 Michele B. Medved is an Instructional Design consultant with over ten years experience in adult learning, technical writing, and performance consulting. Over the past few years, Michele has specialized in the design and development of e learning and blended learning solutions.
Michele’s
has worked for the following organizations:
Michele has her Masters degree in Educational Technology, certificate in Instructional Design, and a degree in
Speech and Drama. Michele is a member of ASTD Los Angeles. She has published articles in a number of ASTD publications and spoken at ASTD
events. Michele has taught classes for the Technical Writing
Certificate at California State Dominguez Hills. She volunteers as an
interview coach and job readiness trainer at
Chrysalis.
New Hire Training
Using Learning to Meet Business
Objectives
Informal Learning and Social Media
- Creating an Environment for Ongoing Learning.
ASTD Learning Circuits Magazine, December 2003 issue: CGo to http://www.astd.org/lc.
Click on Archives/2003 and search for article.
Professional Development for T&D
Professionals
Book and DVD Reviews
From LinkedIn
“Michele was a valuable asset to our team. I hired Michele as a
writer for an extremely difficult project with a short turnaround
time. She was easy to work with and very knowledgeable. The
difficulties of the project did not faze her. Her professionalism
was very much appreciated.” June 29, 2009
Top qualities: Expert, On Time, Creative
Cheryl Lueder
hired Michele B as a Writer/Editor in 2008
“Michele's instructional design writing skills are impeccable; she is
especially adept at writing training materials for dynamic classroom
training. She is a polished professional. I have asked her expert
advice in the past and she freely shared her wisdom and tips for
success. Michele is a pleasure to work with.”
October 1, 2008
Suzann Connell, Instructional Designer, Working with Prose
worked directly with Michele B at Kaiser Permanente
“In addition to delivering excellent results, Michele was a true
partner and consultant. She developed a performance management tool
that our client use to implement a financial controls program.
Michele approach is rooted in a robust methodology that covers all
aspects of training and performance management. Along the way, I
learned about the performance management discipline and its
effectiveness.” April 4, 2009
Top qualities: Great Results, Expert, Creative
Kevin Keane
hired Michele B as a Training Development and Performance Management
in 2007
“Michele was an outstanding instructional designer and trainer at
Trillium. She created colleges and curricula for Trillium
University; prepared soft skills, sales, and technical training
course material; coordinated with Subject Matter Experts; and setup
training processes, standards, and templates. She is probably the
most efficient training professional I've worked with. She met all
deadlines, exceeded all requirements and expectations, and used
adult learning and instructional design best practices to create
innovative training solutions. She worked on formulating a blended
learning approach for customer technical training material and
helped save the company a lot of money. She was also an energetic
and capable trainer. I would highly recommend her for any training
or leadership assignment.” April 10, 2009
Sandhya Prasad, Director, Technical Communications and
Training, Trillium Digital Systems Inc.
managed Michele B at Intel
Seth Greenberg, Technical Documentation Manager, NICE Systems: “Other members of our department have remarked that they are impressed with Michele’s ability to rapidly learn technical material and then teach it to others at their level.” Ellaine David, Performance Consultant, Wellpoint: "It was a pleasure and a great opportunity to have worked with Michele Medved. Her keen sense for details, balanced by her strategic focus on results allowed all our projects to successfully meet our client's business goals. As my mentor, Michele provided me with direction and support in leading my projects including information on the current trends in training. I continue to practice most of what I learned from her in Instructional Design and blended learning with great success. I am confident that Michele will duplicate her past achievements to any organizations that will avail of her service. "
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