Instructional Design on a Shoestring

“This veritable playbook for effective instructional design—even with limited resources—will get you off the sidelines and onto the field. Leverage this easy-to-follow guide to help you deliver optimal solutions and results for your learners, your leaders, and your organization.” —Lorri Freifeld, Editor and Publisher, Training Magazine “Brian Washburn’s Instructional Design on a Shoestring presents a radically simplified approach to the often-complex job of designing and developing training. He provides tools, resources, and processes to increase your efficiency and cost effectiveness, giving you the time for more creativity and innovation in your learning design. A must-have guide for any learning designer!” —Brandon Carson, Global Head of L&D, Starbucks “This will easily become the go-to resource for anyone who wants to design learning that creates effective results. Brian Washburn is ‘ruthless’ at helping readers learn how to ask the right questions to get to the right solutions, no matter the length of the shoestring.” —Kassy LaBorie, Speaker, Consultant, and Author of Interact and Engage! 75+ Activities for Virtual Training, Meetings, and Webinars “Instructional Design on a Shoestring is a terrific text for the e-learning or instructional designer faced with an all-too-common problem—not having access to all the resources available to design training. This book will be useful for my training and development students and to professionals who are asked to build training with few resources. This book would have helped me immensely when I was starting my career, and I believe it will help you too.” —Sy Islam, Vice President of Consulting, Talent Metrics “This is an insightful guide to maximizing your instructional design projects’ brilliance even within budget constraints. The author expertly weaves together strategies, tools, services, and resources that are readily implementable.” —Kate Udalova, Founder, 7taps Microlearning