ATD Chicagoland members Dana Ross and Stacey Hietikko attended Josh Cavalier’s AI for Learning and Development seminar, and they ready to help you (a) use the TRACI prompting framework to make Learning Needs Analysis and Performance Analysis a snap, and (b) build your own eLearning course using AI!
In the first half of the meeting, Dana will demonstrate the TRACI prompting framework applied to Learning Needs Analysis. You will then practice it yourself, using it to strengthen Performance Analysis. You will leave with a repeatable approach for using AI more intentionally across Action Mapping, Learning Journey Design, and Workflow and Productivity Improvements, helping you ask better questions, uncover root causes, and recommend solutions that improve performance.
In the second half, follow along step by step as Stacey Hietikko uses the TRACI prompting framework to build a real, working interactive course prototype, an actual Rise-style HTML eLearning course with navigation and content.
If AI still feels like it costs you more editing time than it saves, come see what happens when you structure the ask.
What you'll walk away with:
- The TRACI prompt framework (Task, Role, Audience, Create, Intent), ready to use on your next real project, not a hypothetical one
- A complete worked example: prompt to finished prototype, nothing skipped, nothing glossed over
- A chance to try it out yourself, with support
- The one prompt detail almost everyone leaves out, and why it does more work than the rest of the prompt combined
Bring your coffee. We'll see who finishes first.
Dana Ross
Dana is an Operations Training Manager with Southworth, where she leads learning and development initiatives across corporate teams and private clubs throughout the United States and the Bahamas. She specializes in leadership development, instructional design, performance consulting, onboarding, and operational training, helping organizations build capability while improving business results.
Passionate about creating practical, learner-centered experiences, Dana turns complex challenges into engaging, actionable learning solutions. Her work combines training strategy, technology, and adult learning principles to drive growth, enhance performance, and support exceptional employee and member experiences. Dana enjoys sharing innovative approaches to workplace learning and helping others transform ideas into meaningful impact.
Stacey Hietikko
Stacey is an instructional design and technology leader whose career bridges IT and learning. She has led as a Director of IT and Training and, most recently, as Senior Instructional Designer and Program Manager at Yahoo, where she helped shape global training and content strategy for one of the most recognized names in tech.
Stacey holds a Master of Education in Education Policy, Organization and Leadership from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, along with a Graduate Certificate in Instructional Design Management and Leadership and an Instructional Design MasterTrack® Certificate from the same institution. The combination of technical background and formal training gives her a practical, systems-level view of how learning gets built and delivered inside large organizations. Stacey recently earned ATD's Applying AI in Learning & Development certification. What draws her to AI is that it shifts the focus of an instructional designer’s work from production to judgment – knowing what's worth building, when a course isn't the right solution, and how to tell if it worked (the parts of the job that always mattered most).
Outside of work, you can find Stacey at live music shows, walking her dog, bullet journaling, or crocheting. She's usually got a psychological thriller going too, often alongside a home-brewed beer courtesy of her husband.
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