Innovative Design Starts With One Question: What Matters?

Innovative Design Starts With One Question: What Matters?

February 6th, 2012 by

What matters? Have you asked yourself this recently? Try it. I did. Thanks to Missy Durant, author of What Matters….Gratitude, I’ve been reminded about the importance of taking time to reflect and it’s given me renewed energy and focus. I even wrote a letter. Life, work, expectations, perceptions goals…they all can move attention away from [...]

Top 10 Posts for 2011: Thank YOU!

Top 10 Posts for 2011: Thank YOU!

January 28th, 2012 by

Happy New Year! Thanks to all of YOU for your inspiration and insights. It was an absolutely fantastic year! Designing Impact’s 2011 top 10 posts: Augmented Reality, Future for eLearning? Need an Online Portfolio Fast? Use a Blog Template. Really. Top 10 eLearning Elements: Going from Good to Great Design 7 Brilliant Story-based eLearning Examples: “e” [...]

Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish…Thanks Steve.

Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish…Thanks Steve.

October 11th, 2011 by

“When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation. It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along: it was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great notions. On the back cover of their [...]

Page-Turning eLearning: Call It An eBook And Move On

Page-Turning eLearning: Call It An eBook And Move On

August 17th, 2011 by

It happened again the other day. Someone trying to showcase an engaging self-paced elearning ”course” that used a page-turning, text-heavy, click-next approach.  As I readied to launch into  the definition of engagement and potential learning impact of a “click-through” approach, I paused. Lightening-quick memories of past design consulting challenges flashed through my head: Discussions of me with SMEs and leaders [...]