Guest: Anja Hartleb-Parson, Data Analytics, and Trainer

In this episode, I'll be chatting with Anja Hartleb-Parson about using data and analytics in workplace learning. We try to break down the data that you want and need for the newbies. 

• She has a passion for creating measurable results.
• She is an Instructional Designer for since last 6 months, and her main focus is on the data part.
• Data analytics and business process improvement in operations and people development.
• Issues should be addressed forthrightly while being empathetic and kind for effective solutions to be discovered.
• She achieved Salesforce Ranger status on the Salesforce training platform in under 8 weeks, beating the industry average.

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Guest: Leslie Marquez, Instructional Designer & eLearning Consultant

In this episode, I'll be chatting with Leslie Marquez. She is a member of the eLearning Freelancer Bootcamp and a freelance instructional designer and eLearning developer. Her business is Inspire Learning Design, and she's noticed quite a few changes in the learning industry when it comes to acquiring and working with new clients during the COVID pandemic.

• Leslie is uniquely qualified to analyze your training needs and design a plan that works for you.
• She is interested in full freelance in the early days.
• She had a 6-month contract project form, which she opt-out from the corporate world and entered into the freelance world.
• She has designed engaging and effective training in many different industries, including healthcare informatics, IT, sales and services enablement, government contracting, and higher education.
• She has many long-term contracts too.
• She is 15 years in the field of learning and...

Guest: Kerri Duncan, Training and Development Specialist

In this episode of the Becoming an IDOL Podcast, I'll be chatting with Kerri Duncan - Training and Development Specialist.

I'll be chatting with Kerri Duncan about her 2020 journey. Getting laid off from her job during the pandemic spurred Kerri to invest in herself and her skills to land her next role as an IDOL. Listen in to hear her story and get tips on how to reskill if you've been laid off.

• A servant leader is adept at identifying and evaluating problem areas.
• She trained 100 new hires in 20 weeks, designed and developed four eLearning modules in 8 weeks, Led 40+ direct reports (Supervisors and Agents) to exceed performance expectations. She maintained a quality score of 95% or higher for over 3 years.
• She took about 6 weeks to land her job and created his portfolio.
• She knows how to build WordPress for herself for her portfolio.
• Have a plan for yourself, and trust your plan.
• Don't underestimate the power of the...

Guest: Veronica Reed, Instructional Designer

In this episode of Becoming an IDOL Podcast, I'll be chatting with Veronica Reed - Instructional Designer.

She will be sharing her experience of being an Instructional Designer. We will be discussing what's her success story and how she become a successful person. We will be talking about her personal life as well as how she became an IDOL.

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In this episode, we discuss how she became successful:

• She worked in corporate for most of her career, so she is familiar with the corporate world and all the nuances that come with it.
• She became interested in Instructional Design because she always gravitated towards the Talent Development side of human resources.
• Once registration opened for the IDOL courses Academy June 2020 cohort, she knew she had to make it happen. During the cohort, she updated her portfolio and...

Guest: Stanislav Nachev, Instructional Designer

In this episode of becoming an IDOL, I'll be chatting with Stanislev Nachev - Instructional designer.

I'll be chatting with Stanislav Nachev, a former K-12 technology and accessibility coach that became an IDOL. Stanislav shares his story and tips on landing a job at LinkedIn Learning through networking on LinkedIn! 

• He spent the last 10 years building his skills and knowledge as an educator, trainer, and facilitator.
• He strives to develop training that is engaging and rooted in how people learn best.
• He started his career as an assistant technology coach.
• He got his dream job in just 3 months after joining IDOL courses Academy.
• His majority of work will go through connecting persons from LinkedIn.

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Guest: Fe'Dricka Moore, Instructional Designer, and e-Learning Developer.

In this episode of Becoming an IDOL, I'll be chatting with Fe'Dricka Moore about her four-year journey of finding her new purpose after quitting her teaching job. We also dive into how it only took Fe'Dricka 4 months from start to finish to become an instructional designer in the IDOL courses Academy.

• In this new role in her professional life as an instructional designer and eLearning developer, she will gladly continue to help people and improve their professional skills.
• She was a teacher before transitioning to instructional design.
• For a brief period, she used to be a Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultant. It also helped her to appreciate more the color pink. 
• She helps workers to onboard, upskill, and reskill their professional responsibilities and tasks.
• She took 4 months to build her portfolio, and then less than a month later, she got a job offer.

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Guest: Lusha Sha, Instructional Designer

In this episode of Becoming an IDOL, I'll be chatting with Lusha Sha - Instructional Designer.

She will be sharing her experience of being an Instructional Designer. We will be discussing her success story and how she became made the transition to instructional design. 

If you are a new listener to become an IDOL, we would love to hear from you. Feel free to email [email protected].

In this episode, we will discuss her success story:

• She started researching IDOL courses from Facebook and other sites and joined the course.
• She fell in love with the eLearning industry during her study at the University of San Francisco four years ago.
• She is also a creative and collaborative person.
• She got 2 job offers: Training specialist Traffic Management and the second one is Learning Experience Designer.
• She works closely with experienced designers and graphic design teams as they are learning on e-learning as to how to build a project....

In this episode of Becoming an IDOL, I'll be chatting with Kristi Oliva - Instructional Designer.

She will be sharing her experience of being an Instructional Designer. We will be talking about how she became an IDOL while managing as a single mom. 

If you are a new listener to become an IDOL, we would love to hear from you. Feel free to email [email protected].

In this episode, we discuss:

• Kristi discovered instructional design entirely by accident.
• Her IDOL role in the Academy was about 7 months.
• She had one interview with the recruiter that lasted about 30 minutes and then a panel interview about an hour with the team.
• About two weeks later, she got the call from the recruiter with the job offer! She was over the moon thrilled that she had got the job.
• Kristi transitioned from a full-time teacher to a full-time corporate IDOL.
• She loves prototyping and showing their clients what she will be building for them.
• She is passionate about loyalty and...

Guest: Dr. Jiani Wu, Teacher Career Coach

In this episode of Becoming an IDOL Podcast, I'll be chatting with Dr. Jiani Wu - Learning Scientist and Instructional Designer.

She will be sharing her experience of being a Learning Scientist and Instructional Designer. We will discuss micro personalization, what it looks like, and how newbies can apply it? Her answers might inspire you.

• To learn language apps of different levels with different content (Grammer, Voculabury, 2-minute video).
• When all the micro-learning projects are over, it will turn into a big client-based project.
• Whenever you complete micro-learning units, you can get a few points, and then you will earn a badge.
• Micro-learning is a living map.
• Also, adaptive learning is the next stage of Micro-Learning.
• Adaptive learning is a lot of data crating.

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My goal is to share the lessons I learned and how I managed my time while working a full-time job along with several side jobs and a family.  It’s not a one size fits all approach by any means.  

• Prioritize your time and figure out your WHY.

I knew when I signed up for the IDOL courses Academy, the time would fly by quickly.  But I didn’t realize how much I needed to prioritize my time in the Academy. My schedule was already jammed packed before I started the cohort, and trying to figure out how to fit it all in was a challenge.

I needed to focus on WHY I joined the IDOL courses Academy. For me,...