Gurnee, Illinois, United States
I'm an experienced adult education professional who designs and develops corporate and community education programs (instructor-led, virtual, and e-learning). I believe good instructional design (ID) is about transferring new knowledge and skills to the job (or to life) in a way that feels both natural and exciting. ID is about integrating your business goals and the needs of your learners. It's about thoughtful attention to the details. I bring a wealth of experience from successful past projects plus the deeper lessons learned from challenges fully met. I'll bring this vast knowledge to your project, but won't bring along an insistence that some prior model is the prescription for you. Each new project brings an opportunity for a fresh creation while standing firmly upon a foundation of proven learning principles. Specialties: Articulate Storyline E-Learning Design and Development Video scripting and talent procurement for online learning videos/vignettes
Using accelerated learning principles, work as sole designer and team designer of corporate workshops, classes, online courses, and job aids. Designer and developer of instructor-led, web-based, and virtual courses. I bring technological expertise to the design of instruction and devise creative ways to employ technology for better learning and learning support. Experience in magazine publishing brings concise and creative writing skills plus page layout expertise to my instructional materials. I love designing activities for adult learners which spark new understanding and rekindle the wonder of learning. Here are a just a few of the companies I've designed/developed education for: –Stanford Medicine (Stanford University School of Medicine) –Allstate Insurance Company –Combined Insurance –Baxter –Language and Culture Worldwide –Siemens –CompTIA –Walsh Construction –The Malnati Organization Technical skills — Proficient in the following development tools: Articulate Storyline, Articulate Rise, Camtasia Studio, Adobe Fireworks, Adobe InDesign, and WordPress. Working knowledge of Adobe Illustrator and Adobe After Effects.
Co-founder and Director of Education for humane organization serving northern Illinois. Develop innovative humane education pieces including: –cheeky music video promoting the importance of spaying and neutering pets –a workshop for humane organizations built upon the principles in the best-selling book "Made to Stick" by Chip Heath and Dan Heath (with permission from the authors) –a Best Friends Animal Society-sponsored webinar on deploying messages via web video –served as guest blogger on the Best Friends Network website –a Wild Things Animal Forum
–With co-founder, built organization from a two-volunteer operation to a nationally recognized organization with three employees and thirty volunteers. –Runner-up for 2004 national award issued by Alley Cat Allies in Washington, D.C. –Fostered media relations resulting in multiple feature articles in local print media. –Managed fundraising activities (including “PiCATsso” gallery of art painted by cats) and wrote grant proposals. Successful proposals secured grants from PetSmart Charities, The Dr. Scholl Foundation, the State of Illinois, and the Animal Legal Defense Fund.