Three critical moments for me came in the form of a generic turkey sandwich, a cup of cold coffee, and a really great pizza. After almost 15 years of developing and collaborating on mentoring programs, I look back on these three moments as some of the best lessons I have ever learned about mentoring. Moment […]
Skip Analysis at Your Own Peril: 3 Tools to Save Your Project Valuable Time
In my last post, I discussed three ways to proactively include analysis in your project. But, something tells me you still need convincing. I sense that a lot of you out there are still unconvinced that a valuable analysis can be done on a limited time frame and limited budget. Well alright, since you asked […]
Working With Subject Matter Experts
One of the major misconceptions about instructional design is that designers need to know a lot about their course content to create a great product. That just isn’t true. Instructional designers are adult learning experts, learner advocates, and system thinkers. They rely on subject matter experts to provide the specific nuggets of content that they can […]
Real World Analysis: 3 Ways to Avoid Common Stumbling Blocks
There are a lot of great excuses for why practitioners skip analysis when starting a training project. Familiarity with audience and content, lack of time, lack of resources – we have really good reasons for avoiding analysis. The problem is that the results of an effective analysis are the foundation for high-impact training. Without analysis, […]