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 ...…

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 a ...…

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’ ...…

Today, Valerie Sunyak speaks to Kamaria Scott on today’s episode of WiLD. Kamaria is the Head of North America Learning for FIS. She leads learning strategy, development, and implementation for the region and in support of global talent management initiatives. Show topics: Introduction & Announcements Kamaria’s backstory in learning Wearing dif ...…

Thursday brings Andy Hughes of Designing Digitally into the window. 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 o ...…

Today, Brent Schlenker speaks with Christopher Lind about Human Performance. Christopher is a L&D Professional with over 15 years working with business leaders to collaboratively improve performance. Show topics:• Introduction & Announcements• Christopher’s backstory• Transitioning into L&D from teaching, working at Camel and Telecommunications ...…

Tuesday is Seeds of Insight day with the support of PeopleFirm. Today, Brent talks to Carla Balen, the Vice President of Human Resources, Americas for Dr Martens in Portland, OR. Carla believes in goal focused people processes that help build a positive and supportive work culture; aligning all employees to business objectives. They discuss the ...…

Today, Brent Schlenker and Quetzal(coatl) Cortes talk about getting into Instructional Design and the challenges of moving into a new job market. Quetzal is a 10+ year veteran of Instructional Design who recently moved from the Bay Area to Phoenix, AZ. Show topics:• Introduction & Announcements• TLDC meetup in Arizona• Explaining what an Instru ...…

Today, Brent Schlenker talks to Danny Stefanic about Virtual Reality. Danny Stefanic is CEO of LearnBrite.com, providing VR-ready tools for educators to enhance learning through avatars, non-linear dialogue, gamification and virtual environments while delivering increased engagement and memorable self-paced and collaborative immersive experienc ...…

Today, Toddi Norum speaks with Laura Sanchez about being an independent contractor and consultant. Laura is a Senior Learning Consultant at Rook Strategies. Laura is focused on strategic learning management, instructional design and eLearning development. She will also be on the Women in Learning and Development panel at TLDC. Show topics: Intr ...…

We start off Monday with a special guest. Chelsea Hans is a Freelance Instructional Designer and eLearning Professional from Phoenix, AZ. Brent and Chelsea talk about the world of ID and eLearning creation. They discuss look and feel, colors, and some layout tips and tricks. Chelsea’s historyColor palletsVector graphics handlingPractical ideasC ...…

Friday brings a special guest Joe Ganci to one of the windows to talk to Brent about his session coming up in TLDC19. They also discuss current work likes, technology, AI, and Chatbots. Joes’s historyThe best jobs to work onTechnology in trainingThe human elementAIChatbots*TLDC19 Links in the chat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRzBk_KuIaM ht ...…

Today, Brent Schlenker and Stephanie Oehler talk about Sales Training and Edupreneurship. Stephanie is the founder of Savvy Leasing LLC, a Sales Training/Coaching/Consulting business. She loves developing talent and energizing individuals and teams to succeed. Stephanie also served as the inaugural President of the Board for the new Arizona cha ...…

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 pr ...…

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 industr ...…

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 finis ...…

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 ...…

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 ...…

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 ...…

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 edu ...…

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 d ...…

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 th ...…

Today, Brent Schlenker talks to Kassy LaBorie talk VILT strategies and bring up 3 issues that should be discussed when conducting virtual learning. Kassy LaBorie is the principal consultant at Kassy LaBorie Consulting, LLC. She is a speaker, instructional designer, classroom facilitator, and author who specializes in virtual learning, teams, an ...…

Today we are joined by Margie Meacham who is an author and learning consultant and an expert in applying the latest discoveries from the converging fields of learning science and artificial intelligence to enhance learning and performance. Margie is the Chief Freedom Officer of Learningtogo and hosts a Top Ten podcast on the science of learning ...…

Wednesday, Toddi Norum and Valerie Sunyak jump into the windows to talk about women in the L&D career field. It is a topic that we touched on at one point and it was met with a strong conversation and talk back after the session. They tackle the subject and narrow in on gender equality in the market. Market information Salary information Negoti ...…

Today, Brent Schlenker and Michelle Fanfarillo reminisce about their time at Intel with Elliot Garbus and talk leadership development. Elliot is an advisor on strategy, management, and marketing for technology companies. Here are his current affiliations: AEye, Inc. Member of the Board of Advisors. AEye develops advanced vision hardware, softwa ...…

Monday has a very special guest Trish Uhl. Trish is the principal consultant at Owl’s Ledge, the founder of the Talent & Learning Analytics Leadership Forum and the creator of the Learning Systems Engineering framework. Trish and Brent talk about L&D as a profession, how it compares to the rest of the business world, and how automation is chang ...…

Join this PeopleFirm Seeds of Insight conversation with VP of Talent Management at Healthpoint, Pamela Sullivan, and her Leadership Journey as a Working Parent. Pamela Sullivan has xpertise with strategic development, implementation and administration of HR practices and programs in the areas of strategic planning, leadership coaching and devel ...…

Today we have guest David Snavely on with the Seeds of Insight day at TLDC. With over 20 years of practical learning and experience, David has dedicated his career to helping organizations transform how they operate. He specializes in working with organizations to find clarity of strategic vision and objectives, optimizing organizational struct ...…

Today’s guest was Mike Simmons from CatalystSale.com. He’s been helping people improve their business outcomes for years and shares his tips on the importance of reflection and goal setting. It’s that perfect time of year to have these conversations. Even if you’re a one person training team or a solo-preneur you need to take time to reflect, g ...…

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 Developm ...…

Dawn is an experienced strategic executive with a diverse repertoire of career experiences in multiple industries, business sizes, and roles. She draws on her 30-plus years of leadership experience to serve as PeopleFirm’s Seattle market lead and solution lead for leadership development. She has served as an executive leader in strategic planni ...…

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 s ...…

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 i ...…

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 th ...…

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 res ...…

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 su ...…

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 Manag ...…

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? ...…

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 dev ...…

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 Tr ...…

Darryn has been disrupting the current education landscapes for the past 17 years, re-igniting curiosity to learn within the workplace. Regarded as a thought leader in Learning Assessments and applied Gamification he specializes in building and applying frameworks that demystify the ‘grey’ in complex systems maximizing sustained User Engagement ...…

Video Friday is back with Brent and Sam hosting. Special guest Colin Steed joins the two today. He is the founder and executive producer of Learning Now tv. Colin has some 40 years’ experience in the learning and performance and publishing fields. Colin is co-founder and Chief Executive of the Learning & Performance Institute and founder of The ...…

Today we have Karen Hebert-Maccaro in the window. She is presently Chief Learning Experience Officer of O’Reilly Media, Inc. Prior to O’Reilly, Karen was Chief Learning Officer and VP of People Development at healthcare technology and biotechnology companies. Luis dropped in to cover for Brent and he and Karen discuss the ins and outs of learni ...…

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 Developm ...…

Monday starts the week with a special guest, Taylor Tomanio. She is an Instructional Designer at Shoptech Software where she acts as a designer, video editor, and e-learning developer. Taylor completed the Articulate Expert Training in Boson in 2018 and focuses on e-learning development and interactive training courses. Taylor has given webinar ...…

Topher Olsen is our guest today. What a wonderful conversation. Topher is an L&D leader for Alliance Residencial Company and he is the recent winner of the Video Awards given by Training Magazine. His amazingly creative videos are all done internally with the help of a talented videography within the company. Topher’s History His Winning Video ...…

Myra Roldan was our guest today. She brought some friends with her from EEVO Virtual Reality. They market themselves as a virtual reality product, but in Brent Schlenker's world, it’s actually interactive 360 video. It’s a fantastic solution and they are doing some great work to improve the engagement levels of training solutions. Myra Introduc ...…