Think Like a Marketer, Train Like an L&d Pro - by Bianca Baumann & Mike Taylor (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Use Marketing Strategies to Captivate and Persuade Your Audience

At first glance, marketing and L&D may seem like an unlikely combination. But upon closer inspection, both fields share two core goals: getting people's attention and influencing their behavior. Marketing involves captivating, persuading, and creating value-all of which are key to learning design. When done well, learning design grabs participants' attention like a great marketing campaign and engages them emotionally and intellectually to make learning stick. In this innovative volume, marketing and L&D experts Bianca Baumann and Mike Taylor ask: How can L&D pros make learning programs more effective by thinking like expert marketers?

To answer that question, Baumann and Taylor explore the potential of marketing-inspired L&D, diving into essential marketing principles, strategies, and techniques and applying them to learning experience design to improve learning transfer. With a learner-centric perspective, the authors explain the science of marketing, how to use personas, and how to craft a successful learner journey. They cover effective writing, the use of powerful graphics, how to plan and execute a winning learning campaign, how to harness technology, and the all-important activities of evaluation and learning analytics.

L&D pros will learn new ways to capture their target audience's attention and influence their behavior. Each chapter includes engaging stories from Baumann and Taylor's work in the field, case studies, and definitions of essential marketing concepts and how they apply directly in the L&D environment, plus activities and tools instructional designers can apply immediately to transform their learning programs.

Review Quotes

"As an EdTech consultant advising chief learning officers, I
can confidently say this book is a game-changer for L&D leaders. It brilliantly
bridges the gap between traditional L&D and modern marketing, offering
invaluable insights for creating compelling digital learning experiences."
-Lori
Niles-Hofmann, EdTech Strategist and Global Adviser, NilesNolen

"So much value on every page! Bianca and Mike have struck
the right balance of instilling high-impact strategies and tactical design
advice. Think Like a Marketer, Train Like an L&D Pro is essential
reading for any learning and talent leader who is looking to elevate their
practice and bring fresh perspectives to their teams. Keep this one beside your
desk at all times."
--Josh Cardoz, Chief Creative and Learning Officer,
Sponge Learning Group

"Think Like a Marketer, Train Like an L&D Pro
presents a compelling argument for combining marketing ideas and strategies
with current L&D techniques to create a powerful combination with the
potential to take the L&D function to the next level. Bianca Baumann and
Mike Taylor have created a work that will help you envision and achieve a
future in which employees eagerly take charge of their learning journeys,
acquire new skills, and apply them in real time through this unique
intertwining of disciplines. The writing team provides actionable strategies,
ideas, and concepts that empower L&D professionals to create training that
captivates, motivates, and delivers lasting impact. This book will change the
way you think about developing instruction forever."
--Karl M. Kapp, EdD, Professor
of Instructional Design and Technology, Commonwealth University

"'Get attention, influence behavior'--the book recognizes
that these are the central concerns of both learning designers AND marketers,
and that learning designers have a lot to learn from marketers on these topics.
Packed full of useful tools and frameworks, this book has so much material to
help create more engaging and impactful learning."
--Julie Dirksen,
Author, Design for How People Learn

"This is the L&D and marketing crossover you are looking
for. Discover how to transform dull learning content into engagement gold with
skimmable writing, snappy headlines, and calls to action that demand action."
--Cara
North, Founder and Chief Learning Consultant, The Learning Camel

"Dang! I love this book. Bianca and Mike have written the
go-to resource for what-to and how-to for instructional designers and the
leaders who guide them. Insightful, readable, actionable, and chock full of
activities, this is a must-read for you and your team."
--Megan Torrance,
CEO, TorranceLearning; Author, Agile for Instructional Designers and Data
and Analytics for Instructional Designers

"Mike and Bianca have written a masterpiece on how to
capture and keep learners' attention. This how-to guide is filled with
research-backed tips for learning professionals who need to create training
programs that get business results. Think Like a Marketer, Train Like an
L&D Pro is a handbook with practical advice for communicating and
capturing attention in a busy world. It belongs on everyone's bookshelf."
--Cindy
Huggett, CPTD, Author, The Virtual Training Guidebook: How to Design,
Deliver, and Implement Live Online Learning, 2nd edition

About the Author

Bianca Baumann
Bianca Baumann is a seasoned L&D strategist with more than 15 years of experience. She is passionate about consulting on effective new solutions to serve learners' needs. She's developed processes, methodologies, and frameworks to help organizations meet their growth targets with the help of innovative L&D approaches. Bianca has helped dozens of organizations with their workforce transformations, as well as onboarding and reskilling programs. She has also spearheaded multiple projects in the marketing, automotive, financial, and events industries, creating award-winning programs along the way. Bianca speaks at international conferences and is a facilitator at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.

Mike Taylor
With more than two decades of experience as a learning consultant, Mike Taylor has been a driving force behind transformative instructional design and organizational performance. Known for his captivating speaking style and influential newsletter, Mike is dedicated to making learning more engaging, accessible, and effective.

As a faculty member in Franklin University's Graduate Instructional Design and Technology program, Mike bridges the gap between academic theory and real-world practice, equipping future learning professionals with the skills to excel in today's dynamic landscape. Mike's innovative approach and infectious passion are redefining the way we think about learning.