TLDCast Podcast

Video Friday has Sam Rogers as a host and a very special guest, JD Dillon fresh off a long run of speaking engagements in the L&D field. Sam and JD talk about video in relation to outsourcing video training in an organization, proving its worth, and intros. Anyone can make video Employee sourced video Overcoming challenges Creating heroes Prove the worth Intros Transcriptions Selecting talent sponsored by:

We have special guest Peter Casebow of GoodPractice and he shares his insight after 30 years in the business of helping people make smarter, evidence-led choices that can have a real impact on performance as it relates specifically to leaders and managers. Peter’s history Knowing to the doing The ‘me’ question Data says it all How do leaders learn Ask a Question box sponsored by:

We are all creative equal. That’s what John Kissinger — voice actor, learning strategist, and game designer — believes. But, we (and our clients) seldom bring our absolute attention and creative best to work, crippling the value that we could be adding to our organizations and our own emotional well-being. In this chat with John, we explore what it takes to get ourselves and our audiences interested, inspired, and engaged to learn and play every day. sponsored by:

Tuesday bring another great special guest with Sandra Burns lending her 20 years’ experience in training, marketing, graphic design, and instructional development. She has been a VP of Marketing for NetworkLand, an Account Manager for Xerox, and an Application Engineer at Adobe. Today, she drops in to talk about the evolution of online training and where we are today. Sandra’s history Online training evolution Graphic design in L&D LMS custom creation Sharing knowledge Pull sponsored by:

Special guest Nemo Chu of cuco.co joins us in the window today to talk about the eCommerce industry through the eyes of customer acquisition and how that relates to social learning field. He poses the main question of “why do people buy things” on his site and to the room. Nemo’s history Online learning tools Marketing Marketing and learning Learning and marketing Tech talk

We have a special guest today. Clark Quinn joins us in the video window. Clark integrates creativity, cognitive science, and technology to deliver engaging and effective strategies and solutions to learning, knowledge and performance needs. He has 30 years’ experience in the field and dropped in to share his expertise in the L&D field and talk about his new book, Millennials, Goldfish & Other Training Misconceptions. Clark’s history What are the myths? Top three myths Learning Styles Millennials Q&A Goldfish

Danielle Wallace is an instructional designer and learning director at Beyond the Sky, a provider of custom learning solutions. Previously, as a marketing executive with Procter & Gamble and PepsiCo, she learned strategic marketing and advertising principles, which she applies to learning and development to create compelling breakthrough solutions. Danielle is also a certified training and development professional (CTDP). Her free templates and infographics can be found in her newsletter at beyondthesky.ca and she’s found on twitter @wallacedanielle and Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniellewallace/

Today’s guest, Jennifer Yaros, talked about creativity and the work she is doing with her new product BrainSpark. She came into the Training, Learning & Development industry by starting off her career in technical writing. She took a course in Instructional Design and realized that it’s very similar to tech writing and expanded her skill set into ID seeing herself as a knowledge transfer expert. We also talked about working with subject matter experts, and audience analysis, and the importance of being empathetic in the work we do. Creativity was a big part of our conversation. She has some great tips and tricks around nurturing creativity. 3 main things to improve: work on your body improve your thinking through divergent thinking let go of your ego through collaboration Playing and thinking like a child by asking a lot of questions is another great way to be creative. She also shared an example of “failing like a genius” using the story of the slinky and how it was invented. Jennifer has a lot to share about #1 above because she is an ultra-runner, and yoga practitioner. She also recommends staying away from caffeine for being creative, but it IS helpful when after you’ve had a creative idea and need to execute. She shared so much more!

Today we take a break from Video Friday and have a special guest, Brent Wilson in the window. He has a rich history of work toward what make good instruction, through teaching, resources, and learning activities. He stops in to share his expertise in the L&D field with the group. Brent’s history Thinking of ID Change in the learner Microlearning history Creating skilled learners Equity Choices in learning

Today we have special guest, Megan Torrance, CEO and founder of TorranceLearning, which helps organizations connect learning strategy to design, development, data and ultimately performance. She brings over 25 years of experience in the L&D field to the window. We talked about xAPI, conferences, LLAMA, and ID challenges. Be sure to scroll up through the chat and follow while you are listening back. xAPI Cohort ID Academy Certificates Conference connections Lego LLAMA ID challenges