Welcome & Introductions

Hi L&D friends,

My name is Chris Chagnon.  I live in Cape Cod, MA and work mostly remote for Southcoast Health.  I'm LMS Admin and ID.  joined the cohort to upskill in AI. AI isn't going away and we all need to stay informed.  

In my current role I juggle a variety of project across the organization, but main focus is supporting Leadership Development for the Organizational Capability team.  

I have a lovely family (wife, son and two Golden Doodles).

Hi all! My name is Laura Rowell, I'm from Buffalo, N.Y. Go, Bills.

I work for the FINRA Investor Education Foundation and oversee our general grantmaking as well as our financial capability programming that leverages the workplace as a platform for financial education and services for low and moderate-income workers.  I joined this cohort to learn how the AI tool can help my team contribute to updates to our trainings programs held in Articulate.

 My dog, Nacho, is an English Shepard and avid outdoorsman.

Hello, my name is Danielle Goodwin. I serve as a Principal Epic Trainer with Ballad Health, where I am responsible for developing and maintaining Epic education for OR nurses, anesthesia providers, and surgeons. As we expand our use of computer‑based learning modules (CBLs) for end‑user education, I am interested in exploring how AI can streamline content creation and enhance the learning experience, particularly by making interactions more realistic and engaging for our clinical teams.

oh my goodness I am not prepared with pictures of me or my pet! So adorable everyone. I am Lara McKinnon and I am in Charlotte NC. I will try to add to this later-just wanted to at least say hello.

Hi everyone,

I’m Judy. I live in the Tampa Bay area of Florida, USA, and work remotely for the Florida Department of Revenue Child Support Program. I’m a former college ESL teacher/linguistics nerd who morphed into an instructional designer. My current position involves creating trainings but also reviewing and editing procedures, job aids, and training materials. I love Storyline and am here to learn more! Looking forward to learning from and sharing with you all. 

Bonus: My sweet kitty is no longer here, but here is a photo of one of my deer friends who wander through the neighborhood daily.

Hello L&D friends! I am Julian from Southern California! I am an instructional designer for Gore and I focus on learning strategy and delivery! I am so happy to start this learning journey with you all. 

Excited to be part of the group. I am looking forward to a deep dive into Articulate AI. 

Hello there,

My name is Mary Noel I live on Orlando, FL. I work at a FINRA which is a financial regulator. I have been an instructional designer for 10+ years. At FINRA I am focused on learning experience design for internal training.

I joined this cohort to get more hands on application and inspiration for Articulate tools and design elements.

These are my fur babies and co-workers Millie (Australian cattle dog mix) and Sky (lab mix)

Hi, I am Liz.  I work as a Training Coordinator for NEC at BWXT in Peterborough, Ontario.
In my role, I get to work with SMEs in all fields of Engineering building training to grow and innovate our work force.
I am sorry, I don't actually have a pet at home.  However I live on a farm and I have chickens, cows and pigs.   But, I never get close enough to any of them to have names.
I would love to learn, and know more about how to use the avatars that are available within the new software. 

Hello! My name Brooke and I'm located in Thornton, CO. I am an instructional designer at Vituity, a physician-owned healthcare company. I create self-paced online courses, ILT/vILT learning materials, and short-form videos here and there.

I use the AI Assistant frequently to create Text-to-Speech narration in both Storyline and Rise. I also like to use it to see the learning content in various formats (quickly switching from paragraph to list to tabs, etc.). I'm excited to explore even more ways to use the AI Assistant!