Leading Learning Podcast

Celisa Steele interviews Kristin Arnold, president and founder of Quality Process Consultants and The Extraordinary Team and author of Powerful Panels: A Step-by-Step Guide to Moderating Lively and Informative Panel Discussions.  Celisa talks with Kristin about the different formats for panel discussions, what makes a good panel, and ways to increase their effectiveness. Full show notes available at http://www.leadinglearning.com/episode75 Resource Highlights:  The Speaker Report – (created by Tagoras in collaboration with Velvet Chainsaw) aimed at better understanding how organizations use professional and industry speakers at their meetings/conferences/other events, how they select them, what they expect from them, and how their educational impact is measured. The Panel Report (this episode’s guest, Kristin Arnold,  created this out of inspiration from The Speaker Report), which gives data and insights regarding the effectiveness of panel discussions at meetings/conferences/conventions. Note that both reports are free. Thank you to YourMembership, sponsor of the Leading Learning podcast for the first quarter of 2017.  YourMembership’s learning management system (LMS) is specifically designed for professional education with a highly flexible and intuitive system that customizes the learning experience. YourMembership’s LMS seamlessly integrates with key systems to manage all of your educational content formats in one central location while providing powerful tools to create and deliver assessments, evaluations and learning communities.

Jeff Cobb, co-founder of Tagoras, interviews Dr. Robert Cialdini, author of the mega-bestseller Influence and the more recent bestseller Pre-suasion. Jeff talks with Dr. Cialdini about the core idea behind his new book, tips on how to influence people using “pre-suasion” techniques, and the impact the concept of unity has on influence. The insights shared by Cialdini have significant value for anyone in the business of lifelong learning, continuing education, and professional development. Full show notes available at http://www.leadinglearning.com/episode74. Thanks to YourMembership for sponsoring the Leading Learning podcast Q1 2017. YourMembership’s learning management system (LMS) is specifically designed for professional education with a highly flexible and intuitive system that customizes the learning experience. YourMembership’s LMS seamlessly integrates with key systems to manage all of your educational content formats in one central location while providing powerful tools to create and deliver assessments, evaluations and learning communities.

Jeff Cobb and Celisa Steele, co-founders of Tagoras and Learning • Technology • Design™ (LTD), provide an After Action Review of LTD 2017. This episode was also broadcast via Facebook Live on the Leading Learning Facebook page. Featured resource for this episode: Padlet. Full show notes for this episode available at http://www.leadinglearning.com/episode73. Thanks to YourMembership for being the sponsor for this quarter of the Leading Learning podcast.

In the digital world, top-notch copywriting is an essential part of building your brand and helping to turn potential customers into current customers. This is something every learning business professional needs to consider when looking at ways to improve their marketing efforts and gain the attention of prospective learners. In this episode of the Leading Learning podcast, Celisa talks talks with Layla Masri, co-founder of Bean Creative, about the relationship between copywriting and conversion, common mistakes organizations make with copywriting, and tips for anyone looking to improve their copywriting game and increase conversion rates. Full show notes available at http://www.leadinglearning.com/episode72 Featured resource: The 5 Second Test – a free tool for quickly testing out different types of visual designs. You can upload a design, share it with people from your target audience, ask them questions about what they recall, and get a report to see how they responded. Thank you to YourMembership, sponsor of the Leading Learning podcast for the first quarter of 2017.  YourMembership’s learning management system (LMS) is specifically designed for professional education with a highly flexible and intuitive system that customizes the learning experience. YourMembership’s LMS seamlessly integrates with key systems to manage all of your educational content formats in one central location while providing powerful tools to create and deliver assessments, evaluations and learning communities.  

Leading Learning co-host Jeff Cobb interviews Paul Gannon, founder and CEO of Thoughtcast Media, a digital marketing agency specializing in video content marketing. Highlighted free resource: the Market Insight Matrix  – a matrix that guides you through 3 stages of assessing your market: idea generation, idea verification, and idea testing with specific activities in each of those stages. Full show notes available at http://www.leadinglearning.com/episode71. Don't miss out on Learning • Technology • Design™ (LTD), a virtual conference created specifically for professionals in the business of continuing education and professional development. Thank you to YourMembership for being the sponsor of the Leading Learning podcast for the first quarter of 2017.  YourMembership’s learning management system (LMS) is specifically designed for professional education with a highly flexible and intuitive system that customizes the learning experience. YourMembership’s LMS seamlessly integrates with key systems to manage all of your educational content formats in one central location while providing powerful tools to create and deliver assessments, evaluations and learning communities.

Leading Learning co-hosts Jeff Cobb and Celisa Steele discuss a recent report in The Economist and other signs that lifelong learning is becoming a mainstream issue.  Show notes available at http://www.leadinglearning.com/episode70. Download of Chapter 1 of Leading the Learning Revolution available at http://www.leadinglearning.com/revolution. 

Celisa Steele (http://www.tagoras.com) interviews Jonathan Finkelstein, founder and CEO of the digital credential service provider, Credly. Be sure to check out Learning • Technology • Design™ (LTD), a virtual conference designed specifically for professionals in the business of continuing education and professional development.  Full show notes available at http://www.leadinglearning.com/episode69. 01:57 – Highlighted Resource - Exploring the Fringe: Flipping, Microcredentials, and MOOCs. 06:57 – What digital credentials are and their relationship to digital badges. 10:09 - The relationship between digital credentials and learning. 15:49 – Changes in how organizations are using digital credentials. 19:46 – What's on the horizon for digital credentials. 22:43 - How to get started with digital credentials. 26:26 – Overcoming barriers to implementation. Connect with Jonathan at @JEFinkelstein and/or @Credly Many thanks to YourMembership for sponsoring the podcast. YourMembership’s award-winning learning management system provides organizations with the means to manage all of their educational content formats in one central location, and also provides tools to create and deliver assessments, evaluations and learning communities.

Celisa Steele and Jeff Cobb (http://www.tagoras.com) interview Jeff De Cagna, founder of Foresight First (http://foresightfirst.io/). Be sure to check out Learning • Technology • Design™ (LTD), a virtual conference designed specifically for professionals in the business of continuing education and professional development.  Full show notes available at http://www.leadinglearning.com/episode68. 02:01 – Highlighted Resource - Leading Learning Newsletter. 07:45 – We’ve reached a point/critical juncture with associations and non-profit organizations where we are seeing the confluence of future developments accelerating in pace, the transformation of our society, and we also now have a critical issue with the performance of boards. 10:24 - What is “foresight first,” and how is it like a “mobile first” approach/mindset? 14:50 – The role that learning plays in a “foresight first” approach. 19:04 – A discussion about the makeup of the boards and that we likely need to rethink who it is that we are looking for on boards – rather than experts, it’s important to have good learners. 23:32 - What’s different in a “foresight” driven board meeting/call/interaction from what you might expect in a traditional board interaction? 29:54 – Application/implication of“foresight first” attitude for learning professionals. Connect with Jeff through chat link: chat.center/foresightfirst Many thanks to YourMembership for sponsoring the podcast. YourMembership’s award-winning learning management system, CrowdWisdom, provides organizations with the means to manage all of their educational content formats in one central location, and also provides tools to create and deliver assessments, evaluations and learning communities.

What's a learning business and who is a learning business professional? Find out in this episode of the Leading Learning Podcast with Celisa Steele and Jeff Cobb. Show notes available at http://www.leadinglearning.com/episode67. Get the Learning Business Maturity Model. Find out about Learning • Technology • Design™ (LTD), and event designed specifically for professionals in the business of continuing education and professional development. 

Jeff Cobb interviews best-selling author Rohit Bhargava about his curation, curiosity, and his new book Non-Obvious: How to Think Different, Curate Ideas & Predict The Future. Show notes for this episode are available at http://www.leadinglearning.com/episode66.