Transforming Online Orientations
How a traditional onboarding experience became a brain-friendly, hybrid, interactive program using spacing, connection-building, and low-budget tools like Kahoot!, Gather.Town, Storyline, and Rise.
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Learning Experience Designer | Speaker | Builder of Interactive Adventures
Designing learning experiences that help people explore, connect, and discover.
I create interactive onboarding, training, and speaking experiences that turn complicated territory into something people can navigate with confidence. My work blends learning strategy, storytelling, collaboration, and a healthy respect for puzzles.
Featured work
Selected public-release projects and presentations that show how I approach learning design through case studies, not a file cabinet.
Mission Possible
An Amazing Race-inspired onboarding talk with a mission passport, live challenge, debrief, and a framework others can reuse for their own programs.
View session →Puzzles, Portals, and Prototypes
A practical look at using AI to brainstorm, narrow, iterate, and prototype gamified learning experiences without losing the human design signal.
View session →APL Amazing Race
A large-scale scavenger-hunt style experience that used passports, progress trackers, hints, and collaborative location challenges to drive connection.
View materials →My approach
I believe learning works best when people are curious, engaged, and able to connect new ideas to meaningful experiences. Whether I am designing onboarding programs, conference presentations, gamified learning experiences, or AI-enabled learning tools, my goal is the same: help people navigate unfamiliar territory with confidence.
Much of my professional work is proprietary, so the examples here focus on the strongest public-release material: conference sessions, infographics, passports, handouts, and presentation decks that already tell the story well.
What I bring
- Experience designing learning for technical and professional audiences
- A focus on connection, collaboration, and learner engagement
- Practical experience with gamification, onboarding, and emerging technologies
- Strong grounding in adult learning principles and learning science
- Commitment to accessibility, inclusion, and real-world application
Speaking highlights
A few public sessions that show the range of topics I present on.
Mission Possible: Energizing Onboarding with an Amazing Race Twist
Shows the framework, passport structure, live challenge, and key takeaways from the onboarding session.
Puzzles, Portals, and Prototypes: Gamifying Learning with AI
Focuses on brainstorming, refining, and prototyping gamified learning with generative AI support.
Creating Engaging and Interactive Online Orientations
Highlights spacing, interactivity, connection, and hybrid inclusion in orientation design.
Engaging Onboarding for a Hybrid Environment
Shows the research-backed thinking that shaped later onboarding and hybrid experience work.