CET Talks: Accreditation, Learning and Leadership

Ena Primous and Delaney King sit down with Randy Bowman, Interim President and CEO of IACET, and co-host, Mike Veny, CEO of Mike Veny, Inc., an IACET Accredited Provider, to discuss the importance of linking adult learning theories in practice with designing for and teaching adult learners. Discover what makes someone a subject matter expert (SME) and some of the biggest mistakes instructional designers make when it comes to working with SME's. You'll hear about how to coach SME's into becoming facilitators and learn details about the APATTA course.

To celebrate World Accreditation Day, Randy Bowman, Interim President and CEO of IACET, and co-host and certified corporate wellness specialist Mike Veny, were joined by CAO (Chief Accreditation Officer) and CSO (Chief Standards Officer) Sherard Jones, and Karen LaMarsh, as they discuss what standards are and why they matter. Discover the process of getting your organization accredited by IACET, and where organizations often struggle the most in the process of pursuing accreditation. You'll also hear about the value of IACET's CET accreditation for organizations.

Randy Bowman, Interim President and CEO of IACET, and co-host and certified corporate wellness specialist, Mike Veny, sit down with Megan Torrance, as Megan shares insights from her newest book, Data & Analytics for Instructional Designers, released in April 2023. Megan provides an overview of data analytics and learning analytics, as well as the difference between measurements and metrics. Discover what data learning programs should be collecting and how they should benchmark those metrics.

Welcome to the first episode of CET Talks! Join Randy Bowman, Interim President and CEO of IACET, and co-host and certified corporate wellness specialist Mike Veny, as they discuss their career journeys and the vision for the podcast. Mike reveals what he is learning from IACET and how it has changed how he develops courses. He also discusses why he made the decision to choose IACET and shares advice for others who are in the process of choosing an accreditor. Make sure to tune in to future episodes, as we continue to explore what it means to create a world that learns better.