Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations
As nonprofit learning and development leaders, we want a seat at the table. We want to be viewed as true business partners who can help solve problems. We want to create meaningful learning solutions that fit in the flow of work and yield real results for the organization and for the staff. That's why in this podcast, we will not only explore instructional design and leadership development best practices, but we will also explore change management, belonging, and influence - helping you build the case for the solutions your organization needs so you can show up confidently in conversations with other senior leaders, subject matter experts, staff, and partners. If we haven't met yet, I'm Heather, and I’ve been in your shoes. I'm a learning and development consultant and the founder and principal consultant at Skill Masters Market. Before starting Skill Masters Market, I worked for a large national nonprofit where I led learning and development leadership initiatives. I know what it’s like to need to develop your staff quickly and effectively, and to build the relationships and cut through the organizational layers to be successful. With an eye for the larger strategy and the creative design process, I've created hundreds of learning experiences - in-person, self-paced, and virtual classroom - and have worked with dozens of leaders and their staff to help them achieve their organization’s professional development goals. So if you're ready to bust through the barriers and start creating behavior change in your nonprofit, this podcast is for you. Let's dive in. It's Learning for Good. Nonprofit Management | Leadership Training | Leadership Development | Staff Management | Change Management | Instructional Design | Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Learn more: www.skillmastersmarket.com Connect with me: www.linkedin.com/in/heather-burright Schedule a call: https://bit.ly/3GQT6Yg
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The Cost of Building the Wrong Training: How Nonprofits Can Avoid Wasting Resources
Creating impactful training programs for nonprofit teams takes more than good intentions; it takes strategy. In this episode of Learning for Good, we’re diving deep into the hidden and high costs of getting training wrong. From budget overruns to burnout, I’m breaking down what nonprofit leaders risk when they don’t s
Sometimes, when we work with nonprofit executive leaders, it"s easy to jump to an assumption about what they thought or what they wanted. The problem is that when we act on that, things don"t turn out the way either of us expects. I don"t want that to be you, so in this episode, I"m having a chat with Danika Mitcham, t
If you are a nonprofit L&D pro, you know how to design learning experiences. You"ve got the experience. Yet, sometimes the trainings we spend time and money creating don"t work. And if you are a nonprofit leader, you want to ensure that what you spend valuable time and resources on works. Over the years, I"ve spent a
Empathy might be one of the most essential skills for learning designers, and there"s no better place to learn it than design thinking. That"s why, in this episode, I am joined by Sheryl Cababa, a design researcher and strategist, and the Chief Strategy Officer at Optimistic Design, to give us some insight into her pro
Training is often the go-to solution in our nonprofits. But what if I told you that training isn"t always the right solution? In this episode, I discuss why jumping to solutions without first diagnosing the problem can be a bad idea, and I share some situations where training works well and others where a different sol
When we think of a high-performance team, we usually think of things like productivity, how much effort people are putting in, accountability, and higher outputs and profits. All that is important, but there is one other thing without which a team will never be high-performing. In this episode, I sit down with Ashley C
