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Hi there, I'm Cara (care-uh, like “karaoke,” minus the okie) and I've been working in learning and development for all of my professional career. Over the years I’ve built learning strategies and experiences for higher education, corporate, and consulting. Since then, I’ve been the one people call when training goes sideways, tech implodes, or someone forgets we are in the business of supporting the complex creatures called humans. Along the way I’ve collected the kind of stories that double as icebreakers: The Porta-Potty Standoff: Showed up to a new-hire orientation to find a row of porta potties in the training room. We had people to onboard and enough stuff to deal with and was able to get the porta-potties banished. One-Woman Software SWAT: Got “Hey, we’re changing core software, train the entire org in a week” with zero team, zero prep. I caffeinated, white-boarded, and lived to meme the tale. eLearning ER: Performed emergency-saving surgery on eLearning so ugly they triggered OSHA concerns. If you are a teacher or someone who is new to instructional design, welcome! I hope you find as much joy in this work as I have. If you want some recommendations to get started with books & tech, I've created an Amazon storefront with some of my favorites: https://www.amazon.com/shop/unfilteredid DMs are always open (but my inbox is a spicy chaos goblin). Please note this year I've started to set boundaries for my time so if you are immediately asking for me to hop on a call, do something for you, etc without trying to build a relationship, I'll refer you to my services calendar.