Going from classroom teacher to corporate trainer brings a lot of transferable skills from one role to the next. Going from classroom teacher to elearning designer is a bit more of a transition. This conversation with two elearning designers highlights the challenges and lessons learned.

Endurance Learning is a full-service training development partner, specializing in elearning, instructor-led training, and train-the-trainer programs. Since 2015, our team of expert instructional designers and developers has helped professionals with deep subject matter expertise design and develop training that delivers real impact.

📖 Brian shows how the build-borrow-buy approach can help small L&D teams deliver amazing training in Instructional Design on a Shoestring. 

📖 Want to transition from classroom to corporate? Brian’s first book, What’s Your Formula? provides an overview of the pieces and parts that make up the L&D field. 

🆓 Get access to more free resources that can help you transfer your classroom skills to training from Endurance Learning. 

🎓 Build your corporate skills and transition fields more effectively with Endurance Learning’s Foundations of L&D course at L&D Pro Academy.

📝 Read more advice from Brian on how to go from classroom teaching to elearning.

📜 Read the full transcript of From Teachers to Elearning Designers.

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Converting your side hustle into a full time training consultancy can be an exciting idea, but there are some challenges you'll want to think about. Brian Washburn talks to Jason Meucci and Eric Girard, who are both successful in the consultancy field, about what you should consider when starting your own firm.

Brian is not without his own insights on starting a training design and development firm. Brian is the co-founder, CEO and master trainer at Endurance Learning. Endurance Learning is a full-service training development partner, specializing in elearning, instructor-led training, and train-the-trainer programs. Since 2015, our team of expert instructional designers and developers has helped professionals with deep subject matter expertise design and develop training that delivers real impact.

📖 In Brian Washburn’s latest book he shows how the build-borrow-buy approach can help small L&D teams deliver amazing training in Instructional Design on a Shoestring. 

📖 Starting your own consultancy can be daunting. Brian’s first book, What’s Your Formula? helps professionals find the right approach for their business problems and successfully transition from subject matter expert to business owner. You can also check out the companion website, 51 Elements of Learning. 

🎙️Want to learn more about starting your own training consultancy? Check out Brian’s conversation with Elaine Biech about how she has become so successful in learning and development consulting.

🆓 Get access to more free resources from Endurance Learning. 

🎓 If you’re trying to build up or round out your skillset, you might be interested in the online training for L&D professionals available at L&D Pro Academy.

📜 Read the full transcript of this episode.

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Yes, I shamelessly jumped on board the "quiet quitting" bandwagon this week with a podcast around how training professionals can adopt some sort of boundaries when it comes to the work we're asked to do.

Training teams are often compared to the cobbler's children who have no shoes (because they're often helping others learn, but rarely take time out for their own learning). In today's podcast we spotlight a team from Unifi that has adopted a book club approach to develop themselves as individuals and as a team.

Every year Jane Hart conducts a survey of the top tools used for learning, across industries and around the world. Here is my top 10 list as well as a link for you to vote on your top 10 learning tools!

Having a series of engaging activities in your training program can be a good thing. The big question, however, is what lies beneath those engaging activities? Brian Washburn, master trainer and CEO of Endurance Learning attempts to answer these questions.

Endurance Learning is a full-service training development partner, specializing in elearning, instructor-led training, and train-the-trainer programs. Since 2015, our team of expert instructional designers and developers has helped professionals with deep subject matter expertise design and develop training that delivers real impact.

📖 Trying to make your program even more engaging? Brian shows how the build-borrow-buy approach can help small L&D teams deliver amazing training in Instructional Design on a Shoestring. 

📖 Brian’s first book, What’s Your Formula? helps professionals find the right approach for their business problems.

🆓 Get access to more free resources to help you add more layers to your training design from Endurance Learning. 

🎓 Learn about effective training design with Endurance Learning’s Foundations of L&D course at L&D Pro Academy.

📜 Read the full transcript of Effective Training Design Has Layers.

💻 Make your training more effective with a FREE TRIAL of Soapbox, the revolutionary tool helping professionals create facilitated training faster and better.

Of all the Marvel characters, who was the best leader? How did Thanos actually get people to follow him? And what transferable lessons from Marvel might you be able to take into your organization? Two authors of the book "Leaders Assemble! Leadership in the MCU" spend some time spelling this all out in this week's podcast.

Is mentoring different than coaching? Is it appropriate for someone to mentor another person who is older or more experienced? Author Wendy Axelrod offers her thoughts on these questions and more!

Joining a local ATD chapter can lead to new contacts and relationships, opportunities to grow skills that your current company doesn't offer you and even business opportunities. This week's podcast features the current presidents of two local ATD chapters and their insights on why you might want to get involved with your own local chapter.

Did you know there are at least 6 different types of microlearning? In today's podcast, Karl Kapp and Robyn Defelice (authors of Microlearning Short and Sweet) go in depth about what microlearning is and what you should know before you get started.