The Women Talking About Learning Podcast Llarn Learning

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Episode Links:
Dive Into the AI Wave: How Everyday Creators Are Changing the Game
Customer relationship management
The Best CRM Software for 2021
How to use personas for Digital Learning Design
How to Create an Effective Customer Journey Map [Examples + Template]
What is Microlearning?: Definition, Benefits & Examples
Series: The IP in AI
Open discussion and dialogue with Member States on IP and Frontier Technologies and AI
Artificial Intelligence - United Kingdom
BMC Medical Education
European Parliament
How to get started with a Data and AI Transformation
How to make the most of AI? Open up and share data
Compliance Training Doesn't Have to be Boring - How to Make it Engaging
What 8 Skills Do Marketers Need to Use AI Effectively?
AI and Digital Transformation: The Future of Digital Marketing
The Big Read: Call me maybe - Gen Zers, millennials favour texting over phone calls. So what?
Leading in a Post Covid-19 Recovery
The Returning to the Office after COVID: Rethinking How & Where We Work
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AI Marketing — The Complete Guide
Challenges of AI in digital learning
Digital marketing
This week’s guests are: Rita Sookrit. Rita has been in learning and development (L&D) for more than 20 years. She collaborates with global clients to align their business goals with learning solutions. Throughout her career, Rita has worked in many industries including not for profit, chemical, finance, oil & gas, and professional services. She has lived and worked in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Caribbean and at home in Canada.
 
Rita’s recent projects include digital learning solutions, AI and learning, and leadership development.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rita-sookrit

Michelle Kamrath Fields is a Chief Marketing Officer with 20+ years of executive experience in marketing and ecommerce. She specialises in strategic guidance for digital transformation, brand development, and campaign execution. Michelle has successfully partnered with renowned brands like Ashley Furniture, Eddie Bauer, Nike, Napster.com, and John Deere. Her expertise makes her a trusted advisor for businesses seeking to enhance their marketing strategies.
 
LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellekamrathfields/
Website:  VicePresidentMarketing.com  
 
 
Tessa Hilson-Greener is a prominent thought leader in AI for HR, workforce development, leadership, and business innovation. As the CEO of AI Capability, she pioneers the integration of AI in HR, enhancing global HR functions and leadership strategies with psychological insights. Tessa is a regular speaker, author, and consultant on maintaining control over AI, sharing her expertise widely. Her audiences enjoy her warm engaging style and depth of knowledge, built over a global 30-year career in HR, learning and development and technology.
Her focus ensures that organisations are adaptive, efficient, and ready to harness AI's full potential. Under her leadership, AI Capability is a model for ethical AI implementation, proving how advanced technologies can improve employee engagement, streamline operations, and promote continuous learning and inclusivity. Tessa’s strategic leadership profoundly affects the present and future landscapes of HR and organisational development.
She emphasises ethical AI deployment in HR, highlighting the need for human oversight to mitigate risks such as bias and privacy issues. Tessa advocates for AI to support, not replace, human roles, ensuring that AI enhances rather than undermines the workforce. Her work exemplifies the power of strategic thought leadership in transforming HR and organisational practices. 
Website: www.ai-capability.co.u

You can contact Women Talking About Learning through our website, womentalkingaboutlearning.com
We’re on Twitter @WTAL_Podcast
You can buy us a coffee to support Women Talking About Learning via Ko-Fi.
Or you can email us via hello@llarn.com
 
Episode Links:
Why We Put Ourselves Last & Why Self-Care Should Be a Priority
Why should we reward effort, and how
Reward effort, not just achievement
Impacts of technology on children’s health: a systematic review
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff with Your Family: Simple Ways to Keep Daily Responsibilities and Household Chaos from Taking Over Your Life
Negotiating with pre-teens and teenagers
Working Mothers Spend More Time with Children Than Their Parents
Working From Home With A Sick Kid? Parents Share Their Survival Tips
Work Life Blending: Balancing Benefits and Challenges
Why are women expected to work like they don’t have children and mother like they don’t work?
Why I don't feel guilty about sending my son to nursery
Home education
Home Schooling & Working From Home – A Mum’s perspective
Why employers need to embrace flexible working for dads
The How to Deal With the Terrible Twos
Role of Job Sharing Post-Pandemic: Time to Embrace the Future
How to Deal With the Terrible Twos
Breaking The Mold: The Joys And Challenges Of Being A Non-Traditional Mum
What It’s Really Like to Work Full-Time and Be a Mom
 
Carla Prout is a Learning Transformation Consultant, she has worked closely with her clients to develop and execute comprehensive learning strategies tailored to their unique needs. Whether you require a strategic partner to guide your learning initiatives or need custom training solutions, She’s here to help. Carla is committed to designing learning experiences that are not only educational but also memorable and impactful and has helped clients expand their global reach through innovative online learning solutions. Carla has developed training programs that empower employees, leading to increased confidence and streamlined processes, and provided clients with a competitive edge by creating engaging and interactive courses that truly connect. Partnering with you to craft strategic learning solutions that enhance your business performance and drive growth. Let’s work together to transform your learning strategy and achieve exceptional results!
https://www.linkedin.com/in/carla-prout
https://www.linkedin.com/company/carla-s-captivating-content
https://www.carlascaptivatingcontent.com/
https://www.facebook.com/carlascaptivatingcontent
 
Tracey Rotsey, is an accomplished learning and development practitioner, trainer and leadership coach with 24 years commercial experience and has trained and coached thousands of professionals from first time managers to senior executive level both in the UK and internationally. Tracey is also the Director and Founder of Practical Training Solutions Ltd who specialise in offering flexible learning solutions to fast growing busy organisations to develop their leaders, managers and aspiring leaders of the future to maximise their learning with minimal disruption to day-to-day operations. Their offering includes e-learning, blended learning solutions, bite sized training and coaching.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/traceyrotsey/

Amy Bond is an Account Executive for an award winning learning technology company. Passionate about empowering innovative Learning and development professionals, to drive engagement in their workforce and encourage a meaningful culture of social learning. I love supporting progressive organisations harnessing the power of impactful tech, to close skills gaps and transform organisational performance.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-bond-62a671104/

You can contact Women Talking About Learning through our website, womentalkingaboutlearning.com
We’re on Twitter @WTAL_Podcast
You can buy us a coffee to support Women Talking About Learning via Ko-Fi.
Or you can email us via hello@llarn.com
 
Episode Links:
Check your passport privilege
Gender Bias in Translation Using Google Translate: Problems and Solution
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Equality vs. Equity
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Co-Creation – Shifting towards More Inclusive Learning
A Rise In Biased Job Language Is Not Helping Tech's Lack Of Diversity
Why are there different types of sign language?
The power of language and its role in inclusion
The Belonging One
Sense of belonging
Inclusion in the Workplace
What is equality, diversity, and inclusivity?
This week’s guests are Sandra Camacho. Sandra is a Franco-Colombian-American inclusive and equitable design strategist, educator, and advisor working under the alias Sandra By Design. She’s also the founder of the Inclusive Design Jam, a community of practice, and Design Changemakers, an online education platform on designing for social change. She started her career at Google, where she spent 8 years in product, digital marketing, and learning & development in the U.S. and Europe. Today, she helps teams around the world build thriving work cultures and socially impactful solutions.
LinkedIn: https://linkedIn.com/in/sandracamacho
Instagram: https://instagram.com/sandra.bydesign
 
Sharon Ehrlich is Bronx-raised native New Yorker. After spending nearly 2 decades in executive and leadership roles for global technology companies she founded Living While Leading,  a premier executive coaching service which focuses on supporting women IT executives in their quest to gain more control over their careers and pursue the life they need on their own terms.  Sharon also hosts the Living While Leading Podcast, which focuses on leadership and female empowerment.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sharonehrlich1
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livingwhileleading/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557652484016
Podcast: https://livingwhileleading.com/podcast/
 
Emily Decker is part of the team at Comtec Translations, where she first discovered the world of learning through working as a translation project manager for eLearning agency clients. Now Head of Client Partnerships, she is passionate about helping companies take their learning global – from localising learning content of all kinds to making sure it is culturally and regionally sensitive for learners around the world.
Web: www.comtectranslations.co.uk
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-decker-13365b83/
 
Leslie Short brings four decades of experience with The Cavu Group, advising companies on expanding their culture through diversity, inclusion, and open dialogue. Starting as a professional ballet dancer at 12, Leslie built a diverse career in Europe and Asia, including founding Japan's top-rated entertainment business in 1994. She then led production, marketing, and PR for media and fashion companies. A chaplain, activist, mental health aide, mediator, and coach, Leslie blends her skills to foster inclusive, equitable cultures. She serves on several boards, advocates for women's rights and humanitarian issues, and authored Expand Beyond Your Current Culture: Diversity & Inclusion for CEOs and Leadership.
Leslie’s Podcast: Visibility Ultd 
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leslie-short-1020052

You can contact Women Talking About Learning through our website, womentalkingaboutlearning.com
We’re on Twitter @WTAL_Podcast
You can buy us a coffee to support Women Talking About Learning via Ko-Fi.
Or you can email us via hello@llarn.com
 
Episode Links:
Preparing to attend an unconference!
Unconference
How do you create and share conference materials?
It's Time To Talk About The Invisible Labor Falling On Women's Shoulders
New Study: Almost Two-Thirds of Professional Event Speakers Are Male 
Gender Balance in Conferences: Challenging? Yes, but doable too
Closing the tech conference gender gap
Part time working after the pandemic
Circadian Rhythms
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
How to Become a Recovering Perfectionist 
Why Experience Designers are the New Event Planners
How To Plan An Event: The 8 Stages Of Event Planning
The Event Planning Checklist Used By Top Event Planners
The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
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Event management
 
This week’s guests are Laura Watkin.  Laura’s passion and expertise is the science of learning and people development and she's passionate about evidence-informed learning and the application of cognitive science and deliberate practice.
Laura is Principal Pedagogy Lead for the UK charity, Frontline, responsible for the quality of teaching and learning for a masters level qualifying programme.  Along-side this is the co-creator of the #ASRI model for learning design and delivery working as part of Be More Learning and Development Limited. 
Having a PGCE and CIPD qualifications Laura brings experience of education, L&D and HR from working in a range of organisations, including privately owned global logistics, public sector enterprise, schools and graduate training organisations.
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Dolores Gaut, a self-proclaimed "resident nerd," has a diverse career history, including roles as a figure skating coach, facility manager, customer service trainer, event manager, graphic designer, and marketing specialist. Her varied hobbies include reading, working out, cooking, nail art, painting, skiing, organising, and advocacy. She is a loving “Tía” to her nieces and nephews.
Currently a Senior Training Specialist for Cognizant, Dolores volunteers as a co-organizer for the GLDC, an L&D networking group. She holds an MBA, a BBA in Marketing, and a BA in Psychology from Southern Methodist University. You can connect with her on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dolores-gaut-mba/ (just let her know why you’re connecting!)
 

You can contact Women Talking About Learning through our website, womentalkingaboutlearning.com
We’re on Twitter @WTAL_Podcast
You can buy us a coffee to support Women Talking About Learning via Ko-Fi.
Or you can email us via hello@llarn.com
Episode Links:
The complexities of allyship: Tackling the inner struggle
Allies, Amplification and Assertiveness: How to Earn and Keep Your Seat at the Table
The Devastating Decline In Girls’ Mental Health: 7 Ways You Can Help
Not being bossy
Not saying sorry
How To Be An Ally: Stop Fixing People And Start Supporting Them
A Simple Way to Be More Assertive (Without Being Pushy)
On the Language I Left Behind
Evaluating the impact of an assertiveness communication training programme for Japanese nursing students: A quasi‐experimental study
The Double-Bind Dilemma for Women in Leadership (Infographic) | Catalyst
Assertive Communication: How to Do It (And Why It Matters)
Assertive vs. Aggressive: What’s the Difference?
Know the difference between assertiveness, passivity and aggression
How to Perform Assertiveness Skills Training: 6 Exercises
Assertiveness Asking for What You Want Firmly and Fairly
Girls’ schools ‘teach youngsters how to be assertive women at work’
Power through: A new concept in the empowerment discourse
Empowering Young Women and Why It Matters
Don’t Underestimate the Power of Your Voice
Gender Stereotypes and Their Impact on Women’s Career Progressions from a Managerial Perspective
From Bossy to Bold: Why ALL Women Should Strive To Be Assertive
Strong Like Amanda: Teaching Girls the Power of Assertiveness
Assertiveness
 
Linda Macelova is a seasoned professional in the tech industry and founder of LM Consulting. She provides various services, from coaching to public speaking about career development for women in STEM. As a Career Coach, she helps women feel fulfilled, find their voice, and get the reward they deserve.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindamacelova/
Website: Breaking Barriers: Empowering Women in STEM to Rise (lindamacelova.com)

Aynsley Szczesniak is the Founder and Executive Director of Speak Out Sisterhood, a global network elevating youth to eradicate barriers to equality for women in STEM. As a first year Honors Carolina scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she is also the North Carolina State Lead of Million Women Mentors, the Student STEM Programs Chair of the Association for Women in Science - NC, and a research assistant for the UNC School of Medicine PREPARE project. She’s an aspiring physician in women’s health and a proactive STEMinist dedicated to empowering young women to be agents of change.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aynsleyszczesniak/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aynsley-szczesniak/
Speak Out Sisterhood: https://www.speakoutsisterhood.org/
Speak Out Sisterhood LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/speak-out-sisterhood
Speak Out Sisterhood Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/speak_out_sisterhood/
 
Beatrice Ngalula Kabutakapua is the CEO and Founder of The Business Storytelling Centre, a leadership development firm training and coaching leaders to communicate through stories. A professional storyteller, who worked as a journalist and documentary maker for a decade, she supports international organisations as a business storytelling coach. Beatrice applies storytelling to engage, retain and develop internal audiences so that employees advance in their careers, are more productive, and lead with clarity of communication. 
www.beatricekabutakapua.com 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/beatrice-ngalula-kabutakapua/

You can contact Women Talking About Learning through our website, womentalkingaboutlearning.com
We’re on Twitter @WTAL_Podcast
You can buy us a coffee to support Women Talking About Learning via Ko-Fi.
Or you can email us via hello@llarn.com
 
Episode Links:
Why do people believe women aren’t funny?
WorkLife with Adam Grant
Why metaphor matters in education
Four reasons to avoid 'learning styles' – and one alternative
8 Types of Learning Styles: How Do Students Learn Best?
New study shows the power of learning in short bursts
Exercise not only helps with mental health - it makes us more creative too, say scientists
View of Neither the frying pan nor the fire: In search of a balanced authentic e-learning design through an educational design research process
The impact of fun and enjoyment on adult’s learning
Negative educational experiences cause lasting damage to wellbeing
The Role of Surprise in Learning
Learning Design
The Profession Map / Core behaviours / Passion for learning
This week’s guests are Lena Nasiakou. Lena believes that “Moving is our brain’s favourite way of learning”. She is a Learning Consultant, an EMCC accredited Coach and holds a Master's Degree in Lifelong Learning & BSc in Educational Studies. In 2017 she founded Lena’s Moves - a trusted L&D Partner for organisations like Netflix, H&M, and Johnson & Johnson. Lena’s Moves provides non-boring learning solutions that engage leaders, drive sustainable behavioural change, and close performance gaps. 
Links:
Website: lenasmoves.com
Linkedin: Lena Nasiakou
Non-boring Learning Newsletter: https://bit.ly/37D2Vew
 
Vanessa Sotano is a dedicated professional deeply passionate about fostering lifelong learning and personal growth. Armed with a degree in Sociology and extensive training in Adult Education, Vanessa has honed her skills to support individuals on their journey to fulfilment. With a focus on Coaching, Emotional Intelligence, and NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), Vanessa guides her clients with empathy and understanding. Her certification as an NLP Practitioner underscores her commitment to understanding human behaviour and communication dynamics. As a certified DISC Profile Analyst, Vanessa offers valuable insights into behaviour and communication styles, helping individuals navigate interpersonal dynamics effectively. Vanessa's dedication to continuous improvement is evident in her diverse training, including methodologies such as Search Inside Yourself, Liberating Structures, Andragogy, and E-Trainer. These tools enrich her ability to design and deliver impactful learning experiences tailored to each client's needs. In her role as a freelancer, Vanessa serves as a Soft Skills Trainer, Facilitator, Coach, and Learning & Development Consultant, leveraging her versatile skill set to empower individuals and teams. She also contributes to the L&D community as she was the catalyst at the L&D Shakers Lisbon Hub, until the end of 2023, collaborating with peers to drive innovation in the field. Additionally, Vanessa co-hosts L&D Talks, facilitating meaningful conversations and fostering knowledge-sharing within the industry. Grounded with a genuine desire to help others succeed, Vanessa's career is guided by her core values of integrity, authenticity, and compassion.
Links:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessasotano/
Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0LjOakzgoPe0r4QoPX2yiy?si=18aae931f5574765
Community:https://join.slack.com/t/landd-colearning/shared_invite/zt-260ogu0kh-PhOtuaYe0KocEzrkF8Yyzg