

#IDIODC Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee
Chris Van Wingerden, Paul Schneider
Grab your favorite brew (ours is coffee ☕) and sit down with Paul Schneider and Chris Van Wingerden from dominKnow.
Together they unpack the real-world headaches L&D pros face — managing learning content production, operations, and proving business value.
Expect lively chats with guest experts and practical tips you can plug straight into your learning strategies or production workflows.
Whether you’re a veteran L&D leader or a brand-new instructional designer, tune in for strategic, technology, and business insights into L&D operational excellence.
Together they unpack the real-world headaches L&D pros face — managing learning content production, operations, and proving business value.
Expect lively chats with guest experts and practical tips you can plug straight into your learning strategies or production workflows.
Whether you’re a veteran L&D leader or a brand-new instructional designer, tune in for strategic, technology, and business insights into L&D operational excellence.
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Jan 9, 2019 • 43min
The Future is Video. Push the Damn Button! With Special Guest Brian Fanzo
We're kicking off the new year of #IDIODC with an amazing guest outside of the training world. But everything he does represents the signposts directing us towards the future of learning.
Brian Fanzo, better known as @isocialfanz, is going to talk with us about the importance of video.
He is often asked to keynote marketing events because the marketing community is often driving innovation faster than the L&D industry. But what most people don't know is that Brian comes from OUR world. He's a training professional turned social media rock star. You don't want to miss this wide-ranging conversation around social media and video, and why your learning strategies need to take advantage of video.
Brian Fanzo inspires, motivates and educates businesses on how to leverage emerging technologies and digital marketing to standout from the noise and reach the millennial and generation z consumers.
He has a diverse background working for the Department of Defense in cyber security, then as a technology evangelist at a booming cloud computing startup and is currently the founder of iSocialFanz which has helped launch digital and influencer strategies with the world’s most iconic brands like Dell EMC, Adobe, IBM, UFC, Applebees and SAP.
A proud pager-wearing millennial and Dad of three girls, Brian hosts two podcasts (FOMOFanz & SMACtalk), has traveled to over 70 countries and has spoken at many of the worlds largest events including SXSW, Social Media Marketing World, CES, Mobile World Congress.
Brian has also made it to the 2017 Digital Marketing Influencer List by Onalytica (5 - Top 50): #10 2017- TOP 50 SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCERS.
You can learn more about Brian on his LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianfanzo/
Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter (and remember you can always stay in the loop with the #IDIODChashtag):
Brian: @iSocialFanz https://twitter.com/iSocialFanz
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
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Dec 19, 2018 • 42min
Why work-based learning… works! With Special Guest Ray Jimenez
For this special last episode of IDIODC before the holiday season really begins (and the last episode of 2018), Dr. Ray Jimenez will talk with us about this major new trend in instructional design that integrates learning experience, not training events, into the regular flow of our business process making learning a major part of working.
Ray is an accomplished learning architect, facilitator, author, systems developer and consultant for eLearning.
As the Chief Learning Architect and Founder of VignettesLearning.com, Ray's passion focuses on helping evolve the way organizations deliver learning experiences via context-driven, micro-content to better fit real-world practices.
Based on his research and work with clients, Ray has developed learning design methodologies and software application that reflect such context-driven learning concepts.The core of his expertise is in Story-Based Learning Designs (SBLD) and Contextual Learning Platforms (CLP). He invented the kernel learning design called "SRIA" - Set up, Relate, Interpret and Apply. SRIA applies to all modalities including micro-elearning and mobile learning. (What is SRIA? Check out more with this video: https://vimeo.com/106689727 )
Learn more about Ray on his LinkedIn Profile! https://www.linkedin.com/in/vignettes/
Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter (and remember you can always stay in the loop with the #IDIODC hashtag):
Ray: @RayJimenez https://twitter.com/RayJimenez
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 - Produce, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

Dec 12, 2018 • 37min
Increasing Collaboration without Creating Collaborative Overload: With Special Guest Thomas Stone
This week on IDIODC, Brent and Chris bring on special guest Thomas Stone to chat i4cp and workplace collaboration. The Institute for Corporate Productivity, or i4cp, focuses on the cultural, leadership, workplace, and talent practices that can increase collaboration in organizations. A recent study by i4cp revealed many best and next practices that drive increased collaboration at high-performing organizations, but also shed light on the dark side of collaboration—the issue of collaborative overload. Fortunately, there are practices you can follow to both avoid and address collaborative overload when it occurs.
Tom Stone is a Senior Research Analyst with i4cp, the Institute for Corporate Productivity, where he is a writer, researcher, and speaker. He has 20 years of experience in the L&D and broader Human Capital industry. Prior to joining i4cp Tom was Director, Technology Based Learning at Dale Carnegie Training, where he led the product development for their live online and other digital offerings. Earlier in his career Tom also served as a Senior Research Analyst at Taleo and held various positions, including Product Design Architect and Content Development Manager at Element K.
Tom is a popular speaker and has spoken at over 150 regional, national, and international conferences on a wide range of topics. He is also co-author of the book Interact and Engage! 50+ Activities for Virtual Training, Meetings, and Webinars (ATD Press, 2015).
In addition to his research and writing in the Human Capital industry, Tom is also an avid baseball fan and wrote the book “Now Taking the Field: Baseball’s All-Time Dream Teams for All 30 Franchises,” published by ACTA Sports in the fall of 2018.
Learn more about Thomas on his LinkedIn Profile! https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomrstone/
Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter (and remember you can always stay in the loop with the #IDIODC hashtag):
Thomas: @ThomasStone https://twitter.com/ThomasStone
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 - Produce, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

Dec 5, 2018 • 47min
Gifts For The eLearning Professional: Holiday Season Edition
For this episode of IDIODC, Chris and Brent chat holiday season. It's gift giving season! And you're wondering what the heck to get for that instructional designer or eLearning developer in your life. Well, IDIODC has got you covered. This episode is all about the things we love to use in our professional work. We'll count down the top 10 hot gift ideas for learning professionals. If you're like me you'll use this list for the after holiday specials and buy a few items for yourself. And, in the spirit of being budget conscious, we're going to keep all items under $100USD. However, there may be a couple exceptions that will be well worth the added expense. And no, these aren't just the items you should send to Chris and Brent for the holidays. But you'll need to join us to find out why we chose each of them.
Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter (and remember you can always stay in the loop with the #IDIODC hashtag):
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 - Produce, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

Nov 28, 2018 • 39min
RE-thinking Your eLearning Design: Blended & Responsive With Special Guest Mike Taylor
For this 36th episode of IDIODC, Chris and Brent bring on our pal Mike Taylor! The three chat about great ways to instil entertaining and digestible learning experiences.
Looking for more information related to this session? Check out Mike's recent post summarizing his DevLearn DemoFest blended and responsive mirco-doing project. https://mike-taylor.org/2018/10/30/a-quick-tour-of-our-blended-responsive-micro-doing-demofest-project/
With over two decades of real-life, in-the-trenches experience, designing and delivering learning experiences, Mike Taylor understands that effective learning isn’t about the latest fad or trendy new tools. Known for his practical, street-savvy style; Mike directs learning technology and online learning at Mindset Digital in Columbus, Ohio. He shares what he learns on his website at mike-taylor.org. He also has an MBA from OhioUniversity and a Master's in Educational Technology from San Diego.
Check out Mike on his LinkedIn!
https://www.linkedin.com/in/miketaylor/
Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter (and remember you can always stay in the loop with the #IDIODC hashtag):
Mike: @TMikeT https://twitter.com/tmiket
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 - Produce, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

Nov 21, 2018 • 46min
The OG's of xAPI: With Special Guest Aaron Silvers
This week on Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee, Brent and Chris bring on one of the most influential stewards of the xAPI standard, Aaron Silvers. He knows more about the history of xAPI than most and holds all the scars of battles won taking it from idea to Government standard. We're going to take a trip down memory lane and talk about WHY xAPI needed to be born, and how a small but dedicated band of OG's made that happen. Aaron is now working with analytics and big data in a BIG way. So we're certain to cover that topic as well. Join us for a conversation you won't soon forget.
Aaron E. Silvers works with leaders, teams and data to accelerate innovation, cost savings, and organizational effectiveness aligned with business objectives in high compliance environments. A common theme throughout his 20-year career is an embrace of emerging technology, creativity and entrepreneurialism that charts paths towards the most beneficial outcomes for all stakeholders. At Elsevier, Aaron is responsible for learning analytics that help reduce the variability of clinical care and the retention of newly graduated nurses to improve patient health outcomes. Check out Aaron on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronsilvers/
Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter (and remember you can always stay in the loop with the #IDIODC hashtag):
Aaron: @AaronESilvers https://twitter.com/aaronesilvers
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 - Produce, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

Nov 14, 2018 • 42min
Psychology, Design and eLearning: With Special Guest Connie Malamed
This week Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee brings on special guest Connie Malamed. The three will talk about visual design and creativity as well as the psychology around eLearning, as presented in her two books: Visual Design Solutions and Visual Language for Designers. This session speaks volumes about the importance of psychology in design, and the roles those in an L&D team have in order to target a learning audience in the most effective way.
Connie Malamed is a learning experience design consultant with Connie Malamed Consulting and publisher of The eLearning Coach website and podcast. Connie is an author, speaker and workshop facilitator in the fields of learning experience design, design thinking, and visual communication. She has helped nonprofit, government, and corporate clients improve performance by creating meaningful learning experiences for more than 20 years. She was honoured with the Guild Master award for 2018. Check out Connie on LinkedIn.
Check out a few of these awesome resources by Connie related to visual design and psychology in eLearning:
Realistic Graphics and Learning: What’s most effective? - http://theelearningcoach.com/media/graphics/realistic-graphics-and-learning/?platform=hootsuite
21 Ways to Improve Your Infographics - http://theelearningcoach.com/media/improve-your-infographics/
A Graphic Development Workflow For eLearning . - http://theelearningcoach.com/media/graphics/graphic-development-workflow-for-elearning/
How to Crop Photos for eLearning - http://theelearningcoach.com/media/graphics/how-to-crop-photos-for-elearning/
Check out Connie's books on Amazon!
Visual Design Solutions: https://www.amazon.com/Visual-Design-Solutions-Inspiration-Professionals/dp/1118863569/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1542114674&sr=8-1&keywords=connie%20malamed&dpID=41y87keLrpL&preST=SX218_BO1,204,203,200_QL40&dpSrc=srch
Visal Language for Designers: https://www.amazon.com/Visual-Language-Designers-Principles-Understand-ebook/dp/B003NUSBUU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1542114674&sr=8-2&keywords=connie%20malamed&dpID=4172IoNxCSL&preST=SX342_QL70&dpSrc=srch
Connie Malamed Consulting: http://conniemalamed.com/
The eLearning Coach: http://theelearningcoach.com/author/connie/
Connie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/conniemalamed/
Become virtual friends with Connie and the IDIODC gang (and remember you can always stay in the loop with the #IDIODC hashtag)!
Connie: https://twitter.com/elearningcoach
Brent: https://twitter.com/bschlenker
Chris: 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 - Produce, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

Nov 7, 2018 • 42min
Interactive Video: Design Inspiration for eLearning
Interactive video often has a wow factor that’s hard to deny. What’s critical for L&D, though, is thinking beyond the wow factor to ensure interactive video truly supports learning and performance improvement. Interactive video offers a range of design models, each with different strengths. Understanding how to align those strengths to different learning needs simplifies your design process, reduces development costs, and produces the best results for your organization.
During this episode of IDIODC, Chris and Brent will rally through a couple great examples of interactive video seen and used, in order to build a reference framework. You’ll discover how these models can then be applied to different types of learning needs, contexts, and situations to take advantage of each model’s strengths. You’ll gain a range of practical tips to help you make your designs come to life with the best possible results for your organization.
Become virtual friends with the IDIODC gang on twitter (and remember you can always stay in the loop with the #IDIODC hashtag):
Brent: https://twitter.com/bschlenker
Chris: 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 - Produce, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

Oct 31, 2018 • 35min
Digital Strategies to Engage the WORL&D: With Special Guest Zsolt Olah
This week Instructional Designers In Offices Drinking Coffee brings on special guest Zsolt Olah to chat about the six essential traits of instructional design, and his book: Engage the WORL&D. During this chat the two ID's will chat about training solutions, current myths, curating content, mobile learning and more!
Zsolt Olah, a creative learning consultant at Kineo, is a strong believer in building impact, not (only) courses. Zsolt has 20 years of experience in the learning and development space, mostly focusing on the synergy of technology, creativity, and human-centered design. He’s also the author of the book, Engage the WORL&D! and a certified boredom resuscitator.
Check out more about Zsolt via his site: https://www.rabbitoreg.com/
Become virtual friends with Zsolt and the IDIODC gang (and remember you can always stay in the loop with the #IDIODC hashtag)!
Zsolt: https://twitter.com/rabbitoreg
Brent: https://twitter.com/bschlenker
Chris: 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 - Produce, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.

Oct 24, 2018 • 33min
Live From DevLearn 2018
From October 24 - 26 Vegas holds DevLearn - the learning and technologies conference. DevLearn is commonly known as one of North America's favourite cutting edge conferences for technologies. Every year with fail The ELearning Guild brings outstanding keynotes, sessions and activities allowing for some serious learning and networking opportunities.
This year, IDIODC goes live with Brent at the conference giving us the scoop on whats to come! Stay tuned and in the loop with #IDIODC and #DevLearn2018 this year with the hashtags.
Become virtual friends with Brent and Chris on Twitter too and stay in the loop with the #IDIODC hashtag!
Brent: https://twitter.com/bschlenker
Chris: 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 - Produce, manage, and distribute impactful L&D content – efficiently, at scale.