Joanne Etmanski
VP, Learning Strategy, GEVC
With more than 30 years’ experience in learning and development, Joanne Etmanski is a sought-after learning design strategist and digital learning expert. As VP of learning strategy at GEVC, Canada’s longest continuously operating digital learning solutions company, Joanne has offered her insights and guidance to hundreds of organizations in the private, public, post-secondary, and not-for-private sectors to help them and their audiences keep pace with changing workplaces. A regular columnist for the Learning Guild’s Learning Solutions magazine, her “Pivot” columns have had an unwavering focus on improving the quality of digital learning solutions‚Äîby keeping human considerations top of mind.
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Pivot: It’s Time for Some L&D Spring Cleaning
Spring is prime time to declutter. L&D managers and their teams can benefit from some spring cleaning of old habits and processes.
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Pivot: How the MAYA Principle Relates to eLearning
Raymond Loewy’s MAYA industrial design principle, which introduces the future gradually, can be applied to eLearning design and development.
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Pivot: Management 101, Ask First
A light-hearted tale for managers illuminates the importance of communication.
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Transform Your LMS into a Veritable Buffet of Learning
If you transform your LMS into an easy-to-access buffet of learning loaded with easy-to-consume courses, employees will eat it up and hunger for more.
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Looking Ahead: Future-Proofing eLearning in 2019 and Beyond
L&D professionals can future-proof eLearning in 2019 by broadening access, making it responsive, and ascertaining who owns the source files.
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2018 Review: Too Much Tech and Not Enough Human
Some L&D leaders believe we had too much tech and not enough human interaction in 2018. In 2019, Joanne Astorga calls for change.
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5 Ways to Provide Performance Support for Your L&D Team
L&D managers must have their employees’ backs. They must be willing to push back and provide performance support for their L&D teams. Here are five ideas.
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Pivot: Some Thoughts on L&D Personas
Personas are not limited to marketing. Designers must design with learners’ personas in mind, and leaders shouldn’t embody undesirable management personas.
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Pivot: Not all Microlearning is Memorable
Not all microlearning is memorable. Just like long, dull eLearning courses, short training can also miss the mark.
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Pivot: Improving the Quality of eLearning
L&D leaders interested in improving the quality of eLearning must make sure organizational and employee needs are satisfied. This checklist can help.