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Workshop: Learning Design For Behavior Change (October 2025)

Okay folks — I’m only doing this workshop publicly once this year. It will be a virtual workshop on October 9th, 16th and 23rd (2025) with my friends at LDA, and it’s one of my favorite things to do. If you haven’t already taken it, I wanted to highlight some of my favorite activities from the workshop.


Really Define the Behavior

Instead of fuzzy goals like “build a safety culture,” participants will practice writing outcomes and behaviors so clear you could capture them in a photo. This exercise sharpens your ability to spot measurable, observable actions that drive change

Collage of workshop slides with the heading “Really define the target behavior!”. One slide shows examples like “We need to create a safety culture” and “Staff should be more customer-focused.” Another shows the “photo test” question: “If I took a photo or video of the behavior, what would I see?”. Emphasis is on making behaviors concrete and observable.

Mapping Your Learners Motivation

Using a case study (like freelance writers saving for retirement), you’ll highlight all the reasons people might — or might not — adopt a behavior, and then connect them to autonomy, competence, and relatedness from self-determination theory

Workshop slide collage with the heading “Analyze your learners’ motivation!”. Includes a diagram of Self-Determination Theory from “Amotivated” to “Intrinsic,” a worksheet for plotting motivators/demotivators, and an example scenario with a woman and text about workplace motivators.


Figure Out Where Are They in the Change Process

Not everyone is starting at the same place. In this activity, you’ll place learners on a 10-step readiness continuum — from “doesn’t know the behavior exists” to “struggling to maintain it”. Is it a knowledge problem, or is it more about motivation and support?


Design Effective Interventions

You’ll learn to dissect a behavior using the COM-B model: Capability, Opportunity, and Motivation. This reveals hidden barriers and points to practical interventions, which you can use to design effective solutions.

You can register here: https://members.ldaccelerator.com/checkout/learning-design-for-behavior-change-with-julie-dirksen

If you’d like to bring your team, we do offer team discounts. Reach out using the contact form.

Thanks!

Julie

2 thoughts on “Workshop: Learning Design For Behavior Change (October 2025)”

  1. Hello! I would like to bring myself
    And possibly 3 others for a total
    Of 4. What would the group discount look like so I can let my VP know? Thank you.

    Reply

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