Caffeinated L&D

Challenge words. Resolutions. Goals. Bucket lists. Commitments. Promises. By its very nature, the "new year" offers us a chance to look at things with fresh eyes. We assess what's important to us, what we want to leave behind, and who we want to be. Whether we formalize it or not, I think we all have a moment where we take stock. I don't make New Year's resolutions for one simple reason: I don't follow through on them. My goals and the changes that I make show up in my life whenever they please, and not once that happened on January 1. This year, however, I do have something that I want. So (for an indeterminate amount of time), I'm going to ask myself a question every time I decide to do something: "What is the goal here?" More importantly, I have to remove my own expectations for artificially lofty and grandiose answers. It's just as well: 2020 didn't leave me with a lot of tolerance for that anyway. I don't care what my answers are...

While ATD Virtual was happening, so was DevLearn! We met up with one of our fellow L&D members, Emmanuelle Brusson, to talk about the respective sessions and conference methods, finding overlap and sparking creativity for future work endeavors.   Special thanks to Emmanuelle for joining us for an early-morning, caffeinated exploration of learning! Connect with us on social media! Jessica Nordness LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-nordness-0a9644b2/ Daniece Rainville LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniecerainville/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/eLearningOnCaff

Just in time for the holidays, Jessica and I sat down with story designer Rance Greene for a special interview about creating characters and conflict in training, making learning objectives work for your stories, and connecting with learners through storytelling. This was a truly eye-opening experience, and it's a great way to stay inspired over the upcoming long weekend. Connect with Rance to learn more about story design! Website: https://needastory.com Buy Instructional Story Design : https://amzn.to/2up6VLY LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rancegreene/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rance2ya Connect with us on social media! Jessica Nordness LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-nordness-0a9644b2/ Daniece Rainville LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniecerainville/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/eLearningOnCaff

It wouldn't truly be nearing the end of the year if we weren't looking forward to making the next year better.  In this episode of the Coffee, Tea and L&D videocast series, we talk about the goals we set for ourselves just before ATD Virtual and how those panned out. But more importantly, we talk about strategies we can use to make those goals work for us. Connect with us on social media! Jessica Nordness LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-nordness-0a9644b2/ Daniece Rainville LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniecerainville/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/eLearningOnCaff

2020 has been a year we couldn't have predicted. Now it's time to talk about it. In this videocast episode, we discuss Amy Cuddy's opening keynote from ATD Virtual, applying the concepts to our experiences in the pandemic, and how we plan on moving forward into 2021. Also, this video has a cat in it, if you're into that. Connect with us on social media! Jessica Nordness LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-nordness-0a9644b2/ Daniece Rainville LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniecerainville/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/eLearningOnCaff

This inspiring and action-packed week kept us talking about future strategies and the things that inspire us. Jessica and I sat down to talk about the content from ATD Virtual Day 4 and it turns out there was a lot to say. I talk about my admiration for Cara North's session on assessment questions and deductive reasoning, Jessica raves about Carla Torgerson's microlearning session, and we both get hyped about Ben Nemtin's closing keynote.

  Technically this is our videocast about ATD Virtual Day 4, but more realistically this could be described as us geeking out about the content from Day 3. Special thanks to Rance Greene and Hadiya Nuriddin for sparking our imaginations and creativity about stories and storytelling!