Scenario Secrets Podcast: Recent Episodes
Anna Sabramowicz
The Scenario Secrets Podcast explores this question: How are instructional designers like us, who can’t sit back and accept the status quo, who are striving to realize our own creative potential, how do we work in a way that lets us truly create and contribute and make an impact that we can be proud of,.... while… at the same time, fall in love with the process?
Hi, my name is Anna Sabramowicz. I'm an instructional designer and coach. This podcast is my journey. Join me as I reflect on my work, my student’s work, engage in experiments and draw lessons from conversations with experts.
Ready to get help? - https://scenariosecrets.com/schedule
Watch my entire free training here (to realize your own creative potential): https://scenariosecrets.com/case-study
What we discussed in this fabulous interview:
00:00 Welcome and Introduction
00:40 How Teresa got started in instructional design.
02:39 The advantage of knowing what is available when first getting into ID.
06:27 What problem or struggle Teresa was trying to solve by joining the interactive storytelling program.
12:51 What she feels like now that she's got this great project under her belt.
20:40 Confidence was a great bonus, but also what other professional skills Teresa feels she honed while working on her interactive story and with our community and coaches.
24:12 Advice she'd give to herself and anyone else just starting the program.
28:03 Teresa tells us about her interactive story, the inspiration and purpose behind it.
39:52 The strategy she used to gather authentic and meaningful stories and situations for her interactive story.
46:26 Where to experience the interactive story and connect with Teresa.
Connect with Teresa here and check out her interactive story (which is linked on her page): https://www.linkedin.com/in/teresamorenoaponte/
About Teresa: Teresa is a learning experience designer and eLearning developer living in Switzerland. She has 10 years of experience designing and facilitating language and intercultural communication training in higher education and in a corporate context. She has a background in Cultural Studies and is certified digital learning manager. She’s passionate about visual design and storytelling and wants to craft learning experiences that resonate with people and help them to change.
Watch my entire free training here (to realize your own creative potential): https://scenariosecrets.com/case-study
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Ready to get help? https://scenariosecrets.com/schedule
What we discussed:
01:07 - How Eva got started in instructional design.
04:57 - How she learned about the Interactive Storytelling Accelerator program
07:06 What surprised her about the program?
09:54 About the inspiration behind her Interactive Story - Conversations that work.
15:10 The creative process and coming up with her main character for the story.
20:58 Iteration, revision and feedback... how to make it work for you.
24:54 A skill she honed the most through this process, her answer will surprise you :)
28:11 Advice for new members and interactive story designers.
Connect with Eva here and check out her interactive story which is linked on her page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eva-daniels/
To learn more Interactive Storytelling: https://scenariosecrets.com/
To talk about joining my coaching program: https://calendly.com/elearningsecrets/45m-call
ABOUT:
Anna Sabramowicz is an instructional designer and coach. She fell into the profession after losing her last year of university funding to be a chemistry and english teacher. She’s worked and consulted in both academia and corporate environments for over a decade. Stakeholders include adidas, Thomas & Betts, Sony, Michelin, Rubbermaid, Emerson, VIHA, RRC, Queen’s University, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Save the Children, Norwegian Refugee Council, and the Tanzanian Government.
She runs a coaching program with her partner, Ryan Martin. It helps Instructional Designers unleash their creative superpowers and develop immersive learning experiences with Storyline 360, using her Narrative Scenario Dynamics framework.
Anna developed Broken Co-Worker - an immersive anti-harassment elearning experience which was awarded an Articulate Guru Award, she earned the League of Innovation award through Apprenticeship Manitoba for first Online Electrical Carpentry elearning Program. She’s also earned a Best in Show and Audience Award at the eACH Toronto for creating a Code Orange Emergency learning experience for Vancouver Island Health Authority.
You can find Anna on LinkedIn or on watch her instructional videos on YouTube
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What are the differences between games and gamification, how does that fit into the interactive storytelling framework? Here I reflect on my conversations with Moe Ash, Mohsin Memon and Karl Kapp.
To learn more Interactive Storytelling: https://scenariosecrets.com/
To talk about joining my coaching program: https://calendly.com/elearningsecrets/45m-call
ABOUT:
Anna Sabramowicz is an instructional designer and coach. She fell into the profession after losing her last year of university funding to be a chemistry and english teacher. She’s worked and consulted in both academia and corporate environments for over a decade. Stakeholders include adidas, Thomas & Betts, Sony, Michelin, Rubbermaid, Emerson, VIHA, RRC, Queen’s University, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Save the Children, Norwegian Refugee Council, and the Tanzanian Government.
She runs a coaching program with her partner, Ryan Martin. It helps Instructional Designers unleash their creative superpowers and develop immersive learning experiences with Storyline 360, using her Narrative Scenario Dynamics framework.
Anna developed Broken Co-Worker - an immersive anti-harassment elearning experience which was awarded an Articulate Guru Award, she earned the League of Innovation award through Apprenticeship Manitoba for first Online Electrical Carpentry elearning Program. She’s also earned a Best in Show and Audience Award at the eACH Toronto for creating a Code Orange Emergency learning experience for Vancouver Island Health Authority.
You can find Anna on LinkedIn or on watch her instructional videos on YouTube
I had a conversation about scenario development recently, thought I'd share some of my insights with everyone... this episode gave me a chance to share some stories that would not have made it into a bulleted list. Enjoy!
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When you first meet Dr. Robin Sargent she might intimidate you... I mean she's so well put together, she's direct, and there's this aura of confidence about her. Then she somehow disarms you with that contagious laugh of hers and you feel completely at ease.
Robin is a successful entrepreneur, instructional designer and mom of three boys. I loved digging into her journey, because I think the lessons from how she approaches life are spectacular and valuable for both men and women.
In this interview we talked about perseverance, investing in yourself, academia vs. corporate, her work and much much more... hope you enjoy and share.
Connect with Robin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robinsargent/
To learn more Interactive Storytelling: https://scenariosecrets.com/
To talk about joining my coaching program: https://calendly.com/elearningsecrets/45m-call
ABOUT:
Anna Sabramowicz is an instructional designer and coach. She fell into the profession after losing her last year of university funding to be a chemistry and english teacher. She’s worked and consulted in both academia and corporate environments for over a decade. Stakeholders include adidas, Thomas & Betts, Sony, Michelin, Rubbermaid, Emerson, VIHA, RRC, Queen’s University, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Save the Children, Norwegian Refugee Council, and the Tanzanian Government.
She runs a coaching program with her partner, Ryan Martin. It helps Instructional Designers unleash their creative superpowers and develop immersive learning experiences with Storyline 360, using her Narrative Scenario Dynamics framework.
Anna developed Broken Co-Worker - an immersive anti-harassment elearning experience which was awarded an Articulate Guru Award, she earned the League of Innovation award through Apprenticeship Manitoba for first Online Electrical Carpentry elearning Program. She’s also earned a Best in Show and Audience Award at the eACH Toronto for creating a Code Orange Emergency learning experience for Vancouver Island Health Authority.
You can find Anna on LinkedIn or on watch her instructional videos on YouTube
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There's something really strategic in the "happily ever after" line at the end of a good fairy tale. But we, as learning designers can leverage this strategy to bring our interactive story to a satisfying closure and sell our audience on a future that could be theirs. Listen along with me :)
Don't forget to sign up for your free ticket for the Learner Engagement Summit here.
To learn more Interactive Storytelling: https://scenariosecrets.com/
To talk about joining my coaching program: https://calendly.com/elearningsecrets/45m-call
ABOUT:
Anna Sabramowicz is an instructional designer and coach. She fell into the profession after losing her last year of university funding to be a chemistry and english teacher. She’s worked and consulted in both academia and corporate environments for over a decade. Stakeholders include adidas, Thomas & Betts, Sony, Michelin, Rubbermaid, Emerson, VIHA, RRC, Queen’s University, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Save the Children, Norwegian Refugee Council, and the Tanzanian Government.
She runs a coaching program with her partner, Ryan Martin. It helps Instructional Designers unleash their creative superpowers and develop immersive learning experiences with Storyline 360, using her Narrative Scenario Dynamics framework.
Anna developed Broken Co-Worker - an immersive anti-harassment elearning experience which was awarded an Articulate Guru Award, she earned the League of Innovation award through Apprenticeship Manitoba for first Online Electrical Carpentry elearning Program. She’s also earned a Best in Show and Audience Award at the eACH Toronto for creating a Code Orange Emergency learning experience for Vancouver Island Health Authority.
You can find Anna on LinkedIn or on watch her instructional videos on YouTube
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The setup is crucial in letting your audience know who your hero is now, what mundane rut and routine they are in now, who they have been up until this very moment. Establishing this makes the transformation much more satisfying... and evident. All essentials for great interactive stories.
To learn more Interactive Storytelling: https://scenariosecrets.com/
To talk about joining my coaching program: https://calendly.com/elearningsecrets/45m-call
ABOUT:
Anna Sabramowicz is an instructional designer and coach. She fell into the profession after losing her last year of university funding to be a chemistry and english teacher. She’s worked and consulted in both academia and corporate environments for over a decade. Stakeholders include adidas, Thomas & Betts, Sony, Michelin, Rubbermaid, Emerson, VIHA, RRC, Queen’s University, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Save the Children, Norwegian Refugee Council, and the Tanzanian Government.
She runs a coaching program with her partner, Ryan Martin. It helps Instructional Designers unleash their creative superpowers and develop immersive learning experiences with Storyline 360, using her Narrative Scenario Dynamics framework.
Anna developed Broken Co-Worker - an immersive anti-harassment elearning experience which was awarded an Articulate Guru Award, she earned the League of Innovation award through Apprenticeship Manitoba for first Online Electrical Carpentry elearning Program. She’s also earned a Best in Show and Audience Award at the eACH Toronto for creating a Code Orange Emergency learning experience for Vancouver Island Health Authority.
You can find Anna on LinkedIn or on watch her instructional videos on YouTube
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Maybe the story I share in this podcast becomes your inciting incident? What can we do to make sure our efforts survive our departure... just some reflections on work and life as an L&D consultant. Enjoy!
To learn more Interactive Storytelling: https://scenariosecrets.com/
To talk about joining my coaching program: https://calendly.com/elearningsecrets/45m-call
ABOUT:
Anna Sabramowicz is an instructional designer and coach. She fell into the profession after losing her last year of university funding to be a chemistry and english teacher. She’s worked and consulted in both academia and corporate environments for over a decade. Stakeholders include adidas, Thomas & Betts, Sony, Michelin, Rubbermaid, Emerson, VIHA, RRC, Queen’s University, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Save the Children, Norwegian Refugee Council, and the Tanzanian Government.
She runs a coaching program with her partner, Ryan Martin. It helps Instructional Designers unleash their creative superpowers and develop immersive learning experiences with Storyline 360, using her Narrative Scenario Dynamics framework.
Anna developed Broken Co-Worker - an immersive anti-harassment elearning experience which was awarded an Articulate Guru Award, she earned the League of Innovation award through Apprenticeship Manitoba for first Online Electrical Carpentry elearning Program. She’s also earned a Best in Show and Audience Award at the eACH Toronto for creating a Code Orange Emergency learning experience for Vancouver Island Health Authority.
You can find Anna on LinkedIn or on watch her instructional videos on YouTube
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Your character needs a wake up call, something that will make them get on the journey in the first place. Here I discuss the event, big or small, that can be the spark that makes them step out of their comfort zone to take on the challenges that stand in their way. Plus some talk about Star Wars, George Lucas and Joseph Campbell. Enjoy!
To learn more Interactive Storytelling: https://scenariosecrets.com/
To talk about joining my coaching program: https://calendly.com/elearningsecrets/45m-call
ABOUT:
Anna Sabramowicz is an instructional designer and coach. She fell into the profession after losing her last year of university funding to be a chemistry and english teacher. She’s worked and consulted in both academia and corporate environments for over a decade. Stakeholders include adidas, Thomas & Betts, Sony, Michelin, Rubbermaid, Emerson, VIHA, RRC, Queen’s University, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Save the Children, Norwegian Refugee Council, and the Tanzanian Government.
She runs a coaching program with her partner, Ryan Martin. It helps Instructional Designers unleash their creative superpowers and develop immersive learning experiences with Storyline 360, using her Narrative Scenario Dynamics framework.
Anna developed Broken Co-Worker - an immersive anti-harassment elearning experience which was awarded an Articulate Guru Award, she earned the League of Innovation award through Apprenticeship Manitoba for first Online Electrical Carpentry elearning Program. She’s also earned a Best in Show and Audience Award at the eACH Toronto for creating a Code Orange Emergency learning experience for Vancouver Island Health Authority.
You can find Anna on LinkedIn or on watch her instructional videos on YouTube
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Branching scenarios can easily get away from you, and sit there unfinished... what if there was a way to get rid of the overwhelm and just start with some constraint framework? Guess what, that's what we talk about in this episode... how to get Avalanche Branching under control, once and for all!!
To learn more Interactive Storytelling: https://scenariosecrets.com/
To talk about joining my coaching program: https://calendly.com/elearningsecrets/45m-call
ABOUT:
Anna Sabramowicz is an instructional designer and coach. She fell into the profession after losing her last year of university funding to be a chemistry and english teacher. She’s worked and consulted in both academia and corporate environments for over a decade. Stakeholders include adidas, Thomas & Betts, Sony, Michelin, Rubbermaid, Emerson, VIHA, RRC, Queen’s University, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Save the Children, Norwegian Refugee Council, and the Tanzanian Government.
She runs a coaching program with her partner, Ryan Martin. It helps Instructional Designers unleash their creative superpowers and develop immersive learning experiences with Storyline 360, using her Narrative Scenario Dynamics framework.
Anna developed Broken Co-Worker - an immersive anti-harassment elearning experience which was awarded an Articulate Guru Award, she earned the League of Innovation award through Apprenticeship Manitoba for first Online Electrical Carpentry elearning Program. She’s also earned a Best in Show and Audience Award at the eACH Toronto for creating a Code Orange Emergency learning experience for Vancouver Island Health Authority.
You can find Anna on LinkedIn or on watch her instructional videos on YouTube
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Here is my hypothesis about feedback given to learners... It falls on deaf ears, at best they quickly skip over it to get to the next good part, or at worst they feel annoyed with it and resent the designer for being so patronizing. Let's talk about how to avoid this situation.
To learn more Interactive Storytelling or to inquire about my coaching program go to: https://scenariosecrets.com/
ABOUT:
Anna Sabramowicz is an instructional designer and coach. She fell into the profession after losing her last year of university funding to be a chemistry and english teacher. She’s worked and consulted in both academia and corporate environments for over a decade. Stakeholders include adidas, Thomas & Betts, Sony, Michelin, Rubbermaid, Emerson, VIHA, RRC, Queen’s University, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Save the Children, Norwegian Refugee Council, and the Tanzanian Government.
She runs a coaching program with her partner, Ryan Martin. It helps Instructional Designers unleash their creative superpowers and develop immersive learning experiences with Storyline 360, using her Interactive Storytelling framework.
Anna developed Broken Co-Worker - an immersive anti-harassment elearning experience which was awarded an Articulate Guru Award, she earned the League of Innovation award through Apprenticeship Manitoba for first Online Electrical Carpentry elearning Program. She’s also earned a Best in Show and Audience Award at the eACH Toronto for creating a Code Orange Emergency learning experience for Vancouver Island Health Authority.You can find Anna on LinkedIn or on watch her instructional videos on YouTube
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I recently had a conversation with someone who in my mind was the epitome of lifelong learning, it made me reflect on my own journey and what it actually takes to grow as a human being.
"Everyone thinks the dream lives in the destination...but that's not the case. The dream lives in the activities that you do today." - Brendon Burchard
To learn more Interactive Storytelling: https://scenariosecrets.com/
ABOUT:
Anna Sabramowicz is an instructional designer and coach. She fell into the profession after losing her last year of university funding to be a chemistry and english teacher. She’s worked and consulted in both academia and corporate environments for over a decade. Stakeholders include adidas, Thomas & Betts, Sony, Michelin, Rubbermaid, Emerson, VIHA, RRC, Queen’s University, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Save the Children, Norwegian Refugee Council, and the Tanzanian Government.
She runs a coaching program with her partner, Ryan Martin. It helps Instructional Designers unleash their creative superpowers and develop immersive learning experiences with Storyline 360, using her Interactive Storytelling framework.
Anna developed Broken Co-Worker - an immersive anti-harassment elearning experience which was awarded an Articulate Guru Award, she earned the League of Innovation award through Apprenticeship Manitoba for first Online Electrical Carpentry elearning Program. She’s also earned a Best in Show and Audience Award at the eACH Toronto for creating a Code Orange Emergency learning experience for Vancouver Island Health Authority.
You can find Anna on LinkedIn or on watch her instructional videos on YouTube
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Conflict is a beautiful thing, it's the thing that makes the story worthwhile... if there was no conflict there'd be no story. But this might be the most challenging part of your interactive experience... but it doesn't have to involve other scenes, other people, high drama... sometimes the best conflict is all in our characters head.
To learn more Interactive Storytelling: https://scenariosecrets.com/
ABOUT:
Anna Sabramowicz is an instructional designer and coach. She fell into the profession after losing her last year of university funding to be a chemistry and english teacher. She’s worked and consulted in both academia and corporate environments for over a decade. Stakeholders include adidas, Thomas & Betts, Sony, Michelin, Rubbermaid, Emerson, VIHA, RRC, Queen’s University, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Save the Children, Norwegian Refugee Council, and the Tanzanian Government.
She runs a coaching program with her partner, Ryan Martin. It helps Instructional Designers unleash their creative superpowers and develop immersive learning experiences with Storyline 360, using her Narrative Scenario Dynamics framework.
Anna developed Broken Co-Worker - an immersive anti-harassment elearning experience which was awarded an Articulate Guru Award, she earned the League of Innovation award through Apprenticeship Manitoba for first Online Electrical Carpentry elearning Program. She’s also earned a Best in Show and Audience Award at the eACH Toronto for creating a Code Orange Emergency learning experience for Vancouver Island Health Authority.
You can find Anna on LinkedIn or on watch her instructional videos on YouTube
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This episode is about a story shared in our coaching community. It's not about an interactive story, but it kind of is. Mostly it is a story of perseverance, persistence, optimism and being ready when the universe throws you a break.
“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” — Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
To learn more Interactive Storytelling: https://scenariosecrets.com/
To talk about joining my coaching program: https://calendly.com/elearningsecrets/45m-call
ABOUT:
Anna Sabramowicz is an instructional designer and coach. She fell into the profession after losing her last year of university funding to be a chemistry and english teacher. She’s worked and consulted in both academia and corporate environments for over a decade. Stakeholders include adidas, Thomas & Betts, Sony, Michelin, Rubbermaid, Emerson, VIHA, RRC, Queen’s University, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Save the Children, Norwegian Refugee Council, and the Tanzanian Government.
She runs a coaching program with her partner, Ryan Martin. It helps Instructional Designers unleash their creative superpowers and develop immersive learning experiences with Storyline 360, using her Narrative Scenario Dynamics framework.
Anna developed Broken Co-Worker - an immersive anti-harassment elearning experience which was awarded an Articulate Guru Award, she earned the League of Innovation award through Apprenticeship Manitoba for first Online Electrical Carpentry elearning Program. She’s also earned a Best in Show and Audience Award at the eACH Toronto for creating a Code Orange Emergency learning experience for Vancouver Island Health Authority.
You can find Anna on LinkedIn or on watch her instructional videos on YouTube
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My number one issue was overcomplicating stories, but also not asking enough why questions - why does the hero want this? Why are they not going after it right now? What's getting in their way? All of these help you craft a better hero that all kinds of people can relate to, and help your story have meaning and stickiness in their minds. Inner motivation is really the key to creating a relatable character in my opinion. Enjoy this last episode on the "hero" but certainly not the last on storytelling!
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.
To learn more Interactive Storytelling: https://scenariosecrets.com/
To talk about joining my coaching program: https://calendly.com/elearningsecrets/45m-call
ABOUT:
Anna Sabramowicz is an instructional designer and coach. She fell into the profession after losing her last year of university funding to be a chemistry and english teacher. She’s worked and consulted in both academia and corporate environments for over a decade. Stakeholders include adidas, Thomas & Betts, Sony, Michelin, Rubbermaid, Emerson, VIHA, RRC, Queen’s University, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Save the Children, Norwegian Refugee Council, and the Tanzanian Government.
She runs a coaching program with her partner, Ryan Martin. It helps Instructional Designers unleash their creative superpowers and develop immersive learning experiences with Storyline 360, using her Interactive Storytelling framework.
Anna developed Broken Co-Worker - an immersive anti-harassment elearning experience which was awarded an Articulate Guru Award, she earned the League of Innovation award through Apprenticeship Manitoba for first Online Electrical Carpentry elearning Program. She’s also earned a Best in Show and Audience Award at the eACH Toronto for creating a Code Orange Emergency learning experience for Vancouver Island Health Authority.
You can find Anna on LinkedIn or on watch her instructional videos on YouTube
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The Hero is very important to a successful story, but the hero is nothing without a very clear and visible goal. Or as the storytelling nerds say... the outer motivation. So how should you think about this to make your hero and their goal something your audience will root for?
"Everyone thinks the dream lives in the destination...but that's not the case. The dream lives in the activities that you do today." - Brendon Burchard
To learn more Interactive Storytelling: https://scenariosecrets.com/
To talk about joining my coaching program: https://calendly.com/elearningsecrets/45m-call
ABOUT:
Anna Sabramowicz is an instructional designer and coach. She fell into the profession after losing her last year of university funding to be a chemistry and english teacher. She’s worked and consulted in both academia and corporate environments for over a decade. Stakeholders include adidas, Thomas & Betts, Sony, Michelin, Rubbermaid, Emerson, VIHA, RRC, Queen’s
University, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Save the Children, Norwegian Refugee Council, and the Tanzanian Government.
She runs a coaching program with her partner, Ryan Martin. It helps Instructional Designers unleash their creative superpowers and develop immersive learning experiences with Storyline 360, using her Narrative Scenario Dynamics framework.
Anna developed Broken Co-Worker - an immersive anti-harassment elearning experience which was awarded an Articulate Guru Award, she earned the League of Innovation award through Apprenticeship Manitoba for first Online Electrical Carpentry elearning Program. She’s also earned a Best in Show and Audience Award at the eACH Toronto for creating a Code Orange Emergency learning experience for Vancouver Island Health Authority.
You can find Anna on LinkedIn or on watch her instructional videos on YouTube
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Today I'm talking to Story Designer and Author, Rance Greene.
ABOUT: Rance formed needastory.com for those who struggle with storytelling at work. His methodology—Story Design—gives leaders and talent development professionals a systematic and creative way for discovering who their audience is and how to persuade them to take action on new ideas. Rance is the author of Instructional Story Design, a practical guide for developing stories that train. He coaches, teaches, speaks and writes often on the benefits of stories to connect people to one another.
Here are some of the questions we get into:
- Tell us your story, how did you get here and become a Story Designer for L&D? 2. What is your definition of a story? 3. How does one use story to reinforce learning? Where does it fit? Does it replace content? 4. Can you tell us your philosophy on storytelling? 5. You've worked with many people on crafting their stories, or refining their stories... where do you see people usually mess up when they're first getting started? 6. How can they avoid those pitfalls? 7. Other than reading your awesome book, what advice would you have for someone who wants to introduce storytelling into their learning ecosystem? To learn more about Rance's work: https://needastory.com/ids To learn more Interactive Storytelling: https://scenariosecrets.com/
To talk about joining my coaching program: https://calendly.com/elearningsecrets/45m-call
ABOUT:
Anna Sabramowicz is an instructional designer and coach. She fell into the profession after losing her last year of university funding to be a chemistry and english teacher. She’s worked and consulted in both academia and corporate environments for over a decade. Stakeholders include adidas, Thomas & Betts, Sony, Michelin, Rubbermaid, Emerson, VIHA, RRC, Queen’s
University, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Save the Children, Norwegian Refugee Council, and the Tanzanian Government.
She runs a coaching program with her partner, Ryan Martin. It helps Instructional Designers unleash their creative superpowers and develop immersive learning experiences with Storyline 360, using her Narrative Scenario Dynamics framework.
Anna developed Broken Co-Worker - an immersive anti-harassment elearning experience which was awarded an Articulate Guru Award, she earned the League of Innovation award through Apprenticeship Manitoba for first Online Electrical Carpentry elearning Program. She’s also earned a Best in Show and Audience Award at the eACH Toronto for creating a Code Orange Emergency learning experience for Vancouver Island Health Authority.
You can find Anna on LinkedIn or on watch her instructional videos on YouTube
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This episode is a little, just a little, off my beaten path of scenario design. It has to do with our mindset in L&D... how we're hurting our results, and hurting our learners by convincing ourselves of a reality that is based purely on our imagination. It's short, not too sweet, but candid and hopefully the jolt you needed today. Enjoy!
"Everyone thinks the dream lives in the destination...but that's not the case. The dream lives in the activities that you do today." - Brendon Burchard
To learn more Interactive Storytelling: https://scenariosecrets.com/
To talk about joining my coaching program: https://calendly.com/elearningsecrets/45m-call
ABOUT:
Anna Sabramowicz is an instructional designer and coach. She fell into the profession after losing her last year of university funding to be a chemistry and english teacher. She’s worked and consulted in both academia and corporate environments for over a decade. Stakeholders include adidas, Thomas & Betts, Sony, Michelin, Rubbermaid, Emerson, VIHA, RRC, Queen’s
University, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Save the Children, Norwegian Refugee Council, and the Tanzanian Government.
She runs a coaching program with her partner, Ryan Martin. It helps Instructional Designers unleash their creative superpowers and develop immersive learning experiences with Storyline 360, using her Narrative Scenario Dynamics framework.
Anna developed Broken Co-Worker - an immersive anti-harassment elearning experience which was awarded an Articulate Guru Award, she earned the League of Innovation award through Apprenticeship Manitoba for first Online Electrical Carpentry elearning Program. She’s also earned a Best in Show and Audience Award at the eACH Toronto for creating a Code Orange Emergency learning experience for Vancouver Island Health Authority.
You can find Anna on LinkedIn or on watch her instructional videos on YouTube
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In this episode we continue exploring the hero in your story. How to make them more than just a name and a position. What strategies you can use to make them instantly relatable and someone your audience will care about. Also, reflections on Toy Story 4. Enjoy!
"Everyone thinks the dream lives in the destination...but that's not the case. The dream lives in the activities that you do today." - Brendon Burchard
To learn more Interactive Storytelling: https://scenariosecrets.com/
To talk about joining my coaching program: https://calendly.com/elearningsecrets/45m-call
ABOUT:
Anna Sabramowicz is an instructional designer and coach. She fell into the profession after losing her last year of university funding to be a chemistry and english teacher. She’s worked and consulted in both academia and corporate environments for over a decade. Stakeholders include adidas, Thomas & Betts, Sony, Michelin, Rubbermaid, Emerson, VIHA, RRC, Queen’s
University, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Save the Children, Norwegian Refugee Council, and the Tanzanian Government.
She runs a coaching program with her partner, Ryan Martin. It helps Instructional Designers unleash their creative superpowers and develop immersive learning experiences with Storyline 360, using her Narrative Scenario Dynamics framework.
Anna developed Broken Co-Worker - an immersive anti-harassment elearning experience which was awarded an Articulate Guru Award, she earned the League of Innovation award through Apprenticeship Manitoba for first Online Electrical Carpentry elearning Program. She’s also earned a Best in Show and Audience Award at the eACH Toronto for creating a Code Orange Emergency learning experience for Vancouver Island Health Authority.
You can find Anna on LinkedIn or on watch her instructional videos on YouTube
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There's no story without a hero. There's no transformation without a hero. And, if your hero is someone people can't relate to... it might be all for naught. There's nuances to crafting a good hero, but we can always err on the side of simplicity. In fact, simplicity in this area might be the most difficult part... come explore with me.
To learn more Interactive Storytelling: https://scenariosecrets.com/
To talk about joining my coaching program: https://calendly.com/elearningsecrets/45m-call
ABOUT:
Anna Sabramowicz is an instructional designer and coach. She fell into the profession after losing her last year of university funding to be a chemistry and english teacher. She’s worked and consulted in both academia and corporate environments for over a decade. Stakeholders include adidas, Thomas & Betts, Sony, Michelin, Rubbermaid, Emerson, VIHA, RRC, Queen’s
University, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Save the Children, Norwegian Refugee Council, and the Tanzanian Government.
She runs a coaching program with her partner, Ryan Martin. It helps Instructional Designers unleash their creative superpowers and develop immersive learning experiences with Storyline 360, using her Narrative Scenario Dynamics framework.
Anna developed Broken Co-Worker - an immersive anti-harassment elearning experience which was awarded an Articulate Guru Award, she earned the League of Innovation award through Apprenticeship Manitoba for first Online Electrical Carpentry elearning Program. She’s also earned a Best in Show and Audience Award at the eACH Toronto for creating a Code Orange Emergency learning experience for Vancouver Island Health Authority.
You can find Anna on LinkedIn or on watch her instructional videos on YouTube
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I love transformation stories... and with good reason, they make amazing experiences for us. And guess what, they can be amazing learning tools for our audience, IF we do transformation right.
Sidenote: The movie whose title I could not remember is Free Guy!! Go see it.
To learn more Interactive Storytelling: https://scenariosecrets.com/
To talk about joining my coaching program: https://calendly.com/elearningsecrets/45m-call
ABOUT:
Anna Sabramowicz is an instructional designer and coach. She fell into the profession after losing her last year of university funding to be a chemistry and english teacher. She’s worked and consulted in both academia and corporate environments for over a decade. Stakeholders include adidas, Thomas & Betts, Sony, Michelin, Rubbermaid, Emerson, VIHA, RRC, Queen’s
University, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Save the Children, Norwegian Refugee Council, and the Tanzanian Government.
She runs a coaching program with her partner, Ryan Martin. It helps Instructional Designers unleash their creative superpowers and develop immersive learning experiences with Storyline 360, using her Narrative Scenario Dynamics framework.
Anna developed Broken Co-Worker - an immersive anti-harassment elearning experience which was awarded an Articulate Guru Award, she earned the League of Innovation award through Apprenticeship Manitoba for first Online Electrical Carpentry elearning Program. She’s also earned a Best in Show and Audience Award at the eACH Toronto for creating a Code Orange Emergency learning experience for Vancouver Island Health Authority.You can find Anna on LinkedIn or on watch her instructional videos on YouTube
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There are essential ingredients to crafting a great story. There are elements that you can be loosey goosey on, not do so well and still create an OK story for your learners. But this one piece... this is one of the most important things to get right: transformation.
Here I dig deep into why I think it matters, what it can do for your learner, how it can enhance their buy-in, how I think it increases how persuasive and emotionally engaging your story is and much more. Enjoy!
"Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today." - Robert McKee
To learn more Interactive Storytelling: https://scenariosecrets.com/
ABOUT:
Anna Sabramowicz is an instructional designer and coach. She fell into the profession after losing her last year of university funding to be a chemistry and english teacher. She’s worked and consulted in both academia and corporate environments for over a decade. Stakeholders include adidas, Thomas & Betts, Sony, Michelin, Rubbermaid, Emerson, VIHA, RRC, Queen’s University, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Save the Children, Norwegian Refugee Council, and the Tanzanian Government.
She runs a coaching program with her partner and Articulate Master, Ryan Martin. It helps Instructional Designers unleash their creative superpowers and develop immersive learning experiences with Storyline 360, using her Narrative Scenario Dynamics framework.
Anna developed Broken Co-Worker - an immersive anti-harassment elearning experience which was awarded an Articulate Guru Award, she earned the League of Innovation award through Apprenticeship Manitoba for first Online Electrical Carpentry elearning Program. She’s also earned a Best in Show and Audience Award at the eACH Toronto for creating a Code Orange Emergency learning experience for Vancouver Island Health Authority.
You can find Anna on LinkedIn or on watch her instructional videos on YouTube
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I had a great convo with Rued Riis, "the Vyond guy" as we lovingly call him in the L&D world... and I had a couple of aha moments around the use of storyboards. The conversation really solidified in my mind that a storyboard has a place, but to be honest, it is relegated to the back seat (and probably used if your focus is dressing up content, not actually sharing a meaningful story)...different strategy/tool for different outcomes. Enjoy!
"Everyone thinks the dream lives in the destination...but that's not the case. The dream lives in the activities that you do today." - Brendon Burchard
To learn more Interactive Storytelling: https://scenariosecrets.com/
To talk about joining my coaching program: https://calendly.com/elearningsecrets/45m-call
ABOUT:
Anna Sabramowicz is an instructional designer and coach. She fell into the profession after losing her last year of university funding to be a chemistry and english teacher. She’s worked and consulted in both academia and corporate environments for over a decade. Stakeholders include adidas, Thomas & Betts, Sony, Michelin, Rubbermaid, Emerson, VIHA, RRC, Queen’s
University, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Save the Children, Norwegian Refugee Council, and the Tanzanian Government.
She runs a coaching program with her partner, Ryan Martin. It helps Instructional Designers unleash their creative superpowers and develop immersive learning experiences with Storyline 360, using her Narrative Scenario Dynamics framework.
Anna developed Broken Co-Worker - an immersive anti-harassment elearning experience which was awarded an Articulate Guru Award, she earned the League of Innovation award through Apprenticeship Manitoba for first Online Electrical Carpentry elearning Program. She’s also earned a Best in Show and Audience Award at the eACH Toronto for creating a Code Orange Emergency learning experience for Vancouver Island Health Authority.
You can find Anna on LinkedIn or on watch her instructional videos on YouTube
In this episode I talk to Alexander Salas. He's an instructional systems developer and eLearning designer with 14 years of experience specializing in the blend of learning technologies and gamification for performance outcomes. Since 2007, Alex has worked in every facet of corporate learning and performance enablement for Fortune 100 enterprises such as Philips, Centene Corporation and Dell Technologies. He’s the owner of StyleLearn, an eLearning design firm helping clients of all sizes. He’s also the Chief of Awesomeness at eLearning Launch, the online academy for digital learning professionals.
Question Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
02:14 Were there skills that you have developed over the years that you wish you had when you first started?
07:01 What is ADDIE, really?
12:01 How has your development process evolved over the years?
23:36 How do you pitch ideas to stakeholders not ready to hear them? How do you overcome resistance?
32:08 What it means to be an instructional designer today.
35:29 Gamification, what is your definition of it?
47:00 Deep dive on how Escape Rooms work in eLearning.
58:17 Favorite app or tool that you can't live without?
01:04:06 How to get in touch with Alex.
Learn more about his Academy eLearning Launch: https://www.elearninglaunch.com/
To learn more about Interactive Storytelling: https://scenariosecrets.com/
To talk about joining my coaching program: https://calendly.com/elearningsecrets/45m-call
ABOUT ANNA:
Anna Sabramowicz is an instructional designer and coach. She fell into the profession after losing her last year of university funding to be a chemistry and english teacher. She’s worked and consulted in both academia and corporate environments for over a decade. Stakeholders include adidas, Thomas & Betts, Sony, Michelin, Rubbermaid, Emerson, VIHA, RRC, Queen’s University, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Save the Children, Norwegian Refugee Council, and the Tanzanian Government. She runs a coaching program with her partner, Ryan Martin. It helps Instructional Designers unleash their creative superpowers and develop immersive learning experiences with Storyline 360, using her Narrative Scenario Dynamics framework.
Anna developed Broken Co-Worker - an immersive anti-harassment elearning experience which was awarded an Articulate Guru Award, she earned the League of Innovation award through Apprenticeship Manitoba for first Online Electrical Carpentry elearning Program. She’s also earned a Best in Show and Audience Award at the eACH Toronto for creating a Code Orange Emergency learning experience for Vancouver Island Health Authority.
Connect with her on LinkedIn or watch this interview on YouTube
Getting attached to one kind of solution, or one kind of mindset, something I call being a "purist", will hurt you, will hurt how creative you are in your solutions. I had fallen into this trap, and realised that through more exploration and deep conversation with people practicing a different "purism" I might augment my own practice with their approach.
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Sometimes you just gotta go back to the roots. That’s what I did in this episode.. How I got started with instructional design, why scenarios resonated so much with me and all the wacky adventures along the way.
This is episode one of 6 that gets into the roots of my freelancing career, how and why I created Broken Co-Worker, and continue to evolve my Narrative Scenario Design practice. The biggest goal is to help you overcome some of your limiting beliefs about what can and can’t be done…how creative you can be, how proud you can be of the work you love. Honestly, if this immigrant kid can, so can you.
"Everyone thinks the dream lives in the destination...but that's not the case. The dream lives in the activities that you do today." - Brendon Burchard
To learn more Interactive Storytelling: https://scenariosecrets.com/
To talk about joining my coaching program: https://calendly.com/elearningsecrets/45m-call
ABOUT:
Anna Sabramowicz is an instructional designer and coach. She fell into the profession after losing her last year of university funding to be a chemistry and english teacher. She’s worked and consulted in both academia and corporate environments for over a decade. Stakeholders include adidas, Thomas & Betts, Sony, Michelin, Rubbermaid, Emerson, VIHA, RRC, Queen’s
University, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Save the Children, Norwegian Refugee Council, and the Tanzanian Government.
She runs a coaching program with her partner, Ryan Martin. It helps Instructional Designers unleash their creative superpowers and develop immersive learning experiences with Storyline 360, using her Narrative Scenario Dynamics framework.
Anna developed Broken Co-Worker - an immersive anti-harassment elearning experience which was awarded an Articulate Guru Award, she earned the League of Innovation award through Apprenticeship Manitoba for first Online Electrical Carpentry elearning Program. She’s also earned a Best in Show and Audience Award at the eACH Toronto for creating a Code Orange Emergency learning experience for Vancouver Island Health Authority.
You can find Anna on LinkedIn or on watch her instructional videos on YouTube
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In this episode I reflect on mentorship in the Zoom age and how to facilitate this (or rather the difficulty of doing so) as a remote worker. I also reflect on the lessons I've learned from coaching my students, some common pitfalls, and my thoughts on communities of practice.
"Everyone thinks the dream lives in the destination...but that's not the case. The dream lives in the activities that you do today." - Brendon Burchard
To learn more Interactive Storytelling: https://scenariosecrets.com/
To talk about joining my coaching program: https://calendly.com/elearningsecrets/45m-call
ABOUT:
Anna Sabramowicz is an instructional designer and coach. She fell into the profession after losing her last year of university funding to be a chemistry and english teacher. She’s worked and consulted in both academia and corporate environments for over a decade. Stakeholders include adidas, Thomas & Betts, Sony, Michelin, Rubbermaid, Emerson, VIHA, RRC, Queen’s
University, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Save the Children, Norwegian Refugee Council, and the Tanzanian Government.
She runs a coaching program with her partner, Ryan Martin. It helps Instructional Designers unleash their creative superpowers and develop immersive learning experiences with Storyline 360, using her Narrative Scenario Dynamics framework.
Anna developed Broken Co-Worker - an immersive anti-harassment elearning experience which was awarded an Articulate Guru Award, she earned the League of Innovation award through Apprenticeship Manitoba for first Online Electrical Carpentry elearning Program. She’s also earned a Best in Show and Audience Award at the eACH Toronto for creating a Code Orange Emergency learning experience for Vancouver Island Health Authority.
You can find Anna on LinkedIn or on watch her instructional videos on YouTube
Most of my worst projects happened when I was trying to be too creative. When I was trying to reinvent every single aspect of development... starting from a blank page. Over time I learned there are ways to be creative, and deliver an outstanding product while placing massive constraints. I want to share that strategy with you today. To learn more Interactive Storytelling: https://scenariosecrets.com/ To talk about joining my coaching program: https://calendly.com/elearningsecrets/45m-call
ABOUT:
Anna Sabramowicz is an instructional designer and coach. She fell into the profession after losing her last year of university funding to be a chemistry and english teacher. She’s worked and consulted in both academia and corporate environments for over a decade. Stakeholders include adidas, Thomas & Betts, Sony, Michelin, Rubbermaid, Emerson, VIHA, RRC, Queen’s
University, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Save the Children, Norwegian Refugee Council, and the Tanzanian Government.
She runs a coaching program with her partner, Ryan Martin. It helps Instructional Designers unleash their creative superpowers and develop immersive learning experiences with Storyline 360, using her Narrative Scenario Dynamics framework.
Anna co-developed Broken Co-Worker - an immersive anti-harassment elearning experience which was awarded an Articulate Guru Award, she earned the League of Innovation award through Apprenticeship Manitoba for first Online Electrical Carpentry elearning Program. She’s also earned a Best in Show and Audience Award at the eACH Toronto for creating a Code Orange Emergency learning experience for Vancouver Island Health Authority.
You can find Anna on LinkedIn or on watch her instructional videos on YouTube
Have you had a habit that held you back from living your best life? I know I sound like a life coach here, but discovering this one limiting mind habit has been a huge aha for me. I sometimes wish I could go back in time and change things. What I said. What I did. But now I realize that all this was a result of what I thought. About myself, about the situation, about limitations... and I brought that with me everywhere I went. Your reality will reflect what you believe and expect. Want to change how your creative projects work out? Change what you believe about how they'll turn out first. Easy to say. More difficult to do. Now this aha came slowly. But it became clear that I was not the only one holding this limiting thought habit after I worked with my coaching clients. I found some people had all the luck with clients, all the creative freedom... while others struggled to get an inch. I discuss this and great examples in this episode. Hope you find it useful! Until next time my lovely learning designers! To learn more Interactive Storytelling: https://scenariosecrets.com/ To talk about joining my coaching program: https://calendly.com/elearningsecrets/45m-call
ABOUT:
Anna Sabramowicz is an instructional designer and coach. She fell into the profession after losing her last year of university funding to be a chemistry and english teacher. She’s worked and consulted in both academia and corporate environments for over a decade. Stakeholders include adidas, Thomas & Betts, Sony, Michelin, Rubbermaid, Emerson, VIHA, RRC, Queen’s
University, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Save the Children, Norwegian Refugee Council, and the Tanzanian Government.
She runs a coaching program with her partner, Ryan Martin. It helps Instructional Designers unleash their creative superpowers and develop immersive learning experiences with Storyline 360, using her Narrative Scenario Dynamics framework.
Anna developed Broken Co-Worker - an immersive anti-harassment elearning experience which was awarded an Articulate Guru Award, she earned the League of Innovation award through Apprenticeship Manitoba for first Online Electrical Carpentry elearning Program. She’s also earned a Best in Show and Audience Award at the eACH Toronto for creating a Code Orange Emergency learning experience for Vancouver Island Health Authority.
You can find Anna on LinkedIn or on watch her instructional videos on YouTube
In this episode I talk to Austin Welch. His learning films have earned three Brandon Hall Awards and he’s spoken about the emerging role of media and learning at the International Association of Food Protection, ATD, and TEDx. As a Kirkpatrick Certified Professional, Austin is always looking for ways to create emotionally intelligent training films that lead to measurable behavior change.
Question Timestamps:
01:31 What are inductive learning experiences?
05:02 How do you overcome stakeholders that want to spoonfeed learners information (in case they miss the point)?
08:38 Why is video your favorite medium?
13:48 Why are endings the hardest part of crafting a good story?
18:51 Framework on how to get started on your first story in L&D?
24:46 How does emotion mix or influence learning?
37:28 Corporate Mythology? What?
44:00 The Clarify Session as a tool to discover the Mythos
46:35 Design Thinking and Storytelling? How do these things go together?
54:24 Divergent and Convergent thinking... strategies to think in more divergent ways.
1:00:55 To learn more about Austin's work at Sage Media.
Connect with Austin on https://www.linkedin.com/in/austinwelch
Or https://www.linkedin.com/company/sagemedia
To learn more Interactive Storytelling: https://scenariosecrets.com/
To talk about joining my coaching program: https://calendly.com/elearningsecrets/45m-call
ABOUT:
Anna Sabramowicz is an instructional designer and coach. She fell into the profession after losing her last year of university funding to be a chemistry and english teacher. She’s worked and consulted in both academia and corporate environments for over a decade. Stakeholders include adidas, Thomas & Betts, Sony, Michelin, Rubbermaid, Emerson, VIHA, RRC, Queen’s
University, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Save the Children, Norwegian Refugee Council, and the Tanzanian Government.
She runs a coaching program with her partner, Ryan Martin. It helps Instructional Designers unleash their creative superpowers and develop immersive learning experiences with Storyline 360, using her Narrative Scenario Dynamics framework.
Anna developed Broken Co-Worker - an immersive anti-harassment elearning experience which was awarded an Articulate Guru Award, she earned the League of Innovation award through Apprenticeship Manitoba for first Online Electrical Carpentry elearning Program. She’s also earned a Best in Show and Audience Award at the eACH Toronto for creating a Code Orange Emergency learning experience for Vancouver Island Health Authority.
You can find Anna on LinkedIn or on watch her instructional videos on YouTube
In this episode I share two powerful experiences that introduced me to scenarios and interactive storytelling. One was from Allen Interactions GANGS: PATROL E-LEARNING and the other was Connect With Haji Kamal from Kinection Studios.
I also discussed Kolb’s Learning Cycle… how I think it beautifully fits with this style of learning. Check it out, I think you'll love the thinking behind it. It's a game changer. Finally, I discuss the strategies you can use to convince stakeholders to embrace these new ideas.
To learn more Interactive Storytelling: https://scenariosecrets.com/
To talk about joining my coaching program: https://calendly.com/elearningsecrets/45m-call
ABOUT:
Anna Sabramowicz is an instructional designer and coach. She fell into the profession after losing her last year of university funding to be a chemistry and english teacher. She’s worked and consulted in both academia and corporate environments for over a decade. Stakeholders include adidas, Thomas & Betts, Sony, Michelin, Rubbermaid, Emerson, VIHA, RRC, Queen’s University, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Save the Children, Norwegian Refugee Council, and the Tanzanian Government.
She runs a coaching program with her partner, Ryan Martin. It helps Instructional Designers unleash their creative superpowers and develop immersive learning experiences with Storyline 360, using her Narrative Scenario Dynamics framework.
Anna developed Broken Co-Worker - an immersive anti-harassment elearning experience which was awarded an Articulate Guru Award, she earned the League of Innovation award through Apprenticeship Manitoba for first Online Electrical Carpentry elearning Program. She’s also earned a Best in Show and Audience Award at the eACH Toronto for creating a Code Orange Emergency learning experience for Vancouver Island Health Authority.
You can find Anna on LinkedIn or on watch her instructional videos on YouTube
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Sometimes you just gotta go back to the roots. That’s what I did in this episode.. How I got started with instructional design, why scenarios resonated so much with me and all the wacky adventures along the way.
This is episode one of 6 that gets into the roots of my freelancing career, how and why I created Broken Co-Worker, and continue to evolve my Narrative Scenario Design practice. The biggest goal is to help you overcome some of your limiting beliefs about what can and can’t be done…how creative you can be, how proud you can be of the work you love. Honestly, if this immigrant kid can, so can you.
"Everyone thinks the dream lives in the destination...but that's not the case. The dream lives in the activities that you do today." - Brendon Burchard
To learn more Interactive Storytelling: https://scenariosecrets.com/
To talk about joining my coaching program: https://calendly.com/elearningsecrets/45m-call
ABOUT:
Anna Sabramowicz is an instructional designer and coach. She fell into the profession after losing her last year of university funding to be a chemistry and english teacher. She’s worked and consulted in both academia and corporate environments for over a decade. Stakeholders include adidas, Thomas & Betts, Sony, Michelin, Rubbermaid, Emerson, VIHA, RRC, Queen’s
University, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Save the Children, Norwegian Refugee Council, and the Tanzanian Government.
She runs a coaching program with her partner, Ryan Martin. It helps Instructional Designers unleash their creative superpowers and develop immersive learning experiences with Storyline 360, using her Narrative Scenario Dynamics framework.
Anna developed Broken Co-Worker - an immersive anti-harassment elearning experience which was awarded an Articulate Guru Award, she earned the League of Innovation award through Apprenticeship Manitoba for first Online Electrical Carpentry elearning Program. She’s also earned a Best in Show and Audience Award at the eACH Toronto for creating a Code Orange Emergency learning experience for Vancouver Island Health Authority.
You can find Anna on LinkedIn or on watch her instructional videos on YouTube
Learn more about Dennis' work: https://precisionhealthcareecosystem.org/
Link to interactive experience "Michelle's' Story" : https://360.articulate.com/review/content/094a1ac6-614d-464e-8d1f-fe6b4e4836a5/review
Ready to get help? https://www.elearningsecrets.com/apply
Interactive Stories Featured in this Episode: https://www.brokencoworker.com/
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For the visuals go to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLsSFZ5O6RIKaZHD37oKlwQ
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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/eLearnerEngaged
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I was hired for my innovation and creativity, but soon hit the “this is not the place to do that” wall. To learn more visit: elearningsecrets.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anna-sabramowicz-podcast/message
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Story: Feeling like you have a great portfolio idea but, no idea where to start building your portfolio piece?
Well, that's exactly where my client John used to be!
He had done the hard work of deciding to transition out of K-12 Education and knew it was time help with business problems.
It was time to take his experience and put it to a different use, but he needed clarity, guidance, and support to create that portfolio piece he felt he needed!
John knew he had a choice to make: "figure it out himself" and build a traditional course, or make something special and join the program.
He had everything in place, it was just a matter of executing and being with the right people, right ideas, and putting it all together.
Recently, I sat down to chat with John.
So if you're ready to hear how he was able to make a career transition, to invest in himself and join my coaching program, then watch his interview now!
In this video, Anna and John will discuss:
- How Anna's systematic approach to engagement and interactivity is exactly what you need when you're building your portfolio piece
- How John was able to build a career-defining portfolio piece, while meeting the needs of a client/stakeholder
- AND... how the program provides the clarity and guidance you need to know you are making the right choices for your portfolio
To learn more about the Interactive Storytelling Program go here: https://www.elearningsecrets.com/
To watch this video recording go here: https://www.elearningsecrets.com/john-trupiano
To experience John's Interactive Story go here: http://amillennialinvestmentstory.net/story_html5.html
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Want to learn how he did it? https://www.elearningsecrets.com/free-training
Here's what we cover:
- Where Kirk was before joining Interactive Storytelling Accelerator.
- How Kirk discovered through taking action, how much buy-in he can get from SME's and stakeholders.
- How applying the model has changed the way Kirk designs his elearning now.
- How he's been able to remove "fear of failure" from his vocabulary.
- What made him decide to join our coaching program.
- Who his interactive story is for and what its about.
- His "aha" moment around storytelling and the danger of over-developing. 8. What vulnerability has to do with putting out amazing learning products.
Kirk's #1 piece of advice for new members:
Check your ego at the door.
To work with Kirk go to: http://www.kewel.ca/
Enjoy!
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Want to craft your own interactive story that deeply engages your audience, like Don did? Let's chat to see if we can help you: https://www.elearningsecrets.com/ss-schedule
What we talked about:
0:33 What is Don’s background?
2:17 Don’s Interactive Story.. who is it for? who is he trying to impact?
7:57 Where did the idea for Don’s story come from?
9:35 What Don’s wife has to do with joining the program (she’s an instructional designer!)
12:00 How Don modelled Broken Co-Worker
15:13 What surprised Don about being part of the coaching program?
18:51 Skills that Don added to his toolkit as a result of the program
22:59 Don’s advice for someone just starting the Interactive Storytelling Accelerator program.
25:34 Where to go to experience Don’s interactive story and get in touch.
Experience Don Rickard's Interactive Story "Whose Wedding is it Anyway?" https://recovering-catholic.com/
Want to craft your own interactive story that deeply engages your audience, like Don did? Let's chat to see if we can help you: https://www.elearningsecrets.com/ss-schedule
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What we talked about:
0:51 What was life like before they joined our program.
4:14 Kristin's Interactive Story: It's purpose, target audience, and the context behind it.
6:31 How Kristin pushed the development of the interactive story with software.
9:07 Kristin's reaction to the comments and feedback for the interactive story.
11:09 What surprised Kristin about joining the ISA program.
12:80 What strategies Kristin found professionally were the biggest gains from being a part of the Interactive Storytelling program.
14:50 How Kristin kept up motivation when working on the portfolio piece in their spare time.
17:30 When do you know it's time to stop tweaking and ship?
18:52 Advice for anyone starting the ISA Program.
Connect with Kristin using these channels...
Their site: https://www.knanthony.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthkris/
Twitter: @anthkris Kristin's Interactive Story can be found here: https://brink-of-burnout.netlify.app/
About Kristin Anthony: Kristin (they/them) is a learning technologist - a mix of front-end engineer, learning experience designer, and game developer - focusing on creating learning tools and experiences with code. They ran Dear Instructional Designer, the show about the instructional design journey, for four (awesome!) seasons. They have also built several resources centering the newbie LXD, including GoDesignSomething.co and HackID. Outside of work, they care for two of the cutest pupper dogs ever put on planet Earth.
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Are you trying to turn all your learning into stories? That's major overkill. In this episode I'll help you add clarity and context around when an interactive story is a good fit for purpose.
Want to see if I can help you take your skills to the next level? Schedule your free session with me here: https://www.elearningsecrets.com/ss-schedule
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How Dianne used an Interactive Story to Create Excitement and Buzz Around a New Performance Development Package
Goal: Help a medical organisation create excitement and buzz around a new performance support package launch. Plus, show them they had a big part to play in the results the new program would bring to them personally.
Here's some of what we discussed together:
- What motivated Dianne to join the ISA coaching program.
- What helped Dianne work through difficult feedback from clients.
- Dianne's strategy for learning and taking her work to the next level - the mindset to adopt.
- How she brought her client on board and the telltale sign that they had bought into this strategy.
Dianne's #1 piece of advice for members: Be open, especially to feedback - everyone has your best interest in mind. Enjoy!
Want to see if our ISA program is a fit for you? Go here to book your free strategy session: https://www.elearningsecrets.com/ss-schedule
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What if your training content is already good enough? That's the question. Maybe revamping something is not where your effort should be spent. Maybe you need to consider how people feel about the content and training you've developed. If they haven't been sold on the learning journey, they don't even know it exists. So even if you're using the latest engagement strategies in your training.... if people are not inclined to check it out (because their world already makes sense) why spend all your effort on a losing battle?
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Today I am sharing a story is about losing your passion for what you do and then taking that and moving it into some other place. A new "hobby" where it really doesn't add value, or even really build your skills, but it distracts you (yep, it distracts you!) from the fact that you're MISERABLE in the things that you're doing every day. A successful strategy in one way, but a detriment in so many others.
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What we talked about:
- What was life like before he joined our program.
- Gavin's Interactive Story: It's purpose, target audience, and inspiration behind it.
- What made Gav actually pull the trigger and join the program
- What surprised Gav about being part of our community and the coaching he received.
- What Gavin found professionally were the biggest gains from being a part of the Interactive Storytelling program.
- Advice for anyone starting the ISA Program.
See more about Gavin's interactive story here: https://www.storytraining.pro/
Connect with Gavin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gavinheryng/
Gavin is a Manchester, UK-based L&D Consultant with a decade of experience providing L&D solutions for some of the world’s leading organisations, including Telefonica, Centrica and EY. Beginning his career designing and delivering traditional classroom-based training sessions, Gavin has since built a considerable portfolio of skills and experience in leadership and management training, professional coaching and digital learning design. Using the skills and knowledge gained from the Interactive Storytelling Accelerator, Gavin has established StoryTraining to help organisations provide their employees with effective, engaging and results-focused digital learning solutions that solve real-world problems.
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Also, any Abyss fans in the house????
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What we talked about:
0:32 What was life like before she joined our program.
4:00 What it was like moving from strategy to end to end development.
5:39 Praveena's Interactive Story: It's purpose, target audience, and the context behind it.
11:49 What it was like working with an illustrator. 14:32 What made Praveena finally decide to join the program.
16:48 What surprised her about being part of our community and the coaching.
19:36 What strategies Praveena found professionally were the biggest gains from being a part of the Interactive Storytelling program.
24:00 Advice for anyone starting the ISA Program.
Connect with Praveena on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/praveena-mitran-9410324/
About Praveena's Interactive Story: Colors of the Rainbow - The intention of this story is to encourage the non-LGBTQ employees to become accepting of LGBTQ individuals at the workplace, and to understand that they could have an unconscious bias and are discriminating against others based on that bias. The main idea of the interactive story is to change the perception of the non-LGBT employees so that a safe space can be created for LGBTQ individuals to come out, should they choose to, and to simply be who they are, without having a fear of being judged.
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Discussed during the interview:
1:17 What was life like before you started your interactive storytelling journey?
7:12 Walk us through your interactive story? Purpose, target audience, development process.
13:13 What made Kimberly actually pull the trigger and join the program?
24:06 Favourite tool or methodology Kimberly learned in the program.
28:53 The process of getting information from practitioners to feed into the story.
34:50 The big shift Kimberly experienced after joining the program and crafting her interactive story.
40:40 Advice for anyone starting the ISA Program.
Experience the Workplace War Zone interactive story here: https://www.elearningbrain.com/
Connect with Kimberly on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberlyrgoh/
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Kimberly created her Interactive Story, Workplace War Zone, as part of a digital marketing campaign for her client, EmC Leaders. Players acquire new emotional intelligence (EQ) skills as they make decisions that lead to one of three possible endings. The story is designed to introduce potential customers to the company's proprietary Emotional Connection (EmC) process. At the end of the story, players are invited to purchase an emotional intelligence Master Class through the EmC Leaders website.
To experience Workplace War Zone, please visit Kimberly Goh's portfolio at https://www.elearningbrain.com/
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How Talvi helped new CSR's gain confidence helping customers using Interactive Storytelling.
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Goal: Help Customer Service Reps at international call centres build confidence and experience solving customer problems while navigating complex software, balancing KPI's, and customer satisfaction.
Here's what we cover:
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What motivated Talvi to join the ISA coaching program.
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What surprised her about crafting interactive stories, what was completely different than what she imagined.
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What behaviour Talvi set out to change in her target audience.
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What the development process looked like.
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Her unique and surprising approach to validating her scenario choices.
6. Talvi's lessons from prototyping.
Talvi’s #1 piece of advice for members: Follow the steps, even if it feels overwhelming at first, everything ends up coming together... if you go step by step. Enjoy!
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Bit of a rant! Here I go over a couple of examples that if we applied to them the same "success criteria" that we apply to our learning interventions, we might consider them EPIC Fails. And what to consider instead.
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I had one of my subscribers send in a question about how do you measure the performance of your interactive story. How do you show your interactive story actually delivered on its promises? Here I suggest a different approach, a tiny approach, a more quantifiable and contextual way to look at measuring the performance and ROI of our learning interventions.
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Coming up with meaningful scenarios, that are contextual, mean things to people, resonate with them personally.. is impossible UNLESS you tap into subject matter experts and practitioners. I give you several questions you can ask to get you started on the right path - you should not be coming up with these yourself, let the practitioner do al the work.
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What if you're stuck in a workplace that is not receptive to your creative ideas? Should you leave? Should you just suck it up? These are some of the questions one of my subscribers shared with me and here I give her ideas on how I'd handle this situation. No theory here, just practical from the trenches advice. Hope you also find it useful.
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Writing is a pillar skill when you're an eLearning designer... words are very powerful. And writing a story, or dialogue well will make or break the experience. In this episode, I'll get into some resources and strategies that will help you become a better writer.
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Short, but sweet and to the point. Enjoy!
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We can get all excited about the survey satisfaction ratings as much as we like. But we all know this is just an ego game, it has nothing to do with real results and moving people to helpful action. On the other hand, we put pressure on single interventions to turn around a sales quarter or to increase employee retention - like we are some kind of gods that can predictably control outcomes. What I suggest is something in the middle. Something measurable, meaningful and something that suggests a long term view of where your interactive story or any learning intervention fits in the road to behaviour change.
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We can use the best tech, the sexiest layouts the most en vogue colour palette.. but if the character and the situations they're going through suck... you'll end up like another Hollywood Blockbuster FLOP. In this episode, I offer some insights on how to create a compelling character that people actually care about enough to follow through to the end of your interactive story.
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Here, I'm discussing a Compliance Training Induction Interactive Story that our Interactive Storytelling Accelerator Member, Shirley, is working on. Her challenge? Senior staff, who have grown complacent and need a reminder about the reasons why everyone is responsible for setting a good example.
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This is a case study of the project that Don, one of our Interactive Storytelling Members is putting together. It is completely not in the corporate learning realm, in fact, it's in the personal development and coaching realm. Don is a coach and he wanted to create an interactive story that would help people see other possibilities when dealing with family issues (especially ones about religion)... and also make them aware that he's able to help them if they need guidance. When that story is live I will add the link below, until then enjoy this case study!
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An interactive story is a persuasion piece. But, it never functions alone, it is meant to help someone take the next step. It is meant to be a catalyst for action. In this episode, I discuss the project from one of our members Kristin. She's crafting an interactive story for many reasons, one being getting good at storytelling, another pushing herself creatively, another being that it would represent (in her portfolio) more of the work she's excited about doing.
Her interactive story is also helping her explore what it means to struggle as a creative who has pressure from work to stay connected and produce results. The goal is to produce a piece that helps people see a different possibility, and solve a real problem for those that want to be more creative and intentional with their time - while being a rockin' (and highly shareable) piece for Kristin to share as part of her portfolio.
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This is a case study walkthrough of an interactive story project by one of our members, Dianne. I stress not only the solution and the approach but also how much hustle it took for Dianne to implement and make this persuasive piece a collaborative success (for her and the company she was working with).
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Timothy Wilson's field of expertise prompts him to examine every strategy with an analytical perspective. He uses the scientific method to validate the effectiveness of interventions that promise behaviour change. Our discussion focuses on several strategies, from writing, to incentives, to social pressure, that we can use to enhance the effectiveness and the quality of the learning and training interventions we design.
Interview Notes 02:34 How does “Story Editing" change people's behavior?
07:13 Organizational pressure: you have to be gentle or it will backfire
08:47 Psychological change en masse in the workplace, is it even possible? 11:11 Benefits of finding “new meaning" through writing exercises
14:48 Getting started applying Cognitive Psychology at work? 16:09 How expectations affect performance.
20:19 The challenge of “high expectations" in an online learning environment.
22:24 Example: Create opportunities to reinforce an employee's self-image
23:38 Can 'Do Good Be Good' be used as Job Performance strategy?
25:09 Measuring results and testing the effectiveness of your implementations 30:52 Compliance Training: how can we measure results if we cannot create a “control group"?
34:02 Motivating with extrinsic rewards: Drawbacks and benefits
41:24 How to help reluctant instructors deliver training with new technology?
43:25 Measuring the success of intervention programs.
48:09 Case Study: The busy Manager
50:16 Learning more about psychological strategies and how to implement them?
About Timothy Wilson Timothy Wilson is a Sherrell J. Aston Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia. Timothy is a social psychologist who researches the influence of the unconscious mind on decision-making, preferences and behavior.
He is the author of two books: Redirect - The Surprising New Science of Psychological Change. AND Strangers to Ourselves - Discovering the Adaptive Unconscious.
Website: http://people.virginia.edu/~tdw/
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In this episode, I discuss the project one of my students, Talvi, put together. The challenge was to help call centre staff overcome some of their past beliefs about what customer service "means", and what it means to deliver great service while still meeting quotas and KPI's. The interactive story also meant to give them a boost in confidence by asking them to go through some difficult situations that could have been prevented or diminished if the lead character was able to make decisions based on accurate data and the right motivation.
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The organisation I was working with already had robust resources to support it's people through onboarding, performance support and beyond. The challenge was about beliefs about when those resources are to be used, who is to use them and how that affects staff retention. Interactive story to the rescue to address some of those limiting beliefs! Enjoy!
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Especially in sales, there are many beliefs that hold people back from pitching - an interactive story can be the catalyst for addressing these limiting beliefs.
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Okay, so you see the potential of story, you see how engaging it can be, but figuring out how to use it with your audience has got you stumped. Fret no more. In this episode, I discuss another client that used interactive storytelling to create a buzz around their new leadership training and their strategies to influence the culture in their workplace.
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Review of a recent Interactive Story project for a humanitarian organization. There is a challenge when hiring seasoned professionals, they come in with all kinds of experience, but also baggage, beliefs that hold them back from being fully engaged. This organisation decided to tackle this from day one and use an interactive story to shake up the narrative and give their audience some "aha" moments.
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Is an interactive story a good fit for your audience? Will it work the same way for corporate and academic audiences... is it just as practical to use? Learn more by checking out my free case study here: www.elearningsecrets.com
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Just because your interactive story has a "character who has a desire" doesn't mean you're going to actually craft a story that people care about and will want to finish. In this episode, I go into a secret, not so secret strategy on how to amp up your story so people care. We get into some fun examples from the movie Shrek (if you have not seen Shrek 1 AND 2 - you have to see them now!)
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When I first started as an instructional designer and freelancer I thought more was more. More engagement, more interactivity, more excitement... but that wore me out. And I hated taking on new projects because all the scope was up in the air. Then I discovered an activity that was great and used only one kind of interaction, this changed my world.
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Most people struggle when trying to figure out where to put the feedback without being too intrusive in an interactive story. Well, Modular Epilogue to the rescue.
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If you're going to lead your learners to failure, you'd better make it epic, or in this case "wonderful".
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This is a sneaky way to pack in more feedback, without it feeling like the omnipotent voice from beyond and breaking our audience out of the story. :)
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Making the cause effect relationship explicit in your scenario is the key to an effective interactive story.
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Don Presant is Canada's leading expert on Open Badge digital credentials, a frequent speaker at conferences in Canada and abroad and a skilled strategist for the development of assessment and recognition programs. Don is President of Learning Agents and CanCred.ca, a Canadian cloud service for Open Badges that serves markets in post-secondary and professional education and workforce development.
He is working with eCampusOntario and several of its member institutions on a province-wide recognition model using Open Badges. He co-produced with them the cross-sectoral Ontario Open Badge Forums in November 2017 and March 2019.
He is a founding member of the international Open Recognition Alliance at openrecognition.org and co-author of the Bologna Open Recognition Declaration.
To connect with Don visit him on Twitter @donpresant
To learn more about digital badges, check out http://learningagents.ca/
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