The Women Talking About Learning Podcast is, well, women talking about learning and development. Underrepresented in senior roles in the learning function, this podcast amplifies women’s voices talking about all things learning and development related. You can find more on our website www.womentalkingaboutlearning.com.
Episodes
Tuesday Aug 03, 2021
Tuesday Aug 03, 2021
Our guests this week are Dr Sara Thompson and Kate Graham.
Dr. Sara Thompson is the Chair of the Master of Science in Counselling and Human Services program at Post University, and has been teaching in higher education since 2013. In addition to possessing her doctorate degree in psychology, Sara recently earned another graduate degree, a M. Ed. in Learning Design and Technology. In addition to her full-time employment, Sara also teaches psychology to domestic and international high school students and freelances as an instructional designer. Sara has experience in higher education, online learning, instructional design, human resources and non-profit advocacy work. Sara serves as a guardian ad litem in SC, USA and an advocate for women who have experienced domestic/intimate partner violence. In her free time, Sara can be found on the beach with her senior pup Ms. Maude or relaxing at home with both her fur babies (Ms. Maude and Good Kitty).
Sara can be reached through LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-sara-thompson-371075b6/
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Episode Links:
Covid’s impact on women - https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/diversity-and-inclusion/seven-charts-that-show-covid-19s-impact-on-womens-employment
Covid and gender equality - https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/future-of-work/covid-19-and-gender-equality-countering-the-regressive-effects
Talent mobility - https://www.fosway.com/talent-mobility/
Remote working and happiness - https://www.forbes.com/sites/victorlipman/2016/05/02/are-remote-workers-happier-and-more-productive-new-survey-offers-answers/?sh=256e43116663
Flexible hours and productivity - https://hubblehq.com/blog/flexible-work-hours-productivity
Tips for a better work life balance - https://www.forbes.com/sites/deborahlee/2014/10/20/6-tips-for-better-work-life-balance/?sh=53ec8b929ff5
Boundaries - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944267.Boundaries
Learning Now TV - https://learningnow.tv/watch
Training Journal Podcast - https://www.trainingjournal.com/articles/podcast
Mean Girls - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_Girls
Danny Seals’ Mindchimp Podcast - https://mindchimp.podbean.com/e/kate-g/
Women in Learning on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12210548/
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We’re on Twitter @WTAL_Podcast
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Or you can email us via hello@llarn.com.
Tuesday Jul 27, 2021
Tuesday Jul 27, 2021
Our guests this week are Nandita Kulkarni and Tabitha Dragonbery.
Nandita started her career designing learning and facilitating in the academic context. Having moved to the corporate sphere more than 14 years ago, she has worked across different geographies and led teams delivering learning especially in the technology-led space. Currently in Dubai, she brings a strong consultative mindset with a holistic design perspective to every project.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nandita-kulkarni-bhandarkar-94251a43/
Tabatha Dragonberry is a Learning and Development professional with a varied background both in academia and corporate. She is passionate about helping others who are getting into instructional design as a coach and mentor. She is also a Registered Respiratory Therapist and continues to serve the health care community as the host of The Vent Room Podcast.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tabathadragonberry/
https://www.tabathadragonberryid.com/
Episode Links:
What is Instructional Design? - https://www.td.org/talent-development-glossary-terms/what-is-instructional-design
What is Learning Experience Design? - https://lxd.org/fundamentals-of-learning-experience-design/what-is-learning-experience-design
Six Sigma - https://www.isixsigma.com/new-to-six-sigma/getting-started/what-six-sigma/
EduTok - https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/tiktok-announces-edutok-programme-to-empower-first-time-internet-users-hone-their-soft-skills/articleshow/71631407.cms
5 Whys - https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMC_5W.htm
Just enough learning - https://lostanddesperate.com/2020/09/24/just-enough/
Pet stars - https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81002465
Aaron’s animals - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNo5PGwGmfnEprEUUb9AGgw
Gamification - https://www.gamify.com/what-is-gamification#:~:text=Gamification%20is%20the%20application%20of,the%20characteristics%20of%20game%20elements.&text=Some%20classic%20game%20elements%20are%3B%20Points%2C%20Badges%2C%20and%20Leaderboards.
Learning objectives - https://lostanddesperate.com/2019/09/19/learning-objectives/?utm_source=pocket_mylist
Keeping Up with the Kardashians - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeping_Up_with_the_Kardashians
A call to men - https://www.ted.com/talks/tony_porter_a_call_to_men
Why I’m done trying to be man enough - https://www.ted.com/talks/justin_baldoni_why_i_m_done_trying_to_be_man_enough
Esther Perel - https://www.estherperel.com/
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You can contact Women Talking About Learning through our website, womentalkingaboutlearning.com
We’re on Twitter @WTAL_Podcast
You can buy us a coffee to support Women Talking About Learning via Ko-Fi.
Or you can email us via hello@llarn.com.
Tuesday Jul 20, 2021
Tuesday Jul 20, 2021
Our guests this week are Serena Gonsalves-Fersch and Dr Alaina Szlachta.
Serena is the head of SoftwareONE’s Talent Academy – an initiative focusing on developing and employing the next generation of talent across the world, whilst giving back in education and opportunities to local communities. An accomplished and recognised Learning & Talent Development senior leader, Serena thrives in fast paced and exploratory environments where her creative and intuitive leadership are highly valued. She is a Fellow of the Learning and Performance Institute, and currently also a doctoral candidate at Middlesex University, researching into the future of Learning and the L&D function in technology accelerating organisations. Serena has operated globally and across cultures as head of internal learning functions, a management consultant for external clients, and as a service line lead with client/ revenue responsibility.
Dr. Alaina Szlachta is a learning architect and mission-driven entrepreneur. She founded the company By Design Development Solutions, helping authors and entrepreneurs translate their unique subject matter expertise into consumer learning products that cause positive transformation. With over 12 years of experience in teaching, instructional design, program management, and educational evaluation, Alaina has proudly served industry experts in higher education, diversity and inclusion, finance, victim services, real estate, healthcare, and software development. When Alaina is not building learning products, you can find her renovating houses, taking long walk-and-talks with friends, and working out with her 82-year-old mentor. Connect with Alaina on LinkedIn, Instagram or via her website:
www.Bydesigndevelopmentsolutions.com
Episode Links:
Build vs Buy - https://medium.com/adobetech/when-to-build-vs-buy-enterprise-platform-risks-benefits-and-considerations-fea358449b30
Transfer Success - https://www.td.org/insights/transfer-success-is-manageable-but-how
Work Learning Research -
https://www.worklearning.com/
5 moments of need - https://www.5momentsofneed.com/bob-mosher.htm?utm_source=pocket_mylist
LnD Playbook for the Digital Age - https://www.td.org/books/l-ds-playbook-for-the-digital-age
Consumer behaviour - https://www.omniconvert.com/blog/consumer-behavior-in-marketing-patterns-types-segmentation/
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You can contact Women Talking About Learning through our website, womentalkingaboutlearning.com
We’re on Twitter @WTAL_Podcast
You can buy us a coffee to support Women Talking About Learning via Ko-Fi.
Or you can email us via hello@llarn.com.
Tuesday Jul 13, 2021
Tuesday Jul 13, 2021
Our guests this week are Nicky Hoyland and Emma Roberts.
Nicky Hoyland is CEO and co-founder of Huler she describes herself as a tech, UX and data nerd. What she does have is an unwavering passion for a people first approach to work tech. If you haven’t caught it, her session at the Learning Technology Digital Exchange is an excellent watch.
You can find Nicky on LinkedIn and Twitter:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickyhoyland/
Our second guest is Emma Roberts. Emma is Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Chester and Director of Learning Teaching and Transition. That’s as well as being the Vice Chair of Tydden Mon (Tythen Mon) a charity which has been supporting adults with learning disabilities.
Emma is also on Twitter and LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dremroberts/
Episode Links:
Clap for Carers - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-52143223
Onboarding - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onboarding
Community Development - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_development
Engineering Serendipity - https://www.hbs.edu/ris/Publication%20Files/20-058_39f454e9-bef0-4bed-bfa8-526e90601ade.pdf
https://blog.google/inside-google/life-at-google/hybrid-approach-work/?utm_source=pocket_myl - ist
LTDX - https://app.swapcard.com/event/learningtechnologies/planning/UGxhbm5pbmdfNDk2OTQz
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You can contact Women Talking About Learning through our website, womentalkingaboutlearning.com
We’re on Twitter @WTAL_Podcast
You can buy us a coffee to support Women Talking About Learning via Ko-Fi.
Or you can email us via hello@llarn.com.
Tuesday Jul 06, 2021
Tuesday Jul 06, 2021
Asli Derya is an experienced L&D lead with an extensive knowledge of learning design and digital learning. Asli has been working in L&D in the past 8 years with in-house L&D teams in a number of industries and roles, before landing on the digital learning space. Asli is currently the Learning Design Director at Imperial College Business School.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/asli-derya-assoc-cipd-3b05014a/
Gemma is a learning designer for The Opportunity Group. She has 10 years of experience in L&D and is self taught in the area of Digital learning. Gemma has experience in both facilitating training courses, designing training materials and working with digital learning tools. Gemma has worked mainly in regulated environments dealing with compliance training but has now moved into the world of Apprenticeships and looking at ways we can help people achieve lifelong learning.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gemma-wells21/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gemw21
Homeworking in the UK - https://wiserd.ac.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Homeworking%20in%20the%20UK_Report_Final_3.pdf
Invisible Women - https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/111/1113605/invisible-women/9781784706289.html
WEP Schools reopening -
https://www.womensequality.org.uk/statement_schools_reopening
CIPD Planning for hybrid working - https://www.cipd.co.uk/knowledge/fundamentals/relations/flexible-working/planning-hybrid-working
Managing in a VUCA world - https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/managing-vuca-world.htm
What is SMART working - https://www.actiu.com/en/articles/news/samrtworking-flexibility-in-the-way-of-working/
Job sharing at the executive level - https://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/content/features/job-sharing-at-the-executive-level
Top tips on taking on a job share - https://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/content/features/top-tips-for-taking-on-or-managing-a-job-share
Take up of shared parental leave - https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/take-up-ofshared-parental-leave-last-year-exceptionally-low/
The elearning network - https://elearningnetwork.org/
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You can contact Women Talking About Learning through our website, womentalkingaboutlearning.com
We’re on Twitter @WTAL_Podcast
You can buy us a coffee to support Women Talking About Learning via Ko-Fi.
Or you can email us via hello@llarn.com.
Tuesday Jun 29, 2021
Tuesday Jun 29, 2021
This week’s guests are Ros Stephens and Jo Royce.
Ros is an award-winning lesbian photographer, based in London. She’s been heard on Women's hour, BBC NI, BBC Essex and the East End Women Activists archive at the Bishopsgate Institute. Ros lives with her two kitties, her bass guitar and her bike and loves all aspects of photography.
Jo Royce is a people-curious lover of learning, coaching and creativity. Currently Global Director of Marketing Capabilities @ Unilever, Ros is Women in Advertising and Communications, Leadership member; a coach, mentor, and teaches & learns as much as I can, on the side.
Links
Ros's Photography site https://www.rosalindstephens.com/
The book HELP! https://www.waterstones.com/book/help/oliver-burkeman/9781784709655
Edward Hopper https://www.edwardhopper.net/
Online Calendar tips https://www.calendar.com/blog/advantages-online-calendar/
Kanban https://www.atlassian.com/agile/kanban
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
For many years, Pilar Orti has run her voiceover career in parallel to all her other ventures. She ran a small theatre company for ten years, and then became a trainer, facilitator and consultant. Her voiceover credits include the Spanish voice of the WiiFit and GoJetters' Xuli.
She's now also a podcast host, having been hosting the 21st Century Work Life podcast for Virtual not Distant for five years, and co-hosting My Pocket Psych and Facilitation Stories (IAF England and Wales).
Pilar's now looking into how in-house podcasting can help companies create a sense of community amongst their dispersed employees.
Find out more: https://www.virtualnotdistant.com/ and http://www.adventuresinpodcasting.com/
Katelyn Dawn, as well as being a singer-songwriter who has been performing and recording her own songs since 2004, also has a background in digital media design including web & graphic design and film and has been a freelance designer for years.
Katelyn decided to combine all her interests and dive into a career in voiceover in 2019. She built her recording studio in 2019 and sought out training at Edge Studio who are industry leaders in voiceover training. With over 16 years of experience recording and editing vocals, Katelyn has thousands of hours at the microphone singing and voice acting. Katelyn is interested in narrating eLearning because it is a unique area of voiceover where one can actively help people learn.
Website: https://www.katelyndawnvo.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katelyn-dawn-%F0%9F%8E%99-voice-over-525b521ab/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katelyndawnvo/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/katelyndawnvo
Twitter: https://twitter.com/katelyndawnvo
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-INNeAAS5gGnJkAh4JTglw
Music: https://www.katelyndawnmusic.com/
Episode Links:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1075547018759345
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5132380/
https://theelearningcoach.com/elearning_design/the-art-of-writing-great-voice-over-scripts/
https://www.voicecrafters.com/blog/how-to-format-a-script-for-a-voice-over/
https://womentalkingaboutlearning.com/2021/02/23/the-passion-one/
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You can contact Women Talking About Learning through our website, womentalkingaboutlearning.com
We’re on Twitter @WTAL_Podcast
You can buy us a coffee to support Women Talking About Learning via Ko-Fi. Or you can email us via hello@llarn.com.
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Sarah Ratcliff is passionate about engaging learners to ‘want to learn’. An expert in Virtual Classrooms and awarded Learning Professional of the Year Gold in 2020. Always happy to chatter about learning and helping people maximise their potential.
Twitter: Sarah Ratcliff (@splant33) / Twitter
LinkedIn: Sarah Ratcliff Assoc. CIPD, FLPI | LinkedIn
Website: www.sarahratcliff.com
Janet Webb is a freelance Learning and OD consultant. She helps people to understand what’s going on psychologically, that manifests in helpful or unhelpful behaviour, having been exploring this personally and professionally since 1992.
Email: janet@janetwebbconsulting.co.uk
Website: www.janetwebbconsulting.co.uk
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/janetwebblandod
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jwebbconsulting
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You can contact Women Talking About Learning through our website, womentalkingaboutlearning.com
We’re on Twitter @WTAL_Podcast
You can buy us a coffee to support Women Talking About Learning via Ko-Fi.
Or you can email us via hello@llarn.com.
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
Hooked on learning and passionate about driving business forward, Aimee-Jayne Young is all about helping people make the most of their careers. With a keen interest in performance consulting, learning technology and employee experience, Aimee brings an enthusiastic yet measured point of view on learning and development and where it needs to go for the future. Aimee has experience working in the field of L&D research, HR strategy, learning technologies, professional services, retail and industry and commerce.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aimeejayneyoung
Ellis Taylor is a Consultant Learning Technologist, and co-founder of Pea Consultancy, along with her trusty rescue dog Ernie, and partner Matt. Ellis has been helping businesses in the e-learning sector for the last four years, working with both private enterprises and in education, with particular focus on staff training and upskilling. Her previous clients have included Tier 1 banking institutions and Russell Group universities, as well as much smaller businesses and charity groups. You can contact Ellis on LinkedIn or through peaconsultancy.com
Episode Links:
https://hbr.org/2020/03/the-contagion-we-can-control
https://www.paulekman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Basic-Emotions.pdf
https://ggia.berkeley.edu/practice/three-good-things
https://womentalkingaboutlearning.com/2021/02/23/the-passion-one/
http://sacraparental.com/2016/05/14/everyday-misogyny-122-subtly-sexist-words-women/
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You can contact Women Talking About Learning through our website, womentalkingaboutlearning.com
We’re on Twitter @WTAL_Podcast
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Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
This episode contains clips from the previous 17 episodes that have meant the most to our host, Andrew Jacobs.
The blog post mentioned about International Women's Day is here:
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