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"Thanks to your herculean efforts, we were able to roll out six exceptionally well-done learning modules, for which we still continue to receive appreciative comments from our new field team members."
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About Learning Designs
With offices in Park City, Utah and Denver, Colorado, our team of account managers, instructional designers, online authors, and graphic designers have been creating custom learning solutions for leading corporations for more than 25 years.
We have served clients in widely diverse industries including: biotechnology, business services, chemicals, consumer products, computer hardware, data communications, financial services, food processing, hotels/casinos, molecular diagnostics, medical devices, office equipment, pharmaceuticals and telecommunications.
Please fill out the form at the bottom of this page if you would like us to contact you about your training needs.
Projects
Learning Designs develops programs in a variety of formats to meet the specific needs of our clients. We are continually expanding our range of services and products to address a wider variety of learning needs.
Below are some samples from completed projects. Note that some content has been changed or blocked to protect proprietary information.
The Client: Cochlear Americas
Hearing Solutions
The Directive
Create a plan outlining a leadership development program to build key competencies among Cochlear’s emerging leaders
The Result
The Strategic Leadership Development Framework was created in response to executive leadership establishing a strategic goal to build greater competence and leadership abilities among Cochlear management personnel. To help Cochlear build the appropriate competencies within its management and achieve its strategic goals, Learning Designs outlined a management development framework that provided a “roadmap” for Cochlear’s management. The plan ensured a foundation of learning for continuous improvement on the job. It also aligned development efforts with Cochlear’s overall business strategy and focused training and development efforts on enhancing the effectiveness and competitiveness of all segments of the Cochlear organization to make certain that it met its strategic goals.
The Client: Spectrum Pharmaceuticals
Biopharmaceuticals
The Directive
Develop a learning system to encompass the needs of Spectrum field personnel as they present a range of products to oncologists and hematologists
The Result
The Spectrum Oncology Learning System presents current information on a variety of disease states (hematologic cancers and solid tumors), diagnostic and treatment approaches, Spectrum products, and the market for those products. The system includes multiple modules and is continually expanding as new products and indications are launched by Spectrum. The system includes:
- Overviews of several hematologic and solid tumor cancers (from peripheral T-cell lymphoma to breast cancer to non-small cell lung cancer)
- In-depth information on current diagnostic and treatment approaches related to each disease state
- Specific information on each Spectrum product
- Highlights of the market and competitive environment into which each product is targeted.
The Client:
American Funds from Capital Group
Financial Services
The Directive
Develop a learning system to provide American Funds personnel with necessary information regarding various retirement products
The Result
The Retirement Products Training System that LDI created provided up-to-date information regarding individual and employee sponsored retirement products. It was designed to be presented in an online format that consistently applied the principles of adult learning. LDI collaborated with American Funds to develop application exercises to be incorporated into the online modules. The training system included:
- An overview of American Funds retirement products and their suitability to various individuals and organizations
- Multiple interactive client-advisor discussion case studies built around potential questions or issues related to retirement products
- Links to specific sections of the Capital Group website providing additional in-depth information regarding specific retirement products
The Client:
AMAG Pharmaceuticals
The Directive
Prepare personnel for the launch of a new product and a new market focus
The Result
Learning Designs developed an online Intrarosa Learning System for AMAGs sales personnel to prepare them for the launch of Intrarosa, a new product for use in treating women with specific post-menopausal symptoms.
The online learning system provided participants with foundational knowledge related to dyspareunia, such as:
- Dyspareunia as a symptom of vaginal atrophy (VA) in post-menopausal women
- Diagnosis and Management of Dyspareunia
- Intrarosa Product and Clinical Support
- The Market and Competition for Intrarosa
After completing this training, participants are able to:
- Explain the pathophysiology of dyspareunia and associated disorders
- Describe the physical and emotional effects of dyspareunia
- Explain current approaches to assessing and treating dyspareunia
- Identify the unique mechanism of action of Intrarosa
- Discuss the major Intrarosa clinical studies, including their objectives, designs, and results
The Client:
Toshiba America Business Solutions
Electronic Imaging Products
The Directive
Develop a leadership training program for managers
The Result
Learning Designs created a program, FASTrack One: Foundation of Toshiba Leadership, that was the foundation for all leadership training given to managers at Toshiba America Business Solutions (TABS). The three-day seminar focused on key strategic goals of the TABS organization. The material centered on the following areas:
- Creating Irresistible Value to the Customer
- The TABS Strategy for Creating Customer Passion
- Managing the Business with a Customer Focus
- Be the One: Managing Yourself to Ensure Success
- Managing Projects to Ensure TABS Success
- Leading Teams to Ensure TABS Success
The Client:
United Therapeutics
Biotechnology
The Directive
As United Therapeutics expanded its product line-up and leadership in providing treatments for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH), they needed a comprehensive training system that encompassed new hire training, product and sales training
The Result
Learning Designs created a framework for an online university that allowed United Therapeutics to organize a wide variety of materials and activities systematically into a single site that was easily accessible to representatives and managers throughout its sales force. In addition to developing new content material, Learning Designs was able to take advantage of existing material from United Therapeutics, thus saving on cost. The curriculum was also designed to accommodate personnel with different levels of experience by providing information pathways that allowed the user to choose the level of detail during module reviews.
The system was designed to ensure that field sales personnel:
- Recognized United Therapeutic’s history, business strategy, and organizational structure
- Identified their own roles in helping United Therapeutics achieve its business goals
- Used appropriate on-the-job processes and procedures
- Became knowledgeable in the anatomy and physiology of the cardiovascular and pulmonary systems
- Understand the nature of PAH as a disease state
- Outline diagnostic techniques associated with PAH
- Describe and compare alternative therapies
- Understand the clinical and technical issues related to United Therapeutics products
- Become familiar with the market in which United Therapeutics products are sold
- Employ appropriate tools and techniques in presenting United Therapeutics products for use in treating PAH
The Client: Myriad Genetics
Genetic Testing
The Directive
Develop a learning system to ensure that Myriad sales personnel can effectively discuss the technical aspects of its test for genetic alterations predictive of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer
The Result
Learning Designs developed the Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (HBOC) Learning System to help Myriad sales personnel develop and expand their technical molecular biology and oncology knowledge. Among others, the learning system components addressed:
- The evolving field of genetic testing
- Development of hereditary cancers
- Cancer risk categories
- Genetic mutations associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer
- BRCA mutations and risk of different cancer types
- Benefits and limitations of genetic testing
- Interpreting genetic test results
Strategic Training Plans
Interactive Online Training
Sales Training
Product Launch Training
Leadership Development
New Hire Training
Technical Training
Process
Learning Designs has had extensive experience designing and developing training programs for major corporations. We draw on this experience in our work with each of our clients as LDI professionals design and develop programs to meet specific needs.
By collaborating with our clients on multiple tasks at each phase of the project, we ensure our clients can monitor the progress and interact more effectively with LDI team members.
We work with each client to determine the best type of training elements to include in each training program to effectively address client needs, keep within defined budget parameters, and meet all delivery date expectations.
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