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Today we're talking with 2-time Demofest winner Ashley Chiasson to talk about how she creates winning projects for her professional portfolio. Her last winning project won for Best Video Solution and so we'll talk a little about that as well. But if you know you need to up your game, or freshen up your portfolio, then you'll want to listen to what Ashley has to say. There is a reason why her projects WIN! And she's willing to share those secrets with us on IDIODC. Join us and start building your winning portfolio. In this session, you will learn: About the importance of an eLearning portfolio About common challenges in building an eLearning portfolio and how to overcome them Ways of building out and promoting your portfolio Ashley Chiasson is an award-winning eLearning developer with over a decade of experience as an instructional designer. eLearning developer, and consultant. She is the Senior eLearning Developer at Traliant, and holds a Masters of Education (Post-Secondary Studies) and a Bachelor of Arts (Linguistics and Psychology). Learn more about Ashley on her LinkedIn! https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashley-chiasson-02b95a59/ Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter (and remember you can always stay in the loop with the #IDIODC hashtag): Ashley: @AMDChaisson https://twitter.com/amdchiasson 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 Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - develop, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

This week on IDIODC, Brent and Chris bring on Margie "The Brain Lady" Meacham! She shares brain-based learning design principles backed up by research. If you're interested in truly improving the ways you design, develop and deliver training, then you need to pay attention to newest research in neuroscience. Margie will talk with us about what works and what doesn't. We'll also talk about the myths surrounding the work we do and how current research better informs our design decisions. During this episode Margie gives away a copy of her book, Brain Matters: How to help anyone learn anything using neuroscience During this episode we will also be giving away an #IDIODC mug for the month of April! Join the IDIODC #MugShot gang! Margie Meacham, aka “The Brain Lady” is one of the foremost experts in educational neuroscience and artificial intelligence. She helps organizations filter through the noise to find to enhance learning and performance through science. Margie is available for keynotes and custom workshops. She is a founding member of the global consultancy, “The Brain Ladies.” Watch for her new workshop “Build Your First Chatbot” with “eLearning Joe” Joe Ganci. Margie teaches people how to design and deliver training that is compelling, memorable and immediately useful by applying the latest discoveries from the converging fields of learning science. The author of “Brain Matters: How to help anyone learn anything using neuroscience” believes that if you understand how the brain works you can become a better teacher, trainer, leader, spouse or parent and have more fun doing it. Margie is the Chief Freedom Officer of Learningtogo and hosts a Top Ten podcast on the science of learning. She is a recipient of the 100 Most Innovative in Learning award and a frequent keynote speaker at industry conferences. Check out Margie’s talk: “We are the Disruption”. She teaches the ATD online course, Essentials of Brain-Based Learning. You can learn more about Margie on her website at www.learningtogo.info Learn more about Brain Matters: How to help anyone learn anything using neuroscience: https://learningtogo.info/brain-matters-book/ Purchase Margie's book here: https://www.amazon.ca/Brain-Matters-anyone-anything-neuroscience/dp/1508722137 Learningtogo: https://learningtogo.info/ Top 10 Podcasts: https://learningtogo.info/2017/07/12/the-learningtogo-podcast-is-8-for-learning-and-development-professionals-in-2017/ 100 Most Innovative in Learning award: https://learningtogo.info/2017/10/05/margie-meacham-is-one-of-the-100-most-talented-global-training-development-leaders-for-2018/ Margie’s talk: “We are the Disruption”: https://disrupthr.co/vimeo-video/survive-thrive-5-disruptions-changing-hr-by-changing-what-it-means-to-be-human-margie-meacham-disrupthr-talks/ ATD online course, Essentials of Brain-Based Learning: https://learningtogo.info/2017/11/27/upcoming-event-essentials-of-brain-based-learning/ Learn more about Margie on her LinkedIn profile. https://www.linkedin.com/in/margiemeacham/ Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter (and remember you can always stay in the loop with the #IDIODC hashtag): Margie: @MargieMeacham https://twitter.com/margiemeacham 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 Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - develop, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

As an Instructional Designer, you may someday become the manager of a team of IDs. Making the transition can be challenging. This week Brent and Chris talk with Lisa Goldstein to go over valuable notes of what it means to be a successful training manager on a team of IDs. And if you've been tasked with building a team of instructional designers, this conversation will help you understand what to look for in a new hire so that you get the right skillset and attitude on your team. Managing can be a difficult job, and as an instructional designer there are things you can be doing as well to help support your manager and turn your team into the high performing team you want it to be. Join us to learn more! Lisa is a multi-award winning learning technologist and innovative leader. An enthusiastic go-getter who thrives when interacting with others and passionately believes that corporate learning should meet the needs of modern learners while focusing on desired business outcomes. Brainstormer, dot connector, visionary leader, achievement driver. Learn more about Lisa on her LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-a-goldstein/ Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter (and remember you can always stay in the loop with the #IDIODC hashtag): Lisa: @LisaAGoldstein https://twitter.com/lisaagoldstein?lang=en 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 Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - develop, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

New tech requires new thinking. Old design models rarely translate successfully into new technology solutions. Instructional designers need something other than ADDIE if they are going to effectively design from new technologies like augmented reality. This week for IDIODC, Brent and Chris bring on special guest Debbie Richards to chat all about the new design model for augmented reality solutions: ADDEDD. Analyze, Determine, Design, Experience, Develop, and Deploy. We’ll break it down for you and help you feel confident finding the resources you need to design your first AR Learning Solution. Debbie is the president of Creative Interactive Ideas. And listed on the of E-learning Movers & Shakers for 2018. Serving as a consultant to corporations and organizations and supports clients in the area of instructional technology. Debbie works with organizations to design, develop and deliver technology-based adult learning programs with measurable impact. Passionate about working with and mentoring other learning professionals, Debbie is also the past president of the ATD Houston chapter and a past National Advisor for Chapters. She serves as the VP, Marketing and Communications for the ATD Houston chapter, and also as a mentor to ATD chapter leaders. Learn more about Debbie on her LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/cre8iveii/ Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter (and remember you can always stay in the loop with the #IDIODC hashtag): Debbie: @Cre8iveii https://twitter.com/cre8iveii?lang=en 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 Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - develop, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

The training industry has a legacy of creating events that take learners out of the context of their work. Over the years new technologies have disrupted that model. We now have the tools to educate and support learners while they work. Workflow Learning is a relatively new concept but has it's roots in performance support. There is also a significant element of microlearning in the mix. All of these concepts have come together as a new comprehensive solution that improves business outcomes. And that is why businesses are asking for it. This week Brent and Chris bring back returning guest Shannon Tipton for her second appearance on the show! We'll be talking about workflow learning and how it works. She'll go over some of her tips and tricks and examples of success stories using workflow learning. 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 book "Disruptive Learning: Discover Your Inner Learning Rebel". Learning Rebels: https://learningrebels.com/ Check out her book: Disruptive Learning: Discover Your Inner Learning Rebel on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Disruptive-Learning-Discover-Inner-Rebel-ebook/dp/B00XFIIVLY Learn more about Shannon on her LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannontipton/ Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter (and remember you can always stay in the loop with the IDIODC hashtag): Shannon: @STipton https://twitter.com/stipton 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 Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - develop, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

During this episode of IDIODC, Brent and Chris bring back on Bianca Baumann to chat about learner-centric styles of training. Similar to the first discussion with Bianca on staying relevant in today's age of technology (you can catch the recording of that conversation here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/Engage-the-Modern-Learner-With-Bianca_Baumann), the gang discusses the core of what's important in our eLearning - ways to stay engaging and relevant. L&D professionals think they know what’s best for their learners, but do they? When was the last time we asked? When developing new training strategies, L&D professionals often assume what learners want and need. It could be based on a current performance issue, or because a new product or service is introduced. Whereas training might be the solution, maybe a short email would do. And even if training is needed, what should it look like? In her new eBook The Little Black Book of Marketing, Bianca describes ways of re-envisioning training strategies through the use of marketing techniques that are focused on the learner. Bianca, Chris and Brent will highlight: Use of training campaigns for learner-centric content Leveraging data points to uncover training needs Use of personas to understand the learners needs Bianca is a curious, self-driven and results-focused professional with 10+ years in the Education field. She is a consultant on learning solutions and leverage data to make learning stick, personalized and delivered just-in-time. Bianca has a mix of education, digital marketing and customer success experience. She's not one for the LMS, seat-time or the next button. Challenging the status quo, Bianca asks the tough questions in order to bring L&D into this century, leaving behind old learning styles that don't work. Learn more about Bianca on her LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/biancabaumann/?originalSubdomain=ca Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter (and remember you can always stay in the loop with the #IDIODC hashtag): Bianca: @BiancaBaumann https://twitter.com/biancabaumann 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 Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - develop, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

For this session of IDIODC, Brent and Chris bring back special guest John Kissinger, voice over master who knows what he's talking about, pun intended. John is back for his second IDIODC session to share more tips and tricks from a voice over professional’s perspective. - But don’t let the term professional scare you, we’ll be talking about the easy ways instructional designers and eLearning developers can improve their own voice recording. We don’t all have a budget for a professional, so we need to do it ourselves. It can be frustrating to hear our own voices and be dissatisfied with the quality. You may be surprised that there are a few very simple things you can do to take your recordings to the next level. Join us and level up your skillset in audio recording. John is an accomplished trainer and voice actor, John has worked with clients from Facebook to Ford! With over 20 years experience entertaining and educating learners, John is a certified Master Trainer through the Association for Talent Development (ATD) and an American Business Awards-winning instructional designer. Looking to enhance your own voice acting skills and tune up the vocal cords? Check out the book recommended by John on tongue twisters by Rodney Saulsberry. Learn more about John Kissinger and all his amazing skills here through his LinkedIn and his website! https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnkissingervo/ https://www.johnkissinger.com/ Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter (and remember you can always stay in the loop with the #IDIODC hashtag): John: @JognKissingerVO https://twitter.com/johnkissingervo 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 Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - develop, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

This week, Brent Schlenker and Chris Van Wingerden bring on special guest, master of xAPI from RISC, Duncan Welder to chat xAPI applications. - xAPI is a step in the right direction for learning technologies. But many struggle with identifying a good use case within their business to justify the upgrade in their systems. On this episode we talk with Duncan Welder live about how xAPI can support and track spaced repetition. And if you're new to the idea of spaced repetition, we'll get you up to speed on that as well. Since spaced repetition is most effective with short bursts of content, we're certain we'll be making the connection to the latest trend in micro-learning as well. It's going to be an eye-opening episode with real world application for you and your eLearning team. Join us, live from Learning Solutions! Duncan Welder is a director of client services for RISC. He is an educational technology geek, having spent over 20 years implementing learning management systems, domestically and abroad, to manage regulatory compliance. As an xAPI enthusiast with a career grounded in instructional design and eLearning, Duncan has provided presentations to professional organizations including the Connections Forum, The eLearning Guild, and the Association for Talent Development. Duncan is an active member of the Houston ATD and the IEEE Industry Consortium on Learning Engineering. You can learn more about Duncan Welder on his LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/duncanwiv/ Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter (and remember you can always stay in the loop with the #IDIODC hashtag): Duncan: @DuncanWIV https://twitter.com/duncanwiv 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 Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - develop, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

Review cycles can make or break your project. In today's IDIODC our special guest Jacqueline Hutchinson will be talking with us about Review Cycles: What are they? Why are they important? And how to include them successfully into your project planning. Mastering your review cycles will lead to greater success during development but also after your course is launched. This can be especially important in compliance training and making sure courses and content do not become outdated and useless. You may still have some old Flash content sitting in your LMS. A proper review cycle can help you clean that up, and so much more. Jacqueline is the CEO of e-Learning Pros Instructional Design Inc., a Caledon, Ontario based instructional design and development firm offering outsourced eLearning instructional design, development and LMS administration. e-Learning Pros Instructional Design Inc.'s focus is instructional design and program development with the goals to solve your business problems and encourage behaviour change. Jac's team also creates online and blended learning solutions, job aids, workbooks, checklists and any other learning aid required. You can find eLearning Pros Instructional Design Inc here! Jac loves sharing information, especially information about learning, development and employee performance improvement. Also a dedicated lifelong learner, dedicated to spend time every day reading, researching and learning. Jacqueline holds a Bachelor of Education, Adult Education from Brock University, and a BA with a declared Legal Studies Option from the University of Waterloo. Jacqueline also has a podcast on elevating corporate learning and educational technologies. You can catch her recent episode on Learning Content Review Cycles here. https://www.theloungepodcast.com/23-minisode-learning-content-review-cycles/ You can learn more about Jacqueline Hutchinson on her LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jachutchinson/ Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter (and remember you can always stay in the loop with the #IDIODC hashtag): Jac: @JacHutchinson https://twitter.com/jachutchinson 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 Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - develop, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

This week on IDIODC, Brent and Chris bring back on another special returning guest from a past episode. We wanted to revisit the great conversation from last episode on instructional comics, so we decided to bring back the awesome Kevin Thorn! Kevin thorn is joining us again to discuss the power of instructional comics. In this appearance we'll focus on cultural differences and how presenting instruction through visual comic storytelling has a unique challenge when presented in a global environment. This conversation will also reinforce the necessity of truly understanding your audience and how focusing on culture can increases your chances of delivering a successful learning experience. Fun Fact about dominKnow: We love comics too! With comics samples and comic eLearning templates, we encourage users to get creative and use engaging forms of learning for better learner retention. https://www.dominknow.com/elearning-examples Kevin is an award-winning eLearning designer & developer, consultant, and owner of NuggetHead Studioz, LLC., a boutique custom design and development studio specializing in online learning experiences. http://nuggethead.net/ After retiring from the US Army, Kevin pursued a career in corporate IT and Training & Development. With his combined military and industry experience, Kevin started the Studioz in 2012 working with clients in various industries solving problems in a wide-range of creative projects. Based in the North Mississippi Delta, Kevin, the Chief NuggetHead harnesses a bench a creative practitioners in instructional design, elearning development, illustration and graphic design, animation, and serious comics. Kevin is a well-known industry speaker and trainer on elearning development, design workflows, and is also a certified facilitator in LEGO®Serious Play® methodologies. Academic stuff: BS in Information Technology Management from Christian Brothers University (2003) and MS in Instructional Design and Technology from the University of Memphis (2018). Learn more about Kevin on his LinkedIn. (and check out his blog!) https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinthorn/ http://nuggethead.net/blog/ Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter (and remember you can always stay in the loop with the #IDIODC hashtag): Kevin: @LearnNuggets https://twitter.com/learnnuggets 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 Brought to you by the dominKnow | ONE Platform - develop, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.