
Brian Washburn
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Endurance Learning’s virtual training sessions are ready to deliver to remote teams that need professional development.
Your organization is full of people who have deep expertise and may even enjoy talking about it. You’ve probably designed training materials that cover every bit of content to ensure that each trainer has all the resources they need. You kick off your training initiative and expect to see great results.
But do you actually see great results?
Expecting your subject matter experts to pick up training materials and instantly become great facilitators who adeptly lead a training workshop is unfair to them and the learners.
A training webinar from Endurance Learning:

Bring expert-led professional development directly to your team without the stress of designing it yourself. Each of our 90-minute live training sessions is ready to deploy and can be tailored to meet your organization’s specific goals and unique challenges.
For every training webinar we partner with you to ensure our content resonates with your internal culture and delivers immediate, measurable impact.
In this 90-minute, hands-on, virtual training webinar Brian will demonstrate at least 6 different activities for engagement. Participants will use the updated version of Endurance Learning’s Training Activity Cookbook to design a lesson plan that leaves learners raving about their training session.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this training webinar, participants will be able to:

This 90-minute virtual workshop is designed for L&D leaders and managers who are tired of “checkbox” training. We will explore how to transform your technical experts into extraordinary trainers by giving them the right tools, the right support, and the right framework to succeed.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this training webinar, participants will be able to:

This 90-minute virtual workshop challenges the traditional training paradigm. Inspired by the principles in Brian Washburn’s book, Instructional Design on a Shoestring, we explore how to be “ruthless” with your design process to ensure every minute spent in the classroom is necessary and impactful.
Attendees of this live online training will learn how to differentiate between problems that require formal training and those that can be solved more efficiently through informal learning resources.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this training webinar, participants will be able to:

In this 90-minute virtual training workshop, we’ll show you how to break the “death by PowerPoint” cycle. You’ll learn how to wrap intentional, active learning strategies around your core content using a proven 4-step model.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this training webinar, participants will be able to:

Do you have essential content that risks getting lost in a long, confusing lecture? The problem isn’t the information; it’s the delivery.
In this clip from an Endurance Learning training webinar, Brian Washburn models the 17×17 Lightning Talk, an activity pulled straight from the Endurance Learning Training Activity Cookbook. See in real-time how 17 slides, set to advance every 17 seconds, forces you to simplify your message.
Discover how this powerful, high-energy format can deliver core concepts without getting bogged down in details, making your training sharper and your learners more engaged.

Discover why attendees describe Endurance Learning webinars as “refreshing,” “empowering,” and “awesome”. For these L&D professionals, our sessions aren’t just another meeting; they are “insightful” experiences that provide both “examples” and “practice material” to ensure learning sticks. Participants rave about our “innovative approach” and “effective” breakout rooms that offer a rare “opportunity to hear from other trainers” and collaborate on real-world tools. From “high learner satisfaction” to strategies that leave you feeling “ready to hit the ground running,” these webinars deliver the “informative” and “fun” environment needed to elevate your training.


Endurance Learning has been pre-approved by the ATD Certification Institute to offer educational programs that can be used towards initial eligibility and recertification of the Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD) and Associate Professional in Talent Development (APTD) credentials. Each 90 minute training webinar qualifies for a maximum of 1.5 points.
Brian Washburn has over 20 years of experience helping subject matter experts become confident, engaging facilitators. His Train-the-Trainer sessions focus on practical tools, tailored guidance, and hands-on practice, equipping teams to deliver clear, effective training that sticks.
Brian has facilitated workshops on presentation skills and instructional design across North America, South America, Asia, and Africa for international NGOs, nonprofit organizations, and Fortune 500 companies. These experiences have helped him identify and refine certain training and facilitation principles that have proven effective across geographic borders, cultures, types of organizations, age groups, and languages.
In addition to his practical experience, Brian is the author of two books. What’s Your Formula? Combine Learning Elements for Impactful Training (2021) and Instructional Design on a Shoestring (2024). He has also contributed chapters to several publications by the Association for Talent Development (ATD), including “ATD’s Handbook for Consultants” and “ATD’s Handbook for Training and Talent Development.”
Brian holds an MA in Organizational Psychology, is a past President of ATD Puget Sound, and serves as a Commissioner for the International Accreditors for Continuing Education & Training (IACET).

Brian Washburn
CEO & Chief Ideas Guy
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