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Your New Training is Perfect, but... Your Learners Won't Remember It

March 18, 2024 Heather Burright, Learning and Development Leader, Leadership Development Consultant, Instructional Designer. Episode 73
Your New Training is Perfect, but... Your Learners Won't Remember It
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Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations
Your New Training is Perfect, but... Your Learners Won't Remember It
Mar 18, 2024 Episode 73
Heather Burright, Learning and Development Leader, Leadership Development Consultant, Instructional Designer.

Have you heard of the forgetting curve?

We naturally forget 90% of what we learn. That's troubling to hear for those of us in L&D. All we think about is helping people learn and creating behavior change from that learning.

How can we do that If learners are forgetting the majority of what we teach them? That’s what we’re exploring in this episode.

▶️ Your New Training is Perfect, but... Your Learners Won't Remember It

▶️ Key Points:
00:58 The forgetting curve
03:51 Making learning relevant
06:33 Making training meaningful
07:19 Making training fun
09:08 Providing wrap-around support

Resources from this episode:
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
Applying the Laws of Behavior Change to Staff Development
I use Mentimeter to create interactive learning experiences

Join the Nonprofit Learning and Development Collective: https://www.skillmastersmarket.com/nonprofit-learning-and-development-collective

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Show Notes

Have you heard of the forgetting curve?

We naturally forget 90% of what we learn. That's troubling to hear for those of us in L&D. All we think about is helping people learn and creating behavior change from that learning.

How can we do that If learners are forgetting the majority of what we teach them? That’s what we’re exploring in this episode.

▶️ Your New Training is Perfect, but... Your Learners Won't Remember It

▶️ Key Points:
00:58 The forgetting curve
03:51 Making learning relevant
06:33 Making training meaningful
07:19 Making training fun
09:08 Providing wrap-around support

Resources from this episode:
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
Applying the Laws of Behavior Change to Staff Development
I use Mentimeter to create interactive learning experiences

Join the Nonprofit Learning and Development Collective: https://www.skillmastersmarket.com/nonprofit-learning-and-development-collective

Was this episode helpful? If you’re listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, follow and leave a review! 👇👇👇
Know anyone who would benefit from this episode? SHARE this with your friends. 🔗

Connect with Heather
Linkedin: Heather Burright
Website: skillmastersmarket.com
Book an interest call with Heather here.