Brian Washburn

Brian Washburn has been designing and delivering learning programs for 18 years, getting his start as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Paraguay, where he helped train farmers on basic principles of business. In 2011, Training magazine named him one of their “top young trainers.” Brian has facilitated workshops on presentation skills and instructional design to audiences in North America, South America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. He has written multiple articles for ATD magazine, the monthly publication of the Association for Talent Development (ATD). Under his leadership, ATD also awarded his previous employer an Excellence in Practice award for their Performance Improvement initiatives. Brian writes about presentation skills every week on the Train Like A Champion blog and is the co-founder and CEO of Endurance Learning, whose vision is that every presentation can be engaging and lead to change. Brian’s sole purpose in life is to eliminate boring learning experiences from the face of the planet.