Brent Schlenker

Brent Schlenker has over 20 years of experience in the Learning and Development industry. He’s built and re-built training organizations, and developed innovative technology based learning solutions across all departments within small, medium, and large corporate structures. Over the last 10 years Brent built his career as an industry leader through blogging, speaking at industry events, and promoting eLearning through social media channels. After five years with The eLearning Guild, he is DevLearn Program Director Emeritus and was responsible for programming the event from 2008 to 2012. He joined the Litmos team in April 2014 as the Chief Learning Strategist and brings his wealth of experience, industry knowledge, and networks to the strong learning products under the Litmos brand. Prior to discovering his passion for technology-based learning, he worked in video production as a producer for a local Arizona NBC affiliate. He brings that experience, innovation, and creativity to the booming industry of eLearning. He also holds a BA in Media Arts and an M.Ed. in Educational Media and Computers.

Apr 25, 2014 | Training Management

3 Training Ideas from Google Sales Training

I’m a day late for “Throw Back Thursday”(#TBT is a Twitter & Facebook hashtag), but I happened upon this article from 2011 in FastCompany that is worth re-discussing. I find Google to be a fascinating organization for all the obvious reason, but mostly because of their approach to training and... more

Apr 23, 2014 | Training Management

Top 5 New Training Manager Situations

You’ve just landed a new job as a Training Manager. Where do you start? Before you start looking for advice and information online, or beginning conversations with other training managers it will be important for you to know what you’ve gotten yourself into. Having a clear understanding of your current... more

Apr 21, 2014 | Training Management

How to Get Started as a Training Manager

What happens when you find yourself managing a training department for the first time? How do you get from first-timer to rockstar? A lot depends on the maturity of the business and what existed prior to your arrival. Understanding the basics is a great place to start. But just so... more

Apr 18, 2014 | Litmos

eLearnChat Guest @bschlenker Talks About Joining Litmos

eLearnChat 121: Brent Schlenker on #Litmos from RELATECASTS on Vimeo.

Apr 17, 2014 | Course Design

How I Learned “Done is Better Than Perfect”

“A good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week.”- George S. Patton In my last post I mentioned the popular quote, “Done is Better Than Perfect!” And that it was one of the most important lesson I’ve learned in my career. Unfortunately,... more

Apr 14, 2014 | Course Design

My Top 5 Training Development Tips

The world of Corporate Training is really not that complicated. But with all of our instructional models and frameworks, we like making it a little more complicated than others believe it to be. There are situations where all the detailed processes of instructional design are required. But, in my experience,... more

Apr 3, 2014 | Learning, Litmos

Brent Schlenker Joins Litmos Team as Chief Learning Strategist

Hi eLearning community! I’m very happy to announce that I have joined the amazing Litmos team as the Chief Learning Strategist. My official start was April 1st, but I didn’t want to announce it then because…well…April 1st is a bad day to announce anything. I’ve been part of the eLearning... more

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