Nyla Spooner, a midcareer instructional designer, created the podcast I’m New Here: A Podcast for New Instructional Designers & E-Learning Developers to offer guidance to those new to talent development.
2021 TechKnowledge Hackathon: Supporting Design by Humanity Share
In its second year, the hackathon held during ATD TechKnowledge 2021 took a fully virtual form. This year, the goal was to support Design by Humanity (DxH), a nonprofit design collective and apprenticeship program pairing experienced creatives with fresh faces to collaborate on real-world projects advocating for black, indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC).
DxH coordinates volunteer teams to design and develop training materials. Its onboarding process is somewhat manual and limited. The organization wanted to improve its onboarding experience and retention of volunteers. Our goal was to create a new vision and process for onboarding volunteers, including leveraging free and existing tools wherever possible.