I help organizations turn unstoppable change into new opportunities.

Introduction to Exponential Thinking Workshop at Bizdojo Auckland, 2015.

Never before in history have we been as connected or had access to as much information, or had the ability for asynchronous organization or digital representation at an individual level.

This fundamental shift from the old to the new structure gives organizations a unique opportunity were we can co-design and co-develop business transformation with targeted engagements in the form of events, coaching, skill and capability development and the implementation of tools and insights to allow them to thrive and to deal positively with unstoppable change.

The New Zealand Roadless Economy Workshop, 2016.

The global business environment is changing with all economic systems restructuring, hierarchies crumbling and peer to peer participation reshaping businesses as we know them.

Code has moved from I’s and 0’s for the creation of desktop software and now even life itself can be summoned into existence within a few lines of code. 

• Expertise in Social Media & Web Strategy, Marketing, Communications and development of training programs with background in Instructional Design

• Leverage of global relationships to drive business forward with tailored training & development, web 2.0 and e-learning solutions

• Experience, insight and leadership on satellite & distance learning education, podcasting and social networking

• Insight on management of thriving & eclectic multicultural communities 33,000+ strong

• Proven talent across four continents: readily deployable and  with experience across markets and languages (English, German, French & Spanish).

• Proven top level facilitation/ training delivery and/or Instructional Design skills. This includes the ability to think about how to support strategic plans and initiatives

• The ability to push adult learning theories into practical application and facilitation on blended modalities and social intranets. In my opinion, the ability to simply quote adult learning theory is only part of the equation

• Strong storytelling skills

• Ability to convey complex topics and troubleshooting concisely to physical and online audiences

• Ability to communicate clearly with consideration of English as a Second Language learners (ESL)

• Able to work well in a team and take on big challenges that may be ambiguous

• Stand up training skills.

• I have a Master of Science Degree in Instructional Design

• I have worked as Social Media Community Manager and Strategist. This work experience spans over 12 years

• I have documented experience working with online communities

• I have experience in facilitation to audiences in traditional training settings

• Proven ability to conduct detailed needs analysis to determine and develop content curation as needs are determined

• Proven experience with Instructional Design and performance consulting

• Deep ability to convey the complex to new and experienced employees

• The ability to motivate users to actively participate in collaboration tools, knowledge bases, discussion forums, wikis and similar

• Proven e-learning facilitation experience and experience with blended learning solutions facilitation

• Stand-up training experience and the ability to deliver stand-up instruction

• Experience coordinating and developing multiple projects at one time successfully even when those projects may fall outside of core responsibilities

• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with peers, driving diverse workgroups to collaborative solutions

• Experience with Learning Management Systems

• Experience and evidence of using Social Media in a Community Management Role

• Strong interest and commitment to learning across different modalities

• Strong curiosity and drive to learn something new

• The ability to engage in national travel if business needs arise

• Facilitate and curate content for business needs. Be it face-to-face or a blended learning solution

• Designing solutions fit-for-audience and fit-for-purpose. The primary audiences will range in age and their perception and adoption of technology will vary. I will act to my best ability to be a platform evangelist and build “buy-in” through a growing community of learners.

• Help meet a client’s business goals by ensuring the transitions and readiness to trends such as a fully mobile and digitally savvy workforce. This will include content migration, peer to peer and group facilitation both online and face-to-face.

• Develop and evangelize best practices in the use of knowledge bases, wikis, collaboration tools, performance support systems and applications. Work closely with your team to identify key training gaps, errors or improvements and use e-learning principles and content curation for distribution to the wider enterprise.

• Help define and align data analytics criteria and metrics. Building strong community ties in a predominant face-to-face workflow with the option to grow an electronically delivered medium

• Work cross group with other teams to establish best practices and partner to leverage others content as appropriate

• Cross-train other facilitators and develop up-skilling strategies as appropriate

• Provide onsite, offsite, online and offline facilitation of training when needed

• Build and deliver train the trainer sessions

• Design, manage and conduct data analytics at least quarterly to ensure efficiency targets, training requirements and help run BAU

• Work closely with other workgroup peers to shape group recommendations based on direct insights to build new e-Learning offerings

• Be able to effectively project manage personal development efforts and potentially manage the key relationships to help execute the vision for programs/projects.