TLDCast Podcast

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.

In this Case Study episode by Host Kristen Hayden Safdie, the guest was Jacqueline Hutchinson, eLearning Designer/Developer and host of the The Lounge podcast. Their discussion topic was a recent project Jac took on: Moving 48 courses from ILT to eLearning for a healthcare organization. The project required taking the organization's Powerpoints, and using the services of an SME from the UAE, convert all of the instructional design into eLearning courses. Listen to this episode to hear details on how Jac completed this project, as well as replies to Q&A from the live webcast audience.

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.

In this Community Discussion TLDCast episode, Rubina Halwani led an excellent conversation about finding jobs in Instructional Design. Rubina is a teacher turned Instructional Designer that used her backgrounds in Business Development and the film market to eventually begin her career as an ID. Some highlights of the discussion: Network as much as possible. Use the power of social media to find other professionals like yourself to learn what they're doing and how they've found employment. Use Linkedin and Twitter to join conversations. Go to conferences and attend sessions. Connect with speakers and attendees; this is another great way to network. Zero in on what you find most interesting and put your career focus there. Focus on your strengths, not your weaknesses. Highlight what you're good at and work on those weaknesses when you can. Find the situation your strengths complement. Put the time in and learn a relevant software tool. And just pick one, don't try to learn several. Get good at it. If you'd like to get real-world experience learning a piece of technology, volunteer for a non-profit or similar and build for them. This will always look great on your resume and will often lead to employment opportunities. Build a portfolio and get as much feedback about it as you can. The better your portfolio is, the better chance you'll have of finding the employment you're looking for. To see the live video recording and blog post, you can find that here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/052319

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.

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.

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.

Mikaela Kiner is the Founder and CEO of Reverb, an HR consultancy for startups, located in Seattle, WA. She is also the author of the upcoming book, Female Firebrands: Stories and techniques to ignite change, take control, and succeed in the workplace. Women in L&D Host Valerie Sunyak had an excellent conversation with Mikaela that covered a variety of topics. The discussion was wide-ranging and thought provoking; Mikaela offered a variety of insights on social inequities women, men, and people of color face in the workplace. Their discussion covered (in this order): The stigma/reputation of HR The Myth of Meritocracy Being raised in a sexist society Women judging women in the workplace Impostor Syndrome allthewomenarenotwhite Men as advocates Her Book - Female Firebrands: Stories and techniques to ignite change, take control and succeed in the workplace Mid-career women professionals that are ready for a change Watch the original broadcast and check out the show notes: https://tldc.us/2019/05/03/women-in-ld-wild-mikeala-kiner-founder-ceo-of-reverb/