“Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, ‘What’s in it for me?’” – Brian Tracy
My wife and I celebrated our 14th anniversary this week. I can’t believe how fast the time flies by and can not express how grateful I am that fate and a good friend conspired to put us together. Today fate is putting you together with this week’s best from the world of learning, technology and design. Have a fantastic day! Cheers.
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Last week’s most clicked item:
Advice from Experienced Learning Professionals for Anyone Creating Training
How To Plan And Design Microlearning: A Conversation with Karl Kapp and Robyn Defelice
Listen in on this conversation with Kark Kapp and Robyn Defelice where they clarify misunderstandings about microlearning and provide best practices for planning, designing and implementing it—whatever it is.
The Disruption of Digital Learning: Ten Things We Have Learned
In this article, Josh Bersin shares ten things to think about, with the goal of helping L&D professionals, HR leaders, and business leaders understand how the world of corporate learning has changed.
The Disruption of Digital Learning: Ten Things We Have Learned
The 5A Learning Strategy — Building a Culture of Continuous Learning
Damodar Padhi and Nivedita Kuruvilla share the 5A learning model — for anyone to learn anytime, anywhere, using any content on any device — strives to take learning where the learner is, transforming it from “push” to “pull.”
9 Habits of Successful Creatives: How To Stay Inspired
If you do creative work you may have felt increasing pressure as the Creator Economy continues to grow. In this video, Philip VanDusen shares 9 habits some of the best creatives use to stay inspired.
Democratising learning through curation
In this episode of the Learning Uncut podcast, Wes Tobin shares his team’s curation journey at Westpac and how listening to what learners want and giving instructional designers more freedom is changing the way their organization learns.
https://learninguncut.libsyn.com/35-democratising-learning-through-curation-wes-tobin
Learning, Design & Technology Miscellany
A few other things just because I can.
Tools & Resources
- Audience Connect for Google Slides: Turning passive listeners into active participants.
- Download a master bundle of 35 “Design Thinking” templates for free
- Huge collection of design tools & resources
- How do Google Fonts Work?
- Podcast – Making the Most of a Conference with Emma Weber and JD Dillon
Conference Roundup
The conference season is heating up. Check out the upcoming schedule.
- L&D webinars and professional development events calendar by Kari Knisely (@KariKnisely)
Check out the upcoming conference action and please let me know if you see any I´ve missed.
You can find me at these UPCOMING EVENTS:
- October 18: Central NY ATD Take 3 Mini-Conference
- October 22-25: DevLearn Pre-Conference Workshop & Concurrent Session
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Mike Taylor 