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Shannon Milliman, CPLP, gives keynotes and workshops to organizations applying improv principles to learning to help organizations become more creative, agile and human, and manages the learning and development program for environmental services for the City of Portland, Oregon. She is a writer, poet, playwright and specializes in bringing art to learning strategy. She can be reached at shannonmilliman@gmail.com.

Shannon Milliman

May 2021 - ATD Links

Using Socratic questions to pursue thought in many directions and for many reasons can inspire your work environment and accomplish deep, meaningful solutions at work.

Dive Deep With Socratic Questions to Solve Problems

January 2021 - ATD Links

Figure out methods that can engage your audience who need to know and practice these behaviors to the most exact requirements. If it takes longer, that’s OK. It is worth the time.

Key Reminders Positively Positioning Compliance for Trainers

July 2020 - ATD Links

This concept easily connects to the talent development realm. You know what it’s like to be the one leading the action. When it’s your responsibility to lead a project and ensure stakeholders have clear understanding of what is expected of them, you

Accept Offers: A Lesson From Improv

May 2020 - ATD Links

You’ve got your thinking cap on and your listening ears attuned. You are all set up to succeed at this project, except for one tiny problem. Your project partner is a royal headache.

4 Ways to Remedy a Strained Working Relationship

Improv can break old patterns and facilitate new ways of looking at old problems.

Reimagine Bureaucracy With Applied Improv for Resiliency, Agility, and Change

5 Ways to Amplify Your Ability With Agility

Explore how volunteering can boost your career while providing bonus perks like skill and leadership development, opportunities to collaborate, and lifelong friendships.

Reach Out and Watch Your Career Soar

There are now more than 2 million valid podcasts on Apple Podcasts. Have you ever considered how podcasting can relate to your organization’s goals? In this issue of TD at Work, Shannon Martin will explain:What an internal podcast is Where to start Whom to include on your podcast teamHow to record and publish your podcastHow to promote your podcastThe Tools & Resources in this issue are a Podcast Launch Planning Worksheet, an Episode Checklist, and a Technology Checklist.

Internal Podcasts From A to Z

Are you intrigued by Cafeteria Learning but wondering how to make it work inside your organization? Learn how to go from: “Our stakeholders/learners would never buy into this” to “Why haven’t we done this before?”
Join Let Them Choose authors Jillian Douglas and Shannon McKenzie, along with guests Erica Davis and Stacey Vrooman for first-hand accounts of the ins and outs of designing Cafeteria Learning in organizations as varied as Government, Healthcare, and Hospitality. You’ll see samples of design documents and their iterations along with samples of final deliverables to get a full overview of how this innovative learning technique comes to life.
• Assess the kinds of projects that are well suited for Cafeteria Learning.
• Describe typical obstacles to implementing Cafeteria Learning and how to avoid them
• Describe how to utilize a Cafeteria Learning design document.


 

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