Margie Meacham

From agriculture to transportation, entertainment to medicine, and banking to social media, artificial intelligence (AI) is changing how humans do practically everything. We experience AI in our daily lives through our fitness trackers, home digital assistant systems, and curated news services, to name a few examples. For talent development, this is no different.
The fields of artificial intelligence and talent development have been on a collision course for decades, and their convergence… Show more

From agriculture to transportation, entertainment to medicine, and banking to social media, artificial intelligence (AI) is changing how humans do practically everything. We experience AI in our daily lives through our fitness trackers, home digital assistant systems, and curated news services, to name a few examples. For talent development, this is no different.
The fields of artificial intelligence and talent development have been on a collision course for decades, and their convergence has already occurred. It has just taken many in our profession some time to recognize this fact. On the horizon, AI-powered innovations are transforming the workplace and the role of the talent development professional, affecting recruiting to training to compensation. As such, there are actions TD professionals should take now to prepare ourselves and our organizations for the evolving AI revolution.
In AI in Talent Development, Margie Meacham describes the benefits, uses, and risks of AI technology and offers practical tools to strengthen and enhance learning and performance programs. In layman's terms, Meacham demonstrates how we can free time for ourselves by employing a useful robot “assistant,” create a chatbot for specific tasks (such as a new manager bot, a sales coach bot, or new employee onboarding bot), and build personalized coaching tools from AI-processed big data. She concludes each of the six chapters with helpful tips and includes a resource guide with planning tools, templates, and worksheets.
Meacham dispels fear of AI's black box―the term used to describe its unknowability and opacity―and points out ways AI can help us be better at creativity and critical thinking, what we humans do best. Show less

All the news about the brain and learning, curated by the author of Brain Matters: how to help anyone learn anything using neuroscience.

Margie Meacham, aka "The Brain Lady," interviews experts from neuroscience, cognitive psychology, education and corporate training to uncover the latest discoveries in how we learn and how our amazing brains work.

If you had the chance to be with DaVinci, Galileo or Curie at their greatest moment of discovery, would you take it? If you said “yes,” then you’re in luck. The human race is embarking on a great adventure; we are discovering how the brain works by watching it in the very act of cognition. Neuroscientists are starting to unlock the code that makes the brain works, giving educators, teachers, corporate trainers and mentors new tools to help people learn. In a series of short essays, Margie… Show more

If you had the chance to be with DaVinci, Galileo or Curie at their greatest moment of discovery, would you take it? If you said “yes,” then you’re in luck. The human race is embarking on a great adventure; we are discovering how the brain works by watching it in the very act of cognition. Neuroscientists are starting to unlock the code that makes the brain works, giving educators, teachers, corporate trainers and mentors new tools to help people learn. In a series of short essays, Margie Meacham leads the reader inside the human brain and links scientific discoveries to practical applications for anyone who wants to help people learn. A self-described scholar-practitioner, Margie uses brain science in her instructional consulting practice based in Phoenix, AZ. You can find her on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. Show less

You are familiar with Captivate, Flash, and other applications for designing learning, but how much do you know about the “killer app” that operates between your ears? “Brainware: The Killer App that Changes Everything,” will take you on an exciting visual and mental journey into our brains and how they work. The field of Neuroscience provides educators and instructional designers powerful tools to help people learn – by helping us understand the language of the brain. In this interactive… Show more

You are familiar with Captivate, Flash, and other applications for designing learning, but how much do you know about the “killer app” that operates between your ears? “Brainware: The Killer App that Changes Everything,” will take you on an exciting visual and mental journey into our brains and how they work. The field of Neuroscience provides educators and instructional designers powerful tools to help people learn – by helping us understand the language of the brain. In this interactive webinar, you’ll practice applying a few simple concepts that will help you put “brainware” – the new killer app of learning – into your toolbox.
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This presentation will explore the application of the ADDIE (Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate) model in rapid prototyping environments, while it addresses the advantages and disadvantages of ADDIE, based on information in the professional and academic literature. A circular, iterative approach to ADDIE has been successfully piloted at a major
financial services organization.

This presentation shared the American Express to mapping professional competencies at American Express to the CPLP model originated by ASTD.

By paying attention to the multiple intelligences of your audience, you'll find that your learning programs are more exciting and more effective. As you grow more comfortable with the technology, your own creativity will begin to respond to the challenge. Use these simple suggestions to help you get started.