Elearning Scenario Design Podcast

THE SCENARIO SECRETS PODCAST I love transformation stories... and with good reason, they make amazing experiences for us. And guess what, they can be amazing learning tools for our audience, IF we do transformation right.  Sidenote: The movie whose title I could not remember is Free Guy!! Go see it.  To learn more Interactive Storytelling: https://scenariosecrets.com/ To talk about joining my coaching program: https://calendly.com/elearningsecrets/45m-call ABOUT:  Anna Sabramowicz is an instructional designer and coach. She fell into the profession after losing her last year of university funding to be a chemistry and english teacher. She’s worked and consulted in both academia and corporate environments for over a decade. Stakeholders include adidas, Thomas & Betts, Sony, Michelin, Rubbermaid, Emerson, VIHA, RRC, Queen’s University, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Save the Children, Norwegian Refugee Council, and the Tanzanian Government. She runs a coaching program with her partner, Ryan Martin. It hel

THE SCENARIO SECRETS PODCAST There are essential ingredients to crafting a great story. There are elements that you can be loosey goosey on, not do so well and still create an OK story for your learners. But this one piece... this is one of the most important things to get right: transformation.  Here I dig deep into why I think it matters, what it can do for your learner, how it can enhance their buy-in, how I think it increases how persuasive and emotionally engaging your story is and much more. Enjoy! "Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today." - Robert McKee  To learn more Interactive Storytelling: https://scenariosecrets.com/ ABOUT:  Anna Sabramowicz is an instructional designer and coach. She fell into the profession after losing her last year of university funding to be a chemistry and english teacher. She’s worked and consulted in both academia and corporate environments for over a decade. Stakeholders include adidas, Thomas & Betts, Sony, Michelin, Rubbermaid, Emers

THE SCENARIO SECRETS PODCAST I had a great convo with Rued Riis, "the Vyond guy" as we lovingly call him in the L&D world... and I had a couple of aha moments around the use of storyboards. The conversation really solidified in my mind that a storyboard has a place, but to be honest, it is relegated to the back seat (and probably used if your focus is dressing up content, not actually sharing a meaningful story)...different strategy/tool for different outcomes. Enjoy! "Everyone thinks the dream lives in the destination...but that's not the case. The dream lives in the activities that you do today." - Brendon Burchard To learn more Interactive Storytelling: https://scenariosecrets.com/ To talk about joining my coaching program: https://calendly.com/elearningsecrets/45m-call ABOUT:  Anna Sabramowicz is an instructional designer and coach. She fell into the profession after losing her last year of university funding to be a chemistry and english teacher. She’s worked and consulted in both academia and corpor

In this episode I talk to Alexander Salas. He's an instructional systems developer and eLearning designer with 14 years of experience specializing in the blend of learning technologies and gamification for performance outcomes. Since 2007, Alex has worked in every facet of corporate learning and performance enablement for Fortune 100 enterprises such as Philips, Centene Corporation and Dell Technologies. He’s the owner of StyleLearn, an eLearning design firm helping clients of all sizes. He’s also the Chief of Awesomeness at eLearning Launch, the online academy for digital learning professionals. Question Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 02:14 Were there skills that you have developed over the years that you wish you had when you first started? 07:01 What is ADDIE, really? 12:01 How has your development process evolved over the years? 23:36 How do you pitch ideas to stakeholders not ready to hear them? How do you overcome resistance? 32:08 What it means to be an instructional designer today. 35:29 Gamification,

Getting attached to one kind of solution, or one kind of mindset, something I call being a "purist", will hurt you, will hurt how creative you are in your solutions. I had fallen into this trap, and realised that through more exploration and deep conversation with people practicing a different "purism" I might augment my own practice with their approach.  THE SCENARIO SECRETS PODCAST Sometimes you just gotta go back to the roots. That’s what I did in this episode.. How I got started with instructional design, why scenarios resonated so much with me and all the wacky adventures along the way.  This is episode one of 6 that gets into the roots of my freelancing career, how and why I created Broken Co-Worker, and continue to evolve my Narrative Scenario Design practice. The biggest goal is to help you overcome some of your limiting beliefs about what can and can’t be done…how creative you can be, how proud you can be of the work you love. Honestly, if this immigrant kid can, so can you.  "Everyone thinks the dre

THE SCENARIO SECRETS PODCAST In this episode I reflect on mentorship in the Zoom age and how to facilitate this (or rather the difficulty of doing so) as a remote worker. I also reflect on the lessons I've learned from coaching my students, some common pitfalls, and my thoughts on communities of practice. "Everyone thinks the dream lives in the destination...but that's not the case. The dream lives in the activities that you do today." - Brendon Burchard To learn more Interactive Storytelling: https://scenariosecrets.com/ To talk about joining my coaching program: https://calendly.com/elearningsecrets/45m-call ABOUT:  Anna Sabramowicz is an instructional designer and coach. She fell into the profession after losing her last year of university funding to be a chemistry and english teacher. She’s worked and consulted in both academia and corporate environments for over a decade. Stakeholders include adidas, Thomas & Betts, Sony, Michelin, Rubbermaid, Emerson, VIHA, RRC, Queen’s University, Harvard Humanitar

Most of my worst projects happened when I was trying to be too creative. When I was trying to reinvent every single aspect of development... starting from a blank page. Over time I learned there are ways to be creative, and deliver an outstanding product while placing massive constraints. I want to share that strategy with you today.   To learn more Interactive Storytelling: https://scenariosecrets.com/ To talk about joining my coaching program: https://calendly.com/elearningsecrets/45m-call ABOUT:  Anna Sabramowicz is an instructional designer and coach. She fell into the profession after losing her last year of university funding to be a chemistry and english teacher. She’s worked and consulted in both academia and corporate environments for over a decade. Stakeholders include adidas, Thomas & Betts, Sony, Michelin, Rubbermaid, Emerson, VIHA, RRC, Queen’s University, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Save the Children, Norwegian Refugee Council, and the Tanzanian Government. She runs a coaching prog

Have you had a habit that held you back from living your best life? I know I sound like a life coach here, but discovering this one limiting mind habit has been a huge aha for me. I sometimes wish I could go back in time and change things. What I said. What I did. But now I realize that all this was a result of what I thought. About myself, about the situation, about limitations... and I brought that with me everywhere I went.   Your reality will reflect what you believe and expect. Want to change how your creative projects work out? Change what you believe about how they'll turn out first. Easy to say. More difficult to do.   Now this aha came slowly. But it became clear that I was not the only one holding this limiting thought habit after I worked with my coaching clients. I found some people had all the luck with clients, all the creative freedom... while others struggled to get an inch.   I discuss this and great examples in this episode. Hope you find it useful! Until next time my lovely

In this episode I talk to Austin Welch. His learning films have earned three Brandon Hall Awards and he’s spoken about the emerging role of media and learning at the International Association of Food Protection, ATD, and TEDx. As a Kirkpatrick Certified Professional, Austin is always looking for ways to create emotionally intelligent training films that lead to measurable behavior change.   Question Timestamps:  01:31 What are inductive learning experiences? 05:02 How do you overcome stakeholders that want to spoonfeed learners information (in case they miss the point)? 08:38 Why is video your favorite medium? 13:48 Why are endings the hardest part of crafting a good story? 18:51 Framework on how to get started on your first story in L&D? 24:46 How does emotion mix or influence learning? 37:28 Corporate Mythology? What? 44:00 The Clarify Session as a tool to discover the Mythos 46:35 Design Thinking and Storytelling? How do these things go together? 54:24 Divergent and Convergent thinking... strategies to

In this episode I share two powerful experiences that introduced me to scenarios and interactive storytelling. One was from Allen Interactions GANGS: PATROL E-LEARNING and the other was Connect With Haji Kamal from Kinection Studios.  I also discussed Kolb’s Learning Cycle… how I think it beautifully fits with this style of learning. Check it out, I think you'll love the thinking behind it. It's a game changer. Finally, I discuss the strategies you can use to convince stakeholders to embrace these new ideas.  To learn more Interactive Storytelling: https://scenariosecrets.com/ To talk about joining my coaching program: https://calendly.com/elearningsecrets/45m-call ABOUT:  Anna Sabramowicz is an instructional designer and coach. She fell into the profession after losing her last year of university funding to be a chemistry and english teacher. She’s worked and consulted in both academia and corporate environments for over a decade. Stakeholders include adidas, Thomas & Betts, Sony, Michelin, Rubbermaid, E

THE SCENARIO SECRETS PODCAST Sometimes you just gotta go back to the roots. That’s what I did in this episode.. How I got started with instructional design, why scenarios resonated so much with me and all the wacky adventures along the way.  This is episode one of 6 that gets into the roots of my freelancing career, how and why I created Broken Co-Worker, and continue to evolve my Narrative Scenario Design practice. The biggest goal is to help you overcome some of your limiting beliefs about what can and can’t be done…how creative you can be, how proud you can be of the work you love. Honestly, if this immigrant kid can, so can you.  "Everyone thinks the dream lives in the destination...but that's not the case. The dream lives in the activities that you do today." - Brendon Burchard To learn more Interactive Storytelling: https://scenariosecrets.com/ To talk about joining my coaching program: https://calendly.com/elearningsecrets/45m-call ABOUT:  Anna Sabramowicz is an instructional designer and coach. She fe

Learn more about Dennis' work: https://precisionhealthcareecosystem.org/ Link to interactive experience "Michelle's' Story" : https://360.articulate.com/review/content/094a1ac6-614d-464e-8d1f-fe6b4e4836a5/review  

Ready to get help? https://www.elearningsecrets.com/apply  Interactive Stories Featured in this Episode: https://www.brokencoworker.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anna-sabramowicz-podcast/message

Ready to get help? https://www.elearningsecrets.com/apply For the visuals go to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLsSFZ5O6RIKaZHD37oKlwQ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anna-sabramowicz-podcast/message

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