The BLOC Podcast

In this episode, I talked to Sarah Cannistra about L&D Leadership.

Sarah Cannistra is an L&D career coach and modern learning leader and consultant. Through her company, The Overnight Trainer, Sarah …

In this episode, I talk to Dr. Julia Huprich, Editor-in-Chief of Learning Science Weekly, about how we can avoid L&D fads or trends and focus on what really matters in the field. 

Julia Huprich is the…

In this episode, I talk to Mark Hoffman about user experience (UX) design, which is closely tied to learning design and why Mark, an instructional designer, has decided to take this career side step.…

In this solo episode, I talk about a couple of ways we can add value to our organization as an L&D department - by collaborating with our SMEs and stakeholders so that they understand the time and ef…

On this episode, Cara North is BACK! We chat about the recent videos she's published to her Unfiltered ID YouTube channel, FREE L&D organizations you can join, and how you can move into the field of …

In this episode of the BLOC, I celebrate the 25th episode by playing the intro to every guest interview of the BLOC we've had so far. 

In order of their appearance, you'll hear from:

• Eamonn Powers
• Dr. L…

In this episode, I chat with Margaret Boersma about emotional intelligence.

Margaret Boersma, OCT is an educational consultant, trainer, speaker with proficiency in Emotional Intelligence. Her career…

In this episode, I talk to Jonah Goldstein about the cool projects he gets to work on at 360Learning, from the CLO Connect leadership interview series to programs for new leaders and ways to get ever…

In this episode, I talk to Matt Gjertsen of Better Every Day Studios about how he helps small companies scale great learning experiences and how learning for behavior change is better than throwing i…

In this solo episode, I talk about how the learning and development function at an organization can help to contribute to employee engagement. We typically think of employee engagement in terms of ho…

In this episode, I talk to voiceover artist, Monique Danielle, on why you should hire professional voiceover artists for your learning projects whenever possible. She also shares tips for amateur voi…

In this episode, I talk to Dr. Dawn DiPeri about how she combines graphic and instructional design to run her co-owned small business, East End Advertising. She gives great tips on graphic design for…

In this episode, I chat with Kate Udalova about her amazing new product, 7taps! We talk about how she came up with the idea, some of the great features, and a new 7taps course creation contest she is…

In this solo episode, I briefly introduce the idea of empathic design to create a learner persona to best help learning and development professionals understand their learners' needs.

First, I briefl…

In this solo episode, I give five basic tips for leveraging your LinkedIn profile as well as a couple of more advanced tips for LinkedIn users. I think LinkedIn is a powerful, professional social med…

In this episode, I chat with Sara Stevick, who is an instructional designer and the founder and president of Teaching: A Path to Learning & Development (TPLD) (formerly known asThe Next Step: Life Af…

In this episode, I chat with my former manager, Jenifer Johnson, about organizational development (OD) (or, as I like to call it, instructional design's cousin) and how OD can transform your organiza…

In this episode, I start by answering the question I ask all my guests, "Tell  me a little bit about your career path and how you got into L&D."

Then, I reflect on this year and share one of my favor…

In this episode, Leslie and I talk about some of the controversial thoughts and ideas educators and IDs bring to the table: including pedagogy versus andragogy, where learning objectives belong, and …

In this episode, I talk to Alex Mitts about our shared undergraduate backgrounds in English Literature and our affinity for the arts and how that has shaped who we are as instructional designers. Ale…