TLDCast Podcast

Sonia 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. Sonia’s History Transitioning to eLearning What’s a vILT Producer Important elements of a vILT session Influencing management to support the addition of a vILT Producer 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.

Jayne has 20 years in L&D as a software trainer, elearning developer, screencaster and is a TechSmith Recommended Training Provider. Jayne enjoys helping others develop new video skills and seeks to learn something new every day. An active member of the TechSmith community, she loves connecting people and building communities.

Harrison Withers is our guest today. He is an L&D consultant with Tier1 Consulting and has a lot of experiences to share with TLDC. He is also the author of Organisation Horsepower: Thinking Like a Motorcycle Racing Team. Harrison’s History Transitioning to eLearning Organization Horsepower – His book based on a blog post The over emphasis on infrastructure The tech doesn’t solve your business problems

With a return to Women in L&D (WiLD), we have Cara North and Valerie Sunyak in the inverviewer seat and Taruna Goel in the third window. Taruna is a Learning and Performance Specialist with close to 20 years of experience in the areas of instructional design, adult learning and workplace learning. They take on the issue of mentorship and how the mentee can benefit from the relationship. Andre’s History Mentor vs. Coach Manager as mentor? Mentee positives Volunteer mentoring Finding a mentor Mentor as a relationship Working circles Develop yourself too Peer to peer

A new idea starts today! Tuesday will bring more of an HR and leadership direction to the cast and the special guest to kick it off is Andre Nellams of Alaska Airlines is a HR Leader, HR Geek, Strategic Partner, Facilitator, Passion for all things Human Resources. He has 18 years of human resources experience; 13 years of senior level human resources experience introducing, building and implementing human resources programs and initiatives. Andre’s History Own your story Empowering others Thoughtful leadership 100% right and 100% wrong Discretionary effort Grace See the people Where is L&D in this?

We have special guest Kati Ryan who has built world class, award-winning training programs for companies like Instacart, Gannett, LivingSocial, and others. She founded A Positive Adventure, an L&D consultancy business and is a leader in the industry encompassing professionalism, experience, and understanding of learning that’s required to be successful. Kati’s History Personal brand Graphic design Keeping current Connections “Me” monster How much to share? When you can’t share

Barbara Ingrassia is a certified copyright manager, speaker, and trainer. She has a passion for raising awareness of the role of copyright in our daily lives. We are all consumers and creators of copyright-protected works, and understanding some copyright basics can help us achieve our goals and avoid unpleasant surprises. As President of Manage Copyright, she helps organizations navigate copyright law in the digital age by facilitating a review of their public presence, developing best practices, and training staff. Barbara enjoys bringing some fun to a (potentially) dull topic. Her motto: Manage Copyright. Don’t let it Manage You.℠Barbara has studied the “murkiness” of copyright law at the Center for Intellectual Property at the University of Maryland, the Special Libraries Association, Duke University, and the Berkman Center at Harvard Law School. She has facilitated workshops for various professional organizations virtually and face-to-face. Sponsored by: Trivantis®, makers of Lectora®, CenarioVR®, and ReviewLink™ have been trusted software partners in the training, learning, and development sector since 1999. Their flagship product, Lectora, offers authoring tool capabilities for the enthusiastic course creator, while ReviewLink provides a trusted platform for easily reviewing content. The newest addition, CenarioVR, offers up virtual reality training opportunities for forward-thinking training managers and CLO’s. Learn more about Trivantis at www.Trivantis.com.

Trivantis’ Community Manager, Jennifer Valley, joins us to talk about community building, both from a company/product level and at an instructional designer standpoint. In the session, we discuss taking advantage of networks, groups, supporting fellow users, collecting feedback, training, and conversations. Where to find them? How to use them? Sponsored by: Trivantis®, makers of Lectora®, CenarioVR®, and ReviewLink™ have been trusted software partners in the training, learning, and development sector since 1999. Their flagship product, Lectora, offers authoring tool capabilities for the enthusiastic course creator, while ReviewLink provides a trusted platform for easily reviewing content. The newest addition, CenarioVR, offers up virtual reality training opportunities for forward-thinking training managers and CLO’s. Learn more about Trivantis at www.Trivantis.com.

Today TLDC we welcome Kevin Yates who is a learning and development detective looking for facts, evidence and data for learning’s impact on behavior, performance and business results and he is a sought-after subject matter expert and international speaker. Brent and Kevin talk about how data fits into the L&D world. Kevin’s history Learning development through measurement Facts in data Business vs. training data Order taker Statistics How to stop training Politics in the business Find that one thing Sponsored by: Trivantis®, makers of Lectora®, CenarioVR®, and ReviewLink™ have been trusted software partners in the training, learning, and development sector since 1999. Their flagship product, Lectora, offers authoring tool capabilities for the enthusiastic course creator, while ReviewLink provides a trusted platform for easily reviewing content. The newest addition, CenarioVR, offers up virtual reality training opportunities for forward-thinking training managers and CLO’s. Learn more about Trivantis at www.Trivantis.com.

Today we are joined by Alex Godinez, the Senior Member Relationship Trainer at Travis Credit Union. He has dipped his toes in various fields throughout his life including screenwriting, acting, call center, video, public speaking, management, marketing, and voice-over work. Now fully recovered, he is the Senior Member Relationship Trainer at Travis Credit Union. Brent and Alex talk about going back to school to get into the L&D field. Alex’s history Getting back into school Managing life Stigmatism managing Balancing