Learning Science Seminars by Nathan Pienkowski
Nathan, a Ph.D. in learning science with 30 years of experience, delivers seminars that simplify the science of how people learn. His engaging, research-based sessions turn complex ideas into practical insights, helping educators, trainers, and professionals enhance learning outcomes.
Reasons to book Nathan
Learning science
expertise
Nathan went deep into the learning sciences while earning his doctorate. His research focused on educational psychology, specifically in the areas of queuing, priming, and cognitive learning theory.
Years of practical application
Nathan has been applying learning science in organizational settings for almost thirty years, which means that what he knows about learning has been thoroughly reality tested and made practical.
An engaging experience
In keeping with learning best practices, Nathan’s lectures are active, engaging experiences that include plenty of audience participation.
When you understand how the mind works, it unlocks a large box of tools that can help you tackle just about any learning or behavior change problem. Whether you manage learning programs, build them, or deliver them, understanding how we learn helps you to be a better learning professional.
Nathan Pienkowski Ph.D.
Speaking themes
01
Cognition
How the mind processes information
When it comes to processing information, our minds have natural laws and limits. L&D pros have to be able to navigate within these laws. This starts by understanding them and their implications.
02
Behavior
How we go from thinking things to doing things
Behavior operates according to an entirely different set of rules. If we want results from our training, we need to begin by understanding how a thought or impulse gets turned into meaningful action.
03
Change
How large-scale organizational change happens
It’s operson with a new capability. It’s another ne thing to endow another to ensure they use their new abilities in an organizational context. Learn how wide scale change happens in organizations.
Speaking formats
In person lectures
Live virtual lectures
Weekly lecture series
Lunch-and-learns
15-minute micro lectures
Half-day workshops
Example topics
Abstraction, the arch enemy of learning.
How to hook your learners in the first five minutes.
How to defy the learning laws of physics.
Building a bridge across the knowing-doing gap.
Rethinking current approaches to evaluation.
Lessons from the memory Olympics.
Is adult learning really a thing?
What is learning anyway?
How words can impede learning.
Everything you need to know about learner motivation.
Working within the limits of the mind.
How images can aid or impede learning.
Learning science foundations
- How the mind learns
- How pre-cognition affects learning
- How the mind processes information
- How memory works – and doesn’t work
- Techniques for boosting memory
- How the mind processes imagery
- How words enable and impede learning
- Cognitive limits and cognitive fatigue
- Techniques for avoiding cognitive fatigue
- How the mind learns concepts
- How the mind processes experiences
- How behavior is the foundation of all learning
- The basics of cultivating behavior
- Adult learning basics
Nathan's past speaking engagements
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