I'm Ashley,
a reading-obsessed instructional designer who values building relationships and enjoys solving ambiguous problems. I always keep sustainability, digestibility, accessibility, and user experience in the forefront of my mind when designing learning solutions. I practice what I teach: I'm constantly learning and growing, always working to expand my knowledge base of best practices in the field of learning design (and adding to the 60+ platforms in my tech stack).
More about me...
🌞 Relationship-Builder: I love finding ways to authentically connect with people. Whether that's through a first call, a long-term project, a friendly chat via Teams or Zoom, I put relationship at the front of my priorities. I know how to turn transactional interactions and tough conversations into opportunities that allow for building and restoring relationships through the work itself. Steady, trusting, positive relationships are key for opening mindsets, keep projects on track, and make work (and life) worthwhile!
🧠 Divergent Thinker: For the last 18 years of my professional career, I've enjoyed creating solutions for complex problems by thinking about topics from multiple perspectives, and looking at unique and succinct methods of designing instruction to meet the project outcomes/KPIs. I like taking a step back to think about the bigger picture, then devising solutions to meet each project's needs effectively.
🎨 Creative: "You've got our most creative daughter," my father told my first boss. And while parents are notorious for bragging on their children, he wasn't wrong. I've always created on a daily basis. For me, this looks like creative writing, poetry, digital art, sketching, learning a new song on my ukulele, crafting, graphic design, photography, etc. But I don't just stop there. I bring my creativity into every project I take on, utilizing my tech and art/graphic design knowledge, finding new ways to leverage given tools, and looking for ways to make common topics interesting and engaging; while at the same time on-target and effective.
📂 Organized: Many creative people aren't super organized, but I've learned how to find the creativity in the development of systems and streamlining processes--and I love it! I excel at taking large amounts of information and resources, and organizing them into usable chunks of information to create streamlined, organized systems and structures for learning and process improvements, as well as in courses, trainings, and job aids. I thrive in all types of workspaces; if there's not already a defined structure in place, I create my own.
➡️ Interested in learning more about my experience (or just want to recommend a good book)? Click the icon to DM me anytime! 📩
The Accessible and Inclusive Design Conference 2023 (The Training, Learning, and Development Community) 8/14/2023
Instructional Design Course (Freedom Learning Group- FLG) 1/4/2023
Learning Design Accessibility Course (FLG) 1/16/2023
MicrolearningCONF (7taps Microlearning) 11/17/22
The Challenger Sales Method Training (FLG Client- $6.5b automotive tech company) 7/7/22
Maybe you're here for the tech... below are the skills and platforms in my current tech stack.
Graphic Design & Video Production
Adobe Creative Cloud
Photoshop
Premiere Pro
Acrobat Pro
Powtoon
Camtasia & Audiate
Canva
Snagit
Procreate Digital Art
Screencast Software
ScreenPal
QuickTime
Loom
DSLR Photography & Videography
Web Development and Coding
HTML
Web design customization
LMS management
Coding troubleshooting
Course creation
Website Design Platforms
Wix
Thinkific
Google Sites
Weebly
SharePoint
Project Management
Smartsheet
Jira
Confluence
Teams (Planner & To Do)
Process Street
Zapier
Asana
Monday.com
Trello
AirTable
MindMeister
LMS & Course Development Platforms
Articulate Rise 360
Canvas
Coursera
LearntoWin
Thinkific
Moodle
Blackboard
7taps
Docebo (some experience)
Core Platforms
Microsoft Office
Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OneNote, Outlook, SharePoint, Teams Planner & To Do
Google Suite
Drive, Docs, Slides, Sheets, Forms
Jira
Confluence
Tango
Scribe
CRM & Sales Enablement
Salesforce
Zapier
Verint
Outreach
Communication & Collaboration
Video Conferencing
Zoom
Teams
Google Meet
AirMeet
Chat
Teams
Slack
Jira
Google Spaces & Chat
Social Media & Marketing
MailChimp
Later
LinkedIn
TikTok
Instagram
Pinterest
Facebook
There's More?
There are many other tools and platforms I've used in the past- these are the ones I am comfortable and/or fluent in.