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The Learning Lab

Thoughts on instructional design, tech enablement, and building better learning cultures.

Corporate Benefits: Employee Stock Purchase Plans

Transitioning teachers might be unfamiliar with some of the financial benefits of working in the corporate world.  One program I recently started participating in is the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

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Layoffs are Senseless

Can you do anything to prevent being laid off? Over the last year it’s become clear to me that layoffs are not based on professional merit.

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Remote Work and Individual Contributors

I’ll start with this: in-person office work is better for bosses.

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Where Does Customer Education Belong?

Customer Education departments can fit into many branches of a company.

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Corporate Performance Reviews

Let’s start off 2024 talking about performance reviews and how to appropriately toot your own horn.

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Productivity Hacks

There are some productivity hacks from my teacher days that carried over to my instructional design routines. Self-management is very important in the corporate world because deadlines are spaced out, and things can creep up on you.

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Working on a Geographically Dispersed Team

In every instructional design role I’ve had, my team has been distributed, first nationally, and now globally.

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Webinar: ID Across Industries

Wondering what instructional design looks like across different industries? 
Curious about what real projects look like in different organizations?

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Branding Guidelines

Following branding guidelines is not always easy for former teachers who are used to designing their own classroom materials. In the corporate world, you have to stick with the branding guidelines.

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ID Standardized Processes

Efficiency and consistency come from clearly established processes. Two processes that your L&D team should clearly define are…

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