ATD Accidental Trainer

Prolific author, CEO, and management research guru Bruce Tulgan joins us to discuss why it's important to know your audience before you get on the mic or in front of a training room. He relays research his firm has conducted over the last 27 years on generational differences in learners while also informing us how karate has influenced every aspect of his life. 

Resources

Bruce Tulgan's website, RainmakerThinking, Inc. 

Art of Being Indispensable at Work, publishing July 2020 (Harvard Business Review Press).

Bruce Tulgan's ATD page

Bruce's books

ATD Virtual Conference, where Bruce is a speaker

The eLearning Coach Connie Malamed discusses ways to keep your e-learning training engaging and effective in a time when in-person training is not an option. Connie also discusses the advantages to blended learning and the need for managers to foster a community of lifelong learning. 

Resources

Connie Malamed is a speaker at the ATD Virtual Conference

Connie Malamed's website

Connie's ATD Author Page

Instructional Design Community, Mastering ID 

eLearning Coach Podcast

In this episode of The Accidental Trainer podcast, Head of People and Culture Development at Hilti Corporation Eivind Slaaen joins ATD Senior Content Manager Ann Parker to discuss how Hilti's learning culture is adding value in this difficult time. The Hilti staff is learning from each other and looking beyond the challenges to find new opportunities in training and development. 

In this episode of The Accidental Trainer, EVP of Human Resources at AECOM Kimberly Currier discusses how she quickly mobilized her team and shifted their focus to the changing business needs in this crisis. Through this kind of agility and continuity of practice, Kimberly proves the long-term value of her learning and development team. 

Award-winning e-learning designer, author and speaker Tim Slade joins us for this episode of The Accidental Trainer to discuss how to gain confidence in your training material and training delivery, even when you are not an subject matter expert. Tim gives his insights into how to handle tough questions from learners and explains how he made it from the loss prevention world into the field of training and e-learning design. 

Resources

Tim Slade's website

Tim Slade's ATD Author Page

Tim Slade Courses on Lynda.com

ATD's Master E-Learning Instructional Designer Program

ATD TechKnowledge 2021 Conference

In this episode of The Accidental Trainer, Karl Kapp sat down with ATD’s Director of Content Justin Brusino to discuss how getting back to the fundamentals of adult learning is the most important aspect of being in training and talent development. Kapp cites the ADDIE model and task analysis as some of the fundamentals all trainers need to focus on, but also highlights some of the learning technologies trends to watch for the future. 

Resources

Karl Kapp's website

Karl's Lynda.com online courses

Karl's ATD author page

Karl's Amazon author page

More on the ADDIE model

ATD's Learn Tech topic page

Elliott Masie, e-learning guru and head of the Masie Center, joins The Accidental Trainer from CES 2020 in Las Vegas. Elliott discusses health tech advancements; however, the consumer electronics industry is missing the mark on learn tech. Find out how curiosity can propel your career and what technologies you should keep your eye on to remain future-ready—spoiler alert: includes learning blockchain.

Resources

The Masie Center

The Learning Consortium

CES conference

Elliott Masie's ATD author page

Big Learning Data, by Elliott Masie (2103), ATD Press

ATD Learning Technologies topic page

Renowned speaker and leading thinker on personal disruption Whitney Johnson joins The Accidental Trainer to discuss being vulnerable, appreciating your worth and boiling down your skills so you can reinvent yourself and jump to a new “S” curve.

Resources

Disruption Diagnostic tool on Whitney's website (S Curve Locator)

Disrupt Yourself, by Whitney Johnson, Harvard Business Review Press (November 2019). 

Build an A-Team, by Whitney Johnson,  Harvard Business Review Press (May 2018)

Whitney's Disrupt Yourself podcast

•   Episode 120 - Play to Your Distinctive Strengths
•   Episode 97 - Dan Shapero: Stepping Back to Grow

iRelaunch: Your Return to Work Experts website

Whitney's author page on TD.org 

In this podcast episode of The Accidental Trainer, ATD Director of Credentialing Morgean Hirt discusses the new ATD Capability Model for talent development professionals. Learn why we stopped using the word “competency” in the model as well as how the model was developed, how to assess yourself based on the model, and how you can use it to propel your career development. Whether you are new to training and development, or an expert in the field, you will be happily surprised by the new model and it’s interactive features on ATD's website. 

Resources

The New ATD Capability Model

ATD Certification Home Page

ATD 2020 International Conference & EXPO

ATD TechKnowledge Conference

Articles and Blogs on the ATD Capability Model

In this 2020 inaugural episode of The Accidental Trainer, HR Bartender creator and blogger Sharlyn Lauby reveals what you need to know to advance your career development plans. Busy with her numerous blogs, consultancy and speaking engagements, Sharlyn discusses her time management practices as well as her start in human resources, which includes a first step in as an instructional designer and trainer of sorts.  

Resources

HR Bartender Blog

Unretirement Project Blog

ITM Group, Inc.

Sharlyn Lauby’s ATD Author Page

A Road Map for Onboarding Managers, TD at Work, June 2018

Orient Managers for Career Success, TD at Work, November 2019