TLDCast Podcast

For Video Friday, we have Zsolt Olah in the window today to talk about his Mighty Cards for use in finding out what type of issues stakeholders are facing. Zsolt has a great history of speaking about gamification in the L&D world and is a digital problem solver at Kineo. Special guest host Sam Rogers guides the conversation today. Mighty Cards The power of “buying in” Action mapping Getting si...

Special Guest Host Cara North talks with special guest James McLuckie. He is the Learning and Performance Solutions Director at GoodPractice and brings his knowledge of online learning with 12 years of background. There is an excellent activity in this episode where Cara North surprises everyone with the topic "The Seven Deadly Sins of L&D". Take a look at the collaborative worksheet here: htt...

Sam Rogers steps in as host with special guest Katrina Marie Baker who has a wealth of knowledge consulting for Canon, Verizon, Xerox, and the U.S. Government in the learning technology space. She talks about everything around consulting in the LMS field and the LMS in general. Katrina’s background The job of the LMS Advice on the consulting route LMS/LRS meld Common mistakes Learning Tech Collect...

Today we have special guest Krystyna Gadd who is a leading authority inthe UK on accelerated learning and its application. Her book 50 Ways to Accelerate Learning, offers great insight and she brings that information to us in this recording. This episode features special guest host, Jo Cook from Lightbulb Moment. Krystyna’s background Learning loop Activity overlap in learning Gamification in ILT...

Video Friday comes with Sam Rogers co-hosting and they have a special guest, Sarah Mercier. Sarah specializes in mobile learning technology strategies working with the Association for Talent Development (ATD). She brings her knowledge of mobile learning to the windows Sarah’s history Learning from others UI/UX principles Vertical video Getting started in the mobile space Adjusting to viewing size...

Steph is a learning and development professional and pommy (that’s a Brit living in Australia for the uninitiated) based in Melbourne. After starting life as an accountant she realized she enjoyed developing others more than deciphering technical accounting standards. Cue career pivot and for the last nine years she has worked in learning and development in a large professional services organizati...

Brent is back in the host seat and just in time for a special guest Ross Kerr of NAMI online learning. He has a rich history in the public school system and training creation for non-profits ranging from project management to emergency response. Ross’s history Non-profit training world Dealing with social issues in training xAPI cohort and application Inspiration in training creation Roles in L&am...

Toddi Norum is our guest host today and we have two great guests. Both guests have years of experience in the voice over industry. We have Tom Dheere and James Romick join us in the video window and share their background in the VO world and where this talent fits into the L&D world. Tom and James’s history Getting into the VO industry Skillsets for different genres Cutting up audio vs. record...

Today we welcomed back the always amazing Connie Malamed to TLDCast. This was a fantastic episode on using Design Thinking in L&D. We also talked about the importance of looking outside of our own industry for ideas, systems, and processes that might benefit the learners we impact. If you’re at all interested in implementing Design Thinking into your instructional design strategies, this is an...

Video Friday coincided with Star Wars day, so we dedicated it to the pop culture movie by having our first ever themed TLDC. We are joined by Andrew Townsend, eLearning Video Evangelist with eLearning Brothers. He talks about storytelling with video and how that ties into video creation for L&D using the sci-fi genre as an idea engine. Andrew’s background Sci-fi, video, and relation to film Ch...

For the 300th episode of TLDCast, we have special guest Myra Roldan in the window today to talk about applying the Alexa idea to your training. It was an interesting day of geeking out on the idea and Myra did a great job of removing the fear of using and hacking this technology for training use. Alexa described Voice User Interface Amazon Alexa skills Interaction tech Q&A Session

Today we have special guest John C. Abrahamson who is an Adult and Children’s fiction author and Director of HR Technology for Spectrum. He has recently lead multiple learning and performance integrations and implementations and he shares his insight to the world of L&D with some real world solution examples. John’s history Harmonizing business charters Combining two companies worth of materia...

Special guest Barry Kayton, CEO and co-founder of Cognician drops in to talk digital coaching with Brent. There were a lot of good questions in the Q&A section and Brent guided the discussion around those questions in digging into Barry’s knowledge in the L&D field. Barry’s background Generative learning Rule of equity Reflection applied to challenges Asking questions Personalized learning...

Scott McCormick, formerly of Float Mobile, joins Brent for a great conversation on emerging technologies. Scott has seen a lot of transitions with technologies and sees that focusing on the user has NOT changed over the decades. Scott helps companies overcome the challenges of new technologies. 1) Introduction to Scott McCormick and his background in L&D 2) Emerging technologies and user exper...

Gabrielle Bayme joined #TLDCast for a conversation about transitioning from instructional designer to learning experience design. Gabrielle brings a unique perspective to this topic starting her career in theater and then moving into training. She shares some great stories and perspective on her transition to Learning Experience Designer as she continues through the transition. 1) Introduction to...

Today we have special guest Cynthia Clay, the CEO of NetSpeed Learning Solutions and the author of Great Webinars: How to Create Interactive Learning that is Captivating, Informative, and Fun. She brings her knowledge of the virtual learning field to the window and talks with Brent about current trends in virtual learning. Cynthia’s background Validity to our backgrounds Active engagement = active...

Brent comes to us live from the offices of Mindspace talking with Chad Belin, They take the idea of gamification and talk about how it applies to training and the world around us. It weaves in and out of badges, indicators, and feedback and eventually ends up with some real-world applications from Mindspace. Mindspace background Points, badges, leaderboards Gamified real world Setting times, indic...

Video Friday is back! We have Sam Rogers in hot seat and Matt Pierce as our guest with a great special message just for TLDCast! Matt went over the Techsmith Academy with the group and discussed his thought process behind setting up this resource. Matt Pierce background Sharing the Techsmith Academy Video production timeline Write, script, film, post Shapes in scripting Video for learning Relating...

Megan Torrance is the CEO and founder of TorranceLearning and she brings over 25 years of experience in L&D to the group as we talk about everything xAPI including the ‘gnome’, the ‘cohort’ and how to get up to speed with xAPI. xAPI Cohort Gnome Getting to code The download thing LLAMA

Wednesday brings a guest host and a guest in the window with Cara North and Andrew Hughes, respectively. Cara throws a Q&A session at Andrew that covers his company Designing Digitally, his influences, and how he navigates the L&D world. Feel free to jump into the Slack channel and share your answers to the questions. Slack Channel – http://bit.ly/2jMKreV Company history Q&A session Wh...

Today we have a special guest Todd Brown, the co-founder of Next Action Associates. He talks with Brent in the window about the GTD attitude and how to apply that to training and coaching in the industry. It was a great conversation on how to streamline your process and set up your time to get the most from your day. Todd’s history Dealing with the inputs Confidence in decisions Workflow model Tas...

We go over the hump and landed on Thursday. Bucky Dodd, Chief Learning Innovation Officer and Director of the Institute for Learning Environment Design at the University of Central Oklahoma. Bucky joins Brent in the window to talk about the future of education and his ideas on how learning is handled in academia can spill into the corporate L&D field. Bucky’s history Empathy Training <>...

Today we welcome Ben Betts of HT2 Labs to the video window. He brings 15 years of L&D experience to the group and talk with our guest guide, Jo Cook. It was a very informative session that took us from chat boards to AI and retrieving data. Ben’s/HT2 history History of chat boards xAPI insight Data security Neural networking LRS vs. LMS Retrieving data

Tuesday brings a special guest, Scott Cooper, the VP of Marketing of GO1. He is also one of the Bay Area Learning Design and Technology Meetup and runs a weekly newsletter at OnlineLearningWeekly.com. He brings a wealth of practical knowledge and real world application to the chat today. Scott’s book review Coursework review/awards Adding audio/video to courses Is it elearning? Is it video? Story...

Great conversation on location at Mindspace Studios at Tempe, AZ with Creative Director, Brandon Marsala. Brent Schlenker had a fantastic, wide-ranging conversation with Brandon that covered a variety of topics related to creativity. Brandon answered questions like: Where do you get your inspiration for creativity? What do you do when your team’s creativity isn’t hitting the mark for the client? H...