"Cathy is an extraordinary force in the eLearning community."
-- Allen Partridge, Adobe
Cathy is an internationally recognized training designer dedicated to saving the world from boring instruction. She’s a passionate advocate for improving business performance by respecting and deeply challenging people.
Her advice and designs have been used by organizations that include Microsoft, Pfizer, the US Army, Barclays, and the US Department of the Interior. She’s the creator of the action mapping model of training design used to improve performance by companies worldwide.
A fun speaker, Cathy has presented her ideas for improving instructional design in several countries. She’s also an in-demand webinar presenter with an irreverent style.
Cathy’s writing and design have won awards, and she’s served as a design competition judge. Through her blog, she shares ideas with more than 15,000 international subscribers.
Featured clients and customers
The World Bank, Amazon, Bayer, Amnesty International, the US Treasury, and Bloomberg are some clients and customers. Click below to see more.
Speaking experience
Keynotes
- Keynote for the Training magazine Online Learning conference in Chicago
- Keynote and workshop at Learning Pool Live in London
- Several keynotes and design workshops at Teaching and Further Education conferences in Melbourne, Sydney, Darwin, Perth, Adelaide, Hobart, and Brisbane, Australia
- Keynote and workshop at NZATD conference in Auckland
Online workshops
- Many public webinars and multi-week online workshops for designers around the world
- Many private four-week online design courses for clients worldwide, including the US Department of the Interior, UK National Health Service, and the Canadian Dept. of National Defence
- Multiple online workshops on training design for the UK Elearning Network, US ATD chapters, the eLearning Guild, and other professional associations
Presentations
- Several presentations and discussions at Learning Technologies conferences in London
- Presentation at Online Educa Berlin
- Presentations on design for corporate learning and development staff in São Paulo and Buenos Aires
- Training design presentations and workshops at eLearning Guild, Articulate Live, and Brandon Hall Innovations in Learning conferences, US
On-site workshops
- Full-day workshops on training and scenario design in London, Chicago, and Los Angeles
- Several full-day training design workshops in Sydney and Melbourne for the Learning@Work conference, the E-learning Network of Australasia, and private clients
- Training design presentations and workshops at eLearning Guild, Articulate Live, and Brandon Hall Innovations in Learning conferences, US