What is our goal? To just finish a task, or to create lasting change? Honestly both goals are noble, but the design of each one is very different. Today I talk about one learning design principle that greatly helps with the learners ability to transfer what they learn in training to what they do in real life!

I was recently asked how I stay up on learning design trends. That question inspired me to share today the websites I use for my learning design research.

The first image of your presentation, video, webinar, whatever, is super important to catch and maintain attention... So what do you do when the image you want doesn't exist?! I talk about that and more on today's podcast.

In any profession ego can be a HUGE stumbling block, unfortunately in Learning Design we are putting ourselves out there to be criticized more than most... Today I talk about my life long battle with my ego.

One thing that stuck out to me from my compliance training rant was the need for repetition but also the huge miss use of it. Today I talk about three strategies I use to make repetition more impactful.

Today I wrap up my rant with 3 more reasons this years compliance training was awful and I offer my learning design suggestions on how to make it better.

Its that time of year... When compliance training must be completed to keep your job! On today's podcast I give you my critique of my companies 2020 compliance training and what they could have done to make it actually effective!

I'll admit I've never liked writing assessment questions after creating a training or coaching session. BUT I now know slacking in this area can ruin all of the learning that I created before it! In this podcast I talk about how to recognize bad questions and some tips to write great ones!

This is new to me, but there are studies about how the color of a learning object can influence learning... Today I share what I know about it and what I plan to do about it!

It's a common struggle: the learner that thinks they know everything, when in fact what they know is wrong! It's a challenge that can be planned for through learning design! Today I talk about 3 ways help learners overcome misinformation.