Gifts for Instructional Design Specialists

Picking a gift for an instructional design specialist

Instructional design specialists spend their days turning messy subject matter into training that people actually finish, which means they're often the quiet person behind the course everyone else gets credit for. They sketch storyboards, build e-learning modules, test them with real learners, and then revise everything after the pilot group gets lost on screen three. A gift that acknowledges that craft tends to land better than a generic work shirt. A hoodie is good for the home office, where they're probably on a video call in it, and a mug fits the desk where the storyboard lives. Put their title on the shirt, or add the team or organization they work for, so it reads as theirs rather than something from a bulk catalog. If you're buying for a whole learning and development team, the Team Shop lets you pick one design and paste each person's name, so the group photo at the offsite finally looks like a group.