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.
Search
Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
- Sep 7
- 3 min
Stop Thinking Like an Educator! Start Thinking Like a Journalist
Steal these habits from journalism to build a strong approach to needs analysis.
148 views0 comments
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...
173 views0 comments
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.
86 views0 comments
Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
- Aug 17
- 5 min
Inexperienced Managers: 5 Skills and 7 Solutions Startups Can Use to Turn Performers into Leaders
How do you prepare top performers to manage effectively? In this article, you'll learn what they need to know and how to help them learn it.
165 views0 comments
Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
- Jul 27
- 4 min
Identifying and Preparing Your Internal Influencers and Change Champions
You're ready to invest in a social learning network solution. You want to make knowledge and story sharing a central piece of your...
79 views1 comment
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.
228 views0 comments
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
434 views2 comments
Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
- Jun 8
- 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
321 views0 comments
Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
- May 19
- 3 min
Make It Easy for Them: 4 Ways to Get the Yes
Making decisions is hard work. Reviewing data takes time. Imagining something you can't see can take a lot of brain power. These are all...
107 views0 comments
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
198 views0 comments
Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
- Jan 12
- 3 min
3 Essentials to Get Stakeholders to Say Yes
How do you communicate the best learning solution in order to get buy-in? Let's talk about three strategies that can move things forward.
89 views0 comments
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
57 views0 comments
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...
64 views1 comment
Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
- Sep 8, 2021
- 4 min
Novice vs Expert Instructional Designer: Defining the Learning Problem
At the heart of what makes a great ID is their ability to define the rhetorical problem, or rather the learning problem
340 views3 comments
Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
- May 6, 2021
- 3 min
Proposal Pro Tips: 4 Must-Haves
There are tons of different proposals formats out there, and in this post, I'll share some of the features that I find most impactful.
157 views0 comments
Nicole Papaioannou Lugara
- Oct 20, 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...
186 views0 comments