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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.
Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
Aug 24, 20225 min read
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What Video Data Tells Us About Learning-- And What It Doesn't
I'm going to break down for you some of the useful data points you can gather with these types of sophisticated video hosting systems.
Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
Aug 10, 20223 min read
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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...
Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
Jul 27, 20224 min read
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6 Learning Strategies to Steal from Social Media
There is a lot we can learn from social media about how to quickly distribute learning, make content digestible, and create community.
Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
Jul 20, 20223 min read
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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.
Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
Jul 13, 20224 min read
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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
Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
Jun 29, 20224 min read
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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...
Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
May 19, 20223 min read
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The Grey Area: Designing Learning When There's No Clear Answer
It's about the wading through the grey area and making the best choice possible at that moment in time with the information you have in the
Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
Apr 27, 20223 min read
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Leveraging Learner Personas in ID Writing
This is about how to leverage those personas to create engaging written content.
Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
Apr 14, 20224 min read
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HAVE It All: 4 Ways to Tell Data Stories
Using data can be one of the most intimidating parts of being a learning designer. Facts, statistics, or just random information.
Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
Mar 17, 20224 min read
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Video Inspo to Break Through Designer's Block
I offer to you a fun list of inspiring videos whose styles you can steal for your next video-based learning project-- in no particular order
Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
Feb 3, 20225 min read
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Learning in the Key of "New Mom": What Parent Training Has Taught Me about LXD
First time parent during a pandemic means lots of learning to do. This post talks about what we can learn about from parent training tools.
Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
Jan 19, 20225 min read
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If Not a Course... What Do I Build?
Today, I want to share some of that toolkit with you by walking through some of the tools you might use in four different common use cases.
Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
Dec 22, 20212 min read
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What Meant Something to Me: PD Done Right
This week, I want to talk about and deconstruct some of the meaningful professional learning experiences
Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
Dec 15, 20214 min read
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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...
Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
Dec 10, 20212 min read
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How to Get Your IDs to Write Better
How do you help developing instructional designers improve their writing skills? Start with this blog post.
Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
Sep 29, 20214 min read
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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
Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
Sep 8, 20214 min read
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Making Assessments Meaningful: Developing Assessments, Pt 2
Assessments are amazing learning tools. They provide an opportunity to check in on progress and get feedback.
Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
Mar 16, 20215 min read
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Aligning Performance Objectives with Purpose: Developing Assessments, Pt 1
Too many times, learning objectives focus on vague notions of "learning." For example, understand is probably one of the most overused verbs
Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
Mar 10, 20215 min read
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Is VR really next? 3 Considerations for Decision Makers and Developers
I think virtual reality is super cool, and I'm excited for its potential to be used in the Learning & Development space. That said, I want t
Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
Feb 1, 20212 min read
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