3 things:
1. I’ve built 3 wooden boats, and if I had more time, I’d build more.
2. 25 years later, I can still recite the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales in Middle English.
3. When I saw your photo on the about me page, I thought, wow, she looks just like that lady who posts the banjo videos on youtube. Oh, wait . . .

Another approach came to mind, in the tarditional audience analysis, is Focus Groups discussion or participation. In this kind of approach, the ID acts like a facilitator rather than an interviewer. Here the challenge is to create an environment for the audience to speak out on the expected topics. But this approach will be possible only when u can reach out ur audience geographically.

I think that blogs written by employees help you learn about the employees, especially if you start something viral like the “7 things” meme. If no learners are writing blogs but you write one in that company, you might be able to get some information out of learners by writing an interesting or even controversial post about the topic of the course you’re working on and asking for their comments. For example, you might wonder if anyone ever uses the manual for the process you’re covering, and if not, what should replace it.

Well, now I have a small request. The query is how do you start knowing your audiences when you are physically far off from ur targeted audience. The run of the mill method is conducting Interviews through mails, and telephone. In addiion, u also said that creating blogs will help to know more abt ur audience. Can u elaborate on that, please?

Three things about me:

I became an instructional designer five yers ago, by chance and am loving it.

I stumbled upon your blog by chance last year, and am loving it.

I’m looking forward to the latest Bollywood relase, Luck By Chance. I have a feeling I’ll like this film.

I’d like to encourage everyone to click the link that Beth Griese posted. On that page, you’ll find a link to a Word doc that’s designed to help you develop a persona for marketing a business product. Just a few tweaks and it becomes a worksheet for building a persona for designing and marketing training. It’s the strongest approach to persona-building that I’ve seen.

1) From 1991-1993 to was a missionary in South Africa and Swaziland.

2) I love the outdoors (climbing, backpacking, running, cycling…).

3) I enjoy the challenge of growing my capacity and ability in all aspects of life.

Keep up your great work.

I also enjoy alot of Cameroon and African music each time i am tired or not understanding something.

Finally, i enjoy being with friends especially when we understand one another and work for a common goal or for the good of everybody.

1. I collect unbuilt plastic construction kits in original boxes.
2. I visit the beer festival “Oktoberfest” in Münich, Germany each year.
3. I almost flunked college due to playing the highly addictive game “Civilization”. I still play it from time to time.

I like the idea of memes. For training analysis I describe personas rather than job roles. My favorite open questions are: “what makes a good day at work/what makes a bad day at work”. I say you have to meet the target audience (the learners) in order to design effective training.

1. I’m still trying to devise a way to get paid to sit in a coffee shop and read all day.

2. I really, honestly love zombie and kung fu movies. Mainly for the passion and the non-emotionally-risky aspect of them, but also for the sociological aspects. Especially zombie movies. Think about it.

3. I know I try to bring things up in conversation that I’d like to be identified by, even though it can be socially awkward or make me seem self-centered. By the way, I lived in Scotland and I LOVED it. Also, I’ve been a dancer my whole life.