[This episode is from the Leading Learning archives. Most of it was originally published as Episode 104.] When it comes to engaging learners and designing truly effective learning experiences, it may not be as complex—or costly—as you may think. Dr. Barbara Oakley, professor, speaker, and author of Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden … [Read more...]
Top 10 Leading Links for 2018
Every month we round up a set of high-value links to send out to our newsletter subscribers. We use the five domains from the Tagoras Learning Business Maturity Model - leadership, strategy, capacity, portfolio, and marketing - to organize them and then we provide a quick summary of what readers will find at each link. Here are the links that got the most clicks during 2018. We … [Read more...]
Top 10 Podcast Episodes for 2018
It was a great year for the Leading Learning podcast. We had the privilege of talking with some very interesting people and learned an enormous amount in the process. We hope you did, too. Here are the Leading Learning podcast episodes published in 2018 that got the most downloads. We encourage you to share this page using the social media icons to the left and at the bottom … [Read more...]
7 Essential Rules of Successful Internet Marketers
[This episode is from the Leading Learning archives. Most of it was originally published as Episode 109.] If you’re looking for ways to grow and expand your education business, perhaps you should take a look at what’s going on in the world of Internet marketing. Successful Internet marketers truly understand how communicate value and convert prospective customers (and most of … [Read more...]
Learning Business Trends & Predictions 2019
Here's the recording for the "Learning Business Trends & Predictions" Webinar delivered at the end of 2018 and focused on 2019. Below the recording you'll find links to the slides and other related materials as well as information about claiming CAE credit if you attended the live session. Presentation slides (PDF) Chat Transcript (PDF) CAE Credit If you … [Read more...]
Leading a Winning Team with Jamy Bechler
Perhaps some of the best lessons around the importance of leadership and team-building can be learned through sports. Often the principles that create a winning team out on the field are the same that apply to create a winning team in business. Jamy Bechler, a former college basketball coach, decided to take what he learned from his years on the court and apply it to help … [Read more...]
12 Trends (Still) Disrupting the Market for Lifelong Learning and Continuing Education
There continue to be a wide variety of trends emerging in the market for lifelong learning and continuing education and it’s important to understand what impact, if any, each of these might have on your learning business. In this episode of the Leading Learning podcast, Celisa and Jeff discuss twelve of the biggest trends they see (in no particular order) disrupting the … [Read more...]
7 Ways to Build Capacity for Your Learning Business
You can have the most inspiring vision in the world, a powerful mission, and a great strategy, but if you don’t have the capacity for executing, none of those things really matters very much. In this episode, Jeff and Celisa discuss why understanding capacity, and more importantly, building capacity, is one of the most critical activities an organization can pursue. They … [Read more...]
Facing and Embracing the Future of Learning
What's the future hold for learning and the business of learning? This was the question tackled in a session titled "Facing - and Embracing - the Future of Learning" at the Surge 2017 virtual summit, and this episode of the Leading Learning podcast offers a full replay of that session. In it, Amanda Beckner (AVIXA, formerly Infocomm International), Josh Goldman (Ohio Society … [Read more...]
Learning Business Trends & Predictions 2018
Here's the recording for "2017 Learning Trends, 2018 Learning Forecast" Webinar. We are grateful to Community Brands for sponsoring the Webinar so that we can offer it free of charge. Below the recording you'll find links to the slides and other related materials. Presentation slides (PDF) Leading Learning Podcast episode 112, which recaps four years of past … [Read more...]
New Business and Learning Models with Katie Hill of DIA
As associate director of DIA Learning at Drug Information Association, Katie Hill is responsible for the DIA Global Learning Strategy that drives the development and dissemination of curriculum for the global learning portfolio. In this episode of the Leading Learning podcast, Celisa talks with Katie about her efforts to revamp DIA's core curricula, incorporate new business … [Read more...]