New Reflections from Jane
We've added some new personal reflections from our founder, Jane Vella, during the pandemic. We're still celebrating Jane's upcoming 90th birthday. Join us with these words from the back porch on vulnerability, biology and oranges! Learning -- It's Biology, Baby...
American University ITEP Program Honors Jane Vella
The International Training & Education Program at American University's School of Education recently honored Jane Vella at its 2021 gathering for prospective students, current students, and alumni. The focus of the gathering was Pathways to Progress, aligning the...
New Writings from Jane Vella
We've added some new personal reflections from our founder, Jane Vella, during the pandemic. We're still celebrating Jane's upcoming 90th birthday. Join us with these words from the back porch on thankfulness, affirmation and silence Thanks-living Learning at 89...
Episode 210: Who’s on the line? Reflecting on Inclusion – Featuring Andrea Van Liew
With the recent rise in remote work, many of us are faced with the challenge of designing and facilitating engaging and inclusive meetings while in a virtual setting. Today we’re joined by Andrea Van Liew – GLP Consultant and leader of our Diversity, Equity...
Nugget Trails: Mobile-Based Micro-Learning
Nugget trails are an innovative mobile-based system designed to deliver small bits of learning straight to your learner's phone or computer. The flexible format opens up a wide variety of applications. Watch the video below to learn more and sign up for a Nugget Trail...
Episode 209: Embracing Blended Learning – Featuring Claudia Quinonez
Over the last year, as more and more learning is moving to an online or virtual setting, we have begun fully embracing the importance of “blended learning” within GLP. Today we are going to talk to GLP Consultant Claudia Quinonez about what we mean by...
Episode 208: Building Bridges Between Sessions – Featuring First 5 Alameda County
First 5 Alameda County funds innovative programs and advocates for policies that produce better futures for children up to age 5. Beth Hoch from First 5 Alameda and Shawn Bryant from the Teaching Excellence Center talk about adapting “Mind in the Making”, an impactful...
Episode 207: Stepping Back to Light the Way – Featuring New Moms
New Moms positioned themselves as a leader in the field of workforce development through their science-informed social enterprise, Bright Endeavors. In 2019 GLP had the opportunity to document insights from their work through a learning-centered case study....
Episode 206: Resistance is Not Futile – Featuring Tonjala Eaton
Sometimes our learning designs go off without a hitch… and sometimes, they don’t! We’ve all been there – you’ve thoughtfully planned out your learning tasks and facilitation techniques, but when you get in the room it’s just not working for one (or more) of...
Episode 205: A Re-Design Worth the Time – Featuring Sinapis
Sinapis Group started in 2010 in Kenya as an accelerator program for entrepreneurs. Since then, they have grown to operate in 9 different countries. Scaling up meant stepping back to take a hard look at their training design. Sylvie Somerville, Director of Training...
Episode 204: The Right Design Goes the Distance – Featuring The ASPCA
During a year infamous for Zoom fatigue, the annual Right Horse Summit went virtual – and the results were surprising. GLP Consultant Val Uccellani and Christie Schulte Kappert from The Right Horse Initiative – the ASPCA’s equine adoption program – share the unique...
Episode 203: No Bandwidth? No Problem! – Featuring Sylvia Saenger
How to design for learners who just don’t have the time. Most of us share at least one workday challenge: finding time and capacity to fit all the meetings and events we need into our workload. It can be a challenge to convene and design meetings that will...