Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
Release the Reins: Go Social
Let's talk about what you can do to support meaningful peer to peer learning and productive collaboration via social learning.
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Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
- Aug 31
- 3 min
3 Mistakes People Make When Conducting Needs Analysis
Not all needs analysis is conducted equally. Let's talk about the big pitfalls you want to avoid. Mistake # 1: You approach needs...
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Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
- Aug 24
- 5 min
Caring: A Winning L&D Strategy
The scope of L&D may be limited, but the impact L&D can have on an organization is large, especially when it comes to caring.
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Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
- Jul 20
- 3 min
6 Learning Strategies to Steal from Social Media
There is a lot we can learn from social media about how to quickly distribute learning, make content digestible, and create community.
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Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
- Jul 13
- 4 min
How to Make the Case for Non-Traditional Learning Solutions
In this post, we're going to talk about how to get buy in for non-traditional learning solutions.
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Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
- Jun 29
- 4 min
Why We're Doubling Down on Knowledge Sharing Over Training
We should be replacing training with knowledge sharing opportunities: peer to peer, to-down, formally documented, off the cuff, serious, fun
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Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
- Jun 9
- 5 min
L&D Strategies for Growing Startups
Many startups have no internal learning and development expertise on staff, which is ironic, considering they have some of the most complex
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Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
- May 5
- 4 min
Why You Need to Take a Consultative Approach to L&D and Common Pitfalls to Avoid
Taking a consultative approach to learning and development has changed my process, my clientele and my ability to make learning that matters
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Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
- Apr 27
- 3 min
The Grey Area: Designing Learning When There's No Clear Answer
It's about the wading through the grey area and making the best choice possible at that moment in time with the information you have in the
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Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
- Jan 19
- 5 min
Learning in the Key of "New Mom": What Parent Training Has Taught Me about LXD
First time parent during a pandemic means lots of learning to do. This post talks about what we can learn about from parent training tools.
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Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
- Dec 29, 2021
- 5 min
How to Design Learning for Industries You Know Nothing About
How can you design training about something you're not an expert in, especially something so technical? Let's talk about it.
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Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
- Dec 22, 2021
- 2 min
If Not a Course... What Do I Build?
Today, I want to share some of that toolkit with you by walking through some of the tools you might use in four different common use cases.
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Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
- Dec 15, 2021
- 4 min
What Meant Something to Me: PD Done Right
This week, I want to talk about and deconstruct some of the meaningful professional learning experiences
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Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
- Dec 10, 2021
- 2 min
Why Aren't There More Meaningful Learning Experiences for Professionals?
Last night, we had the last meeting of From Data to Design - Cohort 3, and as always, it was bittersweet seeing how much growth there had...
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Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
- Sep 29, 2021
- 4 min
How to Get Your IDs to Write Better
How do you help developing instructional designers improve their writing skills? Start with this blog post.
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Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
- Mar 16, 2021
- 5 min
Making Assessments Meaningful: Developing Assessments, Pt 2
Assessments are amazing learning tools. They provide an opportunity to check in on progress and get feedback.
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Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
- Mar 10, 2021
- 5 min
Aligning Performance Objectives with Purpose: Developing Assessments, Pt 1
Too many times, learning objectives focus on vague notions of "learning." For example, understand is probably one of the most overused verbs
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Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
- Oct 27, 2020
- 5 min
The Skeletons in My L&D Closet
I've had a lot of time to make mistakes! There are definitely some skeletons in my L&D closet I'd rather forget about. But today, I want to
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Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
- Oct 21, 2020
- 5 min
How to Ask for More Design Decision-Making Power? You Don't.
Many new IDs tell me: "There are times when I don't think the design approach my organization/client wants to take is the best one, but...
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Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
- Oct 15, 2020
- 2 min
My Favorite Questions to Ask During a Project Kick Off
I've done... ok, I honestly can't remember how many any more... but a lot of kick off meetings with different kinds of clients from all...
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