Matt Parson's guest appearances

Matt Parson

Vancouver Tech Podcast

Learning Experience Leader

Thinking Inside the Box 

Ben Miller

Elizabeth Harrin

Samuel Hulick

Brent Vatne

Ryan Williams

Scott Miller

Andy Storch

Dan Heath

Enrique Rubio

David Williams

Laura Gallaher

John Richardson

Mark Metry

Dominic Vogel

Joe Lynch

OwlTail

Matt is an educationalist and entrepreneur. He was the COO and Partner of RED Academy, Canada's fastest-growing Design &amp; Technology school, and launched their Toronto campus. Matt has experience in university governance and is passionate about making quality learning accessible to everyone. He now runs a learning tech company called Benji. Benji exists to help trainers keep the magic of their in-person experiences alive as they transition to remote formats.Today we talk about: Matt’s learning from years of iterating on his learning product concept to provide the needed structure and tools in remote settings for virtual facilitation to succeed.The barriers that make online group facilitation so painful, and suggested tactics to get around these.Building upon some discussion topics Dr. Hadnes and I explored last week including the role and relationship of machines and humans in facilitating learning. Also, how viewing learning as a process rather than an event might get us closer to rapidly reskilling the workforce of the future.Links: 👉 Matt's post we discuss (blog)👉 Design of Everyday Things (book)👉 Play to Learn (book)👉 Learning How to Learn (Coursera course) Support the show

Matt is an educationalist and entrepreneur. He was the COO and Partner of RED Academy, Canada's fastest-growing Design &amp; Technology school, and launched their Toronto campus. Matt has experience in university governance and is passionate about making quality learning accessible to everyone. He now runs a learning tech company called Benji. Benji exists to help trainers keep the magic of their in-person experiences alive as they transition to remote formats. Today we talk about: <ul><li>Matt’s learning from years of iterating on his learning product concept to provide the needed structure and tools in remote settings for virtual facilitation to succeed.</li><li>The barriers that make online group facilitation so painful, and suggested tactics to get around these.</li><li>Building upon some discussion topics Dr. Hadnes and I explored last week including the role and relationship of machines and humans in facilitating learning. </li><li>Also, how viewing learning as a process rather than an event might get us closer to rapidly reskilling the workforce of the future.</li></ul>Links: 👉 <a href="https://www.mybenji.com/blog/better-remote-workshops" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Matt's post</a> we discuss (blog) 👉 <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Design-Everyday-Things-Revised-Expanded/dp/0465050654" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Design of Everyday Things</a> (book) 👉 <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Play-Learn-Everything-Designing-Effective/dp/1562865773/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&amp;keywords=play+to+learn&amp;qid=1597698890&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Play to Learn</a> (book) 👉 <a href="https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Learning How to Learn</a> (Coursera course) <a href="https://www.patreon.com/lxleader" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>

39 // How to Better Facilitate Learning Remotely with Matt Parson

Matt Parson spends a lot of time thinking about how you learn best. As the Founder of Toronto-based Benji, he’s creating a new category of learning; one that is collaborative, immersive &amp; scalable. He was the COO &amp; Partner of RED Academy, Canada's fastest growing Design &amp; Technology school, and helped launch their Toronto campus. And suddenly, against the backdrop of the largest economic event the world has ever known, he &amp; his organization are in very high demand.Their technology helps people learn with and from each other. Their guided learning experiences are easy to create &amp; replicate collaborative learning environments usually only found in face-to-face workshops. Though all your participants will need is a smartphone. The sad fact is that prior to the global pandemic, 2 of 3 learning professionals wouldn’t endorse their own training programs. It’s solutions like Benji that move the needle; delivering meaningful face-to-face learning at scale. Matt ParsonAs the Founder of Benji, Matt Parson is helping trainers navigate the new normal. As learning goes virtual, many are realising the tools available for remote training are abysmal, resulting in one boring webinar after another. Pairing Benji's suite of collaboration tools with your favourite video conferencing app, you can run your remote workshops just like your in-person ones. In his prior role, Matt was the COO and Partner of RED Academy, an international design &amp; technology school.LinkedInWebsiteThinking Inside the BoxConstraints drive innovation. Each week we’ll tackle the most complex issues related to work &amp; culture.LinkedInInstagramTwitterWebsiteApple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsSpotify StitcherPocket CastMatt BurnsMatt Burns is an award-winning executive, social entrepreneur and speaker. He believes in the power of community, simplicity &amp; technology.LinkedInTwitter

Matt Parson spends a lot of time thinking about how you learn best. As the Founder of Toronto-based Benji, he’s creating a new category of learning; one that is collaborative, immersive &amp; scalable. He was the COO &amp; Partner of RED Academy, Canada's fastest growing Design &amp; Technology school, and helped launch their Toronto campus. And suddenly, against the backdrop of the largest economic event the world has ever known, he &amp; his organization are in very high demand.Their technology helps people learn with and from each other. Their guided learning experiences are easy to create &amp; replicate collaborative learning environments usually only found in face-to-face workshops. Though all your participants will need is a smartphone. The sad fact is that prior to the global pandemic, 2 of 3 learning professionals wouldn’t endorse their own training programs. It’s solutions like Benji that move the needle; delivering meaningful face-to-face learning at scale. Matt Parson As the Founder of Benji, Matt Parson is helping trainers navigate the new normal. As learning goes virtual, many are realising the tools available for remote training are abysmal, resulting in one boring webinar after another. Pairing Benji's suite of collaboration tools with your favourite video conferencing app, you can run your remote workshops just like your in-person ones. In his prior role, Matt was the COO and Partner of RED Academy, an international design &amp; technology school. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewparson/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> <a href="http://www.mybenji.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> Thinking Inside the BoxConstraints drive innovation. Each week we’ll tackle the most complex issues related to work &amp; culture.<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/thinkinsidethebox/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thinkinginsidetheboxpodcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ThinkingInside1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="https://bentohr.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> <a href="https://apple.co/2OOdNd4 " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a> <a href=" http://bit.ly/googleinsidethebox" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google Podcasts</a> <a href="https://spoti.fi/2SD862R" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a> <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/thinking-inside-the-box-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stitcher</a> <a href=" https://pca.st/bztpgypy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pocket Cast</a>Matt BurnsMatt Burns is an award-winning executive, social entrepreneur and speaker. He believes in the power of community, simplicity &amp; technology.<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattinvr/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/MattinVR" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>

How to Fix Organizational Learning - Matt Parson

Drew is away this week, so we have a guest co-host, Selina Davis! James and Selina talk about Vancouver's tech events coming up next week. This episode's special guest is Matt Parson from Red Academy. The interview starts at 0:12:11. Special Co-Host Selina Davis  about.me Portfolio zerocarbs.ca  ##Interview Links  Red Academy  ##Meetups in the week of Feb 22, 2016 ###Monday, Feb 22  From Open Source to Open Access: The Next Great Leap 7pm, SFU Harbour Centre, 515 West Hastings Street  ###Tuesday, Feb 23  TechVancouver Meetup 6pm, Unbounce, #400 - 401 W Georgia St Price: CAD 10  ###Wednesday, Feb 24  Architecting Software for Reuse 6:45pm - 9:30pm, UBC Robson Square, C550 800 Robson Street  ###Thursday, Feb 25   PHP Meetup: 2016 Gritty Reboot 6pm - 7:30pm, CodeCore, 142 W Hastings St   Startup Drinks Vancouver 6pm, 131 Water Kitchen &amp; Bar, 131 Water St   The Future Of AI - DLS Talk By Rich Sutton, University Of Alberta 3:30pm - 5pm, UBC, Hugh Dempster Building, Room 110, 6245 Agronomy Rd.   How to Build a Virtual World Talk Series - Part V: Interaction Design 6:30pm - 9:30pm,  Emily Carr University of Art and Design, 1399 Johnston Street Tickets  

Drew is away this week, so we have a guest co-host, Selina Davis! James and Selina talk about Vancouver's tech events coming up next week. This episode's special guest is Matt Parson from Red Academy. The interview starts at <a href="http://www.vancouvertechpodcast.ca/episodes/27398-episode-14-matt-parson-selina-davis/#t=12:11" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">0:12:11</a>. <h2>Special Co-Host Selina Davis</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://about.me/selinadavis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">about.me</a></li> <li><a href="http://truckstoptrixy.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Portfolio</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.zerocarbs.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">zerocarbs.ca</a></li> </ul> ##Interview Links <ul> <li><a href="http://www.redacademy.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Red Academy</a></li> </ul> ##Meetups in the week of Feb 22, 2016 ###Monday, Feb 22 <ul> <li><a href="http://www.meetup.com/VanLUG-BC/events/227935554/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">From Open Source to Open Access: The Next Great Leap</a> 7pm, SFU Harbour Centre, 515 West Hastings Street</li> </ul> ###Tuesday, Feb 23 <ul> <li><a href="http://www.meetup.com/TechVancouverOrg/events/227337925/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TechVancouver Meetup</a> 6pm, Unbounce, #400 - 401 W Georgia St Price: CAD 10</li> </ul> ###Wednesday, Feb 24 <ul> <li><a href="http://www.meetup.com/VanDev/events/228540913/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Architecting Software for Reuse</a> 6:45pm - 9:30pm, UBC Robson Square, C550 800 Robson Street</li> </ul> ###Thursday, Feb 25 <ul> <li> <a href="http://www.meetup.com/Vancouver-PHP/events/228929127/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PHP Meetup: 2016 Gritty Reboot</a> 6pm - 7:30pm, CodeCore, 142 W Hastings St </li> <li> <a href="http://www.meetup.com/Vancouver-Tech-Co-Founders/events/228202888/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Startup Drinks Vancouver</a> 6pm, 131 Water Kitchen &amp; Bar, 131 Water St </li> <li> <a href="https://www.cs.ubc.ca/event/2016/02/future-ai-dls-talk-rich-sutton-university-alberta" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Future Of AI - DLS Talk By Rich Sutton, University Of Alberta</a> 3:30pm - 5pm, UBC, Hugh Dempster Building, Room 110, 6245 Agronomy Rd. </li> <li> <a href="http://www.meetup.com/VanCGMeetup/events/225599706/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How to Build a Virtual World Talk Series - Part V: Interaction Design</a> 6:30pm - 9:30pm, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, 1399 Johnston Street <a href="https://www.picatic.com/event14541131557352789#/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tickets</a> </li> </ul>

Episode 14: Matt Parson + Selina Davis