Anchored in Learning: Recent Episodes

Vanessa Alzate

Vanessa Alzate, CEO of Anchored Training, is passionate about the eLearning and development field. With over 10 years of experience, she has seen it all. Vanessa wants to share what she has learned as she transitioned from corporate, to freelance and now CEO of her own company, to help you succeed in your L&D career. Vanessa speaks the truth when it comes to the struggles and achievements. Listen in every Monday morning for new episodes!

View Details

In today's episode, I'm journeying back into how I got my start in ID and the wisdom I've learned along the way!

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

View Details

In this episode, I am joined by Dr. Robin Sargent! We discuss the power of vision boards and how you can make the most of yours!

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

View Details

I am here to say THANK YOU and share my big lesson I learned this year.

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

View Details

Starting an elearning project and you are not sure the best way to piece your content together? It seems like you should start with a storyboard but that seems like a waste of time? In today’s episode, I will break down the differences between storyboarding and prototyping and when is best to use either.

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

View Details

Not sure how to explain SCORM vs xAPI vs AR? Well, in today’s episode I am going to breakdown the most common terms and phrases you are going to hear as an instructional designer.

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

View Details

Want to know the kind of skills you need outside of instructional design to be in this business? Not sure if you got what it takes? Well in this episode, I break down the soft skills you need to be an ID. Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

View Details

Not sure how to market yourself as an instructional designer?
Are you concerned about specializing will make your potential client pool smaller? In today's episode, I'm going to help you discover your niche as an Instructional Designer!

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

View Details

In today's episode, I go over my experience at the ATD ICE Conference in Salt Lake City!

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

View Details

Have you seen 7Taps all over the LinkedIn world these days? In today's episode, I go over all the things you need to know about 7Taps!

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

View Details

So you want to take on your own virtual summit? Well friends, sit, get the notebook out and let's talk about how I prepped for the Anchored in Learning Summit.

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

View Details

Are you considering freelancing in instructional design/learning and development? Considering making the jump now that you have had a taste of work from home life? Well in todays episode, I am going to give you a list of questions to ponder, to identify if this is the life for you.

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

View Details

Friends! The time has come! I have been waiting for this since the end of 2020… I am in the home stretch of prepping for ATD International Conference and Exposition AND its in person!!!

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

View Details

Thank you to everyone who has joined me on this journey!

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

View Details

Are you tired of being an order taker in your role as an instructional designer? Are you ready to take the next step in consulting? Well I have a tool you can use to level up as an instructional designer.

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

View Details

How many times have you been frustrated because your client is starting to go outside of the scope of work of your contract? Well in today's episode, I am going to walk you through some things I do to battle scope creep.

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

View Details

Want to get your education game up? Ready to do some networking and mingling with other instructional designers? Well in today’s episode, I am going to talk to you all about how to pick the best conference for you to attend as an instructional designer.

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

View Details

Getting ready for your first instructional design interview?  Are you nervous what they are going to ask? Today I am going to give you my 5 questions you should prepare for your next ID interview.

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

View Details

Do you feel like your training is kind of boring and blah? Do you miss the human behind the training? Me too. That’s why in this episode, I am going to give you tips to bring the human back to your training.

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

View Details

Are you completely confused about what to charge as an Instructional Designer or what to pay an instructional designer? In today’s episode, we are going to talk all about figuring out a fair hourly rate.

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

View Details

You may have thought to yourself "wouldn’t this be faster and cheaper if I just bought off-the-shelf eLearning?" So today we are going to talk about the pros and the cons, and how to have conversations about which is the best route to go!

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

View Details

Raise your hand if you have heard about learning styles and you are confused now that you hear that they have been debunked and aren’t a real thing. Well friends today I am going to debate this SUPER hot topic. 

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

View Details

It's time to have the talk. You know the one I am talking about. The one you dread having with clients. In this episode, I'm going to give you my tips on how to navigate difficult conversations and conflict resolution with clients!

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

View Details

Ask most instructional design groups their book recommendations and over and over you will hear the book Map It by Cathy Moore. So now it's my turn to give you my take on an iconic instructional design book.

Follow Cathy online, on LinkedIn, Twitter & Buy Map It now!

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

View Details

Are you tired of creating deliverables for clients only to get bogged down in the details on design over and over?  Well in today’s episode, I am going to walk you through the development of a design guide.

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

View Details

Ready to launch your instructional design business website?  In this episode, I'm going to breakdown the 3 pages you need to get you started.

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

View Details

In today's episode, I got to share space with owner and lead instructional designer of Southwest Learning Designs, Joel Kosanke. Joel and I discuss all things ID, including training gap analysis & balancing his life as a father to two boys!

Joel will be one of the many incredible speakers at the FREE Anchored in Learning Virtual Summit! Reserve your spot here!
You can connect with Joel on LinkedIn!

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

View Details

In this episode, I had the pleasure of chatting with Bridget Manley of Ascendant Design. Bridget gave us a sneak peek into her background and what attendees can expect from her session at our Virtual Summit!

Bridget will be one of the many incredible speakers at the FREE Anchored in Learning Virtual Summit! Reserve your spot here!
You can connect with Bridget online and on LinkedIn!

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

View Details

In this episode, I had the distinct pleasure of chatting with Julia Phelan, Co-Founder & Principal Learning Engineer of To 11. Julia is one of the incredible speakers for our FREE Virtual Summit. She explains the importance of understanding how learning is received in the learner's mind & how we can harness it to be more effective!

Julia will be one of the many incredible speakers at the FREE Anchored in Learning Virtual Summit! Reserve your spot here!

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

View Details

Want to find a project management tool that is collaborative, easy to use and also FREE? Well in this episode, I am going to talk you through how you can use Trello for your next learning project!

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

View Details

In this episode, I had the pleasure of talking with Chief Learning Strategist at Beyond the Sky, Danielle Wallace. We discussed how her years in marketing led her to learning & development, how to make learning stick & how to ignite action in our learners!

Danielle will be one of the many incredible speakers at the FREE Anchored in Learning Virtual Summit! Reserve your spot here!
You can connect with Danielle online, on LinkedIn & Twitter!

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

View Details

Today I had an excellent conversation with Catalina Valenzuela, Senior L&D Strategist for Innovus Consulting. Listen in as we discuss her approach on creating value to your clients by creating value for the learner.

Catalina will be one of the many incredible speakers at the FREE Anchored in Learning Virtual Summit! Reserve your spot here!
You can connect with Catalina on LinkedIn & Twitter!

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

View Details

In this episode, I had the pleasure to chat with my friend and speaker at our Virtual Summit, Tom McDowall! We discussed the road to finding instructional design and finding the niche that speaks to you!

Connect with Tom on YouTube & LinkedIn!

Want to be a part of our FREE Virtual Summit? Click here!

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

View Details

In this episode, I had the pleasure to chat with my IG friend, Deborah Barnes! We discussed the power of understanding your learner to both produce the best product and attract the right clients!

Follow Deborah on LinkedIn, Instagram & online!

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

View Details

Ok friends, we are going to talk about what literally EVERYONE deals with - you, me, the L&D greats including all those speakers on the stage at Dev Learn and other conferences, and that is Imposter Syndrome and how YOU can deal with it.

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

View Details

In this episode, I had the distinct pleasure of chatting with Instructional Designer & Consultant, Kellie Tinnin. Kellie shares her experience and wisdom on finding her niche, transitioning to consulting and managing the growth of her business. You can follow Kellie on her Website, Instagram, LinkedIn, & YouTube!

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

View Details

OK so imposter syndrome is real right? And frankly social media has only exacerbated that. Why? Because that shit is a highlight reel only. So many of us are only posting the highlights and our wins.  Not the every day struggle.  So I am going off the path and sharing with you what the day to day is really like.  

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

View Details

LinkedIn is often overlooked. I myself ignored it for years and it was one of the biggest mistakes I made early in my career. Listen in to hear my top tips to optimize your most valuable professional network!

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

View Details

Want to take your E-learning game to the next level but not ready to get into all of the things with Adobe After Effects? Trust me I feel you. Well in today’s episode we are going to chat all about my thoughts on the animation tool – Vyond! 

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

View Details

In this episode, I had the distinct pleasure of talking to Faaria Wali, the Business Development Manager at Futurpreneur Canada, to discuss incorporating trends and humanity into course development.

Follow Faaria on LinkedIn & Instagram! 

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

View Details

Nervous about dealing with clients?
Not sure how to build up the relationship?
In this episode, I am going to walk you through how I manage my clients!

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

View Details

Instructional designers and eLearning developers know SCORM has a ton of limitations. We are unable to know what exactly the learner is actually doing and interacting with in a course. xAPI has long been hailed as the next big thing to help pick up where SCORM leaves off. So to learn more about it, I chatted with Jeffrey Riley of Practical Learning Concepts to learn more about how he learned xAPI and the value it brings to instructional design.

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

View Details

Are you looking for ways to build your presence while you are facilitating?  In this episode, I break down my tips and tricks to gain audience participation and build confidence. 

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

View Details

Want to get into instructional design but feeling a bit overwhelmed? Well I am going to give you 5 things you can do to begin making that first step a bit easier.

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

Grab my 6-step blueprint here!

View Details

Have you heard about the Agile methodology? Are you not sure how it can apply to instructional design? Does it give you hives thinking of starting one phase before completing the previous? Well friends take a breath because I got you. In this episode, we are going to talk all about how to use the Agile methodology in instructional design.

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

Grab my 6-step blueprint here!

View Details

Ready for the next tool we are going to review? Well in today’s video we are going to talk all about Camtasia!

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

Grab my 6-step blueprint here!

View Details

Are you stuck taking your training from a snooze-fest to engaging? Well don’t worry I got you! In this episode I am going to give you 5 tips to engage your next training class.

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

Grab my 6-step blueprint here!

View Details

Ok you all – it is time. We have to have some real conversation, real talk about the struggle as a freelancer to finding jobs and having consistency.

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

Grab my 6-step blueprint here!

View Details

Not sure how to manage an instructional design project? Specifically an e-learning project? In this episode, we are going to talk all about how I manage an instructional design project.

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

View Details

Ready for the next journey in L&D models and theories? Today we talk about how to evaluate training – and it’s the Kirkpatrick Model

View Details

You are ready to kick start your learning and development project, but you aren’t sure where to start. In this episode, we are going to talk to you about how to develop a learner persona so keep listening! 

View Details

Are you ready to continue on in this virtual world? With the start of 2021, budgets are back in full swing and organizations are looking at how best to use their funds to make the most impact in this new normal. And one of those ways is by converting those instructor led in person training to virtual. So in this episode, I am going to give you the 3 things you are doing wrong during the ILT to vILT conversion. 

View Details

Manja Horner of Boost LD joins us to talk about online course completion. With the rise of so many creators of online courses, we have started seeing so many great to not-so-great courses. Interestingly enough the course completion rate is only 15%.

Are you interested in learning more about how to get a better completion rate for your online course? Then join Manja and myself while we break down how to develop online courses centered around your learner!

View Details

As a freelancer, it can be hard to bridge the gap between goal-setting and goal-achieving. Something that has been a game-changer for me has been creating a using a vision board. In this episode, I break down all the elements of my vision board and how I use it to build my business and quality of life.

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

View Details

Are you new to instructional design and afraid you need to have a Masters or Certificate to break into ID? In this episode, I am going to break down my thoughts on getting your Masters.

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

View Details

So today is the continuation of our series on reviews of Rapid Authoring Tools, and I’ve got another popular one on our list - Adobe Captivate. It is actually the 2nd tool I used to learn e-learning and the one that made me fall in love with e-learning and actually want to do it.

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

View Details

Hey friends! Today’s episode is going to be a little different than normal. I want to talk about the one thing I am most grateful for in my business that 2020 and COVID gave me. And it’s a KEY lesson for any and all freelancers and really anyone employed.  So keep on listening to learn more.

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

View Details

Have you heard about the importance of finding your niche but find it difficult to do?  In this episode I am going to give you some formulas for developing your instructional design niche.

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

View Details

Are you confused about which instructional design model is right for you? Well I am starting a series breaking down some instructional design models. And of course, I am going to begin with our girl ADDIE. So keep watching to learn more about the ADDIE model.

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

View Details

You know you want to get into eLearning, but you look at the price at Articulate 360 and you’re like woah – idk if its even worth it. In this episode, I am going to talk about my pros and cons of 360 and give you my feedback on if its worth the price. 

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

View Details

In this episode, I go over the top questions to ask your Subject Matter Expert at the kickoff of a project.

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

View Details

Gamification has been quite a buzz word in the learning and development world. But you aren’t sure how to add gamification to your learning culture? Well I am here to give you easy and low cost ways to add games to learning.

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

View Details

You have to create training on a new software your client is rolling out, and you grunt thinking of how boring software training can be. I totally get it, I have been there, literally. But I can say that there ARE ways to make it fun and engaging, so listen along to get  my tips to create engaging software simulations. 

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

View Details

You want to start freelancing as an instructional designer or e-learning developer, but the idea of how much to save to pay taxes is haunting you? Well don’t worry, I got you. I am here to give you the inside scoop on freelancing finances. 

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

View Details

You keep hearing that you need to worry about your Flash courses at the end of 2020. But you’re not sure what that means? Well don’t worry I got you – I am going to break down what the end of Flash means for you and your e-learning courses. 

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

View Details

Are you at a loss trying to figure out where to find your next instructional design gig? Are you curious as to how other instructional designers seem to get continuous work and you are just trying to make the current project last? Well I’ve got the answer for you – listen in to learn about where the instructional designers are!

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

View Details

You are looking to pick up freelance jobs and in your search you come across Upwork, a platform where freelancers bid on freelance jobs. You sign up and then you realize that there is a fee if you really want to get noticed, but you're not sure if its worth it. I am here to talk to you today about whether or not Upwork is a good investment of your time and energy.

The good
• Clients come to you
• The stream is never ending
• No confusion

The bad
• You have to pay to bid
• Upwork takes 20% of your earnings
• Your visibility is lowered if you are not rated as a top freelancer
• The competition is higher
• Most clients want a lot for a little

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

View Details

Are you thinking about breaking into instructional design and/or e-learning development, but you're not sure how to get started? Well in this episode, I am going to share with you my top tips for breaking into instructional design as a freelancer!

Key Points:

• Find your niche
• Create your portfolio
• Consider taking a course
• Update Your LinkedIn
• Find your tribe

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe? Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook and follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day! 

View Details

We moved into a virtual world, and all of a sudden in-person live training events came to a screeching halt. So now you are wondering if you should get into instructional design since it appears to be the hot ticket job. Well you’re in luck - I am here to give you questions to consider and feedback on the every day of instructional design to help you figure out if its ID is for you.

Things to consider:

• Are you comfortable with technology?
• How are you at building relationships and working with others?
• Are you ok with not seeing the results of your efforts?
• Will you be able to prioritize professional development?
• How are your analytical and writing skills?
• Are you creative?
• Do you work well under pressure?

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe?

• Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook
• Follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!

View Details

You know you need a portfolio, but you have no idea what to put in it or all your work has been proprietary. In this episode, I am going to give you 5 tips to develop your eLearning portfolio quickly.

Key points:

• Use content you already have
• Write a sample that appeals to your ideal client
• Try the Articulate challenges to populate your portfolio
• Less is more - no one is going to review a 15 minute module
• Inject your personality in your portfolio

Are you ready to learn more about developing your eLearning portfolio and find your tribe?

• Join my Freelance Learning & Development Network on Facebook
• Follow me over on Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and/or Twitter for all things eLearning!

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a rating and review, and share it with your friends. Have an incredible day!