ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERS & CONSULTANTS...
The highest-value instructional design and facilitated trainings: by expert credentialed teachers, for your organizational learning
Over 30 coaches, managers, and executive directors
partner with Elynndí to take the guesswork
out of teaching and learning.
It's tough work, helping others learn and grow.
Coaching leaders
Training staff
Writing curriculum
Facilitating workshops
Building onboarding
Leading retreats
Managing change
Designing slide decks
That's why our clients come to us feeling stuck or stressed—because creating learning experiences can be messy, fast-paced, and high-stakes.
If you lead learning, maybe you've been thinking...
Trust a teacher to make it make sense.
More Trust & Clients
By thinking and facilitating like a teacher, our learning designs are skillful, memorable, and actionable.
You build your reputation as a valuable thought partner who your stakeholders want more from. (Say hello to repeat clients and satisfied staff!)
More Time & Money
As teachers who used to design and deliver brand-new, high-impact lessons every day (gah!), we know how to do this work fast and well.
We take less time to get you what you need, so our total project costs are less too. Less time; less cost.
More Use & Reuse
Built on tried-and-true learning methodology, our products aren't just good: they're really good.
That means you can re-deliver and re-tailor the product for new audiences—and safely rely on its value long after the project ends.
Our teacher toolkits ensure that our clients get the best learning outcomes possible.
How It Works
By helping you knock your learning experiences out of the park, we help confirm for your stakeholders that you are trustworthy, knowledgeable, and a smart investment.
Discuss.
You ping us to let us know you're looking for an expert to help create a learning experience.
We schedule up to two free 30-minute calls to figure out if we're the best fit for your needs.
You explain what learning experience you're creating and what outcomes you're pursuing.
We ask guiding questions to deepen our thinking about the project and align next steps.
(As needed, we'll redirect you to other resources or to one of our colleague agencies if we find that learning design and delivery aren't the services for your needs.)
Design.
We create a timeline of the deliverables necessary to complete the project (learning objectives, session outlines, course plans, guided organizers, visuals, etc.)
We regularly check in so that you can provide feedback and suggestions along the way.
We revise each deliverable according to your feedback to remain aligned with your needs.
You leave with the complete set of materials you need for your learning experience to be successfully delivered.
Deliver.
You present, teach, facilitate, implement, or sell the final product for your stakeholders.
Or Elynndí presents or facilitates the learning experience to your audience, if the project is for us to be facilitators as well as instructional designers.
The typical range of time it takes to complete clients' projects is 3 to 5 weeks.
Virtual & In-Person Services
By providing the one-of-a-kind learning that only a teacher can provide, you can build a reputation as one of the most worthwhile assets your stakeholders have.
Create like a teacher
Instructional Design
At times, you just need someone to handle the details for you. Receive custom-made learning objectives, lesson plans, slide decks and more: all aligned with your goals and branding; all designed for your immediate use.
Learn from a teacher
Trainings & Workshops
Do you remember your favorite lessons from school? Re-experience those creative, imaginative blends of dialogue, collaboration, and hands-on activities, so that you walk away with meaningful memories and sophisticated skills.
Meet the Team
A small but mighty crew of co-teachers, equipped with best practices for teaching and learning.
Elynndí equips leaders of learning (such as learning and development directors, executive officers, management consultants) with high-impact but under-utilized strategies from classroom teaching. Whether it's in the form of instructional design or facilitated trainings, we help you deliver the highest-value learning experiences possible—because we're master teachers: experts on learning and development.
Owner & Operator
Aaron Barlin, M.S.Ed.
10+ years in education and organizational learning, with a focus on social-emotional intelligence
Credentialed high school teacher and instructional coach, as well as graduate school faculty member
Formally trained in education sciences at the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education
Learning & Development Specialist
Michelle Mazzeo, M.S.Ed.
15+ years in teaching, training, and program design across public education systems and nonprofits
Studied and practiced learning principles in the context of leadership and policy
Specialized in designing learning experiences for equity initiatives and organizational culture change
Our Clients
Across nonprofits, business, government, law firms, and other consultancies — you don't need to be a school to be a place of learning.
Pricing
High-quality learning should be highly accessible.
Design
Essential learning outcomes, play-by-play session outline, and learner-facing materials
FOR FACILITATED LEARNING
Classes
Modules
Trainings
Webinars
Workshops
Town Halls
Retreats
PD Series
Keynotes
Team Building
| 0–60 Minutes | | | $700 for one session / $500 as an additional session |
| 60–90 Minutes | | | $1000 for one session / $800 as an additional session |
| 90–120 Minutes | | | $1300 for one session / $1000 as an additional session |
| Half Day (2–4 hours) | | | $1900 for one session / $1500 as an additional session |
| Full Day (4–8 hours) | | | $3000 for one session / $2300 as an additional session |
FOR NON-FACILITATED LEARNING
Revision of Already-Drafted Materials
Infographics
Guidebooks
Assessments
Self-Guided Materials
Training Manuals
Asynchronous Courses
| $120 per hour of work, to match the variability of each project |
| (Our projects have ranged from $480 for small projects, to $2760 for longer, more elaborate ones.) |
Deliver
Two co-facilitators from Elynndí to teach your learners in real time
COST OF FACILITATION
| $700 per hour of live facilitation for 2 facilitators, added to any design costs |
Examples of Past Costs
For a general sense of our affordability as you budget out your learning goals
PREVIOUS CLIENTS' DESIGN + DELIVERY COSTS
| One 90-minute staff training | | | Total Fixed Cost: $2050 |
| Two-part 60-minute webinar series | | | Total Fixed Cost: $2600 |
| One 120-minute training + one 60-minute follow-up | | | Total Fixed Cost: $3900 |
| One 90-minute training + two 60-minute follow-ups | | | Total Fixed Cost: $4450 |
| One full-day (6-hour) team-building retreat | | | Total Fixed Cost: $7200 |
Who is Elynndí for?
For those who have never thought about or practiced learning and development methods before — but are ready to start
For those who have a general goal or vision for a project, but need help refining and tailoring the actual deliverable
For those who are ready to evaluate and innovate their typical approaches so that their orgnanization can evolve
For those who seek collaboration in the form of reciprocal thought partnership
Who isn't Elynndí for?
Not for those who see strategies for teaching and learning as separate from organizational growth and progress
Not for those who have a pre-determined, cookie-cutter approach to learning and curriculum design
Not for those who are uncomfortable or unwilling to reflect on or change their ways
Not for those who view feedback as one-way, or cooperation as top-down
Thanks for taking the time to learn more about Elynndí.
A website offers just a glimpse: to learn if Elynndí would be the best match for you and your learners, fill out the form below, or reach out to Aaron at [email protected].
Learning & Development Specialist
Michelle Mazzeo, M.S.Ed
(she/her)
Having both studied and applied principles on leadership and policy, Michelle assists organizations in ways that are based in sound methodology. Over 15 years as a teacher, trainer, and program designer have revealed a core pattern to her and her learners: learning isn’t impactful unless it’s actionable, inclusive, and built to last. She has designed professional development workshops that empower real-world growth, led meaningful equity initiatives that change organizational cultures, and provided consulting that equipped leadership teams with the strategies they needed to help their organizations thrive. Intuitively, Michelle simplifies your workload by breaking down complex projects into clear, actionable steps, making it easier for you and your organization to achieve its goals.
Owner & Operator
Aaron Barlin, M.S.Ed.
(he/they)
Aaron didn’t always see the connection between classroom teaching tactics and building or running organizations. That changed when, on top of teaching high-school English, Aaron became a districtwide professional development coach and strategic planning lead. In those adult-facing roles, he discovered that his teacher toolkit was essential for designing staff trainings, mentoring colleagues, and consulting admin on high-level decisions. It became clear that only the best teaching practices could shed new light on the workplace's hardest subjects: culture change, talent management, succession planning, and more.This led him to wonder, What would happen if more professionals ran their organizations like teachers run their classrooms? Aaron began Elynndí to invite you to experience the paradigm-shifting answers to this question, developing your organization from the standpoint of a teacher.
There's so much left to learn.
Trust a teacher to guide you.
Take the guesswork out of growing your organization by using tried-and-true
learning and development strategies — brought to you by a credentialed teacher.
There's so much left to learn.
Trust a teacher to guide you.
Take the guesswork out of growing your organization by using tried-and-true
learning and development strategies — brought to you by credentialed teachers.
There's so much left to learn.
Trust a teacher to guide you.
Take the guesswork out of growing your organization by using tried-and-true
learning and development strategies — brought to you by credentialed teachers.
There's so much left to learn.
Trust a teacher to guide you.
Take the guesswork out of growing your organization by using tried-and-true
learning and development strategies — brought to you by credentialed teachers.
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Think like a teacher
Consulting
Develop a teacher's mindset in order to approach your workplace's challenges as opportunities for learning. Gain the tools and guidance you need to align your leadership and planning with the impact you want to have on your stakeholders.
Measure like a teacher
Assessments
When designed by an educator, assessments do more than just measure outcomes: they clarify pathways for progress. Get the tailored and sophisticated insight you need for your next steps to be informed and intentional.