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For more, see How to create a training goal in 2 quick steps.ĭon't skip the flowchart. What's the problem? How will we know we've solved it?Īsk, "What are we currently measuring that tells us we have a problem?" and use it to create a project goal. For more, see Three simple but powerful ways to get love from your leaders. Our larger goal is to win the participation and respect of our clients. For more, see How to kick off a project and avoid an information dump. Often, one two-hour meeting can cover the first two steps of action mapping. Do this with your client and SMEĭo at least the first two steps of action mapping with your client and subject matter expert(s). It's a streamlined mashup of performance consulting and backward design. It can help you get clients and SMEs to agree to these activity-rich, relevant materials. That measure could be anything from increased sales to fewer calls to the help desk, but it won't be "make sure all employees complete the training." No one but L&D cares about that.Īction mapping is my visual approach to instructional design. Our projects should be tightly focused on improving a performance measure that the organization cares about.
The experiences are realistic activities through which people make decisions and learn from the results of those decisions. Instead, we should see ourselves as analyzing problems and, when appropriate, designing experiences that solve those problems. As a result, we obediently design presentations with quizzes, creating content that often has nothing to do with the urgent needs of the organization. We face a cultural challenge: many people - clients, employers, colleagues - see us as information designers. This was originally the handout for my keynote at the 2014 Online Learning Conference by Training magazine. Climate Academy DOI Talent Contact: Introduction to R DOI Talent Contact: Volunteer Recruitment and Management DOI Talent Contact: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Online (FWS Employees only) DOI Talent Contact: Conservation Biology and Modeling DOI Talent Contact: Modeling Principles for Natural Resources Management (Beginner Track) DOI Talent Contact: Modeling Principles for Natural Resources Management (Intermediate Track) DOI Talent Contact: Engaging Communities in Climate Conversations Workshop DOI Talent Contact: CANCELED Business Communications - Online (DOI/bureaus employees only) DOI Talent Contact: Implementing a Successful Citizen Science Effort DOI Talent Contact: Applied Landscape Scale Conservation Biology (Online) DOI Talent Contact: Virtual Lecture: The Devils Hole Pupfish: Survival, Extinction, and Environmental History in the US West NCTC Studio Livestream.Here's a summary of action mapping.
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