I’m so excited to announce that we’ll be attending, speaking, and sponsoring DevLearn this year, and I’d love for you to join me! The primary event takes place Nov 6-8 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. DevLearn is the premier event for learning and development professionals, and it’s the perfect opportunity to learn about the latest trends in e-learning, network with other professionals, and discover new tools and technologies. Whether you’re new to the field or a seasoned pro, there’s something for everyone at DevLearn. Plus, it’s always more fun to attend conferences with friends! So mark your calendars and register today
3 Great Keynote Events:
Kara Swisher Co-founder and Editor-at-LargeRecode
Erik Wahl Internationally Recognized Graffiti Artist
Dani Johnson Co-founder and Principal AnalystRedThread Research
The new ChatGPT app is here and is set to revolutionize how you interact with AI. It reminds me of the computer on Star Trek, where you can activate and interact just by using your voice. The app comes with a fresh, user-friendly design that makes chatting with ChatGPT smoother and more intuitive. With faster response times and an offline mode, you can get the answers you need, even without an internet connection. Plus, the app now supports rich media, so you can share images and videos directly in your conversations, making your interactions more dynamic and engaging.
The new app also brings a highly personalized experience to the table. You can customize the look and feel to match your style and integrate it seamlessly with your favorite tools and apps. Security has been beefed up, ensuring your data and conversations are well-protected. Whether you’re using it on your phone, tablet, or desktop, the multi-device sync keeps everything consistent across all your gadgets. Download the new ChatGPT app today and experience a whole new level of AI-powered communication!
Check out Luis Malbas’s video presentation on how he uses AI for his workflow. My takeaways:
Using ChatGPT free for generating, summarizing and accelerating the creation of content for the TLDC community
Importance of adapting to technological advancements and demonstrates how they use AI in their workflow, including subscribing to an AI newsletter and using ChatGPT for 80% of their tasks
Critical everyone learns, experiment and start to build skills to be more productive
Using SnackPrompt to help generate and learn about new prompts to improve ChatGPT results
AI is an essential part of our digital world and we need to stay on top of it.
The Best of Learning Solutions DemoFest webinar highlights projects from DemoFest at Learning Solutions 2023 Conference & Expo, where attendees shared information about learning projects they have worked on.
The Learning Leaders Winter Online Forum allows you to dive into valuable conversations, build new skills, and expand your leadership toolkit. Join us for two days from the comfort of your office or home, and leave feeling re-energized and equipped to implement new leadership strategies and practices at your organization.
David Kelly interviews several leaders to learn about their Journies into starting their own businesses and how they evolved.
In this web-based resource, you can learn about Artificial Intelligence and the key areas that make it up. It’s a great example of a resource, providing mini learning objects for us to consume. https://atozofai.withgoogle.com/intl/en-US/
I love the rollovers on the desktop:
Love the rollovers and motion on the desktop.
Review it on a mobile device to learn how the content shifts and moves.
If you haven’t checked out the #IDIODC podcast, Brent and Chris interview and dive into topics around learning and technology. Great way to keep up and connect with peers.
You can listen to my chat about technology and expanding your toolbox.
Check out the weekly episodes, every Wednesday and you can listen to the library at: https://www.dominknow.com/idiodc.
Whether you are new to design or looking to develop a strong foundation or just want to refresh your design skills check out this new website which provides a great experience to learn. https://start.uxdesign.cc
Over the past several weeks The Learning Guild has been alternating between their Friday 2 pm Twitter Chat and a Zoom based event where a guest explains, dives deeper and answers chat questions on topics that were presented during online events this year. I was a guest and this is a summary of several of the topics we covered and wanted to provide a summary along with links. A video will be shared on YouTube later this month so keep an eye out if you missed the session today.
providing feedback – be sure to allow the user to fail and learn from their mistakes.
don’t just say that’s incorrect.
look for ways to provide users a way to dive deeper, explore and share what they learn
provide tools for managers and leaders to utilize content to connect, blend and refresh on key elements they want to utilize in their toolbox
Keeping Up to Date
Growing up in a household of a teaching sparked a interest to always ask why, how, can I do it? So always be thinking about and breaking down what you do, why, how it works and what can you apply to your next learning experience? Tools that I use to keep up to date:
Feedly.com is my favorite tool to stay up to date with topics, I try to check in 1-3 times a day on my phone in-between meetings, tasks and typically will review on a tablet in the evening. You can organize contents, tags, keywords, you can even remove words that you do not want to be included which is handy when you want to focus on a particular top or area. With the paid version you unlock more functionality with team sharing, annotation. Check it out, free to download or try via the web site.
Sidebar.io is the second resource I use daily to keep inspired for creative ideas and to keep learning. You can sign up for a free email that delivers the 5 latest stories to your inbox which I love and will review weekly what I missed.
TechSmith Tools
We got a question about using Snagit and Camtasia for creating, capturing, and building media. We use Snagit just about every day and Camtasia as needed, one thing I wanted to make sure you check out is their community support, blog, education (for registered users) via TechSmith Academy and resources. Make sure to follow Matt Pierce @piercemr on Twitter.
During the last part of the session, we invited 30+ attendees to experiment and add their thoughts around what they learned, what they wanted to share, and access to the resources. You can view the board and a gif below which shows the magic of 30+ people adding what they learned.
Please reach out to twitter.com/learningguild or @learningguild on Twitter to share your thoughts if they should continue the series. I VOTE YES and would love to see more interactions to continue and dive deeper into the latest community challenges, sharing ideas, and looking at how we can continue to grow.
Emily Sheetz launched a new podcast L&D Forecast which is easy to listen to and provides a fresh perspective of what to consider and where to look in the world of learning. I’ve had the pleasure of knowing and working with Emily for over 10 years now and have seen her grow into a master storyteller with a creative edge that helps an audience connect with her ideas.
Check out her podcasts and you can connect with Emily on LinkedIn. You can also view Emily’s writings on Medium. You can listen to Emily’s fun interview with me that went so fast I can’t wait to do it again.
If you haven’t heard of theTLDC community online, you should strongly consider joining them. They offer daily chats using CrowdCast where you can listen in, share, and contribute as well as a Slack channel to stay connected within the L+D community.
Once you join, you have access to all the live broadcasts or can access via podcast or video replay post-event if you could not join in live. It’s $150 per year or $15 per month. https://www.thetldc.com
Last week, Jo Cook of Lighbulb Moment was a featured guest (she was amazing + dynamic) and I summarized some of her key points shared:
wired connection to your router will provide a faster connection for improved bandwidth
investing in a faster computer
audio quality is the most critical
adding a microphone or headset, based on the number and how often you use Logitech headsets recommended (I love them)
giant monitor or multiple monitors to be able to see all the feedback
minimize size and optimize assets to work with audience members who may have slower connections
can link to tools – adding surveys, feedback based on your tool
cameras = webcams – adding a external device leads to higher quality
what do I love best about the virtual classroom – “what drives me is helping people “Love when I can see people get that lightbulb moment”
what do I like least about the virtual classroom – “when the tech goes wrong” “this can happen in live classrooms, so learn around and how to work around these challenges
love hearing and seeing different perspectives, all sorts of different options and styles
Design interactions to avoid crickets, get the interaction from the start to help take advantage of the tools you have
Crowdcast. Adobe Connect, Zoom, GoToTraining, Webex, plus a whole lot more
What do you want to achieve?
Who are you working with?
Ease of use of the tool for the facilitator and the audience
Interactive: role plays (breakout rooms Zoom and Adobe Connect),
Need to let participants know what they need to do, prep and if they are using their webcam
Jo prefers 10 people in a virtual classroom so that she can get to know them and have the interactions she thinks is most helpful to adapt to their needs
More people, the fewer connections you can have with individuals which can prevent you from knowing the learning transfer
During your session, always think about how to get your audience involved, ask a question, feedback and the outcome you want
Think about “What can they be saying or doing instead of me?”
Download Jo’s Facilitation Guide via Jo’s blog can help and plan your session.
Adding a producer to assist, support, and provide quick feedback during a session.
Deliver with energy to help break thru the technology barrier
Get familiar with the technology ahead of time and get comfortable.
Call out, acknowledge, and connect with your audience chatting with you to build a bond. This is where a producer can assist while you are speaking to help provide feedback and support participants.
It’s ok to have silence for a moment.
Asking participants, what is your lightbulb moment for today?
Robert Iger shares his biography and experience of working at ABC and eventually leading Disney into its most successful 15 years acquiring Marvel, Lucas Films, and Pixar and launching Disney+ as well as the growths of the Disney Parks. After taking a step back towards retirement earlier this year has been asked to assist navigate through the current challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The book is written simply and walks through several challenges to eventually earning the role of CEO in 2005 until 2020 sharing stories good, bad, inspirational, and his relationship with his colleagues, managers, and even some insight into discussions with Steve Jobs.
One of my favorite shares, after becoming CEO most teams he worked with always thanked and directed attention to him directly and he always made it a point to share the limelight with everyone that was with him and made sure each person got a introduction which shows empathy, character and compassion.
He also shares several larger challenges, setbacks, and what we can learn, share, and apply within our teams to help us move forward.
I highly recommend reading or listening to the audiobook. You can learn more about the book on Amazon.
