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Are you passionate about creating exceptional learning experiences that are easier to create and maintain? So are we! That’s why we’re thrilled to announce that Great Circle Learning is in the running for the 2025 Training Magazine Network Choice Awards…
A baker, a violinist, and a classroom trainer all walk into a bar…
This sounds like the beginning of a bad joke. But it isn’t.
And they aren’t going into a bar; it was just a good opening sentence for why you need to use a facilitator guide each and every time you run an instructor-led training…
Exciting New Course Available: Extract a Participant Guide from a Facilitator Guide
We are thrilled to announce the launch of our latest learning course for LeaderGuide Pro, "Extract a Participant Guide from a Facilitator Guide". This course is …
Develop User-Friendly Facilitator Guides Through Instructional Chunking
The best facilitator guide instructions are like chocolate chip cookies: full of chunks.
To create a facilitator guide that functions as an at-a-glance delivery aid, we need to “chunk” our learning material out into…
LeaderGuide Pro - 2025 EdTech Awards Finalist
LeaderGuide Pro has proudly made it to the finals of the 2025 EdTech Awards…
Six Ways to Reduce the Time to Create ILT & VILT
67% of L&D professionals report they lack the time, money and/or workforce to do their job. Here are six ways you can save time when designing and developing instructor-led training and VILT.
Format Facilitator Guides Like a Pro
Utilize these six elements of professional formatting for training materials to create effective resources that will allow your facilitators to shine in person or virtually.
The Power(Point) Move: Why Facilitating Adult Learning Demands More Than a Slide Show
A slide deck alone cannot create an immersive learning experience.
A facilitator guide, on the other hand, offers flexibility and encourages active learning.
Communicate More Effectively with Visual Cues
Visual cues are powerful tools that draw attention and provide meaningful context to communications. When used consistently and mindfully, visual cues help us …
When to Ignore Learning Styles
Whether you are a visual learner or a hands-on type, or any of the other learning styles, we all need to start at the same place.
Build Two Participant Guides for Every ILT and VILT Program
Each of us has a preferred way we like to do things. It brings a sense of contentment and comfort, which every person craves. So why do we force people into capitulating on how we want to develop materials rather than how they want to use and learn from training materials?
Structuring Training Programs
When building, foundation is everything. A bad foundation leads to expensive and time-consuming issues when fixing structural problems.
How to Turn Off Track Changes and Comments in Microsoft 365 Word
Tracked changes and comments will stay in a document until you take the correct action to change that. Here’s what you need to do …
Writing Learning Objectives 101
A fundamental part of creating effective training is to ensure we have learning objectives that delineate what we want the learner to achieve.
The Two Keys to Successful ILT & VILT
How often is the successful outcome of your training determined purely by chance?
The New Features of LeaderGuide Pro v15
LeaderGuide Pro is the premier tool for developing instructor-led training & VILT. Our newest version has only raised the bar even higher.
Making ILT & VILT Content Easy to Reuse, Part 1
The keys to making content easy to reuse are within your control.
Write Better Slides & Notes
A few simple changes to the way you write those slides and notes will allow you to save time and deliver better instruction.
Creating a Learning Design
Even if you are an Instructional Designer, creating a new learning design is hard work. Following a consistent, logical process that is guided by a Learning Design Tool is a best practice.
Key Components of a Facilitator Guide
Whether your class is being delivered virtually or in a traditional classroom setting, we must strive to ensure consistency across our training deliveries. With that goal in mind here are the key components of a well-constructed facilitator guide.