Welcome to this Learning Technologies focused episode of the Learning Reinvented podcast, brought to you by The Learning Effect Team. Released on the first day  of The Learning Technologies Conference on 23rd and 24th April. This is one of 5 episodes to help listeners navigate their learning technology journey successfully. This covers everything from how to make the most out of attending the exhibition or other exhibitions, through to how to navigate the choice of solutions and make the right choices for you. We also look at how to embed the technology into your business and get the best return on your investment. In this episode hosts Katie Godden and James Poletyllo will look at the best approaches to take when selecting learning technology for your organisation. In this first of three linked episodes they will focus on the steps to take before even consider individual solutions or technologies. This often-missed stage is critical to ensuring you make the best decisions for you and your organisation. The Learning Reinvented Podcast aims to bring a variety of new and different voices to talk about the current and future state of learning at work. We want our conversations to be though provoking, useful and real world. We appreciate your thoughts and feedback to help achieve this. About The Learning Effect The Learning Effect’s vision is to help companies create purposeful, consumer grade learning experiences which help you deliver your business goals and your team realise their potential. If you are looking to change your companies learning or for new learning technologies we should be your first call.   About the Host - Katie Godden Katie is one of the founding directors of The Learning Effect. With over 10 years experience in the learning industry within a number of different sectors, Katie is now focused on helping organisations transform their learning offering.  She is passionate about creating learning journeys in the workplace which replicate how we learn in our lives outside of work. CONTACT METHOD LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-godden-015661120/ Website: https://www.thelearningeffect.co.uk/ Email: katie.godden@thelearningeffect.co.uk   About the Host - James Poletyllo James is one of the founding director's of The Learning Effect. With 20 years experience of leading learning functions in a variety of industries he is now focused on helping organisations create consumer grade learning experiences which deliver results and performance.   He is passionate about making a difference and is on a mission to change the future of learning at work for the good of every employee. CONTACT METHOD You can follow and connect with James via: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamespoletyllo/ Website: https://www.thelearningeffect.co.uk Email: james.poletyllo@thelearningeffect.co.uk