Stephanie Eskins Gleason, SPHR

Current

• President at e3 Educational Strategies

Past

• Adjunct Professor and Advisor at Strayer University Online
• Learning Strategies Consultant at NRECA
• eLearning Consultant at World Bank / IFC

• Education Strategies and Outreach Consultant at Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
• Internet Director of Distance Learning at National Wildlife Federation
• Senior Learning Consultant at American Management Systems (AMS)
• PeopleSoft Instructor at PeopleSoft
• Leadership and Management Consultant at AMS
• ISD Specialist and Instructor at Software AG

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Education

• Villanova University
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• The College of William and Mary

• University of Virginia

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Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

E-Learning

Websites

• e3 Educational Strategies

Stephanie Eskins Gleason, SPHR’s Summary

For almost twenty years, I've been working with clients to create training and organizational development strategies that strengthen their core competencies and build new competencies to support their business vision. Then we work together to implement their strategy so they reap a high return on investment.

If you don't know how to create a training or OD strategy to support your company's success, I can help you create it and implement it.

My specialties are rapid eLearning, leadership development, educational outreach, and business communications. I love to teach - in the classroom and online - and am certified to teach many different programs.

My last two projects were managing an educational portal strategy with the Smithsonian and designing a management development certification program with a large energy association. My projects tend to involve one or more of the following activities:

1. Synthesizing information about organizational goals and priorities, recommending appropriate strategies for meeting goals, and managing the development of effective solutions that impact the bottom line.

2. Creating award-winning training programs that help organizations plan and prepare for growth, change, and strategic initiatives.

3. Developing performance management solutions and competency paths for key positions, so that employee development is ongoing and the next generation of leaders is available to meet future business demands.

4. Designing and developing rapid eLearning based on proven instructional design. It costs a fraction of what non-custom, off-the-shelf courses cost.

My management abilities include managing multiple projects simultaneously, measuring return on investment, and developing cross-departmental project teams. Program and project management is easy for me, but what excites me is the challenge of creating engaging and effective education strategies that drive and sustain business results.

Stephanie Eskins Gleason, SPHR’s Specialties:

adult learning, training, eLearning, rapid eLearning, organizational development, multimedia outreach, business communications, instructional design, instructor, leadership, management, project management, systems thinking, teaching, Articulate Presenter

Stephanie Eskins Gleason, SPHR’s Experience

• President

  e3 Educational Strategies

  (Management Consulting industry)

  June 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)

  e3 Educational Strategies and Outreach Consulting specializes in supporting strategic education and outreach initiatives.
  
  We work with our clients to design custom solutions that strengthen their core competencies and enhance organizational effectiveness. Then we work together to implement them so that clients reap a high return on investment.

• Adjunct Professor and Advisor

  Strayer University Online

  (Public Company; STRA; Higher Education industry)

  September 2001 — June 2009 (7 years 10 months)

  Adjunct faculty, part time. This is my passionate hobby: designing, developing, and delivering online learning experiences. It involves designing and creating multimedia content, conducting interactive events on the Internet, evaluating assignments, and providing feedback to build skills and knowledge. I'm consistently recognized in evaluations for adapting style and approach to meet diverse audience needs and customizing interactions for multiple learning styles. I serve as one of four advisors for the General Studies/English committee and help to select the textbooks used in all Strayer English classes.

• Learning Strategies Consultant

  NRECA

  (Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  September 2007 — June 2009 (1 year 10 months)

  Consulting with NRECA to design and implement a strategic training and development plan for a target audience of over 22,000 people. The strategy was completed and approved by the board in January 08.
  
  Current activities involve creating competencies to define levels of management and leadership and developing a certificate program to build the next generation of co-operative leaders; program components will include both classroom-based and eLearning courses and an online community.

• eLearning Consultant

  World Bank / IFC

  (Banking industry)

  April 2009 — June 2009 (3 months)

  Designing and developing a series of eLearning courses for new project managers in the Infrastructure Department. Articulate Studio 09 skills and solid instructional design experience are applied to create interactive, engaging courses.

• Education Strategies and Outreach Consultant

  Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

  (Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Museums and Institutions industry)

  June 2005 — July 2007 (2 years 2 months)

  Strategic learning consulting and program management for a new online education and outreach portal being created as the electronic arm for a major new exhibit. Involves working closely with NOAA, Smithsonian, and collaborator representatives to apply expertise in all phases of portal prototyping, from needs assessments to testing.
  
  Recent conference presentations include National Marine Educators Annual Meeting, National Geographic Educators Summit, American Association of Museums.

• Internet Director of Distance Learning

  National Wildlife Federation

  (Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Education Management industry)

  September 2002 — February 2005 (2 years 6 months)

  Directed online communication and informal education initiatives: managed all phases of design, development and evaluation. Designed outreach, performed usability testing, managed external partnerships, trained cross-departmental teams and volunteers, measured return on investment.
  
  Engaged and trained over 7500 volunteers, employees, and new participants in one year while reducing infrastructure costs by 50% and exceeding measures of success.
  
  Received Brandon Hall Outstanding Learning Programs and Initiatives Award in 2004 for using an informal learning initiative to build organizational capacity.
  
  Received Educational Press Distinguished Achievement Award for Best Science Web Site for Educators, 2005.

• Senior Learning Consultant

  American Management Systems (AMS)

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; AMSY; Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 2000 — September 2002 (2 years 7 months)

  Designed, delivered and evaluated leadership and performance training initiatives to support strategic plans. Balanced business needs with resources, worked with senior managers to develop content for diverse audiences, offered flexible and blended delivery modes for just-in-time training, trained geographically dispersed faculty to deliver training.
  
  Obtained certification to create and manage Performance Development programs that addressed critical management and leadership competency gaps.
  
  Created e-Learning portal for 7000 international staff to facilitate professional development and organizational communication.

• PeopleSoft Instructor

  PeopleSoft

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  October 1998 — February 2000 (1 year 5 months)

  Created high-energy learning experiences for technical and non-technical audiences at corporate and government client sites. Developed technical competencies, provided application design and development training, obtained certification in core curriculum courses including PeopleTools I and II and Web Application Design and Development
  
  Knowledge of adult learning principles and highly developed teaching skills created successful training experiences that participants enjoyed: received 100% “Perfect Teaches” in 1999.
  
  Received PeopleSoft Spotlight Award, 1999.

• Leadership and Management Consultant

  AMS

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Management Consulting industry)

  May 1995 — October 1998 (3 years 6 months)

  Manager of Leadership and Teamwork Programs designed to develop competencies required of all employees. Researched and evaluated appropriate delivery mediums. Managed budgets, staff, and work plans. Provided organizational development and change management consulting to business units. Obtained certification to create and deliver courses for international audiences.
  
  Increased training enrollments by 100% in one year by devising New Employee Development program that included a blended strategy of e-Learning and instructor-led courses.
  
  Appointed “Master Trainer” responsible for teaching adult learning theories and practices to business unit trainers internationally and certifying faculty to deliver courses as part of an organizational development initiative. Tripled number of faculty certified in one year.
  
  Received Brandon Hall Internet and Multimedia Technology Award for creating a world-class new employee training program for college hires and experienced managers.

• ISD Specialist and Instructor

  Software AG

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 1992 — May 1995 (3 years)

  Lead instructor and designer for Application Engineering and Data Administration curricula. Involved quickly learning technical software, applying that knowledge to create content and deliver training for commercial and government clients, providing consulting services and transfer of learning support to clients to support their initiatives. Consistently recognized for excellent client satisfaction surveys.

Stephanie Eskins Gleason, SPHR’s Education

• Villanova University

  Master Certificate , Human Resource Management , 2008 — 2008

  Master Certificate focus areas: Strategic Organizational Leadership, Mastering HR Organizational Effectiveness, and Human Resource Management

• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  MS , Adult Learning and Human Resource Dev. , 1996 — 1998

• The College of William and Mary

  MA , English , 1988 — 1990

• University of Virginia

  BA , English , 1984 — 1988

  Activities and Societies:

  Alpha Chi Omega

Additional Information

Stephanie Eskins Gleason, SPHR’s Websites:

• e3 Educational Strategies

Stephanie Eskins Gleason, SPHR’s Interests:

spending my time well, working on projects that I love because of the challenge and opportunity to make a difference, designing adult learning strategies and determining if they were effective

Stephanie Eskins Gleason, SPHR’s Groups:

ASTD (astd.org)

•    Linked:HR (#1 Human Resources Group)
•    Learning, Education and Training Professionals Group
•    Software AG Ex-Club
•    Villanova University Alumni Network
•    College of William and Mary Alumni Network
•    ASTD National
•    Online Educator
•    AMS_Alumni
•    eLearn
•    College of William and Mary Alumni
•    University of Virginia Alumni (UVA)
•    ASTD Chapter Leaders Group
•    Technology in Education
•    Innovative Learning
•    Brandon Hall Research Innovations in Learning
•    The eLearning Guild
•    Organization Development Network, OD Network, ODN
•    Northern Virginia Chapter of SHRM (NOVA SHRM)
•    E-Learning Advocates
•    Instructional Design Professionals
•    Articulate - Rapid E-learning (Rapid elearning)

Stephanie Eskins Gleason, SPHR’s Honors:

Selected as Judge for Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Awards in 2006, 2007, & 2008

Selected as Oracle Education Foundation ThinkQuest Judge in 2008

Presented on educational outreach at these conferences in 2006 & 2007: National Geographic Educators Summit, American Association of Museums, National Marine Educators Annual Meeting

Received Educational Press Distinguished Achievement Award for Best Science Web Site for Educators in 2005

Received Brandon Hall Outstanding Learning Initiatives Award in 2004 for using an informal learning initiative to build organizational capacity

Received Learning Times' Innovations in Information Services Award in 2003 for creating an innovative distance learning program to educate the public about conservation issues

Received PeopleSoft Spotlight Award in 1999.

Received Brandon Hall Internet and Multimedia Technology Award for creating a world-class new employee training program for college hires and experienced managers in 1998.

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