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This is a blog for anyone looking to transition to corporate Learning & Development. Posts include tips for a successful job search, explanations of basic instructional design concepts, and stories from my own career pivot.
When I decided to leave education and seek a corporate ID role, reading content by people in the field confirmed that I was on the right path. I hope to pay it forward and provide some insight into the job change process for others by documenting my experiences.
Blog Categories
- Agile 3
- Books 2
- Career Development 37
- Corporate Jobs 17
- Credentialing 1
- Customer Education 7
- DEI 11
- Digital Accessibility 2
- Instructional Design 42
- Job Applications 12
- LMS 1
- Leadership 3
- Learning Technologies 5
- Learning and Development 6
- Performance Consulting 2
- Personal Finance 6
- Project Management 17
- Remote Work 15
- Technical Training 18
- Transitioning Teachers 31
- Video-Based Learning 2
- Visual Design 2
- eLearning Development 20
- xAPI 1
Professional and Personal Identity
Do you have a work self and a personal self? I absolutely do.
Localize Training
Working for a global tech company, I create a lot of customized training for customers around the world. Read this post for some ideas on how to localize training.
Credential Offerings
If your customer education or product training team has considered offering digital credentials, let me tell you there is a WIDE variety of use cases.
Fee-Based Coffee Chats
I’ve held over 100 free coffee chats with transitioning teachers and aspiring instructional designers
Agile Ceremonies in L&D
What agile ceremonies should your instructional design team perform?
Instructional Design Intake
How does your instructional design team receive work? I’ve seen a couple different approaches to intake.
Vendor Demos
Over the last few months, my team has been exploring AI vendors. I sat through a series of demos and have some observations about what worked and what didn’t.
Savvy Start Agenda
When you begin an instructional design project, kick off the work with a Savvy Start.
Tricky Environment Access
Technical training relies on environment access, so what happens when that is not an option?
Professional Wins of 2024
2024 was a year of major growth and new opportunities for me, and I had some big professional wins as a senior technical instructional designer.