Brad McLain, Designing Transformative Experiences

Today we get to learn again from Dr. Brad McLain. You might remember my conversation with Dr. McLain about identity theory and the professional identities of informal science educators. In this episode, we pick up the conversation where we left it and talk about Dr. McLain’s new book called Designing Transformative Experiences. In his book, Dr. McLain leads experience designers through the methodology he developed through years of working with employees, students, corporations, museums, and nonprofit organizations like Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots. While you may recognize a transformative experience when you have one, do you know how to create one for the people you serve? LINKS Designing Transformative Experiences: A Toolkit for Leaders, Trainers, Teachers, and Other Experience Designers (book) Designing Transformative Experiences (website) Ep98: Brad McLain, Identity of Informal Science Educators ____________________________________________________________________________________ UPDATE: On September 2, 2026, the TALATERRA website merged with Transferable Solutions. Conversations can be accessed through the interactive map. You can also explore the podcast's catalog of episodes on Simplecast, Apple Podcasts, Pandora, Spotify, and wherever you listen to podcasts. CREDITS: Producer: Tania Marien Music: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License; SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. Subscribe to Transferable Solutions, a newsletter about reimagining environmental skills Contact Us Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Learn More © 2019 - 2026 Talaterra Inc ABOUT: TALATERRA combines "tala" (Icelandic for "to speak" and "to talk") with "terra" (Earth)—because speaking for our planet and telling its stories is what environmental educators do. TALATERRA: to speak Earth.