods for producing their videos, always with his wife Sachi playing a critical role. If you’re at all interested in how these types of videos are made, this is an excellent episode that offers some unique insight into how CommonCraft does what they do — resulting in videos that have been viewed millions of times. http://www.commoncraft.com https://www.crowdcast.io/e/032318 Sponsored by: Designing Digitally

Special guest Patti Bryant visits the TLDCast to share her insight from working with the likes of Chipotle and The Marcus Buckingham Company in elevating employees’ experiences. Through her consulting experience, she has gathered knowledge on how to interact with big companies when it comes to creating and customizing training for their users. Patti’s background Gratefulness How did Patti get into L&D Ask questions Talking with SMEs Failures This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Today brought an amazing panel into TLDCast to talk about breaking through the glass ceiling as females in the L&D industry. With rotating speakers, we received some excellent insight from all the panel members on bias, direct discrimination, and the challenges that are evident for females in the technology and L&D field. Panel background Difference in markets for female employment Discrimination, direct and overt Microaggressions Ok to say “no” Imposter syndrome Confidence vs arrogance How to make it better This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

We welcome back Kassy LaBorie as she helps us complete some homework assigned from her last guest appearance on TLDCast. You can find that appearance here: https://tldc.us/2018/02/01/special-guest-kassy-laborie-virtual-classrooms/ Essentially, the homework was to submit your own audio recordings of your voice using different styles. You can find more on that in our TLDChat Slack Group in the TLDCast channel. We also had some great conversation related to gender perception and attitudes for being on camera. This was particularly intriguing discussion, with some very honest talk about the differences men and women face in getting in front of camera. This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Excellent TLDCast conversation with Kristen Hayden Safdie, where we did our first TLDCast book review on A Theory of Fun for Game Design by Raph Koster. Great book, great episode! This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Wednesday brings us to a great guest in Katie Stroud of Incremental Success. Katie is a learning solutions engineer gifted at developing organizational learning experiences tailored to each business’ needs. Katie is a long time participant in TLDCast and will be speaking at TLDC18. We discussed: Katie’s background Story telling Art vs the story Making stories engaging This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm