Ellen Schmidt

About Ellen Schmidt

I joyfully serve my church\'s parish community as the office receptionist, while continuing to keep informed about modern learning technology tools and practices.In my 30+ years as an instructional designer and learning consultant, I developed a portfolio of highly transferable skills including performance consulting, instructional design and project management; analyzing/assessing customer performance improvement needs; designing, developing, implementing, evaluating, and facilitating training solutions; managing vendor work and expectations; and implementing global performance improvement solutions to a global audience.CORE COMPETENCIES:1. Instructional Design: analysis, design, development, implementation, evaluation2. Performance Consulting: with leadership and teams on delivering performance improvement solutions and evaluation strategies based on prioritized business needs3. Project Management: performance improvement solutions with internal subject matter experts and key external partners4. Building team capabilities: team health survey design, data analysis, and facilitating action-planning sessions

Experience

1. Receptionist

   Christ The King Catholic Church

   Feb 2025 — Present · Indianapolis, IN, US

   I joyfully serve the human and spiritual needs of Christ the King parishioners. I collaborate with the pastor and parish staff to help promote and answer parishioner questions about our church\'s ministries, programs, and events. I perform daily administrative tasks that benefit the operations of the parish office and align with the mission and vision of the church\'s dynamic parish life environment.

Education

• Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis

  Masters

• Butler University

  Bachelor's in Music Education

Skills

• Training Delivery
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Employee Training
• Learning Management
• Business Process Improvement
• Workshop Facilitation
• Instructional Design
• Training
• Change Management
• Organizational Development
• Analysis
• Needs Analysis
• Program Management
• Performance Consulting
• Curriculum Design
• Facilitation
• Process Improvement
• Performance Improvement
• E-Learning
• Proposal Writing
• Data Analysis
• Leadership Development
• Team Building
• Management
• Addie
• Coaching
• Business Analysis
• Nonprofits
• Project Management
• Instructor-Led Training
• Leadership