Train Like You Listen

Host Brian Washburn talks with Katrina Kennedy, author of Learning That Lasts: Reflection Activities for Trainers and Designers, about how reflection helps transform training from a one-time event into lasting behavior change. Katrina shares practical ways to integrate reflective activities before, during, and after learning—what she calls “pre-flection” and reflection—to deepen understanding and strengthen application. She also offers tips for choosing the right activities based on outcomes, time, and audience, and explains why skilled facilitation and time management are key to making reflection work.📖 Check out Katrina Kennedy's book Learning That Lasts: Reflection Activities for Trainers and Designers📖 Brian shows how the build-borrow-buy approach can help small L&D teams deliver amazing training in Instructional Design on a Shoestring. 📖 Brian’s first book, What’s Your Formula? helps professionals find the right approach for their business problems. You can also check out the companion website, 51 Elements of Learning. 🆓 Get access to more free resources from Endurance Learning. 🎓 Learn about Endurance Learning’s Foundations of L&D course at L&D Pro Academy.📜 Read the full transcript of this episode.💻 Start a FREE TRIAL of Soapbox +AI, the revolutionary tool helping professionals created facilitated training faster and better.

Research shows that management quality is the single biggest predictor of employee satisfaction and retention. In this episode, Brian Washburn speaks with Dan Lawner, Founder of Bevel Talent, about why managers are the key to employee engagement and organizational success. They discuss common challenges mid-sized organizations face as they grow, what makes leadership development programs effective, and practical ways to start improving leadership, even without formal programs.From accountability and peer support to mentorship and cohort discussions, Dan shares actionable strategies to address leadership gaps and help organizations align managers, boost engagement, and drive performance.📖 Brian shows how the build-borrow-buy approach can help small L&D teams deliver amazing training in Instructional Design on a Shoestring. 📖 Brian’s first book, What’s Your Formula? helps professionals find the right approach for their business problems. You can also check out the companion website, 51 Elements of Learning. 🆓 Get access to more free resources from Endurance Learning. 🎓 Learn about Endurance Learning’s Foundations of L&D course at L&D Pro Academy.📜 Read the full transcript of this episode.💻 Start a FREE TRIAL of Soapbox +AI, the revolutionary tool helping professionals created facilitated training faster and better.

Too often in L&D, we’re handed a “training solution” and asked to deliver it without question. In this episode, Brian Washburn talks with L&D expert Jess Almlie about how to stop being an “order taker” and become a strategic business partner. They discuss why relationships matter, how small mindset shifts—from helper to partner—can increase influence, and practical ways to add real business value. Packed with actionable insights, this episode is perfect for anyone looking to elevate their impact in learning and development.📖 Check out Jess Almlie's book L&D Order Taker No More! Become a Strategic Business Partner.📖 Brian shows how the build-borrow-buy approach can help small L&D teams deliver amazing training in Instructional Design on a Shoestring. 📖 Brian’s first book, What’s Your Formula? helps professionals find the right approach for their business problems. You can also check out the companion website, 51 Elements of Learning. 🆓 Get access to more free resources from Endurance Learning. 🎓 Learn about Endurance Learning’s Foundations of L&D course at L&D Pro Academy.📜 Read the full transcript of this episode.💻 Start a FREE TRIAL of Soapbox +AI, the revolutionary tool helping professionals created facilitated training faster and better.

If you're interested in how L&D professionals can support better leadership at every level of an organization, check out my latest podcast with The HR Lady, Wendy Sellers. Wendy brings a direct, practical approach to leadership, and she doesn’t shy away from tough conversations or tough truths.Tune in to hear thoughts on what leadership really means, why titles don’t make leaders, and how HR and L&D can work together to support stronger workplace culture and retention.Wendy also shares a practical technique (something you could try tomorrow with your team!) to help leaders step outside their own perspective.📖 Check out Wendy's book Suck It Up, Buttercup: Be a Leader People Will Follow.📖 Brian shows how the build-borrow-buy approach can help small L&D teams deliver amazing training in Instructional Design on a Shoestring. 📖 Brian’s first book, What’s Your Formula? helps professionals find the right approach for their business problems. You can also check out the companion website, 51 Elements of Learning. 🆓 Get access to more free resources from Endurance Learning. 🎓 Learn about Endurance Learning’s Foundations of L&D course at L&D Pro Academy.📜 Read the full transcript of this episode.💻 Start a FREE TRIAL of Soapbox +AI, the revolutionary tool helping professionals created facilitated training faster and better.

What does it really take to build a lasting business? Brian Washburn and Tim Waxenfelter, co-founders of Endurance Learning, pull back the curtain on 10 years of grit, unexpected pivots, and hard-won lessons. No sugarcoating; just real stories from the trenches of entrepreneurship. The episode serves as both a celebration of their milestone and practical advice for aspiring entrepreneurs in Learning & Development or consulting.⛵Endurance Learning is a full service training development company, delivering the best in elearning, instructor-led training, and train-the-trainer sessions. 🎩Check out Small Business Founder where Tim and Brian share lessons they've learned with other small business owners.🎯 Use AI in your training process with the free learning objectives generator.📙Brian simplifies training design in his book,  Instructional Design on a Shoestring. 📘 Brian’s book, What’s Your Formula? helps professionals find the right approach for their business problems. You can also check out the companion website, 51 Elements of Learning. 🆓 Get access to more free resources on this topic and others from Endurance Learning. 💻 Start a FREE TRIAL of Soapbox with AI, the revolutionary tool helping professionals created facilitated training faster and better.

Host Brian Washburn chats with learning consultant and author Mike Taylor about his new book, Think Like a Marketer, Train Like an L&D Pro, which he co-authored with Bianca Baumann. Taylor dives into the overlap between marketing and learning & development (L&D), arguing that marketers are far better at capturing attention and sparking behavior change, two areas where L&D often falls short. He shares ways that, with just a shift in mindset, applying marketing principles to training design can create a strikingly more engaging and effective learning experience.📖 Visit Mike Taylor's book website Train Like a Marketer📗Get Mike Taylor's book: Think Like a Marketer, Train Like an L&D Pro🎯 Use AI in your training process with the free learning objectives generator.📙Brian simplifies training design in his book,  Instructional Design on a Shoestring. 📘 Brian’s book, What’s Your Formula? helps professionals find the right approach for their business problems. You can also check out the companion website, 51 Elements of Learning. 🆓 Get access to more free resources on this topic and others from Endurance Learning. 💻 Start a FREE TRIAL of Soapbox with AI, the revolutionary tool helping professionals created facilitated training faster and better.

Donald Taylor’s 2025 Learning & Development Global Sentiment Survey reveals AI’s explosive impact on workplace learning, but the real story is how professionals are moving from buzz to action—using it for everything from quick content fixes to reshaping skills strategies. Yet, the timeless challenge remains: proving L&D’s value. Are we chasing trends or driving results?🗄️Download Donald Taylor’s 2025 Learning & Development Global Sentiment Survey📜 Read the full transcript of The Pulse of Learning: The 2025 L&D Global Sentiment Survey.🎯 Use AI in your training process with the free learning objectives generator.📖 Brian's own perespective on the future of L&D is in Instructional Design on a Shoestring. 📖 Brian’s first book, What’s Your Formula? helps professionals find the right approach for their business problems. You can also check out the companion website, 51 Elements of Learning. 🆓 Get access to more free resources on this topic and others from Endurance Learning. 💻 Start a FREE TRIAL of Soapbox with AI, the revolutionary tool helping professionals created facilitated training faster and better.

Whether you are working in an NGO or not, this discussion with Gretchen Regehr from Conservation International will have you thinking more deeply about the role of both talent management and talent development in your organization.I've added some links below to relevant resources including the newest, our Free Learning Objectives Generator!🎯 Create training session descriptions and learning objectives with a free learning objectives generator.📖 Brian shows how the build-borrow-buy approach can help small L&D teams deliver amazing training in Instructional Design on a Shoestring. 📖 Brian’s first book, What’s Your Formula? helps professionals find the right approach for their business problems. You can also check out the companion website, 51 Elements of Learning. 🆓 Get access to more free resources from Endurance Learning. 🎓 Learn about Endurance Learning’s Foundations of L&D course at L&D Pro Academy.📜 Read the full transcript of the discussion of Talent Development in NGO's.💻 Start a FREE TRIAL of Soapbox, the revolutionary tool helping professionals created facilitated training faster and better.

We love cooking up new resources for the L&D field. We get excited when people download them. But we don't often know how they're being used. I had the opportunity to talk to two early childhood leaders, Glenna Gamble and Sharon Norris, and learn about how the integrated Endurance Learning's Activity Cookbook into their early childhood training session. 📖 Brian shows how the build-borrow-buy approach can help small L&D teams deliver amazing training in Instructional Design on a Shoestring. 📖 Brian’s first book, What’s Your Formula? helps professionals find the right approach for their business problems. You can also check out the companion website, 51 Elements of Learning. 🆓 Get access to more free resources from Endurance Learning. 🎓 Learn about Endurance Learning’s Foundations of L&D course at L&D Pro Academy.📜 Read the full transcript of this episode.💻 Start a FREE TRIAL of Soapbox, the revolutionary tool helping professionals created facilitated training faster and better.

Brian spoke with John Edinger, a trainer he met while delivering a train-the-trainer session.John shares just what it was about the design of the program that he went through that inspired him to be doing things new or differently or better, even though he'd already been training for a while. 📖 Brian shows how the build-borrow-buy approach can help small L&D teams deliver amazing training in Instructional Design on a Shoestring. 📖 Brian’s first book, What’s Your Formula? helps professionals find the right approach for their business problems. You can also check out the companion website, 51 Elements of Learning. 🆓 Get access to more free resources from Endurance Learning. 🎓 Learn about Endurance Learning’s Foundations of L&D course at L&D Pro Academy.📜 Read the full transcript of this episode.💻 Start a FREE TRIAL of Soapbox, the revolutionary tool helping professionals created facilitated training faster and better.

This is the followup conversation with  Tim Barnosky, Manager of Training and Development for Innovative Solutions about his work building an L&D function from scratch. Check out episode 147 to hear the first part of this conversation.📖 Brian shows how the build-borrow-buy approach can help small L&D teams deliver amazing training in Instructional Design on a Shoestring. 📖 Brian’s first book, What’s Your Formula? helps professionals find the right approach for their business problems. You can also check out the companion website, 51 Elements of Learning. 🆓 Get access to more free resources from Endurance Learning: www.endurancelearning.com🎓 Learn about Endurance Learning’s Foundations of L&D course at L&D Pro Academy.📜 Read the full transcript of this episode.💻 Start a FREE TRIAL of Soapbox, the revolutionary tool helping professionals created facilitated training faster and better.

How strategic is your training program? How outcome-oriented, governed or sustainable is it? In today's podcast, Danielle Duran speaks with Brian Washburn about how to objectively measure your training program in those four key areas.Endurance Learning is a full-service training design and development firm that has helped dozens of organizations build out mature training programs using elearning, instructor-led training, and train-the-trainer programs. Since 2015, our team of expert instructional designers and developers has helped professionals with deep subject matter expertise design and develop training that delivers real impact.📖 Brian shows how the build-borrow-buy approach can help small L&D teams deliver amazing. training in Instructional Design on a Shoestring. 📖 Brian’s first book, What’s Your Formula? helps professionals find the right approach for their business problems. You can also check out the companion website, 51 Elements of Learning.🆓 Get access to more free resources to help develop your training program from Endurance Learning. 📝 If you want to learn more about creating your own training, read about what questions you should ask yourself when building a program.🎙️Listen to Brian talk with Michelle Baker about some of the most common training elements and how to use them effectively.🎓 Learn about Endurance Learning’s Foundations of L&D course, which can help you build a training program, at L&D Pro Academy.📜 Read the full transcript of this episode.💻 Build your training program faster with a FREE TRIAL of Soapbox, the revolutionary tool helping professionals create facilitated training and develop training programs faster and better.

When participating in a DEI-focused session led by Jolene Jang at a recent conference, Brian Washburn found himself continuously shaking his head. Every time she pointed out another way learning design can be more inclusive, and quite frankly inviting, to all learners, he thought: there's something else I'm not currently doing. Join Endurance Learning's Brian Washburn as he sits down with Jolene Jang to find out more about ways to design more inclusive training programs.Endurance Learning is a full-service training development partner, specializing in elearning, instructor-led training, and train-the-trainer programs. Since 2015, our team of expert instructional designers and developers has helped professionals with deep subject matter expertise design and develop training that delivers real impact.🎙️Listen to Brian talk to Carrie Heron about finding success in DEI training.📖 Brian shows how the build-borrow-buy approach can help small L&D teams deliver amazing training in Instructional Design on a Shoestring. 💻 Visit Jolene Jang’s website and learn more about why inclusivity matters in training.📖 Still trying to figure out how to build inclusive training? Brian’s first book, What’s Your Formula? helps professionals find the right approach for their business problems. You can also check out the companion website, 51 Elements of Learning. 🆓 Get access to more free resources from Endurance Learning.🎓 Learn about Endurance Learning’s Foundations of L&D course and dive deeper into creating inclusive training at L&D Pro Academy.📜 Read the full transcript of this episode.💻 Want to apply what you’ve learned in this episode? Start a FREE TRIAL of Soapbox and build your own inclusive program with the revolutionary tool that's helping professionals create facilitated training faster and better.

Natalie Mazzie, an experienced sales enablement professional, discussed the crossover between training and sales enablement. Hear the Top 3 Sales Enablement Lessons for Learning & Development Professionals and more in this conversation with Endurance Learning's Brian Washburn.www.endurancelearning.com

Is your ILT designed with accessibility and inclusion in mind? Gwen Navarrete Klapperich wants to make sure you consider accessibility and inclusion in your ILT design, and offers some suggestions on how to do just that.Brian Washburn is the CEO of Endurance Learning where he helps find and grow a team of incredible instructional designers, elearning developers, and all around amazing people who build high quality and affordable training solutions for a wide variety of organizations. Brian ’s Train-the-Trainer sessions help transform teams of subject matter experts into trainers & facilitators that lead highly engaging workshops.📖 Brian shows how the build-borrow-buy approach can help small L&D teams deliver amazing training in Instructional Design on a Shoestring. 📖 Brian’s first book, What’s Your Formula? helps professionals find the right approach for their business problems. You can also check out the companion website, 51 Elements of Learning. 🎙️Listen to Brian talk to Jolene Jang about inclusive training design.🆓 Get access to more free resources from Endurance Learning. 🎓 Learn about Endurance Learning’s Foundations of L&D course at L&D Pro Academy and get more information on how to inclusively design training.📜 Read the full transcript of this episode.💻 Start a FREE TRIAL of Soapbox and create inclusive training quicker than ever with the revolutionary tool helping professionals created facilitated training faster and better

If you've ever been to an escape room, you can observe what a group of highly engaged people look like for 60 straight minutes. Is there a way to harness escape room design elements and bring them into the world of corporate training? Brian talks to Nate Martin, often cited as the founding father of the American escape room experience.While the team at Endurance Learning hasn’t designed any actual escape rooms (but did include a digital escape room in its Foundations of L&D program) it is well known as a full-service training development partner, specializing in elearning, instructor-led training, and train-the-trainer programs. Since 2015, our team of expert instructional designers and developers has helped professionals with deep subject matter expertise design and develop training that delivers real impact.📖 Learn more about how you can use instructional design and how the build-borrow-buy approach can help small L&D teams deliver amazing training in Brian's book Instructional Design on a Shoestring. 📖 Brian’s first book, What’s Your Formula? helps professionals find the right approach for their business problems.📝 Read about how you can combine AI and instructional design to perfect your results.🆓 Get access to more free resources from Endurance Learning. 🎓 Learn about Endurance Learning’s Foundations of L&D course at L&D Pro Academy.📜 Read the full transcript of this episode.💻 Want to perfect your instructional design? Start a FREE TRIAL of Soapbox, the revolutionary tool helping professionals create facilitated training faster and better.

When you're applying for an L&D job, how do you best position yourself to get a call from a recruiter or hiring manager? Experienced HR professional, Maria Leggett, offers her insights in today's podcast.Endurance Learning is a full-service training development partner, specializing in elearning, instructor-led training, and train-the-trainer programs. Since 2015, our team of expert instructional designers and developers has helped professionals with deep subject matter expertise design and develop training that delivers real impact.📖 Brian shows how the build-borrow-buy approach can help small L&D teams deliver amazing training in Instructional Design on a Shoestring. 📖 Brian’s first book, What’s Your Formula? helps professionals find the right approach for their business problems.🎙️Listen to Brian talk to L&D professionals Asha Aravindakshan and Rae Button about how you can successfully transition to a career in L&D.🆓 Get access to more free resources that can help you build an even better resume from Endurance Learning. 🎓 Want to make your resume even stronger? Learn about Endurance Learning’s Foundations of L&D course at L&D Pro Academy.📜 Read the full transcript of Brian’s discuss about resumes for L&D.💻 Start a FREE TRIAL of Soapbox, the revolutionary tool helping professionals created facilitated training faster and better.

If you're looking to pivot into a role in the corporate training or learning and development space, this episode will give you some insights and questions to think about.Transitioning fields can be tough, but Endurance Learning’s team of instructional designers can ease the pressure. Endurance Learning is a full-service training development partner, specializing in elearning, instructor-led training, and train-the-trainer programs. Since 2015, our team of expert instructional designers and developers has helped professionals with deep subject matter expertise design and develop training that delivers real impact.📖 Brian shows how the build-borrow-buy approach can help small L&D teams deliver amazing training in Instructional Design on a Shoestring. 📖 Pivot into corporate training and L&D effectively with Brian’s first book, What’s Your Formula?  that helps professionals find the right approach for their business problems. You can also check out the companion website, 51 Elements of Learning.🎙️Listen to Brian talk more with Asha Aravindakshan about pivoting into L&D. 📖 Read Asha Aravindakshan’s book Skills: The Common Denominator and learn more about transitioning careers.🆓 Get access to more free resources about corporate training and learning & development from Endurance Learning. 🎓 Learn everything you need to know to be successful in learning and development with Endurance Learning’s Foundations of L&D course at L&D Pro Academy.📜 Read the full transcript of this episode.💻 Need some help in your new corporate training position? Start a FREE TRIAL of Soapbox, the revolutionary tool helping professionals create facilitated training faster and better.

How do you build an L&D team from scratch? Tim Barnosky of Innovative Solutions is currently in the process of answering that question. Today's podcast revolves around his vision and the challenges he anticipates.Useful Links:Endurance LearningSoapboxL&D Pro Academy

The constructal law of design and evolution in nature can actually be applied in very concrete ways to the world of learning and professional development to help individuals, teams and organizations flow more efficiently.Endurance Learning is a full-service training development partner, specializing in elearning, instructor-led training, and train-the-trainer programs. Since 2015, our team of expert instructional designers and developers has helped professionals with deep subject matter expertise design and develop training that delivers real impact.📖 Brian shows how the build-borrow-buy approach can help small L&D teams deliver amazing training in Instructional Design on a Shoestring. 📖 Brian’s first book, What’s Your Formula? helps professionals find the right approach for their business problems.🆓 Get access to more free resources from Endurance Learning. 🎓 Learn more about incorporating natural laws of design and evolution with Endurance Learning’s Foundations of L&D course at L&D Pro Academy.📜 Read the full transcript of Connecting Theoretical Physics with Learning & Development.💻 Start a FREE TRIAL of Soapbox, the revolutionary tool helping professionals create facilitated training faster and better.

As people who have designed and delivered effective training, Kassy Laborie and Zovig Garboushian know a thing or two about good learning experiences. So what nuggets have they gleaned from a 9-month course that they're both attending, and that all of us should consider when designing our own programs? Today's podcast answers that question.Endurance Learning is a full-service, boutique instructional design firm, specializing in elearning, instructor-led training, and train-the-trainer programs. Since 2015, our team of expert instructional designers and developers has helped professionals with deep subject matter expertise design and develop training that delivers real impact.📖 Brian shows how the build-borrow-buy approach can help small L&D teams deliver amazing training in Instructional Design on a Shoestring. 📖 Brian’s first book, What’s Your Formula? helps professionals find the right approach for their business problems.🆓 Get access to more free resources to learn about what Brian and his guests covered in this episode from Endurance Learning. 🎓 Are you trainer looking to become a pupil? Learn about Endurance Learning’s Foundations of L&D course at L&D Pro Academy.📜 Read the full transcript of Turning the Tables: From Trainer to Student.💻 Start a FREE TRIAL of Soapbox, the revolutionary tool helping professionals create facilitated training faster and better.

Karl Kapp has written 8 books, created 11 LinkedIn Learning courses and has an entire YouTube channel devoted to game and game design. Today on the podcast, he spends some time talking about how to bring game elements into learning.Endurance Learning is a full-service training development partner, specializing in elearning, instructor-led training, and train-the-trainer programs. Since 2015, our team of expert instructional designers and developers has helped professionals with deep subject matter expertise design and develop training that delivers real impact.📖 Is your team struggling with incorporating game design into training? Brian shows how the build-borrow-buy approach can help small L&D teams deliver amazing training in Instructional Design on a Shoestring. 📖 Still finding it hard to work games into your learning design? Brian’s first book, What’s Your Formula? helps professionals find the right approach for their business problems. Brian shares more about Gamification and Games on 51elementsoflearning.com.🎙️Listen to Brian talk with Lauren Wescott on cooperative and competitive games and their place in training.🆓 Get access to more free resources that can help you gamify your training from Endurance Learning. 🎓 Learn more about game design with Endurance Learning’s Foundations of L&D course at L&D Pro Academy.📜 Read the full transcript of Getting Started with Game Design.💻 Start a FREE TRIAL of Soapbox and incorporate games into your training design with the revolutionary tool helping professionals create facilitated training faster and better.

When it comes to your training participants, two of the dirtiest, or perhaps scariest, words you can say during a session may be: role play. In today's podcast, John Crook, Head of Learning at Intersol Global, offers some thoughts on how to make role plays more authentic and robust.

What can anyone who designs training learn from the way a keynote speaker designs and refines their presentation? Reknowned keynote speaker, Jessica Kriegel, answers that question and more in today's podcast.

If you're involved in developing strategies to help people learn and grow in their roles, today's podcast is for you. Danielle Lopez, a fraud investigator for a major financial services company, shares her insights on what mix of stretch assignments, supportive relationships and formal training helped her to excel.

Building a culture of learning inside your organization doesn't always mean you need to build training sessions or elearning courses. Sherry Metz Johnson offers some thoughts on what a true culture of learning can look like.

AI is all the rage these days. 7Taps has figured out a way to embed AI into their microlearning platform to make your experience even quicker. It looks like this is the future of AI in learning tools. 7Taps co-founder Kate Udalova shares her insights.Endurance Learning is a full-service training development partner, specializing in elearning, instructor-led training, and train-the-trainer programs. Since 2015, our team of expert instructional designers and developers has helped professionals with deep subject matter expertise design and develop training that delivers real impact.📖 Brian shows how the build-borrow-buy approach can help small L&D teams deliver amazing training in Instructional Design on a Shoestring. 📖 Still struggling to fit AI into your training? Brian’s first book, What’s Your Formula? helps professionals find the right approach for their business problems. You can also check out the companion website, 51 Elements of Learning. 📝 Read about how you can bake inclusivity into your AI-based training.🆓 Get access to more free resources to help you include AI in your training from Endurance Learning. 🎓 Learn more about how you can use AI in your training with Endurance Learning’s Foundations of L&D course at L&D Pro Academy.📜 Read the full transcript of this episode.💻 Another tool that has added AI is Soapbox +AI, the revolutionary tool helping professionals create facilitated training faster and better.

Marci Morford has helped large organizations, such as The Gates Foundation and Salesforce, navigate some large-scale changes. What's her secret?Endurance Learning is a full-service training development partner, specializing in elearning, instructor-led training, and train-the-trainer programs. Since 2015, our team of expert instructional designers and developers has helped organizations support change initiatives through training that delivers real impact.📖 Need more help with large-scale changes? Brian shows how the build-borrow-buy approach can help small L&D teams deliver amazing training in Instructional Design on a Shoestring. 📖 Found more solutions to problems in your organization with Brian’s first book, What’s Your Formula? That helps professionals find the right approach for their business problems.🆓 Get access to more free resources that can help you create change in your organization from Endurance Learning. 🎓 Learn about Endurance Learning’s Foundations of L&D course at L&D Pro Academy.📜 Read the full transcript of Creative Change Management.💻 Start a FREE TRIAL of Soapbox and lead organizational change with the revolutionary tool helping professionals create facilitated training faster and better.

If you've been in L&D for any amount of time, you probably have heard of the 70:20:10 framework. But what does it actually look like in action? And what can instructional designers learn from one woman's self-guided learning journey? Today's podcast offers some answers.

HR and L&D have a lot of overlapping goals, but they're often run by people with very different backgrounds, and there are even two very different professional associations that support these distinct groups. This podcast briefly explores how HR and L&D can come together to make great things happen.

With two distinct professional associations (SHRM and ATD), the worlds of HR and Learning and Development seem to be separate entities. Deadra Welcome feels there are ways that those two worlds can come together to achieve great things.

What is "accessibility" in learning? Why is it important to design learning for everyone? What are one or two things you might want to be doing differently with your design, today? David Berman is an expert in accessibility in learning design and shares his approach.Endurance Learning is a full-service training development partner, specializing in elearning, instructor-led training, and train-the-trainer programs. Since 2015, our team of expert instructional designers and developers has helped professionals with deep subject matter expertise, design and develop accessible training that leads to change.📖 Brian shows how the build-borrow-buy approach can help small L&D teams deliver amazing training in Instructional Design on a Shoestring. 📖 Brian’s first book, What’s Your Formula? helps professionals find the right approach for their business problems.🎙️Listen to Brian talk with Gwen Navarrete Klapperich about accessibility in instructor led training. 🆓 Get access to more free resources to learn more about accessibility from Endurance Learning. 🎓 Learn more about accessibility in learning with Endurance Learning’s Foundations of L&D course at L&D Pro Academy.📜 Read the full transcript of Accessibility in Learning Design.💻 Make accessible training faster than ever with Soapbox, the revolutionary tool helping professionals create facilitated training faster and better.

xAPI can be used to collect data in any digital learning experience - from elearning to videos. This episode, featuring Megan Torrance, Matt Kliewer, and Wendy Morgan, offers the perspective of both a learning design team AND an end-user of xAPI, all of whom share their thoughts on when to use xAPI to collect better data in learning experiences.Endurance Learning is a full-service training development partner, specializing in elearning, instructor-led training, and train-the-trainer programs. Not only has our team successfully implemented adult learning many times over, but since 2015, our team of expert instructional designers and developers has helped professionals with deep subject matter expertise design and develop training that delivers real impact.📖 Brian shows how the build-borrow-buy approach can help small L&D teams deliver amazing training in Instructional Design on a Shoestring. 📖 Brian’s first book, What’s Your Formula? helps professionals find the right approach for their business problems. You can also check out the companion website, 51 Elements of Learning. 💻 Visit Torrance Learning and learn more about what Megan and Matt do and explore more learning solutions.🎙️Listen to Brian talk more with Megan Torrance about xAPI and its uses.🆓 Get access to more free resources from Endurance Learning. 🎓 Learn more about how you can collect data more effectively with Endurance Learning’s Foundations of L&D course at L&D Pro Academy.📜 Read the full transcript of this episode.💻 Start a FREE TRIAL of Soapbox and use the data you’ve collected with xAPI to build more training with the revolutionary tool helping professionals create facilitated training faster and better.

It really doesn't matter if you're working for a small nonprofit or the world's largest, most profitable corporation. Our role in learning and development is a social mission because we can truly change lives if we're doing our jobs correctly.

Sometimes we're asked to review and improve a training program that seems perfectly fine as it is. Taking a look at the fundamentals on which the program is built may offer some clues about possible ways to improve something that, on the surface, didn't look like it needed to be touched.

If someone just needs to be aware of something, should you make them attend a training? If someone needs to build skills, is there any other way than a training to do that? In today's podcast, I talk about how to match the learning need with the learning design.

Bloom's Taxonomy has been used for decades to help instructional designers think through and develop learning objectives. In today's podcast I offer some thoughts on how instructional designers might want to think through the intent behind their training first.

It can be hard to always need to come up with creative ways to present information and engage learners. Sometimes the best thing to do is to do nothing.

Whether you've been to many conferences or if you're getting ready to head to your first conference, this week's podcast offers some thoughts on how you can get the most out of your conference experience.

Going from classroom teacher to corporate trainer brings a lot of transferable skills from one role to the next. Going from classroom teacher to elearning designer is a bit more of a transition. This conversation with two elearning designers highlights the challenges and lessons learned.Endurance Learning is a full-service training development partner, specializing in elearning, instructor-led training, and train-the-trainer programs. Since 2015, our team of expert instructional designers and developers has helped professionals with deep subject matter expertise design and develop training that delivers real impact.📖 Brian shows how the build-borrow-buy approach can help small L&D teams deliver amazing training in Instructional Design on a Shoestring. 📖 Want to transition from classroom to corporate? Brian’s first book, What’s Your Formula? provides an overview of the pieces and parts that make up the L&D field. 🆓 Get access to more free resources that can help you transfer your classroom skills to training from Endurance Learning. 🎓 Build your corporate skills and transition fields more effectively with Endurance Learning’s Foundations of L&D course at L&D Pro Academy.📝 Read more advice from Brian on how to go from classroom teaching to elearning.📜 Read the full transcript of From Teachers to Elearning Designers.💻 Start a FREE TRIAL of Soapbox, the revolutionary tool helping professionals created facilitated training faster and better.

Converting your side hustle into a full time training consultancy can be an exciting idea, but there are some challenges you'll want to think about. Brian Washburn talks to Jason Meucci and Eric Girard, who are both successful in the consultancy field, about what you should consider when starting your own firm.Brian is not without his own insights on starting a training design and development firm. Brian is the co-founder, CEO and master trainer at Endurance Learning. Endurance Learning is a full-service training development partner, specializing in elearning, instructor-led training, and train-the-trainer programs. Since 2015, our team of expert instructional designers and developers has helped professionals with deep subject matter expertise design and develop training that delivers real impact.📖 In Brian Washburn’s latest book he shows how the build-borrow-buy approach can help small L&D teams deliver amazing training in Instructional Design on a Shoestring. 📖 Starting your own consultancy can be daunting. Brian’s first book, What’s Your Formula? helps professionals find the right approach for their business problems and successfully transition from subject matter expert to business owner. You can also check out the companion website, 51 Elements of Learning. 🎙️Want to learn more about starting your own training consultancy? Check out Brian’s conversation with Elaine Biech about how she has become so successful in learning and development consulting.🆓 Get access to more free resources from Endurance Learning. 🎓 If you’re trying to build up or round out your skillset, you might be interested in the online training for L&D professionals available at L&D Pro Academy.📜 Read the full transcript of this episode.💻 Starting a consultancy requires having the best tools to design training. Start a FREE TRIAL of Soapbox, the revolutionary tool helping professionals create facilitated training faster and better to manage your new clientele.

Yes, I shamelessly jumped on board the "quiet quitting" bandwagon this week with a podcast around how training professionals can adopt some sort of boundaries when it comes to the work we're asked to do.

Training teams are often compared to the cobbler's children who have no shoes (because they're often helping others learn, but rarely take time out for their own learning). In today's podcast we spotlight a team from Unifi that has adopted a book club approach to develop themselves as individuals and as a team.

Every year Jane Hart conducts a survey of the top tools used for learning, across industries and around the world. Here is my top 10 list as well as a link for you to vote on your top 10 learning tools!

Having a series of engaging activities in your training program can be a good thing. The big question, however, is what lies beneath those engaging activities? Brian Washburn, master trainer and CEO of Endurance Learning attempts to answer these questions.Endurance Learning is a full-service training development partner, specializing in elearning, instructor-led training, and train-the-trainer programs. Since 2015, our team of expert instructional designers and developers has helped professionals with deep subject matter expertise design and develop training that delivers real impact.📖 Trying to make your program even more engaging? Brian shows how the build-borrow-buy approach can help small L&D teams deliver amazing training in Instructional Design on a Shoestring. 📖 Brian’s first book, What’s Your Formula? helps professionals find the right approach for their business problems.🆓 Get access to more free resources to help you add more layers to your training design from Endurance Learning. 🎓 Learn about effective training design with Endurance Learning’s Foundations of L&D course at L&D Pro Academy.📜 Read the full transcript of Effective Training Design Has Layers.💻 Make your training more effective with a FREE TRIAL of Soapbox, the revolutionary tool helping professionals create facilitated training faster and better.

Of all the Marvel characters, who was the best leader? How did Thanos actually get people to follow him? And what transferable lessons from Marvel might you be able to take into your organization? Two authors of the book "Leaders Assemble! Leadership in the MCU" spend some time spelling this all out in this week's podcast.

Is mentoring different than coaching? Is it appropriate for someone to mentor another person who is older or more experienced? Author Wendy Axelrod offers her thoughts on these questions and more!

Joining a local ATD chapter can lead to new contacts and relationships, opportunities to grow skills that your current company doesn't offer you and even business opportunities. This week's podcast features the current presidents of two local ATD chapters and their insights on why you might want to get involved with your own local chapter.

Did you know there are at least 6 different types of microlearning? In today's podcast, Karl Kapp and Robyn Defelice (authors of Microlearning Short and Sweet) go in depth about what microlearning is and what you should know before you get started.

This summer, if you're looking for a good book to read, I have one recommendation. And it will probably take you the rest of the summer to read. And then four other fantastic L&D-centered books will hit bookshelves beginning in September. Here are my thoughts on all 5.