TLDCast Podcast

Guest Bryan Jones brings record breaking attendance to the chat today. He is the founder and President of elearningart.com and he shares his insight to the current status of the elearning and training field through is trends report from the community. We discussed: Bryan’s history Trends in the industry Stand-outs in the list xAPI Gamification Trends personally or in the industry? AI Chasing trend...

In the after-glow of TLDC18, we jump right back into the groove with special guest Kassy LaBorie, a speaker, instructional designer, and author specializing in virtual teaming and online learning. She hit a good amount of the questions in the Q&A and shared her insight on the multi-levels of online training. Kassy’s history Virtual classroom engagement Acting relations to teaching Platforms Ad...

Excellent TLDCast conversation with Kristen Hayden Safdie, where we did our first TLDCast book review on A Theory of Fun for Game Design by Raph Koster . Great book, great episode! This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Wednesday brings us to a great guest in Katie Stroud of Incremental Success. Katie is a learning solutions engineer gifted at developing organizational learning experiences tailored to each business’ needs. Katie is a long time participant in TLDCast and will be speaking at TLDC18. We discussed: Katie’s background Story telling Art vs the story Making stories engaging This podcast is powered by Ze...

On a Monday edition, we catch up with Melissa Milloway, Technical Curriculum Developer at Amazon. She talks about her history, how she shares her information to the world, and xAPI. Melissa’s history Getting connected xAPI Building games CASE method L&D spectrum xAPI’s relation to Big Data Mel’s resources This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Today on TLDChat we welcomed Dan Beckius of AirClass (Lenovo). Dan has 20 years of experience in training and specializes in Virtual Classroom implementation. Topics discussed: Dan’s origin story Why a tool like AirClass is needed Ways to build your virtual training online skills Reasons to use virtual training for your organization Where to begin This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Happy New Year! We start the year off with special guest, Clint Clarkson, the VP, elearning at Xpan Interactive. After a brief history from Clint, we dove into a discussion that spanned from getting certifications all the way to his current position as VP of elearning and everything in between. Be sure to check out Clint’s comic that is related to the L&D field as well for a good laugh! Clint’...

Special guest Michelle Fanfarillo joins the video today to talk about leaders and leadership teams with the group. Michelle is part of the PeopleFirm team and brings a great wealth of information on the subject and the Q&A was full of great questions to day. Topics discussed: Michelle’s history in the field Difficulty in change Peer learning Leadership and followership Personality types in lea...

Special guest Mike Rustici, CEO and co-founder of Watershed and comes to talk about standards and xAPI with the group. We talked about the collection and usage of data for analytics and how that can apply to the world of L&D, standards in L&D, and general learning experiences. Topics discussed: Mike’s history in the field Standards of xAPI in L&D LRS SCORM vs xAPI What data is needed x...

Special guest Randy Emelo, the founder and Chief Strategist at River, a mentoring software company brings his expertise in mentoring to the group for a great discussion. This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

We are joined in the video chat by Ollie Gardener of NoddlePod. She discussed how NoodlePod was a was created as a solution to the poor choice in tools that the learning community had at the time. This lead to a great conversation on community in general and it was then linked back into the L&D field with some key discussions around bots and AI. This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Tuesday brought us the consistently brilliant Brian Fanzo, iSocialFanz. He talked a variety of subjects, mostly focused around his 4 Ts: Trust, Training, Transparency and Technology. You’ll also find lots of info on livestreaming, blockchain, and technology in this discussion. Brian was conference favorite at our 2016 Training, Learning, and Development Conference. You can find his keynote HERE ....

Special guest Tom Hickmore, founder of Nice Media, who is well seasoned in the field of video tells us about his transition from art video to the corporate sector and, eventually, the L&D field. He talked about creating a story, video technology, and where video sits in the L&D field. Tom’s background The three acts; setup, confrontation, solution Important parts of the story Video/writing...

Special guest Allison Wagda of Versal stops in to talk about collaborative learning in the L&D field. We had an enjoyable conversation with Allison on the difficulties of collaboration as it pertains to creating courses, managing SMEs, and in social media use in the workplace. Allison’s background Breaking down silos Smaller chunk learning Social interaction platforms SME interactions Wearing...

Special guest Richard Boyd joins us to talk about game technology from a long history in the field. The conversation started around games, but completely morphed into a deep dive on AI, Machine Learning, and how to recreate a social history of someone from the past. It was an amazing conversation, packed tight with some great information. Richard’s background Virtual world framework Open source ad...

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Special guest Megan Morrone of TWiT.tv brought us her incredible experience as an internet video livestream broadcaster to TLDChat. We talked the history of the internet, how technology has affected social interaction, and the media bubble that is L&D. Megan’s background in the field Internet changes over the last 20 years Social aspect of training Who to follow in tech Seeking out training Mi...

Special guest Mark Tegtmeier joins us on a Thursday with some UX design talk. We had a great conversation on the ins and outs of UX/UI, visual design, and how it all fits into the bigger training picture. There were also some great links to resources on the level of a Video Friday, so be sure to check those out as well! https://tldc.us/2017/11/30/27069/ Mark’s background in the field Getting into...

Special guest Matt Pierce of Techsmith drops in and gives us a run-down of his background with Techsmith and where the current state of video is as it relates to the learning and development field. He had some great questions for the group and there was some excellent text chat exchanges. Matt’s origin story Pushing the industry forward Reviewing video in the real world The phases of video product...

Toby Harris with Filtered joined us on a Monday edition and shared his insight to the Learning and Development world. We discussed the company Filtered, the eLearning Network, and machine learning. The conversation in video went very deep on directed learning and the text chat followed with their usual banter. How Toby got into the field Machine learning Global filters and the L&D community Co...

Today on TLDChat we welcomed eLearning Developer, Director, Innovation and Learning Solution at PDG (Performance Development Group) and now author Zsolt Olah. Zsolt kicked off this discussion by promising that this episode would not just be a book presentation, something he says is the most boring thing in the world. This episode is anything but boring and the perfect episode to kick off a long ho...

Debra’s passion for learning, transformation and travel have taken her across the United States working with busy professionals like you. For more than two decades, she has helped thousands blast through life’s big and little work/life obstacles. Her programs–including Winner’s Track and Write Path–have been shared with millions throughout the United States, Canada, Guam and Puerto Rico. Debra has...

Troy Nguyen brought something very different to TLDChat this day. Troy has an HR and Organizational Development background, and we had him as a guest to speak about his ideas on The Noble Organization and being a Noble Leader. The audience was very engaged throughout for this broadcast. It's definitely worth reviewing. We discussed: Troy’s history Personal vs. professional growth Noble-self descri...

Today we were joined by Connie Malamed, The eLearning Coach. Connie was fantastic as expected, and offered tremendous insight into her approach for designing learning, especially as a visual designer. Get to know Connie, she is easily one of the top learning designers in our industry. We discussed: Connie’s history in the field “Perfect” learning solutions Graphic design in L&D L&D field e...

Today we welcomed Learning Architect and Author, Candice Kramer, who has more than 30 years’ experience in adult learning. She brought her experience to the broadcast and talked about the consulting world and fielded a good amount of questions brought up through the chat. We discussed: Candice’s history in the field Consulting Angst in the L&D community Good and bad elearning Books for the ind...