Hello everyone! My name is Ladek and my guest for this episode is Pablo Ferreiro, who joins me in his role as Head of B2B Sales for the Americas for the company ELSA. Pablo is also a co-founder of Coderhouse, which is backed by Y Combinator, and the Founder & CEO of Nord Learn. Oh, and in his spare time he has also run across the Andes Mountains. In this ‘cagematch’, Pablo and I talk about 00:00 › Start 3:00 › ELSA’s First Words—Pablo discusses the surprisingly lengthy history of Elsa...

Hello everyone! My name is Ladek and my guest for this episode is Matt Donovan, a self-described “slayer” of shiny objects, recovering instructional designer, advocate for the learner, warrior for ruthless relevance… and as his day job, Matt is Chief Learning and Innovation Officer for GP Strategies. In this future looking conversation, Matt and I talk about 00:00 › Start 6:24 › Strategic—What strategies, processes and tech are really popping in the corporate L&D space recently, and how...

Hello everyone! My name is Ladek and my guest for this episode is Gavin Henrick, CEO and Co-Founder at Brickfield Education Labs. Gavin is a deeply experienced education technology executive who leverages his broad product and market knowledge to tackle learning and development challenges. He co-founded Brickfield in 2019 to focus on improving accessibility, quality of content and assessments in Learning Management Systems like Moodle and Open LMS. In this very ‘accessible’ conversation,...

Hello everyone! My name is Ladek and my guest for this episode is Andrea Laus who is the CEO of SkillGym, an AI powered, digital roleplay platform for soft skills training. In this ‘energetic’ conversation Andrea and I talk about 00:00 › Start 3:00 › Reskilling vs Upskilling vs New Skilling—how does SkillGym define these, specifically? 6:13 › The Soft Skill Mentality—and what Andrea thinks are the most challenging soft skills for people to continually improve 8:30 › How SkillGym’s AI Been...

Hello everyone! My name is Ladek and my guest for this episode is Brian Walter. He is the Co-Founder and operator of two businesses, Extreme Meetings and Extreme Trainings. He does it all: from being an internal communications consultant, speaker, and trainer, to video script writer and producer. Oh, and he is absolutely hilarious! In this ‘extreme’ conversation Brian and I talk about 00:00 › Start 3:05 › What Sticky Training Is Exactly—how you can recognize it and why still, in 2023, it is...

Hello everyone! My name is Ladek and my guest for this episode is Thjis De Vries, CEO and Co-Founder of Warp VR, a company that provides learning via combining, gaming and Virtual Reality. In this ‘immersive’ conversation Thjis and I talk about 00:00 › Start 9:00 › What Exactly is Immersive Learning?—and how immersive experiences affect knowledge retention and achieve better learning outcomes    15:00 › The Warp VR Process—How they develop immersive experiences and why investing in the time...

Hello everyone! My name is Ladek and my guest for this episode is Jason Thai-Kennedy, a learning strategist who works with leaders in today’s age of continuous change. He is currently a Senior Learning and Communications Manager at Electronic Arts. In this 'continously-changing' conversation Jason and I talk about 00:00 › Start 5:27 › The Rapid Pace of Change, the feeling of overwhelm around that and then the complexity that is then layered on top of the rapid change. We also discuss whether...

Hello everyone! My name is Ladek and my guest for this episode is Omer Glass, the CEO and Co-Founder of GrowthSpace, the world’s first outcome-focused talent development platform. In this ‘outcome oriented’ conversation Omer and I talk about 00:00 › Start 06:06 › The Top Three Issues in adult lifelong learning and upskilling that GrowthSpace addresses 10:47 › The Challenges Omer & the GrowthSpace team grapple with and their approach to scalability with such a user-focused platform 16:52 ›...

Hello everyone! My name is Ladek and my guest for this episode is Bianca Raby a passionate Learning Designer, serial entrepreneur, and digital education strategist. As the CEO of Oppida, a global digital education agency, she works to raise the bar of online learning daily and believes this in-demand, emerging profession will help solve the educational challenges of today and the future. Bianca also debuted as a writer in 2021 with her book Online learning: So you want to be a learning...

Hello everyone! My name is Ladek and my guests for this episode are Ross Garner and Ross Dickie, of Mind Tools for Business and internationally recognized Learning Experience Designers. In 2019, Ross Garner won the Gold award for Learning Designer of the Year at the Learning Technologies Awards, and in 2022 Ross Dickie took Bronze in the same category. Together, they focus on developing performance focused eLearning, animations, infographics and video content for a diverse portfolio of...

Hello everyone! My name is Ladek and my guest for this episode is David T. Livingston, who is the Executive Director of Health Plan Workforce Development at Kaiser Permanente. In this very ‘automated’ conversation David and I talk about 00:00 › Start 5:54 › Why are Chatbots a Good Tool for workforce development, especially when it comes to reinforcing learning? 10:44 › The Five Ways David was seeking to improve sales performance through the use of chatbots 13:15 › Why did Kaiser Went...

Hello everyone! My name is Ladek and my guest for this episode is Michael Vaughn, an Adoption and Education Specialist at Open LMS. With over 15 years of experience in the field, Michael helps LMS administrators and instructional designers effectively leverage learning tools and platforms. In this very ‘accessible’ conversation Michael and I talk about 00:00 › Start 8:38 › Why Accessibility—Why does it matter across all learners and educational experiences? 17:26 › 99% Invisible—How can...

Hello everyone! My name is Ladek and my guest for this episode is Melissa Hortman. She is Senior Education Industry Executive, and Account Technology Strategist for Research at Microsoft, who’s spent over 12 years as a Higher Ed leader and innovator, leading digital transformation and accelerating academic research in the U.S. In this ‘forward-thinking’ conversation Melissa and I talk about 00:00 › Start 8:08 › What exactly is Education 4.0 and how is this changing the Higher Education...

Hello everyone! My name is Ladek and my guest for today is Kate Giovacchini, who is the Co-Executive Director of Engineering and Managing Director of the Trusted Learner Network at Arizona State University. In this very ‘connected’ conversation Kate and I talk about 00:00 › Start 6:28 › The Trusted Learner Network—What it is, how it’s connected to ASU, and… what are Kate’s thoughts about the landscape for digital credentials right now? 10:25 › Networking—How can individuals and institutions...

Hello everyone! My name is Ladek and my guest for this episode is Sarah Mercier. She is the CEO at Learning Ninjas, where she specializes in innovative learning technology and strategic implementation of learning solutions. In this ‘analytic’ conversation Sarah and I talk about 00:00 › Start 02:00 › What xAPI is, exactly—and what are all the moving parts involved to make it work 07:25 › What are the biggest barriers when implementing xAPI?  11:50 › How xAPI Helps Create a Data Strategy—and...

Hello everyone! My name is Ladek and my guest for today is Alex Ryan, CEO and Solution Strategist at Evolve Solutions Group. For 20 years now, she’s been defining and developing processes, culture, technology, change, and training development and management programs for Fortune 100 organizations. In this ‘delicious’ conversation Alex and I talk about 00:00 › Start 05:15 › How Alex views Microlearning and Gamification 08:25 › Gamification, Explained—and how Alex applies it to the learning...

In this special CONNECTED episode we spoke with Andrea Martinez, Product Director at SUMADI. * SUMADI is a sponsor of Connected 2022 Listen to AI experts cut through the noise in our upcoming Elearning Success Series: AI in Learning Summit. 20+ hours of content, all free: eLearnMagazine.com/ai-in-learning-summit

Hello everyone! My name is Ladek and my guest for today is Pascal Rosenberger, Co-Founder and CEO of Eggheads.ai, a microlearning service that helps learners soak up new business knowledge through interactive, chat-based learning nuggets. In this ‘not-so-micro’ conversation Pascal and I talk about 00:00 › Start 4:36 › What is Conversational Microlearning—and how this technique makes it easy and engaging for learners to soak up new business knowledge with interactive and chat-based learning...

Hello everyone! My name is Ladek and my guest for today is Vince Han. Vince is the founder and CEO of Mobile Coach and is an industry thought leader in the learning technology space, with an emphasis on artificial intelligence and chatbot technology. In this very ‘human’ conversation Vince and I talk about 00:00 › Start 08:00 › What It Means to Be a “Chatbot and Mobile Coach”—and the biggest challenges facing chatbots today 10:40 › Better Learning thru Chatbots—How might we use chatbots as...

Hello everyone! My name is Ladek and my guest for today is Markus Bernhardt. He is the Chief Evangelist at OBRIZUM, and is pioneering deeptech AI digital learning solutions for all aspects of organizational and people development. Previously the CEO of two education institutions and with years of experience in executive and non-executive board roles in the education sector, Markus uniquely combines a strong background in learning and cognitive science with a deep understanding of technology...

Hello everyone! My name is Ladek and my guest for today is Hadiya Nuriddin. Hadiya is the founder and owner of Duets Learning. She has over 20 years' experience in learning and development. She specializes in instructional design and development for both corporate and academic environments. Hadiya is the author of the book StoryTraining: Selecting and Shaping Stories That Connect.  In this ‘storytime’ conversation Hadiya and I talk about 00:00 › Start 6:00 › StoryTraining—Highlights and...

Hello everyone! My name is Ladek and my guest for today is Kristin Torrence. She is the Head of Learning Engineering at Talespin, where she focuses on applying learning sciences, instructional design, and data science practices to design, instrument, and validate VR and XR learning solutions. In this ‘very real’ conversation Kristin and I talk about 00:00 › Start 03:33 › Learning Engineering 101—What is it, and how one can study or get a degree in this exciting topic 05:40 › The...

Hello everyone! My name is Ladek and my guest for today is Kirsten Rourke. She has been an eLearning and development speaker, technical trainer and consultant since 2000. She owns and operates Rourke Training, which provides speaking and training services. When not playing video games obsessively or singing show tunes mostly on-key, she works as a consultant and speaker helping others develop presenting and training skills using her Prep, Practice, and Pivot model. She can be found presenting...

Hello everyone! My name is Ladek and my guests for today are Brooke Barrett and Makeala Kingsley. Brooke is the founder of Bench K12, a start-up looking to solve the problem of teacher shortages across the US. Makeala is the Director of Strategic Partnerships at Dream.org who is here to tell her story about trying to become a substitute teacher during the pandemic. In this ‘logjam breaking’ conversation Brook, Makaela and I talk about 00:00 › Start 03:40 › Teacher Shortages, An American...

Hello everyone! My name is Ladek and my guest for today is Shawn Rosler, who is a Senior Instructional Designer with Office Practicum and, more importantly for this conversation, the Host & Creator of The Coarse Grind Podcast. In this ‘hilarious’ conversation Shawn and I talk about 00:00 › Start 02:40 › Not Just Stories—The fact that podcasts are not just for creative storytelling; and the potentially missed opportunity by schools and businesses around the world to use podcasts as an...