TLDCast Podcast

Two years, 525 episodes, 692 Crowdcast followers. Every weekday since March 2017, TLDCast has been broadcast free without restriction, featuring hundreds of guests. It’s a remarkable feat that co-Founder, Brent Schlenker was able to host +90% of the episodes. But there’s an infrastructure required to maintain this kind of platform, and we’d like to tell you about it — in case you want to do your own TLDCast. Join co-Founder Luis Malbas for a breakdown of the behind-the-scenes requirements for the cast, as well as a look into TLDCast’s future. 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.

Video Friday brings Sam Roger and Brent Schlenker co-hosting and talking with guest, Amanda JS Kaufmann. She is a producer and an authoring specialist with comprehensive publishing and production experience in academics, technology, and healthcare. With her network of A/V professionals, Kaufmann has directed and produced video projects across the country and is expanding her reach with independent film projects. They discuss techniques in front of and behind the camera and video in general. Amanda’s history Pre production Knowing your audience Working with teams Budgets Taking on jobs Shipping equipment Shoot setup Links in the chat: https://go-vlc.com/ https://thrashereditorial.com/ Sponsored by:

Be part of the conversation! Join Kassy LaBorie and Sonia Furini for a lively and enlightening discussion on how the virtual classroom producer’s effectiveness is related to the facilitator’s skill set. Kassy is an in-demand speaker and author. In this cast, she is joined by Sonia, the Virtual Classroom & eLearning Services Director at Virtual Learning Collaborative. Sonia Furini is the co-owner and Virtual Classroom Services Director at Virtual Learning Collaborative. With over 14 years of fun and excitement in learning and development, she is a relationship builder and techie at heart. Sonia focuses on increasing collaboration and partnership with clients, continuously developing staff skill sets, and building strong relationships with clients and contractors alike. Her commitment to an open communication style, and genuine desire to see others succeed has led to exponential growth for Virtual Learning Collaborative and their clients. Kassy LaBorie is the principal consultant at Kassy LaBorie Consulting, LLC. She is a speaker, instructional designer, classroom facilitator, and author who specializes in technology, virtual teaming, and live online learning. Kassy is passionate about helping organizations, learning teams, and training professionals successfully move to the virtual environment. In her previous role at Dale Carnegie Training, she was the director of virtual training services, a consultancy that partners with organizations to help them develop successful online training strategies. Kassy also served as the product design architect responsible for developing the company’s live online training product and experience. Prior to this, she was an independent master virtual trainer, a Microsoft software trainer, and a senior trainer at WebEx, where she helped build and deliver training at the WebEx University. Kassy is the co-author of Interact and Engage! 50+ Activities for Virtual Training, Meetings, and Webinars. A frequent speaker at industry conferences since 2006, she has presented at Training Magazine events including their yearly conference and Online Learning Conferences, Chief Learning Officer symposiums, The Virtual Learning Show, ATD’s TechKnowledge and International Conference & Exposition, as well as many local ATD Chapter events. For more information about Kassy, visit her website: https://kassyconsulting.com/ Sponsored by:

Melissa Lamson is one of the world’s foremost intercultural consultants. As president and CEO of Lamson Consulting, she uses her decades of global expertise to help companies and business leaders cultivate a successful global mindset, bridge cultures, and achieve real results. Her experience spans two decades and projects in more than forty countries, affording her invaluable expertise in helping organizations expand globally, improve time-to-market, and increase profits. She has offered hundreds of companies the tools and insights to be build successful leaders and effective teams in every corner of the world. Past clients include LinkedIn, Ikea, MTV, Porsche, and SAP. As a thought leader in her industry, Melissa’s insight has been featured in the Wall Street Journal Europe, Inc.com, About.com, and The Financial Times. She is a sought after keynote speaker at major international professional conferences and a regular publisher on LinkedIn. Melissa has authored five books, including #WomenAdvance, #BridgingCultures, #CulturalTransformation and No Such Thing as Small Talk: 7 Keys for Understanding German Business Culture. She’s just published Why Europeans Companies Fail in the US Market and How They Can Succeed in English (originally in German). Melissa is currently working her sixth book, working title: The New Global Manager: Adapt, Empathize, Win! She has a Master’s Degree in Intercultural Relations from Lesley University. Sponsored by:

Starting off the week with a special guest from across the pond. Daan Assen is the Founder of SwipeGuide: the new industry standard for digital work instruction. Today, Brent talks to Daan about the changing structure of learning under the influence of Information 4.0. They focus on the importance of capturing tribal knowledge and provide the workforce in industries with high employee-turnover (mainly manufacturing, maintenance and field service) with user-friendly, mobile on-the-job work instructions and standard operating procedures. Daan’s history Knowledge management Changes in the industry Excitement in industrial OJT Real world examples Accessibility compliance Links in the chat: https://swipeguide.com/ https://learnappeal.com/ https://www.vuzix.com/

Brent has a special guest, Bridgett McGowen in the window. Bridgett is a published author, a presentation skills coach, and an awarded international professional speaker. She has spoken on programs alongside notable figures such as Shonda Rhimes, Deepak Chopra, and former President Barack Obama. Bridgett has delivered hundreds of presentations to thousands of participants from all around the globe. Today they discuss the ins and outs of public speaking. Bridgett’s history Like it AND be good at it Jokes? The four “R”s Memorable speakers Know your audience How to deal with nerves Give them what they came to get Filler words Confidence in speaking 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.

For nearly a decade, Andrew Hughes has made it his personal mission to ensure that commonly-used ineffective and lackluster training techniques are a thing of the past. Realizing his passion for changing the way we learn and evolve, in 2006 Andrew founded and became President of Designing Digitally, Inc., an E-Learning and Serious Game Development firm that creates fully customized learner retention solutions for various types of industries. Starting with a solo team, Designing Digitally has grown its staff to 20 cutting edge employees consisting of Directors, Project Managers, Interactive Web Developers, Interactive Media Developers, Instructional Designers, Interactive Graphic Designers, and Learning Solutions Specialists. Andrew has been responsible for managing the sales and solutions team while providing guidance and knowledge to the production teams. Throughout the years, Designing Digitally, Inc. has had the pleasure of working with courteous and prestigious clients to include: NASA, Comcast, Hewlett Packard, Wyndham Hotels, Procter and Gamble, General Electric, the United States Air Force, Samsung, and Williams-Sonoma to name a few. In addition to being President of Designing Digitally, Inc., Andrew is also strongly devoted to the prosperity of the community. He is currently a Professor at the University of Cincinnati Clermont in the Business, Law, and Technology Department, an Accredited Curriculum Consultant for the Accreditation of Independent Colleges and Schools, the Coordinator for the Business Development Plan contest hosted by the Clermont Chamber of Commerce, is an avid guest speaker at over a dozen E-Learning and industry specific conferences annually, and is a Technology Camp Instructor for middle schoolers for Warren and Putnam Counties in Ohio. 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.

Today, Brent Schlenker talks to Michael Noble about tools, the learner experience and his years in the L&D Industry. Michael J. Noble, PhD, is TTA’s Chief Operating Officer & Chief Learning Strategist. In addition to leading TTA’s sales and operations teams, he works with clients to map their future state objectives and to innovate within their learning organizations. Show topics: Introduction & Announcements Talking about CBT tools used in the past Challenges and the Learner experience What’s Blended Learning? How companies view the role of Instructional Designer Working through content challenges Challenges with learning and scalability Challenges for learning leaders Go and see the need on the floor

Today, Brent Schlenker speaks to Daniel Menden about his career, working at Harley-Davidson and being in the industry for over 25 years. Dan is an international speaker, trainer and consultant with over 20 years of success in helping organizations improve their performance. Show topics: Introduction & Announcements Daniel’s backstory Starting at Harley-Davidson to working in Harley’s L&D Analyzing learning challenges in employee training What worked in the Leadership program Measuring success & implementing long-term learning What bike Daniel has Lessons learned from the program on people skills for supervisors and outcomes Contributing to books, being an author Moving on up from Individual Contributor to a Leadership role Being intentional about your personal brand From corporate to consulting Thoughts on Technology-based training over 25 years

With 10 years’ experience designing, delivering and evaluating learning experiences, her biggest strengths are resilience in volatile and complex environments, ability to seek solutions and make progress, and strong communication and collaboration skills. Brent and Kim discuss this ideal and how it fits into L&D, design, and being on video Kim’s History Learning Now TV Real world examples Getting used to video Life work balance