The Women Talking About Learning Podcast

LnDcowork is a place where L&D / HR / OD professionals can work in the company of fellow professionals, on their own work. There is no charge to attend, though you may have to pay for coffee & cake! ========================================================= Show Links https://about.me/lndcowork Gaelle Watson Linda Gent Joanne Williams Vanessa Deroo Niall Gavin ======================================...

Tina Dreisicke is Agile Learning Professional and Co-Founder at mevolute - natural learning and technology.  She has a background in the field of education science and is rooted in the topic of human centred innovation. For many years she worked as an innovation consultant and designed learning experiences on agile ways of working. With her new company she supports and accompanies larger companies...

Katrina Collier is on a mission to end the collaboration chaos that ruins recruitment and candidate experience; exacerbated by hybrid working. Her inclusive workshops help companies fix the real issues preventing successful talent acquisition, and her unique shared-learning Mastermind programme develops the skills HR & recruiters need to partner effectively with the business and candidates. She is...

Meg Bertapelle has true global influence as a Principal Learning Experience and Instructional Designer. She is an instructor and training developer, visual communication and graphic designer and has enhanced the communication effectiveness of training and course materials for many years. A regular conference speaker, Meg is acknowledged by some of the biggest names in learning as an expert in Inst...

Lior Locher is a Learning Consultant with NIIT. They also run their own coaching business where they work with changemakers and start-ups. Lior is a Fellow of the RSA and a multilingual global citizen, based in the UK. Their books “ The DIY Phoenix ” and “ Values-based ” are both on Amazon, their TEDx talk is here . You can find Lior on Twitter and LInkedIn . Katrina Collier is on a mission to end...

This week's episode brings you a few updates about what we've been doing and what we want to do next. ========================================================= You can contact Women Talking About Learning through our website, womentalkingaboutlearning.com We’re on Twitter @WTAL_Podcast You can buy us a coffee to support Women Talking About Learning via Ko-Fi. Or you can email us via hello@llarn.co...

This week’s guests are Laura Overton, Michelle Ockers, and Shannon Tipton. Laura Overton ( London, UK) - Award winning global analyst author, facilitator & founder of Learning Changemakers with 30+ years of experience and research focussing on learning innovation, L&D maturity and business impact. Her Research programme reached 8000+ l&D leaders globally and over 50,000 workers. Michelle Ockers (B...

This week’s guests are Katie Beck, Miriam Speidel, Sarah Frame, Kamla Kaur and Caroline Ford. Katie Beck works for Blue Eskimo as a Recruitment Team Leader. She is experienced in recruiting and connecting with the most talented people in learning and development, training, and e-learning. She works with a variety of clients, across a range of industries including internal L&D departments, as well...

This week’s guests are Liz Drury and Heidi Kirby. Liz Drury was born and brought up in Northamptonshire, and now lives in rural North Lincolnshire. She has a degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Durham, and a PhD in Archaeological Science from the University of Bradford.   After working in local television and education, she began working as a voiceover artist in 2013 whilst living in...

This week’s guests are Gillian Jones and Natalie Ellis. Gillian Jones is Managing Director and founder of Emerge Development Consultancy. For over 25 years Gillian has worked on organisational strategy development and change initiatives with companies worldwide. Gillian partners with many organisations to implement culture change and has designed and delivered programmes of varying sizes to nation...

This week’s guests are Caroline Bennett-Jarvis and Egle Vinauskaite. Caroline Bennett-Jarvis has over 20 years experience  as a human resource development practitioner; she is a committed humanitarian and an avid lifelong learner, currently managing and producing digital educational content for the US market. Originally from England, Caroline initially was formally educated in contemporary art, de...

This week’s guests are Catherine Dartnall and Rachel Burnham. Catherine is a versatile Learning Designer and Consultant with a passion for putting people at the heart of every design. She takes a human-centred approach to create the best possible experience using the technology and tools that are available.   With over 20 years of experience working in learning and technology, Catherine has worked...

This week’s guests are Helen Hill and Martine Bolton. Helen is a self-employed Digital Learning and Content Designer at Unlikely Genius Ltd.  Unlikely Genius is based on the principles of ensuring the user comes first, communicating in plain language and making content available to all, living by the mantra ‘The content you make is not for you’. She works as a contractor for eLearning agencies in...

Our guests this week are Dr Sara Thompson and Kate Graham. Dr. Sara Thompson is the Chair of the Master of Science in Counselling and Human Services program at Post University, and has been teaching in higher education since 2013. In addition to possessing her doctorate degree in psychology, Sara recently earned another graduate degree, a M. Ed. in Learning Design and Technology. In addition to he...

Our guests this week are Nandita Kulkarni and Tabitha Dragonbery. Nandita started her career designing learning and facilitating in the academic context. Having moved to the corporate sphere more than 14 years ago, she has worked across different geographies and led teams delivering learning especially in the technology-led space. Currently in Dubai, she brings a strong consultative mindset with a...

Our guests this week are Serena Gonsalves-Fersch and Dr Alaina Szlachta. Serena is the head of SoftwareONE’s Talent Academy – an initiative focusing on developing and employing the next generation of talent across the world, whilst giving back in education and opportunities to local communities. An accomplished and recognised Learning & Talent Development senior leader, Serena thrives in fast pace...

Our guests this week are Nicky Hoyland and Emma Roberts. Nicky Hoyland is CEO and co-founder of Huler she describes herself as a tech, UX and data nerd. What she does have is an unwavering passion for a people first approach to work tech. If you haven’t caught it, her session at the Learning Technology Digital Exchange is an excellent watch.  You can find Nicky on LinkedIn and Twitter: https://twi...

Asli Derya is an experienced L&D lead with an extensive knowledge of learning design and digital learning. Asli has been working in L&D in the past 8 years with in-house L&D teams in a number of industries and roles, before landing on the digital learning space. Asli is currently the Learning Design Director at Imperial College Business School. Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/asli-derya-asso...

This week’s guests are Ros Stephens and Jo Royce. Ros is an award-winning lesbian photographer, based in London. She’s been heard on Women's hour, BBC NI, BBC Essex and the East End Women Activists archive at the Bishopsgate Institute. Ros lives with her two kitties, her bass guitar and her bike and loves all aspects of photography.  Jo Royce is a people-curious lover of learning, coaching and cre...

For many years, Pilar Orti  has run her voiceover career in parallel to all her other ventures. She ran a small theatre company for ten years, and then became a trainer, facilitator and consultant. Her voiceover credits include the Spanish voice of the WiiFit and GoJetters' Xuli. She's now also a podcast host, having been hosting the 21st Century Work Life podcast for Virtual not Distant for five...

Sarah Ratcliff is passionate about engaging learners to ‘want to learn’.  An expert in Virtual Classrooms and awarded Learning Professional of the Year Gold in 2020. Always happy to chatter about learning and helping people maximise their potential. Twitter: Sarah Ratcliff (@splant33) / Twitter LinkedIn: Sarah Ratcliff Assoc. CIPD, FLPI | LinkedIn Website: www.sarahratcliff.com Janet Webb is a fre...

Hooked on learning and passionate about driving business forward, Aimee-Jayne Young is all about helping people make the most of their careers. With a keen interest in performance consulting, learning technology and employee experience, Aimee brings an enthusiastic yet measured point of view on learning and development and where it needs to go for the future. Aimee has experience working in the fi...

This episode contains clips from the previous 17 episodes that have meant the most to our host, Andrew Jacobs.    The blog post mentioned about International Women's Day is here: https://wp.me/p1NUDi-2bF   ================================================   You can contact Women Talking About Learning through our website,  womentalkingaboutlearning.com We’re on Twitter  @WTAL_Podcast You can buy us...

Dana James-Edwards is a Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Specialist and has an independent consultancy - https://www.diversitydana.com/ - and has been established for almost 6 years.   E-Mail dana@diversitydana.com Twitter @DiversityDana Instagram @DiversityDana Linked In in/diversitydana   Rita Sookrit is a learning strategist and has been working in learning for a number of years in a range of r...

Jayne Harrison is a qualified executive coach and has over 25 years’ experience in the people development field in mainly leadership and career development.  She is interested in what makes people tick, why they choose the work they do and general wellbeing.  She has just launched the #WellbeingWednesdays series which examines how to stay well (particularly during a pandemic) paying attention to m...