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Learning Experience Design for Changemakers

Renee Koster 2 Episodes Jul 1, 2026

Most educators start with content. Renee Koster starts with the outcome. Learning Experience Design for Changemakers is a podcast for nonprofit leaders and heart-led entrepreneurs who want to design learning experiences that engage, transform, and last. No hustle culture. No quick fixes. Just purposeful design that serves your learners and scales your impact.

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How to Design a Learning Experience That Actually Transforms Jul 1, 2026 00:11:23 You have something powerful to teach — but the moment you sit down to design it, the pull toward content takes over. You start listing everything you know, every story, every framework, every caveat. And suddenly it's a wall of water, not a river. This week, Renee shares the origin story of the Roots to Canopy Method: what backwards design gave her, where it left a gap, and the unexpected mome

3 Things That Make Any Moment a Learning Experience (Podcast, Coaching, Courses) Jun 24, 2026 00:10:20 Have you ever called what you do a course, a program, or a membership — and felt like something was still slightly off? That feeling might be about more than the name. In this episode, Renee Koster gives you a clear, simple definition of a learning experience and explains why the distinction between learning experience design and instructional design actually changes what you build — not just how

History Is a Mystery: Inside the Morgan Log House With Molly Jobson Jun 17, 2026 00:33:32 A 1774 home, a curious executive director, and the untold stories she's determined to unravel.What does it take to turn a 250-year-old log house into a living, breathing piece of its community? In this episode, Renee sits down with Molly Jobson, executive director of the Morgan Log House, to find out — from her winding path into museum leadership to the food drives and descendant volunteers th

Immersive Learning: How to Design for Real Engagement Jun 10, 2026 00:14:21 What a tiger at the Philadelphia Zoo taught me about course designI stood in front of the big cat exhibit at the Philadelphia Zoo and had a full curriculum design realization — and this episode is about what I learned.The Philadelphia Zoo's Zoo360 is a network of trails that lets animals roam freely through the zoo. The day we visited, a tiger was walking past the lunch tables. Ten feet away.

Internship to Impact: How Elise White Is Building Access Through the Let's Change Forward Foundation Jun 2, 2026 00:32:15 What does it look like when someone takes purposeful feedback, applies it in real time, and keeps building? In this inaugural episode of Learning Experience Design for Change Makers, Renee Koster sits down with Elise White — founder and executive director of the Let's Change Forward Foundation, workforce and wellness consultant, and co-host of the Queen Beauty Podcast.Elise shares how a five-day f

Welcome to Learning Experience Design for Changemakers Jun 1, 2026 00:02:53 You built something. You know your stuff. And somewhere between your expertise and your learner's transformation, something's getting lost. That's exactly why this podcast exists.In this intro episode, Renee Koster — Learning Experience Designer and Strategist — lays out exactly who this show is for, what makes it different, and what you can expect.This is not a podcast about building fast. It's n

Learning Experience Design for Changemakers

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