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Instructional Designer Growth Series Launchers SIG

When
01 Jul 2026
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Location
Zoom
Registered
1 registrant

Registration

Member
Non-Member – $15.00
Partner/Other ATD Chapter – $13.50

Instructional Designer Growth Series

A year-long, capability-building journey for new and emerging Instructional Designers.

The Instructional Designer Growth Series is a four-part, year-long Special Interest Group designed to help new and developing Instructional Designers build clarity, capability, and confidence in their professional practice. Each quarter blends mindset, skill development, and practical application—aligned with the ATD Talent Development Capability Model—to help participants grow from task-focused designers into strategic learning professionals.

Across four quarterly sessions—THINK, BUILD, GROW, EXECUTE—participants will clarify their professional identity, strengthen core instructional design capabilities, develop reusable assets and workflows, elevate their design decisions, and build sustainable habits that support long-term career growth. Each session includes prework, hands-on exercises, peer collaboration, and a field assignment that reinforces real-world application.

Meet our Speaker: David Kolmer!

Who is David Kolmer?

David Kolmer is a learning experience designer, gamification strategist, writer, and podcast host who helps organizations turn training into engaging, behavior-changing experiences. With over a decade of experience in corporate learning and leadership development, he designs practical, human-centered programs that blend play, technology, and business outcomes to drive real performance.

What Will You Learn by Attending?

By the end of this session you will be able to:

Articulate a Definite Chief Aim that guides business decisions.
Describe how identity influences entrepreneurial behavior and performance.
Distinguish between assets and liabilities in entrepreneurial contexts.

Who Should Attend?

If you're an early-career and developing Instructional designer, career-pivoter, or L&D professional seeking structure, community, and a strategic path to becoming a confident, capable, and future ready Instructional Designer!

Need help explaining the “why” behind this work to leadership or highlighting its impact?

This session Builds the following Capabilities and skills from the ATD Capability Model:

Personal Capability - Emotional Intelligence and Decision Making, and Lifelong Learning
Professional Capability - Career and Leadership Development
Organizational Capability - Organization Development and Culture, and Change Management

To learn more about our capability model, visit https://capability.td.org/!

This session has been approved for recertification credits by the Association for Talent Development.

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