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🌟 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 🌟 What do you do when your client has a large, global workforce with very different preferences on how they like to engage with a learning program? 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞! We designed three versions of bite-sized content so each employee could choose their preferred style. This learner-led approach ensures everyone finds their fit so they can hone skills comfortably and build confidence for real-world success. 🚀 #PersonalizedLearning #EmployeeEmpowerment #InnovativeTraining

Spiral Curriculum is a concept that I don't think gets enough attention. Aside from being a very effective way to deliver the repetition needed for retention, it's an awesome strategy to use when scaling an enablement program! For example, everyone coming into a new company should be educated to some degree on product. Sales folks will need to know it a bit better. Support folks will need to be experts. When I designed onboarding the Customer Org in my last role, I introduced many concepts for the general onboarding during week 1. Customer Success folks, then circled through the same topics each week for 3 additional weeks, adding layers of complexity each week. The results were phenomenal and I couldn't be more proud of the work that I did with that program. #InstructionalDesign #Training #Curriculum #Results

Forge Relaunch 🚀 : What We're Actually Doing Nested within our mission Forge Strategy Partners of exploring and inspiring greatness is the idea that great teams and individuals don’t just talk about greatness, they identify the few keys to success and pursue those relentlessly. Once they arrive at their destination, they identify new keys to unlock success in their game, and rinse & repeat. Given this, we knew to achieve our mission, we needed to bring something new into the world. A revolutionary approach to simulations and a platform that enables you to do 3 key things: 🔎 Unlock the hidden potential & greatness in your unstructured and underutilized data. 💡 Put more of the power of designing customized simulation experiences into the hands of learning and enablement teams, with the right support mechanisms to ensure success. 🏆 Equip everyone in the organization to regularly chase greatness, in a contextualized, immersive, and affordable way. These facets are driven by our beliefs about what’s not working in the learning and enablement worlds today. We believe that organizational leaders can see the challenges ahead clearly, but then struggle to get their people aligned and upskilled fast enough. 📈 We are building data-driven tools that can help identify those challenges and allow learning and enablement to turn around solutions in days or weeks, rather than months. We believe learning and enablement teams often don’t have the best tools and processes to support their businesses and so rely heavily on vendors who get paid to capture knowledge and expertise. 🔨 We’ve built a consumer-grade simulation platform focused on guided modularity, easy customization and speed of launch, so learning and enablement folks can build, facilitate and update experiences themselves if they want to. We believe that humans learn, shift their beliefs and build skills best by practicing in realistic environments–namely in simulations. Unfortunately today, simulation experiences are expensive to build or far too generic to drive meaningful impact and often once a year opportunities to practice. 📱 We aim to make simulations ubiquitous and available on-demand by making them faster and easier to build, update and scale widely. These beliefs, our background in simulations and experience leading SaaS organizations are the driving force behind the Forge simulation platform - aimed at revolutionizing how learning and enablement teams work, how learners learn and ultimately, how organizations grow and succeed.  Our aim is to help you be ready, and we’re only getting started. #leadership #salesenablement #learning

Are your learners disengaged? Are your training programs falling short? L&D professionals everywhere face these challenges. It’s high time to break free from traditional methods that no longer work. We're taking a bold step forward in our upcoming session by adopting a marketing approach; '5 Things Every L&D Pro Should Steal from Marketing'. Imagine using the brain’s science to captivate attention or designing experiences tailored specifically to learner personas. Are you excited yet? We’ll provide tools and strategies to make your training programs effective and exhilarating. Join us on Thursday, Nov. 7 @ 1:15pm PST, to lead the charge in modernizing L&D. #MarketingMindset #EffectiveLearning #LnDLeaders #DevLearn

Ever wonder why your training programs aren’t as effective as you hope? 🤔 The answer might lie in the outdated methods many organizations still use. In today’s fast-paced world, traditional training can’t keep up with the need for constant up-skilling and reskilling. However, there’s light at the end of the funnel! By treating training as marketers treat products, you can revolutionize learner engagement. Join Bianca Baumann, VP of Learning Solution & Innovation Ardent, and Mike Taylor for their session to explore how you can create learner personas and how to design captivating journeys to transform your training. Let’s bring excitement and engagement back to your learners’ experience! See you Thurs., Nov.7 @ 1:15 pm PST. 😆 #InnovativeTraining #LearnerEngagement #BusinessImprovement #DevLearn

My Whys: Unpacking My Motivations Last week, I shared my journey to refine myself as a product. Today, I'm diving deeper into what drives me. Why Continuous Learning? To stay relevant in the ever-evolving tech landscape To bridge knowledge gaps and foster innovation To empower others through shared insights Why Virtual Assistance and Software Engineering? To streamline processes and amplify productivity To craft solutions that impact lives To merge business acumen with technical expertise Why Intentional Growth? To honor my passion for learning and self-improvement To harness diverse perspectives and experiences To cultivate resilience and adaptability My Core Why: To leverage technology and innovation to create positive change, empowering individuals and communities to thrive. Now, I'd love to hear from you: What drives you? Share your "Whys" in the comments below! Let's fuel each other's passions! #MyWhys #PersonalGrowth #ContinuousLearning #Innovation #VirtualAssistance #SoftwareEngineering #IntentionalGrowth #Empowerment

Hey, ever heard the saying about insanity? It's when you keep doing the same thing and expect different results. Now, I know it's often attributed to Einstein, but we're not sure where it actually comes from. 🧠 Sometimes we feel stuck, like we're just spinning our wheels. It's a constant juggling act between maintaining what we have and working on new priorities. 📆 That's where a modernized learning model comes in. It's crucial to have a framework that helps you stay up to date, or else you'll be reinventing the wheel every time. 📚 And if your team isn't on the same page, using the same approach, you'll see inconsistencies. Everyone will rely on their gut feelings instead of maximizing learner impact, maintaining stakeholder relationships, and increasing team efficiency. 🤝 So, let's learn about ways to transition and build upon what you already have instead of starting from scratch. One method that's worth considering is the Learning Cluster Design model. 🌟 By focusing on transition, you need to thoroughly assess your current situation, determine your desired outcome, and then address any gaps along the way. This model elegantly helps you achieve all of these goals and, more importantly, turns on-the-job changes into a reality, not just a wishful thinking. 🎯 And to save you the trouble, no need to invent it yourself. We've got you covered. 🛡️ 𝘗.𝘚 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵? 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘴: https://lnkd.in/eMcSWhM #learningclusterdesign #modernlearning #trainthetrainer #instructionaldesign #learningleaders #learningstrategy

How can alignment help with success (for both you and your learner)? 🤓Studies have shown that when learners' experiences don’t match their expectations, they’re less likely to be successful. That means you are, too. If the course or training they’re taking doesn’t match their expectations in terms of content, workload, time spent, what they’re going to learn, etc. then they’re going to be less motivated to continue. They'll be unsure if they're headed in the right direction. This means more refund requests, problems not being solved, software not being used, less positive reviews, less engagement, and on and on. All of those things lead to less growth. How do you check for alignment? Make sure your ✅course aligns with your marketing,   ✅training aligns with problem you’re solving, ✅workshop aligns with the description of what they were gonna get. Experiences and expectations matter in learning. When was the last time you checked for alignment? #learningdesign #alignment  

🌟 Unlock the Mind, Leave Limits Behind 🌟 As business owners and educators, we know that success is driven by how well we understand and support the people around us—our teams, students, and ourselves. What if you could have a personalized roadmap that reveals exactly how you or your team learns best? That’s where the Learning Profile comes in. 🎯 🧠 The Learning Profile is a game-changer for professionals and educators alike, offering actionable insights and practical benefits: 🚀 6 Ways the Learning Profile Can Transform Your Success 1️⃣ Tailored Learning Strategies: Understand individual strengths and challenges to create personalized teaching plans or professional development strategies. 👉 Action: Use the profile to build employee training programs or classroom techniques that actually work. 2️⃣ Boost Productivity: Maximize efficiency by focusing on what resonates—whether it’s visual aids, hands-on experiences, or structured frameworks. 👉 Action: Identify how your team learns best and align projects to their strengths for faster, better results. 3️⃣ Foster Collaboration: Improve teamwork by understanding how different learning styles complement each other. 👉 Action: Share profiles in your workplace or classroom to build trust and enhance group dynamics. 4️⃣ Solve Real-World Problems: Bridge the gap between theory and application with insights into practical, hands-on learning. 👉 Action: Design practical assignments or projects that align with how people naturally engage with information. 5️⃣ Build Confidence and Success: Equip your team or students with strategies that work for them, creating measurable results and boosting self-belief. 👉 Action: Implement changes based on profile results and watch their performance soar. 6️⃣ Create a Culture of Growth: Empower everyone to unlock their full potential by aligning tasks, goals, and development opportunities with their learning preferences. 👉 Action: Share the Learning Profile within your organization or school to cultivate a growth-oriented environment. 🎓 For Educators: Discover how the Learning Profile can revolutionize your classroom by making learning engaging, effective, and enjoyable for every student. 💼 For Business Owners: Transform your workplace by understanding how to train, motivate, and lead your team more effectively than ever before. Ready to unlock potential and leave limits behind? Click below to get started: 👉 https://lnkd.in/gkmmKrEk Let’s build a future where learning isn’t just effective—it’s empowering. 💡 #LearningAndDevelopment #EducationInnovation #BusinessGrowth #ProfessionalDevelopment #UnlockTheMind

🔍 Curious about crafting a top-notch individualized learning program? 🤔 There's a game-changing approach out there that could revolutionize how you train and develop your team. It's all about personalization, engagement, and measurable success. Intrigued? Discover the secrets to creating a wildly successful individualized learning program in this insightful blog by Mindtickle. 🌟 Read more here : https://lnkd.in/g97AWqEs #LearningAndDevelopment #PersonalizedLearning #SalesTraining #Mindtickle