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Exciting New Course Available: Extract a Participant Guide from a Facilitator Guide
Pat Michaels 5/9/25 Pat Michaels 5/9/25

Exciting New Course Available: Extract a Participant Guide from a Facilitator Guide

We are thrilled to announce the launch of our latest learning course for LeaderGuide Pro, "Extract a Participant Guide from a Facilitator Guide". This course is …

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Develop User-Friendly Facilitator Guides Through Instructional Chunking
Pat Michaels 5/5/25 Pat Michaels 5/5/25

Develop User-Friendly Facilitator Guides Through Instructional Chunking

The best facilitator guide instructions are like chocolate chip cookies: full of chunks.

To create a facilitator guide that functions as an at-a-glance delivery aid, we need to “chunk” our learning material out into…

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LeaderGuide Pro - 2025 EdTech Awards Finalist
Pat Michaels 4/15/25 Pat Michaels 4/15/25

LeaderGuide Pro - 2025 EdTech Awards Finalist

LeaderGuide Pro has proudly made it to the finals of the 2025 EdTech Awards…

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Six Ways to Reduce the Time to Create ILT & VILT
Instructor-led Training, Virtual Instructor-led Training Pat Michaels 8/9/23 Instructor-led Training, Virtual Instructor-led Training Pat Michaels 8/9/23

Six Ways to Reduce the Time to Create ILT & VILT

67% of L&D professionals report they lack the time, money and/or workforce to do their job. Here are six ways you can save time when designing and developing instructor-led training and VILT.

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Format Facilitator Guides Like a Pro
Instructor-led Training Pat Michaels 8/2/23 Instructor-led Training Pat Michaels 8/2/23

Format Facilitator Guides Like a Pro

Utilize these six elements of professional formatting for training materials to create effective resources that will allow your facilitators to shine in person or virtually.

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The Power(Point) Move: Why Facilitating Adult Learning Demands More Than a Slide Show
Instructor-led Training, Adult Learning Pat Michaels 7/21/23 Instructor-led Training, Adult Learning Pat Michaels 7/21/23

The Power(Point) Move: Why Facilitating Adult Learning Demands More Than a Slide Show

A slide deck alone cannot create an immersive learning experience.
A facilitator guide, on the other hand, offers flexibility and encourages active learning.

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Communicate More Effectively with Visual Cues
Facilitator Guides, Instructor-led Training, Virtual Instructor-led Training Nancy Michaels 3/15/23 Facilitator Guides, Instructor-led Training, Virtual Instructor-led Training Nancy Michaels 3/15/23

Communicate More Effectively with Visual Cues

Visual cues are powerful tools that draw attention and provide meaningful context to communications. When used consistently and mindfully, visual cues help us …

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When to Ignore Learning Styles
Instructional Design, Adult Learning Pat Michaels 3/9/23 Instructional Design, Adult Learning Pat Michaels 3/9/23

When to Ignore Learning Styles

Whether you are a visual learner or a hands-on type, or any of the other learning styles, we all need to start at the same place.

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Build Two Participant Guides for Every ILT and VILT Program
ILT, VILT Pat Michaels 2/17/23 ILT, VILT Pat Michaels 2/17/23

Build Two Participant Guides for Every ILT and VILT Program

Each of us has a preferred way we like to do things. It brings a sense of contentment and comfort, which every person craves. So why do we force people into capitulating on how we want to develop materials rather than how they want to use and learn from training materials?

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Structuring Training Programs
Instructional design, training development Pat Michaels 1/16/23 Instructional design, training development Pat Michaels 1/16/23

Structuring Training Programs

When building, foundation is everything. A bad foundation leads to expensive and time-consuming issues when fixing structural problems.

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How to Turn Off Track Changes and Comments in Microsoft 365 Word
Office 365, Track Changes Richard Michaels 1/9/23 Office 365, Track Changes Richard Michaels 1/9/23

How to Turn Off Track Changes and Comments in Microsoft 365 Word

Tracked changes and comments will stay in a document until you take the correct action to change that. Here’s what you need to do …

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Writing Learning Objectives 101
Instructor-led Training, Virtual Instructor-led Training Pat Michaels 1/3/23 Instructor-led Training, Virtual Instructor-led Training Pat Michaels 1/3/23

Writing Learning Objectives 101

A fundamental part of creating effective training is to ensure we have learning objectives that delineate what we want the learner to achieve.

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The Two Keys to Successful ILT & VILT
LeaderGuide Pro, Instructor-led Training, Virtual Instructor-led Training Nancy Michaels 12/2/22 LeaderGuide Pro, Instructor-led Training, Virtual Instructor-led Training Nancy Michaels 12/2/22

The Two Keys to Successful ILT & VILT

How often is the successful outcome of your training determined purely by chance?

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The New Features of LeaderGuide Pro v15
Authoring Tool, LeaderGuide Pro Pat Michaels 5/20/22 Authoring Tool, LeaderGuide Pro Pat Michaels 5/20/22

The New Features of LeaderGuide Pro v15

LeaderGuide Pro is the premier tool for developing instructor-led training & VILT. Our newest version has only raised the bar even higher.

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Making ILT & VILT Content Easy to Reuse, Part 1
Virtual Instructor-led Training, Instructor-led Training, Efficiency Nancy Michaels 4/28/22 Virtual Instructor-led Training, Instructor-led Training, Efficiency Nancy Michaels 4/28/22

Making ILT & VILT Content Easy to Reuse, Part 1

The keys to making content easy to reuse are within your control.

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Write Better Slides & Notes
Development, Instructor-led Training Nancy Michaels 1/6/22 Development, Instructor-led Training Nancy Michaels 1/6/22

Write Better Slides & Notes

A few simple changes to the way you write those slides and notes will allow you to save time and deliver better instruction.

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Creating a Learning Design
Learning Design Tool, Best Practices Nancy Michaels 8/11/21 Learning Design Tool, Best Practices Nancy Michaels 8/11/21

Creating a Learning Design

Even if you are an Instructional Designer, creating a new learning design is hard work. Following a consistent, logical process that is guided by a Learning Design Tool is a best practice.

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Key Components of a Facilitator Guide
Facilitator Guides, LeaderGuide Pro Pat Michaels 7/7/21 Facilitator Guides, LeaderGuide Pro Pat Michaels 7/7/21

Key Components of a Facilitator Guide

Whether your class is being delivered virtually or in a traditional classroom setting, we must strive to ensure consistency across our training deliveries. With that goal in mind here are the key components of a well-constructed facilitator guide.

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Facilitator Guides - An Introduction
Instructor-led Training Pat Michaels 6/25/21 Instructor-led Training Pat Michaels 6/25/21

Facilitator Guides - An Introduction

Instructor-led training (ILT) is not going away. The key to successful ILT is a well-crafted facilitator guide, and here are the key components.

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What to Think About When Writing a Macro
Microsoft 365 Richard Michaels 6/11/21 Microsoft 365 Richard Michaels 6/11/21

What to Think About When Writing a Macro

Whenever you create a macro that will automate repetitive tasks, you have to think about various possible scenarios that may arise and either allow for them in the macro’s code or …

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