Week 1 Welcome & Introductions

Hi everyone!

My name is Kimberly Manon, and I’m based in Miami, Florida. I currently work at an outpatient surgery center as a Director of Training, where I focus on building and implementing training programs for clinical teams across multiple locations nation-wide. Day-to-day, that means I’m developing learning strategies, supporting new clinic openings, coaching leaders, and ensuring teams are set up for both operational success and compliance.

I joined this AI Assistant Certification Cohort because I’m really interested in how AI can enhance training, streamline workflows, and improve how we support teams at scale. I’m hoping to walk away with practical tools and ideas that I can apply directly to my role, especially when it comes to creating smarter, more efficient learning experiences.

I have 3 furr children: Samson (Golden Retriever), Ginger (Calico), and Cheeto (The Orange Maine Coone) 

Hi everyone! 👋 I’m Amy Kendall LaBree, joining from Tacoma, WA. I work at F5 as a Senior Sales Enablement Manager. Day to day, I design and run learning programs for sales teams, thinking about how people learn, creating content and resources, partnering with leaders, and finding ways to turn training into something sellers actually use in their day-to-day work.

I joined the AI Assistant Certification Cohort because I’m excited about using AI more intentionally in my work, especially to speed up content creation, streamline workflows, and build smarter, more scalable learning experiences. I’m hoping to leave with practical skills, strong prompts, and real examples I can put to use right away.

Looking forward to learning with you all! And Pinky will definitely be here to help me with any questions I have 😀

 

Hi everyone, I'm a L+D Specialist at Everwise Credit Union, in South Bend, Indiana. My training is in Instructional Design and I love learning new tips and tricks to make eLearning courses more engaging and impactful. My day to day varies between creating on demand courses and facilitating training both ILT and VILT. Recently I been working on moving some of our in-person training classes to VILT courses and using storyline to create interactive and gamified elements to use in those courses to keep engagement up in the virtual environment. Here's my very furry guy Timber.

 

Hi, my name is Jaime Pisko, and I am a Staff Development Specialist for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. I'm very fortunate to be in a role where I can help our personnel learn and grow. I create and deploy annual and on-demand educational content for personnel and I thoroughly enjoy taking a blank lesson and creating something engaging and informative at the end! 

I live just outside of Scranton, PA (Home of The Office!), and I am blessed with an amazing husband, two wonderful girls, a dog, 3 cats, a fish, and 12 chickens! That many pet pictures would crash the site, so just picture a small farm and you got it! 😊

Looking forward to working with everyone, and I am excited to learn more about AI. 

Hello fine folks:

I live in Myrtle Beach, SC. Started in "eLearning" in the early 90s when it was "CBT" ...

I've had my own eLearning consulting company since 2001. I've used all versions of Storyline and early with Rise. Great tools!

I'm expanding AI skills, as we all should be doing.

I don't have any pets, but I have 10 guitars that have never pooped on the floor once! ;)

 

Hi everyone!

My name is Ashley Allegretti, and I’m based in Long Island, NY. I’m an Instructional Designer at Flagstar Bank, where I’ve spent the last nearly seven years designing and developing training content and learning experiences that support employees across the organization.

I joined the AI Assistant Certification Cohort because I’m eager to learn how AI can enhance learning design, accelerate content development, and enable more personalized learning experiences. I am hoping to learn how to use the AI features in Rise and Storyline more effectively and realistically in my day-to-day work, and hoping to pick up practical ways to speed up development, improve content, and design more engaging learning experiences. I’m also really looking forward to learning from all of you and sharing ideas along the way!

👋 everyone! My name is Lee Millard, and I live in the greater Indianapolis area (moved here 7 years ago from PA). I work at Butler University (go Bulldogs!) and am the Lead Interactive Media Designer for our Online Education and Educational Technology team. My background is in fine/digital art and instructional design. I love doing anything creative, whether it's digital or analog. 

I am excited to dive deeper into the AI tools that Articulate has to offer and learn how my team can harness them more in our day-to-day processes.

Attached are photos of our animal family members: Oaken, our goldendoodle, and our bumblebee dart frogs.

And since some are posting cheers for their NHL team, I'll just say QUACK! QUACK! QUACK!

 

Hi everyone!

My name is Stefanie Kirshner. I am located in Dallas, Texas. I work for McLane Company (food and retail supply chain distribution) as a Training and Development Specialist. In that role, I coordinate onsite trainings for the teammates in our distribution centers as well as use Articulate to design training to improve performance in using our various transportation systems. 

I joined this cohort to help myself build an "AI state of mind" as I build courses. I have an understanding of the basics of AI Assistant, but I tend to think through more simple options versus outside of the box ideas that AI Assistant could do. I'm hoping to finish the cohort with a stronger tendency to lean into the power of AI in course building!

Good day everyone!

My name is Hector Nogueras, and I’m located in Kingsport, Tennessee. 

I work for TEC Industrial Maintenance & Construction as the Training Manager, where my day-to-day work focuses on building and improving training programs for our field craft, supervisors, safety needs, and leadership development.

I joined this AI Assistant Certification Cohort because I want to better understand how to use AI to improve training development. 

I’m hoping to leave the cohort with stronger hands-on skills and practical ideas that I can use!

Hi! I am Cherise George. I work for Charles River Laboratories in Charleston, SC. I work in a remote role as the Training Manager. I have been with the company for 16 years. I am looking to increase my skill set within Articulate and use it as best as possible to make training content more engaging and valuable. 

 

My 4-month-old puppy Busby keeps me company during the work day!