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Why Representation Matters in the Workplace
This week I stepped down from my role as Research & Design Director at Year Up. My time with the team went much faster than I imagined. But if there’s anything I’ve learned over the years its that when the universe knocks on your door with an amazing opportunity, you should open it. Even if…
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Why do corporate learning programs fail?
Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to step outside my typical role of user researcher and act as a participant during a user interview. During the session, I was fortunate enough to speak with Taylor Blake, CPO of LearnIn. If you’re not aware of LearnIn, you should be! It was recently founded by popular…
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Doing Remote Work Better
It’s officially 2020 and remote work is on the rise now more than ever. Often times when people envision remote work, they often think of an ideal oasis where the employee is traveling the world, working from some amazing locations while also being super productive. While some remote employees are fortunate enough to travel and…
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Learning Leaps Part 5: Incorporating learning strategy while building products
Welcome to another edition of Learning Leaps, where I’ll be sharing lessons learned from my first 16 months as a product manager at Pluralsight. Since transitioning into Product Management, one of the biggest lessons I’ve had to learn was about the difference between learning strategy and product strategy. Thats why for this final edition of…
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Master level, unlocked
I am so excited to share that after 4 years, I have completed my Masters of Science in Organizational Performance and Workplace Learning (OPWL) from Boise State University! Over the past weekend, I was fortunate enough to give myself the graduation gift of traveling to Boise to mark the milestone. The trip allowed me to…
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Moving from Instructional Design to Learning Experience Design
Last week I was fortunate to participate in the Transitioning from ID to Learning Experience Design session that was part of the Training, Learning, and Development Community Playlist. Matt Sustatia and I spoke about the growing use of the term Learning Experience Design and how Instructional Designers can make the jump to LXD. The session…
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Lessons Learned from Learning Solutions 2018
This week I attended The eLearning Guild’s Learning Solutions Conference in Orlando, FL and as expected it was a fantastic event! For those who haven’t attended a Learning Solutions conference before, it is usually a 3 day event where practitioners in the industry gather to discuss industry trends, best practices, and tips and tricks. On…
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Adopting a Performance Support Mindset: The 5 Moments of Learning Need
It should come as no surprise that the way that people are choosing to learn has changed. Gone are the days of attending multiple days of training to learn a new skill or software program. Instead, learners are looking up content when they need it most. If I think about all the ways that I…
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Lessons Learned from FocusOn17
Two weeks ago, I was fortunate enough to go to The eLearning Guild’s FocusOn 2017 Conference in San Diego, CA. It was my third conference with the Guild and once again I was able to I walk away with some great insights! Each year the FocusOn conference centers around 3 technologies within the learning industry.…