Learning With Belvista Studios

Do you want to make your team feel valued? In this episode Kim, Hannah and Victoria speak about: - How to make a team member feel valuable. - How to give constructive feedback.  - Written and spoken language for writing.  - How to survive as a small business owner or freelancer.  Here are the resources mentioned: - Storyboard Template: https://creatorhub.belvistastudios.com/courses/storyboard-template  - How to Start an Instructional Design Business (Mastermind Group): https://creatorhub.belvistastudios.com/courses/howtostartaninstructionaldesignbusinessmastermind Our intent with Belvista Studios' Insights is to support others in the industry to take their instructional design and eLearning skills to the next level by sharing raw insights into what we are learning as a team at Belvista Studios. 

Are you a learning design manager? Do you want to effectively lead a learning design team?  In this episode Kim, Hannah and Victoria speak about: - Setting expectations with your team.  - Creating team boundaries.   - Improving how your team works together.  - Adjusting your leadership style for different personalities.  - Minimising friction or discomfort in your team.  - Improving your verbal communication.  Our intent with Belvista Studios' Insights is to support others in the industry to take their instructional design and eLearning skills to the next level by sharing raw insights into what we are learning as a team at Belvista Studios. 

Do you want to know how we are improving our instructional design processes? Do you want to learn from our mistakes?  In this episode Kim, Hannah and Victoria speak about: - How to achieve a new task on a time limit.  - The importance of testing new processes. - Improving our instructional design and development processes.  - Project management for eLearning reflections.  Here are the resources mentioned: - Human-centred Activities for Healthcare: https://creatorhub.belvistastudios.com/courses/humancentredactivitiesforhealthcare  - Email Templates: https://creatorhub.belvistastudios.com/courses/email-templates  Our intent with Belvista Studios' Insights is to support others in the industry to take their instructional design and eLearning skills to the next level by sharing raw insights into what we are learning as a team at Belvista Studios. 

Do you want to communicate effectively to your stakeholders? In this episode Kim, Hannah and Victoria speak about: - Communicating clearly to your stakeholders.  - Getting what you need from your stakeholders.  - How brainstorming helps you create better solutions.  - How to confidently facilitate conversations to learn from others.  Here are the resources mentioned: - Human-centred Activities for Healthcare: https://creatorhub.belvistastudios.com/courses/humancentredactivitiesforhealthcare  - Email Templates: https://creatorhub.belvistastudios.com/courses/email-templates  Our intent with Belvista Studios' Insights is to support others in the industry to take their instructional design and eLearning skills to the next level by sharing raw insights into what we are learning as a team at Belvista Studios. 

Do you want to improve your communication skills as an instructional designer, learning experience designer or eLearning developer?  In this episode Nicole Papaioannou Lugara and Kim Tuohy share scripts that you can use with your stakeholders to improve your communication. Nicole and Kim have years of experience in the industry and have been continually adapting their communication to achieve better results.      They cover: - setting expectations for feedback reviews. - stakeholders wanting to 'add more' to the solution. - stakeholders asking for out-of-scope changes. - stakeholders missing deadlines/feedback reviews. - telling stakeholders what you do (in an effective way). - responding to unhappy stakeholders. - stepping into your role/power. - trusting your process.

Do you want to learn how visual storytelling (and comics specifically) can improve learning? In this episode Kim speaks with Moe and gets curious about: - examples of visual storytelling through the ages. - how comics:    - can impact our world view and judgements.    - make messages relatable to our lives in a not so obvious way. - storytelling strategies. - heuristics: what it is and examples of it in use.

Do you want to create an effective learning community? It may be a community of practice within your organisation or a sense of community in your workshop or training session. This episode is PACKED AND OVERFLOWING with practical tips on how to do this. Anamaria's mission is to 'create a space where Facilitators, Workshoppers, Trainers, Design Thinkers, Innovation and Strategy Consultants can team up, share best practices, tackle challenges collectively, learn and accelerate their careers together with like-minded people'. She does this exceptionally well (and extended love and appreciation to the others who enable this through the L&D Shakers community).   In this episode, Anamaria answers 23 how might we questions to help you create an effective learning community. Some include, how might we: - enable a community of practice to sustain itself? - create a community that enables knowledge to be constructed, not acquired? - accommodate introverts and extraverts? - create a community that enables lear

Do you want to dream bigger for yourself? Vanessa recently celebrated 4 years in business, as the CEO of Anchored Training, and in her celebration post said that she wanted to dream bigger in the next 4 years. This is something to celebrate and be inspired by, so join us as we reveal: - insights from her proudest moments (personal, project and people moments) - what it takes to not be held back by stories from society and/or unconscious beliefs - the value of prioritising dedicated time to work on yourself and your goals - the value of a strong motivation to help you achieve daily and longer term desires.

Do you want help to: - identify the subject matter experts that are most helpful to co-design the solution with you? - run activities that help you co-design your content? - map the outputs of your activities to learning objectives? - hold yourself accountable to design a solution that meets your training need throughout the project?   Be prepared to learn about an in-depth instructional design process. Get your note taking utensils ready!   In this episode Kim speaks with Anyetta Berrisford. Anyetta is an instructional designer that cares about putting the learner at the heart of her solutions.     Anyetta, thank you so much for this transparent share of your instructional design process. We have no doubt it will help many make tweaks to their own process for the better.  

Do you want to improve your project management skills?  In this episode Kim, Hannah and Victoria speak about: - Project management techniques.  - Building confidence in your stakeholder interactions.  - Avoiding overwhelm as a project manager.  - Putting effective processes in place. - Facilitating project group discussions.  Here is the resource mentioned: - Should You Be Honest Or Polite When Talking To Clients: https://youtu.be/FxC114VZBzs  Our intent with Belvista Studios' Insights is to support others in the industry to take their instructional design and eLearning skills to the next level by sharing raw insights into what we are learning as a team at Belvista Studios. 

Are you considering leaving teaching? In this episode Kim speaks with Sara Stevick. Sara made the transition to instructional design from education and in this episode, we focus on: - mindset tips for the decision making and journey. - how you can find out if instructional design is your right, next career. - answering common interview and role questions in 3 words of less. - asking common interview questions and answering them as if we are in an interview. - providing feedback on the answers from an interviewer's perspective.   The ideas, tips, perspectives and experiences in this video are to provide opportunity for you to consider what is right for your journey. Use what will add value and discard what will not.   

Do you want to know how to learn instructional design? In this episode Hannah and Victoria speak about their experiences with learning: - the instructional design process - how to coach. Here is the resource mentioned: - Action Mapping process: https://blog.cathy-moore.com/action-mapping-workflow-at-a-glance/  Our intent with Belvista Studios' Insights is to support others in the industry to take their instructional design and eLearning skills to the next level by sharing raw insights into what we are learning as a team at Belvista Studios. 

Do you want to hear a mock interview with common instructional design role interview questions answered? In this episode Kim speaks with Sara Stevick. Sara made the transition to instructional design from education and has recently gone through an interview process for a new role.   We:  - provide the answer to common interview and role questions in 3 words of less. - ask common interview questions and answer them as if we are in an interview. - provide feedback on the answers from an interviewer's perspective.    The ideas, tips, perspectives and experiences in this episode are to provide opportunity for you to consider what is right for your journey. Use what will add value and discard what will not.   

In this episode Kim speaks with Ahart. Ahart is an English language teacher who is looking to change jobs after a friend introduced him to the learning and development industry, where his curiosity fell in love with the possibilities of eLearning and instructional design. As you listen, treat it like your own personal coaching call to help you decide if the industry and/or role are right for you and to help you align and prioritise your next steps. If you do this, it will CHANGE YOUR LIFE. We chat about:  - how did Ahart know it was time to change career? - what transition steps has Ahart taken so far and how have they helped the journey? - tips for people who are worried about landing a job or if their portfolio is good enough. - tips for creating a 7 second portfolio. - where to spend your time and energy in a world of abundant information.  - next steps to land the job you want.   Here are the resources mentioned:  Ahart's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahartp3/ Instructional D

Do you want to learn how to design better training? In this episode Kim, Hannah and Victoria speak about:  - Tips for learning designers. - How to create effective training from a blank slate. - How to apply for the right jobs or tenders.  - How to start your day right.  Here are the resources mentioned: Hemmingway Editor: https://hemingwayapp.com/ Our intent with Belvista Studios' Insights is to support others in the industry to take their instructional design and eLearning skills to the next level by sharing raw insights into what we are learning as a team at Belvista Studios. 

Do you want to know how to start your day right? Kim provides insight on:  - How her morning routine has led to her success. - The exact morning routine that she follows daily.  - How to find the morning routine that is right for you.  Here are the resources mentioned: - Joe Dispenza: https://drjoedispenza.com/

Do you want to learn about the analysis phase of instructional design?  In this episode Kim, Hannah and Victoria speak about:  - The analysis phase of instructional design. - Different instructional design styles.  - Using human-centred design for instructional design. - How long to spend on the analysis phase. - Applying instructional design to your emails.  Here are the resources mentioned: Human-centred Design for Instructional Designers (YouTube playlist): https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL53y2Uv-umyZ7HP3WsyIOMEtsSmYG6R81 Human-centred Design Course: https://creatorhub.belvistastudios.com/courses/human-centred-design Email Templates: https://creatorhub.belvistastudios.com/courses/email-templates Our intent with Belvista Studios' Insights is to support others in the industry to take their instructional design and eLearning skills to the next level by sharing raw insights into what we are learning as a team at Belvista Studios. 

Do you want to learn about how to create an effective training PowerPoint template? In this episode Hannah and Victoria speak about how to:   - Create training that is learner-centric.   - Create a training slide-deck template.    - Choose the right tool for your learning solution. Here are the resources mentioned: Hemmingway App: https://hemingwayapp.com/  Articulate Storyline: https://articulate.com/360/storyline  Adobe Premiere: https://www.adobe.com/au/products/premiere.html Articulate Rise: https://articulate.com/360/rise  Vyond: https://www.vyond.com/ Instructional designers and eLearning developers Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/belvistastudios  Articulate Heroes Challenges: https://community.articulate.com/hubs/e-learning-challenges    Our intent with Belvista Studios' Insights is to support others in the industry to take their instructional design and eLearning skills to the next level by sharing raw insights into what we are le

Do you want to know how to personalise your learning solutions?  In this episode Kim, Hannah and Victoria speak about:  - Kim’s skateboarding lessons from a learning design perspective.  - How to create personalised learning solutions.  - How to run a successful video shoot for a project.  - Clarifying project roles and expectations.   - How to deal with overwhelm in the moment. Here are the resources mentioned: Video Planning and Logistics Template: https://creatorhub.belvistastudios.com/courses/video-planning-and-logistics-template   Our intent with Belvista Studios' Insights is to support others in the industry to take their instructional design and eLearning skills to the next level by sharing raw insights into what we are learning as a team at Belvista Studios. 

Do you want to improve your public speaking? In this episode Kim, Hannah and Victoria speak about:  - Building the confidence/capability to film videos and share your knowledge.  - Using practice/repetition to build confidence in your speaking abilities.  - Overcoming confidence issues to speak on camera.  - Finding the motivation to challenge yourself.  - How to speak publicly with confidence.  - Tips for speaking on camera.  Here are the resources mentioned: Human-centred Design for Instructional Designers (YouTube playlist): https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL53y2Uv-umyZ7HP3WsyIOMEtsSmYG6R81 How to Run an Employee Experience Design Workshop | Human-centred Design for Instructional Designers: https://youtu.be/AZNvCfhjEyk Human-centred Activities: https://creatorhub.belvistastudios.com/courses/human-centred-activities  Our intent with Belvista Studios' Insights is to support others in the industry to take their instructional design and eLearning skills to the ne