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People with goals are 10 times more likely to succeed. That’s the kind of momentum I want as I head into 2025.
I've worked with others to set goals for years. I've coached people through career transitions. And I've led project teams with a specific goal in mind so I know how important a goal can be.
In this episode, I’m bringing you some recommendations for setting better goals so you can gain that momentum as you set out to achieve the things you want in 2025.
▶️ Setting Values-Based Goals for 2025
▶️ Key Points:
00:58 The impact of setting goals
02:17 What to do before you start setting goals
08:25 How to set your goals for 2025
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Learning for Good is the podcast for nonprofit leaders seeking practical L&D solutions. Hosted by Heather, an experienced consultant, we dive into leadership development, instructional design, change management, and staff management strategies tailored to nonprofit organizations.
Discover how to implement impactful learning solutions, foster belonging, and influence senior leaders. Each episode provides the tools you need to confidently navigate high-level conversations and drive meaningful change within your organization.
Let’s create lasting impact through innovative L&D solutions!
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The number one priority for HR leaders in 2025 is leader and manager development and yet, only 36% of organizations with leadership development programs think they work. Organizations are spending money and prioritizing leadership development but they aren't seeing the results.
So what’s missing?
New manager expert, Eric Girard is joining me on this episode to share two essential skills your people managers need, but probably don’t have.
▶️ Two Skills Your People Managers Need But Probably Don't Have with Eric Girard
▶️ Key Points:
04:27 Eric’s journey to new manager development
07:48 The challenge new managers face
10:37 Leading with empathy
13:16 How to invest in your people managers
15:25 If you can only develop two skills, focus on these
17:37 The value of coaching
Resources from this episode:
Lead Like a Pro: The Essential Guide for New Managers by Eric Girard
The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever by Michael Bungay Stanier
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Podcast: Management Development Unlocked
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Learning for Good is the podcast for nonprofit leaders seeking practical L&D solutions. Hosted by Heather, an experienced consultant, we dive into leadership development, instructional design, change management, and staff management strategies tailored to nonprofit organizations.
Discover how to implement impactful learning solutions, foster belonging, and influence senior leaders. Each episode provides the tools you need to confidently navigate high-level conversations and drive meaningful change within your organization.
Let’s create lasting impact through innovative L&D solutions!
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Stories help us learn and engage us on an emotional level. But one of the more challenging parts of using stories is finding the right visuals to go with them. That’s where AI comes in.
I personally have not used AI to create visual stories, that’s why I invited Dr. Nicholas Leonard to be my guest. Nicholas’s passion is at the intersection of AI and learning and on this episode, he’s sharing how to use AI to create persuasive, visual stories in our training.
▶️ Using AI to Create Persuasive, Visual Stories for Your Training with Nicholas Leonard
▶️ Key Points:
03:05 Nicholas’s career journey - combining art, education, technology, and corporate learning
08:09 How visual stories support learning
11:15 Using AI to find the right visuals for your training
15:59 Four steps to create training visuals with AI
24:53 Considerations before using AI to create visuals
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Learning for Good is the podcast for nonprofit leaders seeking practical L&D solutions. Hosted by Heather, an experienced consultant, we dive into leadership development, instructional design, change management, and staff management strategies tailored to nonprofit organizations.
Discover how to implement impactful learning solutions, foster belonging, and influence senior leaders. Each episode provides the tools you need to confidently navigate high-level conversations and drive meaningful change within your organization.
Let’s create lasting impact through innovative L&D solutions!
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Peer learning is a great technique to use in your training programs because it encourages active participation and networking, ensures diverse perspectives are shared and considered, encourages social and collaborative skills, and so much more.
That’s why on this episode, I’m sharing five ways you can incorporate peer learning into your nonprofit's learning strategy.
▶️ 5 Ways to Incorporate Peer Learning into Your Nonprofit's Learning Strategy
▶️ Key Points:
00:58 Should you add peer learning to your training programs?
03:01 The benefits of peer learning
04:16 Five ways you can incorporate peer learning into your nonprofit's learning strategy
Resources from this episode:
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Learning for Good is the podcast for nonprofit leaders seeking practical L&D solutions. Hosted by Heather, an experienced consultant, we dive into leadership development, instructional design, change management, and staff management strategies tailored to nonprofit organizations.
Discover how to implement impactful learning solutions, foster belonging, and influence senior leaders. Each episode provides the tools you need to confidently navigate high-level conversations and drive meaningful change within your organization.
Let’s create lasting impact through innovative L&D solutions!
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Providing off-the-shelf courses is a common approach to training and development. But one of the limitations is the lack of context which is often needed to make the training relevant and meaningful.
When I heard about Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston and how they were combining off-the-shelf courses with more contextualized learning, I knew I wanted to bring this case study to you.
Is it possible to combine off-the-shelf learning with tailored content? That’s what we’re exploring in this episode with Alberto Garcia, a rising L&D professional.
▶️ Developing Your People Managers with Off-the-Shelf Courses + Customized Conversations. An Inside Look at One Nonprofit's Approach with Alberto Garcia
▶️ Key Points:
02:59 Alberto’s career - from teaching high school history to human resource development
05:39 Learning and Development at Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston
08:39 Developing people managers with off-the-shelf training
10:29 Identifying the needs of your people managers
15:22 Tailoring off-the-shelf training to your people managers
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Website: imgh.org
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Learning for Good is the podcast for nonprofit leaders seeking practical L&D solutions. Hosted by Heather, an experienced consultant, we dive into leadership development, instructional design, change management, and staff management strategies tailored to nonprofit organizations.
Discover how to implement impactful learning solutions, foster belonging, and influence senior leaders. Each episode provides the tools you need to confidently navigate high-level conversations and drive meaningful change within your organization.
Let’s create lasting impact through innovative L&D solutions!
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Working with subject matter experts can be a great experience, but it can also be challenging. They don't always understand Learning and Development, they may have competing priorities that take them away from your project, and sometimes they think that they don't really need you.
That’s why, in this episode, I’m sharing how you can turn your subject matter expert into your biggest asset.
▶️ Turn Your Subject Matter Expert into Your Biggest Asset with This Approach
▶️ Key Points:
00:58 The challenges of working with a subject matter expert in L&D
02:36 Navigating relationships with subject matter experts
03:42 3 Ways to make working with your subject matter experts a success
Resources from this episode:
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Learning for Good is the podcast for nonprofit leaders seeking practical L&D solutions. Hosted by Heather, an experienced consultant, we dive into leadership development, instructional design, change management, and staff management strategies tailored to nonprofit organizations.
Discover how to implement impactful learning solutions, foster belonging, and influence senior leaders. Each episode provides the tools you need to confidently navigate high-level conversations and drive meaningful change within your organization.
Let’s create lasting impact through innovative L&D solutions!
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Is training a change project? My vote is almost always YES. Training is often either being used to drive a change or it's being offered as the result of a change.
Why does that matter?
70% of organizational changes fail and L&D has a role to play in this. That’s why in this episode I’m exploring how we, as L&D, can use change management principles to improve the chances of success in training and organizational change.
Episode 104: You Need Social Influence to Achieve Behavior Change. Here's How to Create It. Episode 84: Why Change Initiatives Fail? Should L&D Be Involved in Change Management?Episode 31: Staff Not Ready to Change? This One Practice Creates Buy-In for Staff Development
▶️ How to Use Change Management Principles to Improve Training Project Success
▶️ Key Points:
00:58 Training as a change project
02:52 Change management principles
03:58 Translating change management principles to L&D
Resources from this episode:
Take a look at my past episodes on individual and organizational change:
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Learning for Good is the podcast for nonprofit leaders seeking practical L&D solutions. Hosted by Heather, an experienced consultant, we dive into leadership development, instructional design, change management, and staff management strategies tailored to nonprofit organizations.
Discover how to implement impactful learning solutions, foster belonging, and influence senior leaders. Each episode provides the tools you need to confidently navigate high-level conversations and drive meaningful change within your organization.
Let’s create lasting impact through innovative L&D solutions!
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Most people form a first impression in just a tenth of a second, and there’s no second chances. So, what is your nonprofit's first impression? When you hire a new staff person, what do they think or feel? It's worth asking the question, and it's worth investing in making that first impression a good one.
That’s why, on today’s episode, I‘m sharing three practical ways you can improve your nonprofit's onboarding process and create a great first impression.
▶️ Three Practical Tips to Improve Your Nonprofit's Onboarding Process
▶️ Key Points:
00:58 Creating a great first impression with your onboarding process
02:20 Why a good onboarding process is so important
02:58 Three tips to improve your nonprofit’s onboarding process
Resources from this episode:
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Learning for Good is the podcast for nonprofit leaders seeking practical L&D solutions. Hosted by Heather, an experienced consultant, we dive into leadership development, instructional design, change management, and staff management strategies tailored to nonprofit organizations.
Discover how to implement impactful learning solutions, foster belonging, and influence senior leaders. Each episode provides the tools you need to confidently navigate high-level conversations and drive meaningful change within your organization.
Let’s create lasting impact through innovative L&D solutions!
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50% of leaders will fail. Even those who were once successful often eventually fail. Leadership failure comes with significant cost. You have to recruit, hire, and onboard a new leader and employees may have left or stopped performing under the old leader.
So why do leaders fail? And how can we in L&D support them so they don't? That’s what we’re exploring in this episode.
▶️ Want Better Leaders? Five Ways to Get Them.
▶️ Key Points:
00:58 Leadership failure
02:10 Why leaders fail
02:30 5 Things nonprofits can do to support their leaders’ success
Resources from this episode:
Well-being Episodes:
▶️ Episode 80: How to Add Well-Being to Your People Strategy
▶️ Episode 67: A Well-Being Approach to Leadership Development
▶️ Episode 38: Dealing with Corporate Burnout? One Easy Way to Manage Stress as a Nonprofit Leader with Jessie Pagliari
▶️ Episode 30: Why Well-Being Is The Secret Sauce to Change Management with Mandy Sharp Eizinger
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Learning for Good is the podcast for nonprofit leaders seeking practical L&D solutions. Hosted by Heather, an experienced consultant, we dive into leadership development, instructional design, change management, and staff management strategies tailored to nonprofit organizations.
Discover how to implement impactful learning solutions, foster belonging, and influence senior leaders. Each episode provides the tools you need to confidently navigate high-level conversations and drive meaningful change within your organization.
Let’s create lasting impact through innovative L&D solutions!
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70% of organizational changes fail. I feel strongly that almost every training project is a change project. So, how do we successfully facilitate change?
One essential element is social influence.
We have to create the environment and the relationships to help our audience create and sustain the change. But how do we do that? I'm sharing five ways to use social influence to facilitate behavior change in this episode.
▶️ You Need Social Influence to Achieve Behavior Change. Here's How to Create It.
▶️ Key Points:
00:58 Why most changes fail
03:00 Getting clear on the change you are trying to make
04:09 5 Ways to use social influence to facilitate behavior change
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Learning for Good is the podcast for nonprofit leaders seeking practical L&D solutions. Hosted by Heather, an experienced consultant, we dive into leadership development, instructional design, change management, and staff management strategies tailored to nonprofit organizations.
Discover how to implement impactful learning solutions, foster belonging, and influence senior leaders. Each episode provides the tools you need to confidently navigate high-level conversations and drive meaningful change within your organization.
Let’s create lasting impact through innovative L&D solutions!
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I often hear from nonprofit L&D leaders about the challenges they face with constrained budgets. And I feel their pain. I know so many of you are working with small teams and few resources. But leadership development activities don’t have to be expensive and you don’t have to let a constrained budget keep you from developing your leaders.
That’s why, on this episode, I’m sharing five low to no cost ideas for leadership development.
▶️ Five Low Cost Leadership Development Activities
▶️ Key Points:
00:58 The cycle of learning
03:16 Training on a budget
05:16 Five easy low to no cost leadership development activities
Resources from this episode:
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Learning for Good is the podcast for nonprofit leaders seeking practical L&D solutions. Hosted by Heather, an experienced consultant, we dive into leadership development, instructional design, change management, and staff management strategies tailored to nonprofit organizations.
Discover how to implement impactful learning solutions, foster belonging, and influence senior leaders. Each episode provides the tools you need to confidently navigate high-level conversations and drive meaningful change within your organization.
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You spend months working hard on a training only to launch it and hear crickets. If you can't mandate people take that training, what do you do?
Liz Wilcox’s email marketing membershipAmy PorterfieldThe Lead Magnets PodcastThe HubSpot AcademyJulie’s Brand Strategy Online Course
This is where marketing comes in.
Marketing is a pretty different skill set than what most L&D teams have. And your marketing team may not have the capacity to support you with each new training. That’s why nonprofit L&D teams need email marketing.
That’s what we’re exploring in this episode with marketing expert Julie Nichols.
▶️ Your L&D Team Needs Email Marketing. Expert Julie Nichols Shares Where to Start.
▶️ Key Points:
00:58 Why L&D teams need email marketing
07:20 The value of email marketing for L&D
10:53 How your L&D team can get started with email marketing
15:21 How to impact your target audience
18:29 Email marketing resources for L&D teams
Resources from this episode:
The marketing resources Julie recommends:
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Learning for Good is the podcast for nonprofit leaders seeking practical L&D solutions. Hosted by Heather, an experienced consultant, we dive into leadership development, instructional design, change management, and staff management strategies tailored to nonprofit organizations.
Discover how to implement impactful learning solutions, foster belonging, and influence senior leaders. Each episode provides the tools you need to confidently navigate high-level conversations and drive meaningful change within your organization.
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I see a lot of L&D job descriptions and they usually include things like communication skills, project management skills, knowledge of learning design principles, and more. And while these are skills that you certainly do use as an L&D pro, what actually helps you hit the ground running?
In this episode, I’m sharing three not-so-obvious skills or characteristics that actually make people successful in L&D roles.
▶️ Hiring in L&D? Three Things to Look for in Your Next Job Candidate
▶️ Key Points:
02:25 Typical L&D job descriptions
03:15 Three characteristics that make people successful in L&D roles
08:23 How to discover these characteristics in the interview process
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Learning for Good is the podcast for nonprofit leaders seeking practical L&D solutions. Hosted by Heather, an experienced consultant, we dive into leadership development, instructional design, change management, and staff management strategies tailored to nonprofit organizations.
Discover how to implement impactful learning solutions, foster belonging, and influence senior leaders. Each episode provides the tools you need to confidently navigate high-level conversations and drive meaningful change within your organization.
Let’s create lasting impact through innovative L&D solutions!
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On today’s episode, I want us to look to the future of L&D.
However, I don't only want to talk about the future of L&D from an L&D lens; I want us to be holistic and well-rounded and hear from a diversity of perspectives. That’s why I’ve invited some of my favorite L&D and L&D adjacent thought leaders to join me to talk about what they hope for the future of L&D.
We’re sharing valuable insights, actionable strategies, and innovative ideas for the future of workplace learning.
▶️ 5 Experts Weigh In on the Future of L&D
▶️ Key Points:
10:53 Using technology and AI to optimize L&D workflows and personalize the learning experience
17:47 How L&D will grow as Gen Z and Gen Alpha continue to come into the workforce
24:06 Becoming a strategic partner
25:20 Making learning more inclusive
27:04 Personalized coaching with context
28:38 The importance of having a learning leader in the C suite
30:03 Well-being as a competency, not just a buzzword
35:17 Focusing on behavior change in community with each other
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Kim Davis: LinkedIn
Chloe Chen: LinkedIn
Dave Allman: LinkedIn
Darren McKee: LinkedIn
Lotus Buckner: LinkedIn
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Learning for Good is the podcast for nonprofit leaders seeking practical L&D solutions. Hosted by Heather, an experienced consultant, we dive into leadership development, instructional design, change management, and staff management strategies tailored to nonprofit organizations.
Discover how to implement impactful learning solutions, foster belonging, and influence senior leaders. Each episode provides the tools you need to confidently navigate high-level conversations and drive meaningful change within your organization.
Let’s create lasting impact through innovative L&D solutions!
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Fantasy football is an $11 billion business with 29.2 million people playing in the US alone in 2022.
So what’s the appeal?
It's our job to look at what fantasy football is doing well and determine what we can steal to make our training more effective. In today’s episode, I’m exploring the four things L&D can steal from fantasy football to improve our training.
▶️ What Corporate Training Can Steal from Fantasy Football
▶️ Key Points:
00:58 The appeal of fantasy football
04:09 4 Things L&D can steal from fantasy football to improve our training
Resources from this episode:
Episode on blended learning:
▶️ Episode 97: 5 Reasons Blended Learning is Effective for Staff Development
Episodes on making training fun:
▶️ Episode 63: 4 Ways to Use Humor and Storytelling in Your Nonprofit Training
▶️ Episode 36: How Nonprofit Learning and Development Leaders Can Use Play to Create Organizational Change with Acey Holmes
▶️ Episode 07: Do THIS and You Will Never Have a Boring Virtual Training Again with Melissa Dinwiddie
▶️ Episode 05: Three Must-Haves in Any Virtual Training
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Learning for Good is the podcast for nonprofit leaders seeking practical L&D solutions. Hosted by Heather, an experienced consultant, we dive into leadership development, instructional design, change management, and staff management strategies tailored to nonprofit organizations.
Discover how to implement impactful learning solutions, foster belonging, and influence senior leaders. Each episode provides the tools you need to confidently navigate high-level conversations and drive meaningful change within your organization.
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Is generative AI your L&D thought partner?
I've used ChatGPT for this podcast, for LinkedIn posts, for training, and more. And while I don't yet rely on it daily, it's becoming a better partner for me, because I'm getting better at using it.
I love the idea of helping L&D pros like us make generative AI our thought partner, that’s why today’s guest, Valerie Ehrlich, is sharing four ways you can leverage AI to enhance your strategic role in your nonprofit.
▶️ Making Generative AI Your L&D Thought Partner with Valerie Ehrlich
▶️ Key Points:
04:13 Changing mindsets around generative AI
08:23 What is generative AI?
10:14 Four ways you can leverage AI to enhance your strategic role in your nonprofit
17:11 The security and ethical considerations of using generative AI
22:19 Experimenting with generative AI
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Website: missionbloom.co
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Learning for Good is the podcast for nonprofit leaders seeking practical L&D solutions. Hosted by Heather, an experienced consultant, we dive into leadership development, instructional design, change management, and staff management strategies tailored to nonprofit organizations.
Discover how to implement impactful learning solutions, foster belonging, and influence senior leaders. Each episode provides the tools you need to confidently navigate high-level conversations and drive meaningful change within your organization.
Let’s create lasting impact through innovative L&D solutions!
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I'm a big fan of blended learning…
I like being able to have learners spend some time inside a virtual or in-person classroom, but I also like them to spend time learning independently or in groups outside the classroom.
Blended learning is a great approach to people development. In this episode, I’m sharing 5 reasons why.
▶️ 5 Reasons Blended Learning is a Good Strategy for Staff Development
▶️ Key Points:
00:58 Why blended learning aligns with adult learning needs
02:51 5 Reasons why blended learning is effective for staff development
08:53 Is blended learning always the right choice?
Resources from this episode:
Get the Learning for Good Playbook HERE.
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Learning for Good is the podcast for nonprofit leaders seeking practical L&D solutions. Hosted by Heather, an experienced consultant, we dive into leadership development, instructional design, change management, and staff management strategies tailored to nonprofit organizations.
Discover how to implement impactful learning solutions, foster belonging, and influence senior leaders. Each episode provides the tools you need to confidently navigate high-level conversations and drive meaningful change within your organization.
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We often reach for storytelling in our nonprofit training and it’s easy to understand why. Stories evoke emotion, help us connect with each other, and help us learn.
But, there is a wrong and right way to tell a story.
On this episode, Diana Farias Heinrich is sharing her ethical storytelling framework with us so we can tell stories the right way and prevent harm.
As the CEO of Habra Marketing, Diana helps nonprofits use ethical communication strategies and marketing to raise more money.
▶️ STOP Using Stories in Training...Unless You're Using This Framework with Diana Farias Heinrich
▶️ Key Points:
03:59 The importance of stories and how they help us learn
09:50 Telling stories with care
14:20 A framework for ethical storytelling
Resources from this episode:
The Ethical Nonprofit Summit: https://events.ringcentral.com/events/the-ethical-nonprofit-summit/registration
Join the Nonprofit Learning and Development Collective: https://www.skillmastersmarket.com/nonprofit-learning-and-development-collective
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Learning for Good is the podcast for nonprofit leaders seeking practical L&D solutions. Hosted by Heather, an experienced consultant, we dive into leadership development, instructional design, change management, and staff management strategies tailored to nonprofit organizations.
Discover how to implement impactful learning solutions, foster belonging, and influence senior leaders. Each episode provides the tools you need to confidently navigate high-level conversations and drive meaningful change within your organization.
Let’s create lasting impact through innovative L&D solutions!
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I start every new training project with a sense of hope and excitement. I'm ready to build a lasting relationship with my client and I feel ready because I have a proven plan for my project kickoff. I'm not reinventing it every time I have a new project.
On today’s episode, I want to share that plan with you.
Whether you're a consultant or currently working inside an organization, this approach should work for you. And hopefully, you'll feel excited and hopeful about your projects when you use it.
▶️ 5 Things to Include in Your Training Project Kickoff
▶️ Key Points:
00:58 Starting a new training project with excitement
02:40 5 Things to include in your nonprofit training project kickoff
Resources from this episode:
Join the Nonprofit Learning and Development Collective: https://www.skillmastersmarket.com/nonprofit-learning-and-development-collective
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Linkedin: Heather Burright
Website: skillmastersmarket.com
Book an interest call with Heather here.--
Learning for Good is the podcast for nonprofit leaders seeking practical L&D solutions. Hosted by Heather, an experienced consultant, we dive into leadership development, instructional design, change management, and staff management strategies tailored to nonprofit organizations.
Discover how to implement impactful learning solutions, foster belonging, and influence senior leaders. Each episode provides the tools you need to confidently navigate high-level conversations and drive meaningful change within your organization.
Let’s create lasting impact through innovative L&D solutions!
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As a training and leadership development consultant, I'm always wondering what we can learn from things around us, like the Olympics.
The Olympics brings together top athletes from around the world as they compete against each other and their best selves. It takes years of practice and dedication to achieve something like this.
We can learn a lot about leadership from the Olympics and I want to share that with you today with special guests Kirk Spahn and Sara Daum.
▶️ Leadership Development Lessons from the Olympics
▶️ Key Points:
02:06 The process that athletes and leaders follow
04:41 Taking the time to celebrate
06:11 Tools that can help shape the future
08:27 Commitment to learning agility
15:40 Connecting to your bigger purpose
Resources from this episode:
Join the Nonprofit Learning and Development Collective: https://www.skillmastersmarket.com/nonprofit-learning-and-development-collective
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Connect with Kirk and Sara
Linkedin: Kirk Spahn & Sara Daum
Connect with Heather
Linkedin: Heather Burright
Website: skillmastersmarket.com
Book an interest call with Heather here.--
Learning for Good is the podcast for nonprofit leaders seeking practical L&D solutions. Hosted by Heather, an experienced consultant, we dive into leadership development, instructional design, change management, and staff management strategies tailored to nonprofit organizations.
Discover how to implement impactful learning solutions, foster belonging, and influence senior leaders. Each episode provides the tools you need to confidently navigate high-level conversations and drive meaningful change within your organization.
Let’s create lasting impact through innovative L&D solutions!
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