Our Social Learning Experience

Learning Must Be Social

When people are given the option to choose how they learn, they prefer immersive and social experiences. Social learning is:

> DESIRED. People want to learn together and in the flow of work vs. classroom (Bersin, 2019) and e-Learning, of which only 3.8% is engaging (Gore, 2019).

> EFFECTIVE. 80% of people learn as much or more from their peers as they do their superiors (Imperative, 2019). Over 80% of social learners take new actions and 70% develop new daily habits.

> HEALING. We need each other, especially in times of chaos and uncertainty. Over 90% of learners feel safe sharing their fears and anxiety with each other.

To nurture our natural and desired way of learning together, Unity Lab's Experiential Learning Platform features: 1. Small, diverse peer learning groups, 2. Live kick-off calls, 3. An easy to use LMS, 4. Best-in-class pedagogy, 5. Live celebration calls, and 6. Pre- and post-assessments.

#1. Small, Diverse Peer Learning Groups

Learners begin each program by being placed into small peer groups that are optimized for diversity so that:

Learners benefit from a wide breadth of their peers' experiences,
Participants experience empathy and respect from their diverse peers,
Authentic high-trust relationships form across demographics, geography and departments, and

#2. Live Kick-off Call

After the learning groups are formed, learners are invited to a 90-minute live kick-off call, where they:

> Learn about the program leaders, course structure, expected outcomes and logistics;

> Meet their small, diverse group peers, learn about each other, schedule their first session; and

> Get their questions answered.

#3. Platform

After the kick-off call, learners log in to the LMS to connect with their small groups, learn together, complete the exercises, access their discussion guides and take their pre- and post- assessment. Our LMS is:

> TURNKEY - Get started in 7 days.

> CONVENIENT - Automated curriculum delivery across all devices.

> SOCIAL - Learners build group agreements, and leverage the group chat to support each other between group discussions.

> RESPONSIVE - Group forum moderated by subject matter experts.

> TRANSPARENT - Admin dashboard and weekly analytics.

> SAFE - Secure cloud hosting, daily back-ups, SSL certificates.

> RELIABLE - 99.9% up-time and 24/7 monitoring.

#4. Best-in-Class Pedagogy

Our pedagogy leverages the latest research in social learning, neuroscience and psychology to deliver an engaging and social learning experience. Our method is:

> Purpose-forward - recognizing that learning sticks when its contextualized within a learner's purpose and values.

> Peer-centered - recognizing that 80% of us learn as much or more from peers as we do managers, we learn together with colleagues at our same level.

> Inclusive - baking inclusion and diverse relationships into every learning experience.

> Holistic - leveraging, the head-heart-hands model of transformative learning and numerous learning styles - didactic, text, video, audio, on the job practice, reflection, writing and discussion - to ensure learners understand, feel and apply concepts.

> Flexible - recognizing the great expense involved in live trainings, and that 68% of learners prefer to learn on the job, Unity Lab empowers learners to learn in the flow of work, e.g., 5-minute videos, 15-minute exercises, 1-hour peer discussions.

> Digitally-native - ensuring every learner belongs and stands on equal footing, wherever they work.

> Social - recognizing the epidemics of loneliness and mental health, the new world of flex-hybrid work and the power of relationships in modeling and amplifying norms, employees learn together and build long-term relationships.

> Amplifies learning - recognizing our propensity to forget, as 90% of information is forgotten within 7 days, Unity Lab Programs scaffold learning over 7 sessions (a live kick-off session, 5 modules of content, exercises and discussions, and a final completion session to recap and celebrate the actions taken).

#5. Live Completion Call

Learners are invited to a 90-minute live completion call, where they:

> Recap what they've learned and celebrate their transformations;

> Meet with people from other groups in breakouts to share their experiences and breakthroughs; and

> Discover the next opportunity to learn and grow together.

#6. Pre- and Post-Assements

To quantify progress, we leverage standard employee experience metrics, a 20-question employee experience survey, and open-ended qualitative questions:

> STANDARD METRICS, such as intention to leave, employee satisfaction and employee net promoter score,

> EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE SURVEY, that assesses purpose, leadership, belonging, mattering, trust, transparency, growth and retention.

> QUALITATIVE QUESTIONS, are aggregated and anonymized, help you understand how people are feeling, what would have them be fully satisfied at work, and what needs to change in your organization.

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This isn't for everyone.

Only explore this approach if...

#1. You need a scalable people + culture solution to develop, engage and retain your employees no matter where they work.

#2. You need to impact retention, social and emotional health and culture as quickly and efficiently as possible.

#3. You are personally committed to everyone in your organization thriving and belonging.

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