What do you get when you bring together 35,000 creative professionals, 793 investors, 1,200 journalists, and 1,557 startups representing 130 countries to explore the latest technology, innovation, and inspiration? You get “Collision,” North America’s fastest-growing technology conference and one of…
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Five Powerful Strategies to Drive DEI Change
One of the most powerful highlights I experienced at ATD22 was a growing emphasis on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. My overriding impression was that this critical learning area was becoming a priority in the US and that learning providers were…
Looking for a bit of eLearning inspiration? We found it at ATD22!
Looking for a bit of eLearning inspiration? We found it at ATD22! Touchdown in Orlando – and after long lines and airport chaos, we couldn’t have been more excited to be at the first live event we’ve attended in the…
Bringing Learning to People Instead of People to Learning
If we can’t go back to the way we were, where do we go in the future? After two years of remote work, will office-based businesses ever go back to what they were? Will employees continue to work from home,…
Welcome to 2022… We’ve survived so far!
Well – we made it!!! The last two years haven’t been easy, adjusting to working from home and meeting on Zoom, but there have definitely been some benefits: A shorter commute to the office More relaxed dressing Getting to know…
Things to think about before moving F2F to online
We recently provided insights for a facilitator looking to bring a face-to-face workshop online. She’s a great facilitator, and her experience in a face-to-face setting shaped how she was designing the online learning. This meant many break-out-groups and trying to…
Ruthless relevance
Who has the time? Not the learners who already spend enough time glued to their screens, not the people holding the purse strings who have to make tough decisions, and certainly not the learning department that has to pivot themselves…
Where did the Summer go?
Summer is over, and I’m back with many exciting things to share about the changing learning landscape over the next months. Here are my three insights for today: We’ve got to pivot. Learning has to find ways to look at…
It’s time to stop Flashing
When the news came down that Flash was retiring (and not being supported), I wasn’t expecting such a vocal response from my development team. “Good!” “Finally!” Well, you get the gist. We’ve been at this since 2003, and when Adobe…
Learning adapts and evolves, but this one thing never changes
We’re finally here! The last of this particular countdown series. Last week, I wrote it would be about the one thing that is always a constant in learning. That one thing? The Learner. Did you guess correctly? Here’s me giving…





