Patricia Stitson

I am a growth-minded 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻 learning experience design professional (instructional designer) with a creative knack for turning documentation or face to face programs into engaging online and blended learning aligned with competency and business requirements.

…which is a boring way of expressing that learning can be fun and have a purpose simultaneously. 🤓

My years in customer education (commercial film) and multimedia development date back to 1997. I have been creating across different mediums, including WordPress and many eLearning authoring tools and LMSs, ever since. This has taught me that the user comes first and the artist must know their tools in order to “write” learning well and creatively.

The first tool I used while writing curriculum and lessons, often on the fly, was a horse. Let me tell you that, while working with horse and rider, the above is critical to creating positive experiences. The same holds true for the intersection of technology, learning, people, and organizations.

More recently I began organizing TEDx events and was gifted by learning from a great group of young volunteers how best to support them as they tackled creating the best event experience they could. I’ve led teams of up to 70 “day of” volunteers with a core of eight committee leaders. This endeavor placed me very close to the StartUp weekend community and, between the two, I was privileged to witness the talent and skill that went into growing the San Diego community since 2011.

My five Gallup CliftonStrengths are Ideation, Input, Futuristic, Learner & Strategic. I’ve tested as both an INTJ, and INTE at separate times when my goals demanded slightly different skill sets.

In addition to my work specialized in LX design, development, and implementation, I have a passion for mentoring and coaching. In particular I enjoy coaching youth about developing their ‘idea worth spreading’ using my unique experiences with TEDx adult and youth events.