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In this 2021 kick-off episode, Margie Meacham, Chief Freedom Officer at LearningtoGo, joins us on The Accidental Trainer podcast. We discuss how to get started in AI, the fears around AI and her new book AI in Talent Development.  Resources ,...

Customize Your Learning Programs Using AI With Margie Meacham

Margie Meacham, “The Brain Lady,” is a scholar-practitioner in the field of education and learning and president of LearningToGo. She specializes in practical applications for neuroscience to enhance learning and performance. Meacham’s clients include businesses, schools, and universities. She writes a popular blog for the Association of Talent Development and has published two books, Brain Matters: How to Help Anyone Learn Anything Using Neuroscience and The Genius Button: Using Neuroscience to Bring Out Your Inner Genius.She first became interested in the brain when she went with undiagnosed dyslexia as a child. Although she struggled in the early grades, she eventually taught herself how to overcome the challenge of a slight learning disability and became her high school valedictorian, graduated magna cum laude from Centenary University, and earned her master’s degree in education from Capella University with a 4.0.Meacham started her professional career in high-tech sales, and when she was promoted to director of training, she discovered her passion for teaching and helping people learn. She became one of the first corporate trainers to use video conferencing and e-learning and started her own consulting company from there. Today she consults for many organizations, helping them design learning experiences that will form new neural connections and marry neuroscience theory with practice.“I believe we are on the verge of so many wonderful discoveries about how we learn. Understanding what happens in the brain is making us better leaders, teachers, parents, and employees. We have no limits to what we can accomplish with our wonderful brains— the best survival machines ever built.”—Margie Meacham

Margie Meacham

Is Your Strategy Ready for These 6 Tech Trends Shaping L&D?

In this short video, Margie Meacham shares a bit of her personal journey and interest in brain and learning science.

What If You Could Understand What Was Happening in the Brains of Learners?

MJ Hall discusses how ATD Forum Labs are using old school spiral notebooks to capture ideas and insights.

The Spiral Notebook: An Old-School Tool for Capturing Ideas and Gaining Insight

Part 1 of a blog series by Vincent Miholic examines what the research says about learning styles.

Is Appealing to Learning Styles Malpractice?

Neurosciences offers exciting possibilities for the L&D industry, but also some concerns. Margie Meacham reviews some issues we need to consider.

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