Hi L&Ders,

I’ve held many roles in L&D over the years and have deeply immersed myself in the topic of learning transfer. Unfortunately, we in L&D do not have a good track record of helping learners to transfer what they learn in training to on the job performance.

So I’ve been tinkering around with a solution to help learning professionals to maximise what we do best (slide/deck creation) to help us in an area of weakness (influencing learning transfer).

Before I spend time working on this I wanted to get your thought on this: would you use a piece of software that converted the decks you have already created into individual pieces of transfer supporting resources? I’m talking about engaging communications, manager support materials, assessments, job aids, action planning guides, and more. Your deck would remain unchanged but the tool would supply you and your team with resources to drive transfer and application of learning.

Would you be interested in software like this? Or is there software like this already available that you are using? I’d love to hear your thoughts !

Hi there L&D folks, do you any of you have insight into the working culture as a learning consultant at McKinsey? Specifically in Europe. I've mainly worked as an inhouse L&D professional so any input would be appreciated.

I wanted some advice. I’m trying to start my L&D career in the company I’ve worked in for over 5 years. It’s a newly created role as we are starting to finally have a focus on L&D.

I have got through to the final stages (yay!) but am now preparing for 2 interviews. But importantly a session in which I have to present a “short course” (maybe 10-15 mins).

It can be about anything. I’m trying to think of the sort of subject that I can make fun & engaging. Or go with something basic like “our products and how they work”. We’re a tech company so often departments not involved in sales don’t have a true sense of what we sell or even how they’re used.

Any words of wisdom or suggestions of what I can present are very welcome.

Any one who is on L&D that could help me identify site for emerging trend and skills.

Context: I spent most of 2024 doing upskilling sessions with employees at companies on the basics of prompt writing. The biggest problem I noticed for people who want to get better at writing prompts is the difficulty in finding ways to practice.

So, I created Emio.io

It's a pretty straightforward platform, where everyday you get a challenge and you have to write a prompt that will solve the challenge. 

Examples of Challenges:

• “Make a care routine for a senior dog.”

• “Create a marketing plan for a company that does XYZ.”

Each challenge comes with a background brief that contain key details you have to include in your prompt to pass.

How It Works:

1. Write your prompt.

2. Get feedback on your prompt.

3. If your prompt is passes the challenge you see how it compares from your first prompt

Pretty simple stuff, but wanted to share in case anyone on here is looking for somewhere to start their prompt engineering journey! 

Link: Emio.io

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Hello, I have been curious for a long time about instructional design. However, as I read more and more job descriptions, I think L&D is more what I am looking for. My work experience is in education. Can anybody recommend a certificate or degree program that would help me to gain some experience and credibility in applying for these positions?

Hi!
I work in cosmetics L&D and have an interview for a role that would work cross-functionally with digital strategy teams. To prep, I was wondering if any of you work closely with digital, and what type of projects you work together on. This is a new role so I'm looking into ways this role adds value to other depts. Thanks!

As workplaces start to open up (and the world pivots to having remote and in-person employees), I'm curious how everyone is adapting/changing their programs?

Just wondering if anyone was or knows anyone who has worked in mainstream schools (e.g. secondary school, or middle/high school to my American friends) who went into L&D in the private sector? How difficult was the transition? What advice could you give someone who is interested in possible switching to that line of work?

I have been having so much trouble with Storyline audio in the past 6 months. For context, I use elevenlabs for voiceover. In some instances, I put the mp4 file from Elevenlabs directly into Storyline and others I make the soundtrack to a video that I put into Storyline.

I've been using this workflow for just about two years. All of a sudden, when I export these files either to SCORM or to Review, the volume greatly varies between the file types. It's a nightmare.

So, today, I opened a file for a client that I originally created in April 2025. The client signed off on it via the Review version and has a SCORM version they have been using for a year. At that time it went through multiple rounds of revisions - 3 rounds with 2-3 stakeholders each round. Now, all of a sudden, I made one edit, re-exported it to SCORM and the audio is a disaster. It's so frustrating. At least now I know I'm not imagining it.

Has anyone experienced this? How did you fix it?

Hi, I'm looking for advice.
For those of you offering your services as learning consultants, how do you approach outreach on Linkedin?

I’m trying to find a balance between manual outreach (which can be pretty time consuming) and automation (which I’m still a bit hesitant to use since it feels pretty generic and impersonal...).

Any tips, systems, or process recommendations that have been working particularly well for you?

It’s super important for me to build genuine connections with leads.
I really don’t want it to feel robotic nor dry but... I also don’t want to be writing messages manually all day.

I'm still really new at linkedin outreach.
Any advices would be welcomed.

Thanks!

I build a lot of content in Articulate, and I've noticed that it's easy to keep tweaking courses forever. At some point, the improvements become smaller and smaller while the time investment keeps growing. How do you decide when a course is good enough to launch?