Brian Washburn

CEO, Co-Founder, Chief Ideas Guy

Brian is the author of What’s Your Formula?: Combine Learning Elements for Impactful Training, was named one of Training magazine’s 2011 Top Young Trainers, and has been published multiple times in TD magazine. His goal in life is to eradicate the scourge of poor learning experiences in the world by ensuring that every presentation is engaging and leads to change.

Brian Washburn, Author

Publications

What's Your Formula by Brian Washburn

What's Your Formula? Combine Learning Elements for Impactful Training

Engaging, effective training programs are a mixture of science and art, requiring the right balance of adult learning theory, available technology, intuitive tools, proven practices, creativity, and risk. How does a trainer find the right combination and proportion of these elements? How does a trainer know what’s possible?

PowerPoint Your Co-Facilitator

PowerPoint: Your Co-Facilitator

Whether you’re a seasoned training professional or an occasional presenter, you can make your presentation a true learning tool by implementing these effective strategies. In “PowerPoint: Your Co-Facilitator,” Brian Washburn shows you how to create great presentations using any presentation software.

instructional design on a shoestring

Coming January 2024

More practical guidance for trainers and instructional designers who find themselves working with one or more constraints.

Other Publications

Recent Blog Posts / Podcasts

accessibility with Gwen Klapperich

Accessibility and Inclusion in Instructor-Led Training (ILT)

Is your ILT designed with accessibility and inclusion in mind? Gwen Navarrete Klapperich wants to make sure you consider accessibility and inclusion in your ILT
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Nate Martin on Escape Room designs for training

Instructional Design & Escape Room Design

If you've ever been to an escape room, you can observe what a group of highly engaged people look like for 60 straight minutes. Is
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Maria Leggett on learning & development resumes
Learning and Development Careers

A Learning & Development Resume that Gets Noticed

When you're applying for an L&D job, how do you best position yourself to get a call from a recruiter or hiring manager? Experienced HR
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Networking in L&D

When you’re new to L&D, asking for virtual coffee can be scary, but why not do it anyway?

The idea of networking with people you don't know can be an intimidating prospect. I'd like to make it easy on you. If you want
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pivoting into the world of learning and development
Learning and Development Careers

Career Pivot into L&D?

If you're looking to pivot into a role in the corporate training or learning and development space, today's podcast will give you some insights and
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Tim Barnosky on building an L&D team

Building an Internal L&D Team in an Organization (Part 1)

How do you build an L&D team from scratch? Tim Barnosky of Innovative Solutions is currently in the process of answering that question. Today's podcast
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