TLDCast Podcast

Valerie Sunyak speaks to Ashley Lonie on today’s episode of WiLD. Ashley Lonie is the CEO and Founder of Teamed. She is passionate about moving the needle forward in how learning occurs and believes people are the most important asset. Teamed is a marketplace and staffing agency specifically for the digital learning industry. Teamed connects professionals with the organizations who need their services and provides flexible hiring solutions. Show topics: Introduction & Announcements Ashley’s background and forming Teamed Discussing the Teamed marketplace How it differs from other sites like Upwork, Fivver Challenges in forming a community as a woman in the startup space How Ashley started Teamed Building meaningful relationships Trends observed in L&D, switching fields Soft-skills and business acumen companies are looking for Balance when developing for live workshops vs eLearning Demonstrating return on learning Gender, geographic pay gap for consultants, achieving parity Figuring out consultant rates Identifying niche consultants Challenges encountered as a woman in the workplace and as a CEO Lessons learned Remaining authentic while being a CEO as a woman Observations in the L&D field for women from the #MeToo movement *Closing thoughts View the broadcast: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/010919wild Links in the chat: https://teamedforlearning.com/ Site – https://tldc.us/ Membership – https://tldc.us/membership TLDC19 Conference – http://www.tldc19.com/ Slack channel – http://TLDChat.us

Tuesday brings us Seed of Insight hosted by PeopleFirm. Their guest today is Steve Santamaria who is going to talk about his first year as CEO of Folio Photonics Inc. Bill and Steve talk about technology and how Steve well versed is identifying trends, understanding ecosystems and creating strategic plans that position technologies into industry control points, generating market presence, share and value. Steve’s history Development vs Business changes Focus on the objectives Releasing control Strengths and Weaknesses Learned skills Taking risks Integrity *Links in the chat: http://foliophotonics.com/ http://www.peoplefirm.com/ Watch the Playback: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/010819

Friday ends a great week to start of the new year with guest Erick Prospero. Erick is the Chief Ninja at Ninja Tropic Media, an elearning media factory with ninjas who focus on mastering video, 2d and 3d animation and AR programming skills so you can focus on scaling your business. Brent and Erick talk about video production from start to finish and the tools of the trade. Ericks history Video production time 360 Video Storyboarding Tools of the trade – video

Today, Brent Schlenker chats with Debbie Richards and Hugh Seaton about a simple planning model to get the best out of new technologies like VR, AI and AR. Debbie Richards is the President of Creative Interactive Ideas. Hugh Seaton is the CEO of Aquinas Learning, Inc. Show topics: What is different about newer technologies in terms of creating real learning programs What organizations are doing to adopt change in technology Opportunities where VR/AR can be best applied New tech that’s currently available for L&D Professionals IT and corporate deployment, device management for AR Consumer adoption and B.Y.O.D.

Guest host Toddi Norum steps in for Brent and talks storytelling with Katie Stroud live from her RV! Katie the founder of Incremental Success Inc. She offers strategies for organizational success using a process that follows the life of a story. She also has an upcoming book: Instructional Story Design: The Story Approach to Designing Effective Training Programs. • Introduction & Announcements • Talking about Maker spaces • Maker's Hunt - a framework for a training and collaboration platform • How storytelling creates emotion and engagement • What makes storytelling so relevant in learning? • “The Hunting of the Snark” – Maker space training • The framework of a story • Using characters in the Maker Space • Storytelling in Training - 1st rule: Don’t tell the story, be subtle • Creating and distributing an engaging story in training with what you have • Dealing with stakeholders who complain about time creating a story in training • Tools used to create characters

Join three, middle-aged, balding, white dudes with glasses tell you what’s up with your Audio/Video! Lots of tips and tricks in this episode of Video Friday.

Today we have special guest Myra Roldan. Myra is a three-time Award-winning Instructional Designer & author. Myra has an MBA, MSEd and a Bachelors of information Technology/Computer Science. She brings her unique insight into the world of L&D to the windows and talks about the skills every ID needs to make it in the 21st Century. Myra’s History Skills you need Creativity Personalized training Learn code Code in the L&D world Physical skills vs coding Links in the chat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_multiple_intelligences https://www.facebook.com/NowThisNews/videos/toddler-struggles-to-get-alexa-to-play-baby-shark-for-her/2160460284226756/ https://melscience.com/en/

Special guest Cara North is a Learning Designer for The Ohio State University’s College of Education and Human Ecology. Cara has worked in learning and development for 10 years for various corporations, non-profits, and higher education. Today her and Brent discuss learning technologies, learner engagement and the differences between higher education training and corporate training. Cara’s History Differences in teaching University training Business training The reason for learning Designer or developer in engagement Links in the chat: https://www.smrfoundation.org/nodexl/ https://gephi.org/

Today, Brent, Michelle, and Bill talk with Kristi Conlon about the challenges of being an executive leader in the L&D space on Seeds of Insights. Kristi is a Director of Global Learning and Development for ASM, responsible for strategic design, evaluation and improvement of all programs and processes that facilitate professional and technical development, as well as the continuous learning of employees across the global ASM organization. Show topics: Introduction & Announcements Kristi’s leadership background What Kristi learned in her 1st year Tips for other potential L&D Directors Leading and engaging employees and audience Developing for leaders and investing in L&D Supporting your team with what they need Defining the leadership capability to focus and build Leading with authenticity Coaching support for leaders Staying connected with other leaders in the business Maintaining leadership capacity Becoming a culture change agent Women’s Initiative at ASM Final announcements Links in the chat: Conference – https://tldc19.com/ Slack channel – http://bit.ly/2jMKreV

Today, Brent Schlenker and Zsolt Olah, Innovator and Digital Problem-solver, have a conversation about Gamification in the L&D space. Zsolt has 20 years of experience in the learning and development space, mostly focusing on the synergy of technology and human-centered design, including game thinking. He is also the author of the book Engage the WORL&D! Show topics: Introduction & Announcements Sing-along with Zsolt Defining Gamification Game thinking for L&D When to apply Gamification/Game Learning Designing games for personalization Periodic table of Gamification elements Design training for when the learner needs it Experiment with games in the L&D space Links in the chat: TLDC Slack channel – http://bit.ly/2jMKreV https://youtu.be/Ixgc_FGam3s https://reverb.com/item/2326015-tone-freak-buff-puff-boost https://www.gamified.uk/2017/04/03/periodic-table-gamification-elements/