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Connie Malamed

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Connie Malamed is a distinguished figure in the learning experience design community, celebrated for her role as the founder of Mastering Instructional Design.

This vibrant, international community is a beacon for those eager to commence, develop, and enhance their instructional design skills, accessible at Mastering Instructional Design.

With a rich background that marries instructional and visual design, her expertise has consistently led to client satisfaction and notable achievements in workshop facilitation.

As an international keynote speaker and the author of two groundbreaking books at the nexus of visual design and learning, Connie has solidified her reputation in the field.

She is the force behind The eLearning Coach website, a treasure trove of over 350 articles, offering free resources that cater to a wide range of learning professionals.

Additionally, she publishes The eLearning Coach Podcast and Breaking into Instructional Design, platforms dedicated to sharing knowledge and insights in the instructional design space.

Connie's commitment to the community extends through her free eBook, "Writing for Instructional Design," which is available for download at The eLearning Coach.

This resource underscores her dedication to fostering a deeper understanding of effective communication in instructional design.

Through her diverse initiatives, Connie Malamed has contributed valuable resources to the learning design community and guided countless professionals in refining their craft and achieving their career goals.

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Feb. 15, 2024

Connie Malamed Instructional Design Expertise for Independent Professionals

Connie Malamed has spent 25 years helping people understand how instructional design makes workplace learning actually work. She is the author of Visual Design Solutions and Visual Language for Designers, and runs Mastering Instructional Design and The eLearning Coach. She explains the difference between instructional designers and trainers — one designs the learning experience, the other delivers it — and why most online courses fail to engage because they were never designed for how people actually learn. She covers how user experience tools like personas and empathy maps create learning that sticks, and why aligning a learning solution with what people actually need rather than what is convenient to teach is the skill that separates professionals from content producers. Wisepreneurs explores how experienced independent professionals position accumulated expertise and build sustainable practice.