I am excited to start this new community for instructional designers, corporate trainers, adult educators, and other L&D professionals! This is meant to be a space where we can share ideas, problems, and best practices to help us in the day-to-day tasks we face in our professional lives. Please take a moment to comment on this post with your name, a little about your job, and what brought you to this community! I'll start. I'm Billy, and I currently work as an independent training specialist with a focus on nuclear energy and the oil/gas industry. I created this community because I think there are so many people out there with great ideas when it comes to training, and I wanted a supportive place where we can share those ideas!

We recently had a bit of an issue in our department and as part of the analysis from it, it became apparent that there was a failure of senior leadership to appropriately prioritize the tasks leading to the issue. It got me thinking about how uncommon that probably is. Not only were they called out, but they owned it and responded in a way that really helps out. How many of you would feel that way with your company/industry?

I recently heard about the 4MAT Model for learning and development. I haven't read too much into it, but has anyone else heard of it? Does anyone implement it?

Where I work, our training introductions cover a safety topic, status of the work site, and a general discussion of the upcoming work schedule. What topics do you include before you dive into your training topics?

What tips do you have to get over the excessive use of filler words while presenting? I observed and instructor last week who had a bad habit of saying “So” as a filler word. It was very distracting, and definitely drew my attention away from the material. How have you overcome using them too much?