Women in L&D (WiLD) Special Guest: Ashley Lonie of Teamed

Valerie Sunyak speaks to Ashley Lonie on today’s episode of WiLD. Ashley Lonie is the CEO and Founder of Teamed. She is passionate about moving the needle forward in how learning occurs and believes people are the most important asset. Teamed is a marketplace and staffing agency specifically for the digital learning industry. Teamed connects professionals with the organizations who need their services and provides flexible hiring solutions.

Show topics:

Introduction & Announcements Ashley’s background and forming Teamed Discussing the Teamed marketplace How it differs from other sites like Upwork, Fivver Challenges in forming a community as a woman in the startup space How Ashley started Teamed Building meaningful relationships Trends observed in L&D, switching fields Soft-skills and business acumen companies are looking for Balance when developing for live workshops vs eLearning Demonstrating return on learning Gender, geographic pay gap for consultants, achieving parity Figuring out consultant rates Identifying niche consultants Challenges encountered as a woman in the workplace and as a CEO Lessons learned Remaining authentic while being a CEO as a woman Observations in the L&D field for women from the #MeToo movement *Closing thoughts

View the broadcast: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/010919wild

Links in the chat:

https://teamedforlearning.com/ Site – https://tldc.us/ Membership – https://tldc.us/membership TLDC19 Conference – http://www.tldc19.com/ Slack channel – http://TLDChat.us