Articles from the Endurance Learning Team

The Endurance Learning blog is more than just a place for articles; it’s a living testament to our journey. It started in 2012 as the Train Like a Champion blog, a passion project by our co-founder, Brian Washburn, to share insights from his real-world experiences. Today, the Endurance Learning blog is a hub for our entire team of L&D experts to share what we’ve learned from solving training challenges every single day.

Our customers know their content, and we know learning design. Every article is written from our practical experience developing custom elearning, designing dynamic instructor-led training, delivering train-the-trainer programs, and building the L&D Pro Academy. Our goal is to empower you—whether you’re an L&D veteran or just stumbled into the field—with helpful, actionable advice.

The team at Endurance Learning is here to help you make every training engaging and lead to change!

Elearning Design & Development

Elearning design and development insights from experts instructional designers and elearning developers.

These articles are meant for professionals and organizations that want to design and develop elearning that helps their organizations scale their training programs while ensuring that they are effective and engaging.

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Articulate Rise

A Strategic Blueprint to Update Elearning

This free checklist gives you a roadmap to update elearning modules that need to be refreshed.
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Articulate Rise

Articulate Rise Development: Lessons Learned

This article was updated 8/14/2025 to incorporate newer examples and include content from several separate articles about Articulate Rise development. Articulate Rise is the industry’s ...
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Technical Training

Technical Training that Doesn’t Feel Like a Manual

How the team at Endurance Learning turned a highly technical training topic into an engaging learning experience. Many people walk through airports daily, not thinking ...
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Learning & Development

The Endurance Learning team supports everyone who finds themselves in the field of Learning & Development (L&D) whether they choose it or stumble into it.

These articles are a trusted resource for L&D professionals because our content is created by a team with demonstrable expertise and a deep knowledge of the field, led by Brian Washburn, a recognized thought leader and author with over two decades of experience.

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Beyond “Learning by Doing”: The Science and Strategy of Debriefing Training Activities

If you skip debriefing training activities, you are leaving the biggest return on investment (ROI) from your training program on the table. As a Peace ...
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Making Learning Stick with Reflection Activities

Making Learning Stick with Reflection Activities

Author, Katrina Kennedy shares practical ways to integrate reflection activities before, during, and after learning to deepen understanding and strengthen application.
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Manager Development: The Investment That Unlocks 21% More Profit

Dan Lawner: Organizations with high engagement are 21% more profitable than organization with kind of middling or low engagement. And then the greatest source and ...
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Instructor Led Training

Our articles on instructor-led training are based on the direct, first-hand experience facilitating workshops on instructional design and presentation skills across North America, South America, Asia, and Africa.

Led by Brian Washburn, we share the proven training and facilitation principles that we have refined through these experiences. You can be confident that our content, from lesson plans to facilitation strategies, is based on a practical, expert understanding of what works.

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Trainer Skills: Why Knowing Your Content Isn’t Enough (And What to Do About It)

As someone who has spent the past 25 years in learning and development, designing training programs, running train-the-trainer sessions, and coaching subject matter experts through ...
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Facilitator Strategies for Engaging Challenging Training Participants

Facilitator Strategies for Engaging Challenging Training Participants

Success in the training room depends on how you handle the human dynamics, not just your content. Brian Washburn breaks down the four most common ...
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Classroom Training Tips

Classroom Training Tips from a Master Facilitator

A selection of classroom training tips to help you address the common challenges you face when training adult learners.
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