Katherine Ann O’Malley | Austin, TX | katieo43@gmail.com
Instructional Designer | eLearning Course Developer | LMS Specialist | Learning Content Writer | Support Specialist | Small Group Trainer/Coach | Certified Professional in Talent Development
Katie is a is a Certified Professional in Talent Development with with 24 years experience in adult learning, currently seeking part-time and contract hours as a support specialist for workforce training. She lives in Austin, Texas with her husband Marc. She enjoys hiking on the Violet Crown Trail, cooking, studying history, meeting with friends or family, and getting completely absorbed by her two grandsons or a great book.
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Work Samples:
The following work samples are from 2019 – 2023 for employer National Center for Farmworker Health, a longstanding voice for migratory and seasonal workers and training/technical assistance partner for community and migrant health centers. Projects were implemented by talented multidisciplinary teams and Katie’s specific role is noted for each.
Writing:
Infographic resources, with funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration; disseminated to community and migrant health center staff and governing boards via the National Health Center Resource Clearinghouse. Role: Writer/Researcher/Staff Project Lead
Key Strategies for Effective Change Management in Health Centers
Five Strategies to Help Health Centers Protect Against Staff Burnout
Key Online Resources for Training Health Center Boards
Interactive Design
Spanish language safety training interaction developed for NCFH for delivery to Kansas migrant health organization for dissemination to migratory and seasonal youth agricultural workers. Role: Storyline Developer
Reflection Exercise (Spanish/English)
Spanish language interactive resource about healthy grocery shopping developed for NCFH for delivery to Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists for dissemination to low literacy consumer audience. Role: Storyline Developer
Shopping Interaction (Spanish)
Interactive created for use with a remote Cultural Competency training of rural health center staff in Texas. Role: Interaction Designer/Storyline Developer
Cultural Competency Interaction for Remote Training Session
Video/Audio Editing
Opener for 7 Module Certificate Series for Migrant Health Professionals
LMS Experience:
Katie served as a professional services lead and then online learning specialist and learning management system (LMS) lead for the National Alliance for Insurance Education and Research, an nationally recognized organization which provides high quality professional certification to agents, brokers, risk managers and insurance customer service representatives. She gained knowledge of extended enterprise learning management system, leading the vetting and selection of 3 major LMS (including Desire2Learn and TopClass) platforms and two webinar platforms (including Adobe Connect and LogMeIn) for the online classroom and self paced programs. The final deployment joined both programs onto one platform, resulting in 40K+ cost savings and critical infrastructure security in the first year of implementation in 2017.