Do you want to make learning more useful at your organization?

Meet the founder of Useful Stuff, Dr. Heidi Kirby.

Heidi has built and launched learning programs, helped hundreds of new and aspiring instructional designers improve their skills and increase their knowledge and confidence, and consulted with organizations and award-winning L&D entrepreneurs to help them grow and scale.

She started a pandemic podcast in July 2024 for L&D folks that boasts over 25,000 downloads in over 100 countries. She has her PhD in instructional design and technology, has been published in TD Magazine, and featured on a variety of brilliant L&D podcasts, talking about her work and learning philosophy.

Here at Useful Stuff, we believe the best thing we can do in learning is be useful to our audience. Explore some of the common learning issues we tackle below, and if you have an upcoming project that you could use our help with, please contact us using the form below.

Creating a Learning Strategy

Do you want everyone to work and learn better?

We'll help you create a learning strategy and vision for your organization, guiding you to

  • Create new and more efficient processes for your L&D team
  • Craft a long-term vision for learning at your organization
  • Implement strategies to take your team from reactive to proactive
Designing Inclusive Learning Experiences

Is company training boring and ignored?

With more than a decade experience creating inclusive learning projects, we can help you

  • Create frameworks and processes around inclusivity and accessibility
  • Design learning solutions and customer education programs
  • Develop learning deliverables that meet the needs of your audience
Uncovering Your Needs

Still having issues after hours of training?

Whether you need organizational or departmental help, we can

  • Talk to people within your team or organization to identify themes/trends
  • Gather data and identify performance or content gaps and solutions
  • Create a plan and strategy for closing gaps and realizing opportunities
Measuring Your Impact

Still using the wrong metrics to prove impact?

Many L&D teams skip evaluation because they can't find valuable metrics. We can help you

  • Identify issues with current measurement to improve value add
  • Implement a modern measurement framework for learning projects
  • Identify metrics from the beginning of the project, so it's not an afterthought
Building Your L&D Team

Need to build a kickass L&D team and fast?

Your ideal L&D team depends on the needs of your organization. We can help you

  • Determine what roles are needed for your business
  • Help you make the case for head count and hiring
  • Leverage current team strengths to hire the best fit
Coaching Your L&D Team

Need to level up your new L&D team?

We can create customized plans to coach your team. We can help coach your team to

  • Work more efficiently with SMEs and stakeholders and gain buy in
  • Lead learning projects, meetings, and change management initiatives
  • Develop critical leadership skills for future management positions
Selecting Your L&D Tool Stack

Still using slow, outdated technology?

Having helped build and implement learning technology, we can help you

  • Decide which tech stack is right for your team and your organization
  • Select the fastest and most efficient tools to create meaningful learning
  • Help you with a plan to implement new tools/technology
Growing Your Leaders

Have bosses who make people quit their jobs?

We can help you create a custom leadership development strategy, enabling your people to

  • Create and a leadership curriculum and framework based on core values
  • Coach leaders at every level of the organization, not just the top
  • Hire leaders who walk the walk, instead of those who talk a big game

Contact us for your next project.

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