consulting | Instructional Design

Nicole Papaioannou Lugara

Aug 114 min read

The Impact-Energy Matrix for Training

The Impact-Energy Matrix is a practical tool that helps you prioritize training tasks and initiatives by balancing their potential impact...

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Nicole Papaioannou Lugara

Sep 22, 20223 min read

Release the Reins: Go Social

Let's talk about what you can do to support meaningful peer to peer learning and productive collaboration via social learning.

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Stop Thinking Like an Educator! Start Thinking Like a Journalist

Nicole Papaioannou Lugara

Sep 7, 20223 min read

Stop Thinking Like an Educator! Start Thinking Like a Journalist

Steal these habits from journalism to build a strong approach to needs analysis.

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3 Mistakes People Make When Conducting Needs Analysis

Nicole Papaioannou Lugara

Aug 31, 20223 min read

3 Mistakes People Make When Conducting Needs Analysis

Not all needs analysis is conducted equally. Let's talk about the big pitfalls you want to avoid. Mistake # 1: You approach needs...

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Nicole Papaioannou Lugara

Aug 24, 20225 min read

Caring: A Winning L&D Strategy

The scope of L&D may be limited, but the impact L&D can have on an organization is large, especially when it comes to caring.

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Inexperienced Managers: 5 Skills and 7 Solutions Startups Can Use to Turn Performers into Leaders

Nicole Papaioannou Lugara

Aug 17, 20225 min read

Inexperienced Managers: 5 Skills and 7 Solutions Startups Can Use to Turn Performers into Leaders

How do you prepare top performers to manage effectively? In this article, you'll learn what they need to know and how to help them learn it.

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Identifying and Preparing Your Internal Influencers and Change Champions

Nicole Papaioannou Lugara

Jul 27, 20224 min read

Identifying and Preparing Your Internal Influencers and Change Champions

You're ready to invest in a social learning network solution. You want to make knowledge and story sharing a central piece of your...

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How to Make the Case for Non-Traditional Learning Solutions

Nicole Papaioannou Lugara

Jul 13, 20224 min read

How to Make the Case for Non-Traditional Learning Solutions

In this post, we're going to talk about how to get buy in for non-traditional learning solutions.

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Why We're Doubling Down on Knowledge Sharing Over Training

Nicole Papaioannou Lugara

Jun 29, 20224 min read

Why We're Doubling Down on Knowledge Sharing Over Training

We should be replacing training with knowledge sharing opportunities: peer to peer, to-down, formally documented, off the cuff, serious, fun

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Nicole Papaioannou Lugara

Jun 8, 20225 min read

L&D Strategies for Growing Startups

Many startups have no internal learning and development expertise on staff, which is ironic, considering they have some of the most complex

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Make It Easy for Them: 4 Ways to Get the Yes

Nicole Papaioannou Lugara

May 19, 20223 min read

Make It Easy for Them: 4 Ways to Get the Yes

Making decisions is hard work. Reviewing data takes time. Imagining something you can't see can take a lot of brain power. These are all...

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Why You Need to Take a Consultative Approach to L&D and Common Pitfalls to Avoid

Nicole Papaioannou Lugara

May 5, 20224 min read

Why You Need to Take a Consultative Approach to L&D and Common Pitfalls to Avoid

Taking a consultative approach to learning and development has changed my process, my clientele and my ability to make learning that matters

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3 Essentials to Get Stakeholders to Say Yes

Nicole Papaioannou Lugara

Jan 12, 20223 min read

3 Essentials to Get Stakeholders to Say Yes

How do you communicate the best learning solution in order to get buy-in? Let's talk about three strategies that can move things forward.

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What Meant Something to Me: PD Done Right

Nicole Papaioannou Lugara

Dec 15, 20214 min read

What Meant Something to Me: PD Done Right

This week, I want to talk about and deconstruct some of the meaningful professional learning experiences

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Why Aren't There More Meaningful Learning Experiences for Professionals?

Nicole Papaioannou Lugara

Dec 10, 20212 min read

Why Aren't There More Meaningful Learning Experiences for Professionals?

Last night, we had the last meeting of From Data to Design - Cohort 3, and as always, it was bittersweet seeing how much growth there had...

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Novice vs Expert Instructional Designer: Defining the Learning Problem

Nicole Papaioannou Lugara

Sep 8, 20214 min read

Novice vs Expert Instructional Designer: Defining the Learning Problem

At the heart of what makes a great ID is their ability to define the rhetorical problem, or rather the learning problem

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Nicole Papaioannou Lugara

May 6, 20213 min read

Proposal Pro Tips: 4 Must-Haves

There are tons of different proposals formats out there, and in this post, I'll share some of the features that I find most impactful.

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How to Ask for More Design Decision-Making Power? You Don't.

Nicole Papaioannou Lugara

Oct 20, 20205 min read

How to Ask for More Design Decision-Making Power? You Don't.

Many new IDs tell me: "There are times when I don't think the design approach my organization/client wants to take is the best one, but...

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