Jon Baratta from the Summer Jobs Connect (SJC) Program at Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund and GLP's Tyler Phillips talk with us about their recent experience moving SJC’s annual convening to a virtual space. They talk...
Episode 201: Organizational Change is a Slow Cook – Featuring Elanco
Christian MacKinnon with Elanco, an international animal pharmaceutical company, and GLP's Jeanette Romkema speak with us about how Elanco came to embrace a learning-centered approach throughout their organization. They share the story of how a...
Shift the Power Season 2 Launches Today
We are excited to launch Season Two of Shift the Power: A Learning-Centered Podcast! Throughout this season we are talking with some of our incredible clients about the practical impacts a learning-centered approach has on concrete organizational challenges. We talk...
GLP Celebrates our 25th Anniversary!
Friends, Global Learning Partners has been around for a long while now. If we asked our esteemed Founder Dr. Jane Vella, she would probably say that it has been around ever since the time of Plato, who might have asked… what is it to dialogue? This year we are pleased...
BONUS Episode 111: Peter Gets a Call from the Prime Minister’s Office
Ahead of the holiday season, Shift the Power co-host Peter Noteboom got a call from Prime Minister Trudeau’s office. The ask: to convene a virtual conversation between the Prime Minister and faith leaders across Canada about responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Listen...
Episode 110: Reflecting with Jane on the School of the 80’s
Dr. Jane Vella, Founder of Global Learning Partners, is loving what she calls “The School of the 80’s” – not the 1980’s… her 80’s. Jane shares how in the last decade she has discovered a new way…
Episode 109: Principles in Action – Confessions of a Former Workshop Rockstar
Cindy Stover used to say her engaging style, appealing PowerPoints, dynamic videos, and great jokes made her feel like a workshop rockstar! We share her reflections on how Dialogue Education™ led to her “aha moment” about the importance of seeing your learners as...
Episode 108: Designing for Change in International Development
Applying a learning-centered approach within the context of international development comes with its own unique set of challenges. In this episode we talk to Julia Rosenbaum, GLP Board Member and self-described midwife of change, and Dina Shafaqouj, Certified Dialogue...
Episode 107: The Legacy of Paulo Freire
Paulo Freire framed education as a pathway to liberation in his seminal work “Pedagogy of the Oppressed." His work has influenced generations of educators, including GLP Founder, Dr. Jane Vella. In this episode we talk with Robb Davis of California...
Episode 106: Reflecting with Jane on “The Art of Changing the Brain”
GLP Founder Dr. Jane Vella joins us to read a passage from a book that has stuck with her through the years: The Art of Changing the Brain by James Zull. We’ve talked a lot about the principle of “Safety” this season and its importance to learning. In this episode we...
New! Quick Guide to Online Learning Design – now in Spanish
La mayoría de nosotros tenemos una experiencia limitada con el aprendizaje en línea o creemos que el aprendizaje en línea es impersonal y pasivo. ¡No tiene por qué ser así! El aprendizaje en línea se puede construir utilizando los mismos principios que el poderoso...
Episode 105: Engaging the Whole Person Virtually
Guests Jeanette Romkema and Andrea Van Liew share how the 3C Model – Connecting to Content, Connecting to Self and Connecting to Others – is crucial to engaging the whole person in a virtual setting. They share their recent revelations with clients about the...