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title: Elevate Continuous Education Program
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created: '2026-04-05'
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# Elevate Continuous Education Program

## Overview

Elevate is a planned continuous education initiative for the Agility Recovery sales team, designed to follow the foundational [[wiki/clients/agility-recovery/projects/soar-sales-onboarding|SOAR onboarding program]]. Where SOAR covers the first two weeks of a new hire's ramp, Elevate provides ongoing monthly learning to build skills and product knowledge over time.

The program was described by Gus Donelson (Agility Recovery's learning leader) during the [[wiki/clients/agility-recovery/meetings/2026-04-05-soar-handover-kickoff|SOAR Project Handover Kickoff]] as a future scope item — not yet formally contracted, but a clear next engagement opportunity.

> "SOAR is that foundational two weeks, and then Elevate would be the pieces that we do continuous education after the fact." — Gus Donelson

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## Program Design

### Cadence
- **Frequency:** Monthly sessions
- **Audience:** Agility Recovery sales team

### Format Options
Sessions are not locked to a single modality. Gus indicated flexibility across:
- **E-learning** (self-paced modules)
- **Video** (recorded or AI-generated)
- **Instructor-led training (ILT)**

### Content Focus Areas
- Soft skills development
- Product training
- Sales skill-building

### Goal
Build a reusable **content library** that supports ongoing training without requiring net-new production each month. The library model is important given that Gus is the sole internal learning resource at Agility Recovery (~83 employees).

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## Relationship to SOAR

Elevate is explicitly positioned as the post-onboarding layer of a two-phase learning architecture:

| Phase | Program | Timing | Focus |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SOAR | First ~2 weeks | Foundational onboarding for new sales hires |
| 2 | Elevate | Monthly, ongoing | Continuous skill and product education |

SOAR 2.0 (a planned refresh of the foundational content with more engaging formats) is a separate but related initiative. See [[wiki/knowledge/elearning/soar-2-content-strategy|SOAR 2.0 Content Strategy]].

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## Tooling Considerations

Gus is piloting **Vyond** (AI video creation software) as a potential production tool for more engaging content — both for SOAR 2.0 and Elevate. Vyond is being evaluated because:
- It lowers the skill barrier for video production
- It can produce more engaging content than Articulate Rise alone
- Gus can operate it without deep technical expertise

See [[wiki/knowledge/tools/vyond|Vyond]] for more on this tool evaluation.

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## Status

**Pre-scope / Future Opportunity** — Elevate has not been formally scoped or contracted as of the April 2026 handover kickoff. It was surfaced as a strategic direction Gus wants to pursue once SOAR is complete.

Key dependency: SOAR must ship before Elevate planning begins in earnest.

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## Key Contacts

| Name | Role | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Gus Donelson | Learning Leader, Agility Recovery | gus.donelson@agilityrecovery.com |
| Melissa Cusumano | Account Manager, Asymmetric | melissa.cusumano@asymmetric.pro |

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## Related

- [[wiki/clients/agility-recovery/_index|Agility Recovery Client Overview]]
- [[wiki/clients/agility-recovery/projects/soar-sales-onboarding|SOAR Sales Onboarding Project]]
- [[wiki/clients/agility-recovery/meetings/2026-04-05-soar-handover-kickoff|SOAR Handover Kickoff Meeting (2026-04-05)]]
- [[wiki/knowledge/tools/vyond|Vyond — AI Video Creation Tool]]
- [[wiki/knowledge/elearning/articulate-rise-limitations|Articulate Rise: Engagement Limitations]]