Popular and the most viewed videos, downloaded podcasts, and read blogs of 2024. Not all of them were written or filmed this past year.

Using AI as a Writing Partner and Assistant: Unlocking Creativity, Clarity, and Collaboration

What I learned in Iceland, related to L&D and tips on if you want to travel there. It is an epic place to visit!

Beta testers

Summer Shorts Season Four, video tutorials shared this past summer, and what is coming up! Quick Tips and tutorials for you!

Discover how introductory videos can transform your online course by boosting learner engagement and connection.

Essential Guide to Crafting Effective Course Introductions for eLearning Success

Zoom is now called Workplace, and it includes exciting new features, including screen sharing, an updated look, and fun engagement options.

Wow, we celebrate my seventh business anniversary and two-year book birthday; let’s mark these milestones, and I’ll share an update, too.

How to activate Zoom’s new chat experience and the setting that allows you and your participants to delete a chat comment during a meeting.

How to use Zoom’s new AI Summary Feature. Next steps or Action items, meeting synopsis and fantastic options when you join a meeting late!

It’s a good time to review your Zoom settings to turn on all the new updates and check on what you used to have activated. Your January 2024 Zoom account settings review and highlight of the latest updates.

Behind-the-scenes look at getting ready for a workshop and a sneak peek at what happened. Plus, find out what I always take in my laptop bag.

Popular and most viewed videos, podcasts, articles and blogs 0f 2023. I find it interesting that the topics vary depending on the platform!

Hybrid Facilitation, or the Hybrid Shift, requires a lot of planning for a successful learning experience journey for everyone.

Taking care of ourselves, especially during a busy season, is essential. I share part of my facilitator self-care journey.

Behind-the-scenes look at getting ready for a workshop and a sneak peek at what happened. Plus, find out what I always take in my laptop bag.

It’s been a busy season, here is an update on what I have been up to, and hot highlights from the recent I4PL conference.

Are you losing your learners because of going too fast? Virtual Facilitation pro tips.

What I look for, when comparing online course authoring tools and platforms.

Book review, The Neurodiverse Workplace, by Victoria Honeybourne

Everything is figureoutable! This is one of my beliefs and it often drives finding solutions to problems and turns into videos and posts.

Consultants, vendors, content creators and designers can use this as part of your onboarding process, contracts/agreements & discussion tool.

Here are currently my thoughts about Chat GPT. What do you think about it? Have you started regularity using it?

Sharing an AI-generated blog post via Chat GPT. This is an example blog with great content, but the next blog shares all my own thoughts.

Tips for getting started with your first live stream, what you need to know to set yourself up for success.

The webinar can be a bad word for increasing knowledge transfer and attendance—tips on facilitating engagement on a webinar platform.

Mac computers or all the rest, this may be the live stream app or platform you have been looking for!

What you need to know if you prefer to facilitate on Zoom, for virtual learning, but your client prefers WebEx.

Visuals within learning design should consider some elements to be effective.

The Online Shift Book’s First Anniversary – ONE YEAR LATER includes sharing pro tips from the book and more!

The Online Shift Book Anniversary includes sharing pro tips from the book and more!

Two Zoom activity ideas with new features for group icebreakers, including custom avatars and screen capture.

iSpring is a asynchronous course authoring tool that is easy to use! This is the final blog and video in the series about this fantastic option for your self-directed learning courses.

enFokus sent me their new AI video conference camera called EnSonore. I share my unboxing and review of this speaker, camera and mic combo.

Vimeo is a good video hosting platform option, find out how I use it and why. Plus how to add comments to a vimeo video.

You can record yourself in PowerPoint (PPT). This is a great way to create a tutorial or training materials for a self-directed course.

I recently facilitated a participant-directed pick-your-own adventure workshop, adding the choice element get a sneak peek.

Kickstart 2023 with Fantastic Learning & Development Programs. What to consider when evaluating your training materials.

Popular and most viewed videos, podcasts, and blogs 0f 2022. I find it interesting that the topics vary depending on the platform!

A more in-depth look at interaction and additional options within the authoring online course program iSpring.

Do you need book ideas for your holiday wish list or year-end spending? I have you covered.

Looking back and forward at milestones and future wishes

Did you know you can ask Zoom for help or answers any time, and talk to a person? I will show you how.

How to use the Zoom Timer App option in your meetings, and virtual or hybrid learning experiences.

PPT hyperlinks may be a PowerPoint secret. Learn how to add them to your slides with skip logic and add the power of participant choice.

The Online Shift, 101 Pro Tips for Facilitators…is over 6 months old. I reflect and reintroduce you to my book baby.

When you have a YouTube channel and have a video trailer on your home page, you may not want it to play automatically when a person clicks the link.

Zoom now has a new way to be inclusive by adding pronouns to your account profile.

iSpring is an authoring tool which allows educators and trainers to create interactive courses for online learning, right in PowerPoint.

Hosts can now broadcast their voice into all the breakout rooms. This is an exciting new opinion!

Unboxing a new hybrid meeting and learning event tool called the Meeting Owl 3.

Some insights on what it’s like to work with Patricia Regier, and the variety of services that you can use.

I get so excited when Canva comes out with new features and upgrades and can’t wait to share them with you! Let’s take a look together.

I get excited when Zoom comes out with updates! You will want to know about these six newest Zoom features!

Canva now offers the option for you to create and share a custom QR code and I am going to show you how easy it is to use!

We’re taking a brief break from blogs, articles and podcasts for the summer but will be doing a series of short pro tip videos…stay tuned!

When producing an online event for my clients I like to stay in control to ensure it all runs smoothly. If something goes wrong, don’t panic!

Did you even notice it? Let’s take a closer look at the green shield on your Zoom screen and see what it can do for us.

Here are some great ideas to infuse adventure into your next training event, workshop or meeting to engage and excite your audience!

Here’s a quick tutorial on how to upload your YouTube video and set it as Unlisted so only a select group of people can view it.

Let’s look at how to create and download a Zoom Attendance Report that will help us to keep track of who has attended our meeting!

Join me to learn some fun and fresh ideas that will encourage your online participants to turn their cameras on.

I thought I would share a few quick tips on Streamdeck.  It can be a game-changer if you take the time to learn all it can do for you!

5 Ways to engage workplace learning and development participants when they won’t turn on their cameras. Cameras-Off Engagement strategies.

When I was asked about how to download Canva Slides as PowerPoint, I created a quick video tutorial. I hope you find it helpful!

Learn how to Menti. See how I embed a word cloud into a PPT slide using Menti.com so it magically appears to create interest in your meeting.

Zoom’s latest new option is a video waiting room message. Here are the pros and cons to consider and an in-depth tutorial on this new feature.

When there are new options in Zoom, there are new possibilities for engagement, fun, facilitation, efficiency and more!

When there are new options in Zoom, there are new possibilities for engagement, fun, facilitation, efficiency and more!

In my humble opinion, The Online Shift is just as relevant today as it was when COVID first became a household word.

Sharing how this all started two years ago. I have written my debut book, The Online Shift, available on April 4th! And much more to celebrate!

I had a great conversation with a colleague about evaluations. Here are some tips to help you create evaluations that show real results.

You can now add or rename Zoom breakout rooms after you’re already in your meeting! Let’s figure out together how to make this happen.

Does the closed captioning or transcription in Zoom still work if the host is sharing their screen? Let’s take a look to find out.

Does the closed captioning or transcription in Zoom still work if the host is sharing their screen? Let’s take a look to find out.

Do you have training dollars left in your year-end budget to utilize? Here are a few tips on where to invest that money to get the best ROI.

No matter how I am using my Stream Deck, I really appreciate the visual icons.  I create them all in Canva, it’s easy, let me show you how.

I get excited when I see new Zoom features and I can’t wait to share them with you. They’re sure to turn your audience into participants!

I thought I would share a few quick tips on Streamdeck.  It can be a game-changer if you take the time to learn all it can do for you!

Just who is Patricia Regier? I wanted to take a moment to share a bit about myself to give you some insight into who I am and what I do.

What were the Hot Topics of 2021? Chosen by you, we’ve created a list of the most-watched, listened to and read posts of the year. Enjoy!

Having your own custom virtual background is a fun way to express yourself & create interest in your Zoom meetings, let’s make one together.

Planning a get-together with family, friends or colleagues? Check out these ideas to help you throw a fun & festive hybrid holiday party!

When you’re facilitating an online workshop, do you chat or have activities to do over the break or do you let people use that as downtime?

Touching base to let you know our news and some of the exciting things that are coming up in the next little while! Updates & Hot News!

Canva now has a GREAT new Screen Record feature!  I am excited to share this fantastic feature with you, along with Canva video editing!

An internet outage can turn a successful meeting into a failure in the blink of an eye. Be prepared by using your cell phone as a backup.

Facilitator’s can prepare for a power outage with tools that make it possible to seamlessly stay online. Here are some backup options.

This week my computer crashed.  You never know when/if it’s going to happen, but I am going to share with you what I did to get through the crash, what I learned along the way and how you can be prepared, just in case.

There will be a next pivot. When we return to ‘normal’ it will be new, complex and require another learning curve. The next pivot will be when we work with a blended audience, including those in-person and some on-line.

New option in Zoom, share screen from main, into breakout rooms!

An easy screen recorder option is FonePaw. Step by step tutorial, and set-up under 15 minutes.

Here’s a tutorial, on how to use OBS to screen record Zoom. This is a great option if you want to record role-plays and play them back in real-time.

Join me as I show you how quick, easy and fun it is to create, download and share a social media post in Canva!

Join me as I discover what’s new in Zoom. There are some great new features including the ability to download and share apps.

Here is a summer reading list of books for facilitators. I hope they give you great ideas to keep your audience inspired and engaged.

Today we’re using how people eat their cupcakes as an analogy for how they like to learn and receive information. Take our quiz to find yours.

Let’s take a behind-the-scenes look at the control panels for sharing your screen, using the whiteboard and annotation features in Zoom. 

Not everyone has access to two screens at all times, so let’s see how it looks when you’re sharing your screen in Zoom with one monitor.

Engagement tech tools and tips for your next online learning event or workshop. Learning experience design pro tips.

Let’s take a look at how to customize your waiting room to ensure your audience has a welcoming experience right from the beginning.

Join me as I open my new Stream Deck. It’s a customizable studio control that you can use to create more engaging online experiences.

NEW YouTube Channel Trailer. Let us provide you with creative ideas on how to engage your online participants and share new technologies as they become available. 

Canva now offers a Social Media Content Planner! I think this is a great new service for Canva to offer…let’s take a look around.

Let’s take a look at the new Zoom Immersive View that allows you to choose a virtual background for you and your participants to enjoy.

Here are 25 quick tips for Zoom breakout rooms. What to consider and how to prepare as a host for your next online learning experience.  

These 10 tips and best practices will serve as your pre-event checklist and support smoother large online meetings and learning events with big groups.

Are you suffering from “Zoom Fatigue”?  There is at least one solution that may help you.

How to use Closed Captioning, CC, Closed Captions, Transcripts or Subtitles in Zoom Meetings for accessibility and inclusion.

Let’s schedule our Zoom meeting and create the invite so the participants get all of the info and can add it to their calendar too!

Let’s take a look at the steps to join a meeting, navigate the controls and the many options available to Zoom on your phone!

When you’re presenting online, it’s recommended that you take a 5-10 minute learning breaks every hour. A countdown timer will ensure everyone is back on time. Learn about ways to create timers and communication tools for your training sessions’ learning breaks.

Today we’re going to look at how to record presentations in Canva and show you some of the exciting features they have to offer.

Eureka! This week we learn how to share music and slides on Zoom at the same time and make it all work together seamlessly.

I just finished a Canva presentation and learned that you can record videos in Canva to add to your slide presentations! 

I’m excited to show you the NEW Melon App that allows you to live stream on multiple platforms AND add elements not available on other apps.

Did you know that you can edit your recordings right inside of Zoom? Learn how to find your files, edit and share your new streamlined video!

Did you know that you have the ability to share only part of your screen in Zoom? Let us walk you through the advanced screen sharing options.

Let’s schedule our Zoom meeting and create the invite so the participants get all of the info and can add it to their calendar too!

So, now that you have created the perfect design in Canva, where do we go from here?  Learn about download options and more!

Knowing where to find and how to navigate the Zoom controls will ensure that you always have a great online learning experience.

Before you get ready to join your next online meeting or class, take a few minutes to really set yourself up for success! 

ZOOM Meeting is updating often! Step by step tutorial on how to update your ZOOM account, and a list of some recent changes.

Canva design tool is amazing! You can create almost anything you need in this platform. Get a look around within this tutorial video. Plus access Canva Pro for free, for 45 days.

Ideas, pro tips & fun for this holiday season, even if we have to use a digital space to get together. Wrap up 2020 and this holiday season by creating new memories!

To answer a recent question, I created a new video showing how to add more time to ZOOM breakout rooms.

Creating the best video tutorials requires more than talking to the camera, find out what aspects to include to make your videos the BEST!

Behind the scenes. Creating a new home office space, and sharing tips and lessons learned at a women’s leadership conference. Plus bloopers at the end and some ASMR video techniques in the introduction.

Over ten ways you can access resources and tools to help you engage your audience, and support your online facilitation.

Writing a book for you, plus two ZOOM tutorials

How to see more of your online participants in the gallery view of ZOOM, tutorial and other tips.

A helpful quick video & blog list, with 10 ways you can engage a variety of learning types, by layering content elements. #onlinefacilitation #LearningExperienceDesign

Exciting new features with the latest ZOOM update: Participants can now choose their own breakout groups, and more!

Exciting new features with the latest ZOOM update: Participants can now choose their own breakout groups, and more!

#YouTubeRewind Reviewing My FIRST ever YouTube video. Some take-aways for you.

6 TIPS to consider when facilitating online learning events and training, from a production partner.

Quick content creations for bite size learning. You can do this too.

Behind the scenes filming on the water, a metaphor visual, plus Instagram Live, bloopers and tips on trying something new to engage your online audience.

I use Canva almost every day & I am a Canva Certified Creative! Take a look at what is new, what is coming and ways you can also use Canva.

ZOOM 5.o is the latest update. Here are some tips and a look at how to use ZOOM 5.0 and PowerPoint slides as a virtual background.

If you didn’t catch last week’s announcement, we launched a new quick reference resource and this week you get a free look at our NEW mini-course.

FREE 5 P’s downloadable resource and 5 DAY CHALLENGE Micro-Course. You are invited!

Excited to share what I have been working on, including a sneak peek behind the curtain!

Canva is a tool and resource that I use to create designs for social media posts, visuals for slide presentations, elements for YouTube videos and more. Did you know that they have video clips and music elements?

Recently I received my eSpeaker certification. Hear about why I was glad ‘I failed’ the first time.

There is a plethora of resources, including there are three years of videos, blogs and resources for you to browse! These tools and information are to help you reach the variety of learning types in your audience.

Diversity and Inclusion are important topics for not just right now, but as an ongoing intentional priority in our workplaces, training spaces, and for all of our communications and social media posts.

If a person is fading or tuning-out because of stress or other competing priorities, then they may not be stay engaged.

In order to create spaces that are engaging, activities and fun should be part of the learning experience. It is possible to lead ice breaker activities online.

How to use ZOOM breakout rooms, from the host perspective, and what your participants see.

Fun icebreaker or online activity for your meetings or workshops: Virtual backgrounds via ZOOM.

Ten tips using ZOOM Meeting, video platform, for large group training or online meetings.

What to do when the webinar, or online workshop, or meeting replay is terrible, and the recording is all wrong! EIGHT Tips!

5 Ways You Can Edit Your Talking Head Videos. Engage and reach the variety of learning needs in your audience.

5 Tips to help you engage and reach your audience online.

Chatting about leading meetings via ZOOM, supporting a team, and customers/clients.

During this time of self-isolation, and social distancing it is extra important to know about ways to connect online. Step by step video tutorials, for online meetings and chats.

As you Canva Certified Creative, I’ll share what’s new in Canva & what’s coming (secrets I can share).

When professional speakers and facilitators are interested in my help to update their PowerPoint slide presentations, they first want to see a sampling of my work. This makes sense, because when any of us are sharing our intellectual property with another person, there is an important trust factor!

There are more than seven ways to engage your audience, and light up their learning experience. 

One size does not fit all, but variety is key, when creating learning experiences for your audience. When creating a new learning experience, or transforming your content into something new, here are 5 keys to get you started. 

PowerPoints aren’t dead, but it’s a responsibility to use this presentation tool well. Learn how to add text animations & slide transitions to add interest.

Are PowerPoints dead? I think it depends on who is using or misusing this tool! Find out some Do’s & Don’s and Keys to successfully using PowerPoint slides.

It’s that time of year again!  I am referring to year-end fiscal spending, as an important opportunity to direct dollars in a way that adds additional value to the investment, through training and development.

At the beginning of a new year, and especially at the beginning of a new decade, vision boards are popular. I talk with Lesley Calvin from Positive Forward Motion about the value of Vision Boards, and discuss if it’s all fluff.

To answer another recent question, I created a new video showing how to add a person who showed up late, or lost internet and came back into your meeting, AFTER the breakout rooms have already started.

Launch forward into 2020 with me!  The intention for Vision 2020, is to serve you with tools, resources, information and opportunities. We help you reach the variety in your audience, in order to light up those ‘ah ha’ moments with engaging learning experiences.

#2019Rewind This Year-End is particularity wonderful, because we are ending a decade. Please enjoy the creative video looking back at 2019, and my personal reflections with gratitude, on my entrepreneurial and personal journey.

LATER is the scheduling app I use to plan my social media posts. This platform allows me to be more efficient and intentional on how I spend my time.

Zoom is fantastic for online meetings, workshops or webinars. Get a look around ZOOM, what to expect, how to log-in and how to navigate around the platform.

Finding balance and variety in order to reach your audience and engage people in the learning experience.

Canva is an online graphic design tool you can use for promotion and learning resource development. How To Sign Up (Instructional Video), and Upcoming Workshop details.

What does Content Creation mean to you? The words and language we use matter. Two people can have two different ideas on what a topic is, depending on their context and their experience with that word.

Canva offers the option of creating animated social media posts which are engaging and fun! Learn how to create your own post, with a step by step view.

I share an embarrassing story within my latest Intentionally Brave talk.My first Petcha Kutcha, and lessons learned (20 slides @ 2 seconds each).

Must haves in your PowerPoint. Enhance your presentations and engage your audience. Downloadable resources, and special content creations.

A Behind the scenes look. Get innovative with your content creation for your training resources, PowerPoint presentations, website, bite-size learning and more with PresenterMedia!

In my facilitator kit, you will find ‘must haves’ and ‘custom activity resources’.  What’s in my kit is an important part of preparing for the speaking gig!

It’s National Volunteer Appreciation Week, and I am super excited to be talking with Heather Ramirez today! We’re going to discuss volunteer engagement next generation, via social media. This includes volunteers recruitment, appreciation and ‘just in time’ learning online. #NVW2019 

Learning through creativity can help organizations solve problems with innovative solutions. #10DAYTACKLE & Solo Trip Vlog series were 2 ways I grew my creativity & stretched my comfort zone.

Dollars for training build your team, show their value and demonstrate innovative thinking. Year end spending should include workplace education.

Effective communication across an organization is hard to come by. To ensure successful communication the message should be given across multiple platforms many times over.

Workplace teachable moments for leaders, are opportunities to handle situations that go wrong or right. Approach often determines results. Read the […]

Each Unique   Each person is individually unique, and this applies to how we learn as well. Whether it is […]

      Self Reflection   Do you know what your learning style is, or what your learning preferences are, […]

Collaboration success is achieved because of individuals and the relationships they cultivate. Learning how to work within partnerships and five tips for success.

Diversity   Older Adult Learners or Seniors are not too old to learn something new! Therefore educators should consider a variety […]

Spring Cleaning   It’s time for some Spring Cleaning and to dust off the policy binder. You can clean up […]

Open the Wallet   Year-End Spending time is Now. Fiscal Year-End for many non-profits is the end of March. I know this is […]

Problem   Problem attitudes at trainings, workshops or presentations are frustrating. Co-workers or employees who don’t like to participate in […]

Getting Started Are you creating training materials? Do you know where to start? Read this blog post to learn about the Five […]

Five Top Tips   Have you ever given the best advice but someone did not follow it? You may have […]

An Icebreaker Activity is also called an energizer, meeting warm-up and team building or ‘get to know you’ game. I […]

Regular workplace training opportunities contribute to agency quality improvement. Behaviour Change, Learning Culture, and Leadership Buy-In, are important considerations in an organization’s education plan. When employees […]

What would it be like to work at an organization or belong to a group where innovation and openness to ongoing learning was freely accepted by everyone?

Designing Health and Safety Training, plus Wellness programs to be engaging. Health and Safety program learning that sticks.