Mark Sheppard
@marklearns.bsky.social
Xitter refugee. Perpetually upgrading L&D geek with too much to read. Practitioner, innovator, speaker, learner, owner @2sphynx. Cdn. /G\ Veteran. Fella. Unrepentant ๐จ๐ฆ๐ fan.
Not always posting about L&D...
Not always posting about L&D...
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Mark Sheppard
@marklearns.bsky.social
ยท Nov 16
for new, aspiring, and independent #LearningAndDevelopment folks, I pulled together a quick StarterPack! Who else should I add?
go.bsky.app/GuJAdsC
go.bsky.app/GuJAdsC
This is excellent news! #CanPoli #ThroneSpeech
May 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This is excellent news! #CanPoli #ThroneSpeech
You nailed it. BZ.
February 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
You nailed it. BZ.
Gee, they seem nice....
February 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Gee, they seem nice....
Let's not forget Sudetenland... ;)
February 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Let's not forget Sudetenland... ;)
...in the same way RU "redrew" the border with UA???
February 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
...in the same way RU "redrew" the border with UA???
Breaking his heart? Has he tried not being such a supporter of hate, division, and ignorance?
February 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Breaking his heart? Has he tried not being such a supporter of hate, division, and ignorance?
Ah, Toronto...don't ever change | โIt was crazyโ: Video of Torontonians rocking a parked vehicle out of a TTC streetcarโs path
February 26, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Ah, Toronto...don't ever change | โIt was crazyโ: Video of Torontonians rocking a parked vehicle out of a TTC streetcarโs path
Yet he lacks depth and warmth
February 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Yet he lacks depth and warmth
Food for thought from Dr Ken Hudson...
February 12, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Food for thought from Dr Ken Hudson...
Holy crap...
Emails detail Saints' assistance to New Orleans Archdiocese in sexual abuse scandal www.tsn.ca/nfl/emails-d...
Emails detail Saints' assistance to New Orleans Archdiocese in sexual abuse scandal www.tsn.ca/nfl/emails-d...
www.tsn.ca
February 3, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Holy crap...
Emails detail Saints' assistance to New Orleans Archdiocese in sexual abuse scandal www.tsn.ca/nfl/emails-d...
Emails detail Saints' assistance to New Orleans Archdiocese in sexual abuse scandal www.tsn.ca/nfl/emails-d...
Welp, he pulled the trigger on a trade war with Canada, Mexico, and China.
FFS....nobody wins in a trade war.
FFS....nobody wins in a trade war.
February 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Welp, he pulled the trigger on a trade war with Canada, Mexico, and China.
FFS....nobody wins in a trade war.
FFS....nobody wins in a trade war.
Reposted by Mark Sheppard
Leadership is knowing when to de-escalate the commitment to a failing strategy.
January 30, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Leadership is knowing when to de-escalate the commitment to a failing strategy.
"Agile for Instructional Designers" by Megan Torrance. It's a great primer on the practice from the L&D pov.
January 30, 2025 at 5:26 AM
"Agile for Instructional Designers" by Megan Torrance. It's a great primer on the practice from the L&D pov.
Just. No.
What's the odds on all that feedback boiling down to just wordsmithing?
What's the odds on all that feedback boiling down to just wordsmithing?
January 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Just. No.
What's the odds on all that feedback boiling down to just wordsmithing?
What's the odds on all that feedback boiling down to just wordsmithing?
Only if you a) have enough volume to sustain the certification Yr after yr, and b) can justify a ROI on the ruinous cost, and c) are OK with waterfall processes over agile. #unsolicitedadvice
January 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Only if you a) have enough volume to sustain the certification Yr after yr, and b) can justify a ROI on the ruinous cost, and c) are OK with waterfall processes over agile. #unsolicitedadvice
Hope you can join us!
Do you struggle to say no to people? Or do you find yourself saying yes when you know it's not the right solution...but you need the gig?
Join @kimellis.bsky.social and @marklearns.bsky.social tomorrow at 1pm GMT for our free for everyone webinar.
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Join @kimellis.bsky.social and @marklearns.bsky.social tomorrow at 1pm GMT for our free for everyone webinar.
ldfreespirits.com/product/the-...
The Power of "No": when and why you should use your "Superpower" - L and D Free Spirits
Wednesday 29th January at 1pm GMT
ldfreespirits.com
January 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Hope you can join us!
Reposted by Mark Sheppard
We're very excited to be expanding our social presence to Bluesky. Follow us for news and networking around Instructional Design.
Nous sommes ravis d'รฉtendre notre prรฉsence sociale ร Bluesky. Suivez-nous pour des actualitรฉs et des รฉchanges autour de la conception pรฉdagogique.
accp-caid.org
Nous sommes ravis d'รฉtendre notre prรฉsence sociale ร Bluesky. Suivez-nous pour des actualitรฉs et des รฉchanges autour de la conception pรฉdagogique.
accp-caid.org
January 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
We're very excited to be expanding our social presence to Bluesky. Follow us for news and networking around Instructional Design.
Nous sommes ravis d'รฉtendre notre prรฉsence sociale ร Bluesky. Suivez-nous pour des actualitรฉs et des รฉchanges autour de la conception pรฉdagogique.
accp-caid.org
Nous sommes ravis d'รฉtendre notre prรฉsence sociale ร Bluesky. Suivez-nous pour des actualitรฉs et des รฉchanges autour de la conception pรฉdagogique.
accp-caid.org
Reposted by Mark Sheppard
Enterprise L&D: A better approach to Enterprise Learning is helping people learn how to Apply the content in an Authentic Context. And then testing via recall and actual performance (real work or simulated real work).
January 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Enterprise L&D: A better approach to Enterprise Learning is helping people learn how to Apply the content in an Authentic Context. And then testing via recall and actual performance (real work or simulated real work).
If you spotted one don't keep it to yourself!
January 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
If you spotted one don't keep it to yourself!
This breaks my heart...
A teen died by suicide after he was targeted in a sextortion scheme. His parents want change www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
A teen died by suicide after he was targeted in a sextortion scheme. His parents want change www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
A teen died by suicide after he was targeted in a sextortion scheme. His parents want change
RCMP have called sextortion a public safety crisis in Canada.
www.ctvnews.ca
January 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This breaks my heart...
A teen died by suicide after he was targeted in a sextortion scheme. His parents want change www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
A teen died by suicide after he was targeted in a sextortion scheme. His parents want change www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
For my fellow Ontario residents...
January 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
For my fellow Ontario residents...