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 through our social channels or at heidi@getusefulstuff.com.
We'll help you create a learning strategy and vision for your organization, guiding you to
With more than a decade experience creating inclusive learning projects, we can help you
Whether you need organizational or departmental help, we can
Many L&D teams skip evaluation because they can't find valuable metrics. We can help you
Your ideal L&D team depends on the needs of your organization. We can help you
We can create customized plans to coach your team. We can help coach your team to
Having helped build and implement learning technology, we can help you
We can help you create a custom leadership development strategy, enabling your people to