Overview: IDEA Networking Sessions are warm and welcoming events where learning professionals gain career insights and real-time tips from professionals across industries. I presented to the group, facilitated a breakout room, and responded to queries in a Q&A session.
Host: Instructional Designers and Educators Alliance is a warm and welcoming group that provides encouragement and connections folks might need in their job search.
Audience: The target audience is educators looking to transition to instructional design.
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Recognition: Winners exemplify what makes CSG’s culture special by going above and beyond to deliver exceptional services that elevate customer experience or enhance CSG culture. I won this award for being creative in developing engaging learning content on server-side skills that over 370 employees have completed, resulting in a reduction in ADO requests, and for revolutionizing how we recognize and validate employees’ skills.
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Overview: I wrote a 20 page TD at Work guide for ATD called “Build a High-Value Credentialing Program.” It covers everything practicioners need to launch digital credentials at their organizations, including practical advice, a step-by-step project plan, and tips to cultivate business buy-in.
Host: The Association for Talent Development is the professional membership organization supporting those who develop the knowledge and skills of employees around the world.
Audience: The target audience is learning and development professionals seeking to build a digital credentialing program from the ground up.
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Overview: I designed and facilitated the session “Building Strong Foundations: The Critical Role of Scope Documents in Instructional Design Projects” for a chapter meeting of the Association for Talent Development.
Host: ATD Kentuckiana is a local chapter of the Association for Talent Development. ATD is the premiere talent association for instructional design practicioners.
Audience: Members of the ATD Kentuckiana chapter. These are experienced L&D practicioners, and this session targeted professionals in leadership roles who are managing projects.
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Overview: For this webinar, I was a part of a panel. The purpose of the event was to show how instructional design varies across industries. I represented tech, and also spoke to my experience in the finance sector.
Host: TPLD, or Teaching: A Path to Learning & Development. We are a professional community for former educations providing free resources for career transitions. I am a community manager for this group on LinkedIn.
Audience: Learning & Development professionals looking to advance their careers by exploring different industries. Transitioning teachers who want to hear about work ID work across sectors.
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Overview: This was a free digital conference called “The Road to L&D”. My session focused on how teachers can successfully pivot to L&D while still in the classroom.
Host: The Training, Learning, and Development Community, a community of practice for Learning and Development Professionals run by Luis Malbas
Audience: Learning professionals with a background in education looking to transition to Learning & Development
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Overview: I discuss my journey from instructional designer to senior instructional designer and how I upskilled and leveraged my network to find a new role and a promotion.
Host: Heidi Kirby and the BLOC podcast
Audience: Instructional designers looking to further their career and advance in their organizations
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Recognition: I was in the top 10 finalists nationally in the Teaching Tolerance Excellence in Teaching award from the Southern Poverty Law Center. The nomination reads, “As the social studies department head, McKenzie has been leading a radical transformation in the way her subject is taught at Atlanta International School (AIS). For example, she has invited students into a partnership with their teachers to help develop the new social studies curriculum. The drive to center students as co-creators of their own educational experience also informs McKenzie’s work outside of the classroom—most notably in her development of the AIS Green Team.”
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