Built for the real world
Training must work for frontline teams, supervisors, and executives—not just look good in a slide deck.
Workforce Education • Compliance • Safety • Leadership
Professional education for safety-critical industries.
NABIRD helps organizations build capable teams, compliant programs, and confident leaders through practical training, instructor development, and regulatory education.
About NABIRD
Where learning meets measurable outcomes.
NABIRD is an educational nonprofit concept built from the proven training platform and experience behind MYNA Bird Collective. Its purpose is to expand access to high-quality workforce education in regulatory compliance, hazardous materials transportation, safety, leadership, and instructor development.
Led by enterprise learning expertise across Apple, Verizon Wireless, Brookdale Senior Living, Discovery Senior Living, and Walt Disney World, NABIRD is designed to combine adult learning science with practical, field-ready instruction.
Human-centered by design
Programs are grounded in adult learning theory, behavioral science, and practical application.
Measured and accountable
Evaluation matters. NABIRD uses outcome-based design, learner feedback, and performance metrics to improve programs.
Programs
Instruction, compliance, and development under one roof.
Regulatory Compliance Training
Custom programs for organizations that must meet safety, compliance, and workforce readiness requirements.
- Needs analysis
- Role-based curriculum
- Assessment and documentation
Hazardous Materials Transportation
Training programs designed for hazmat employees, instructors, and employers who need practical HMR-aligned education.
- General awareness
- Function-specific instruction
- Instructor development
Instructor Development
Train-the-trainer programs that help subject matter experts become effective, consistent instructors.
- Facilitation skills
- Curriculum delivery
- Coaching and evaluation
Leadership Development
Customized leadership programs for frontline managers, senior leaders, and executive teams.
- Executive coaching
- Manager capability
- Team alignment
Curriculum Design
From needs analysis to blended delivery, NABIRD designs learning that sticks.
- ADDIE / SAM
- ILT, VILT, eLearning
- LMS implementation
Culture & Change Integration
Training and change support for rapid growth, mergers, acquisitions, and operational transformation.
- Culture alignment
- Onboarding
- Communication strategy
Hazardous Materials Training Institute
Expanding access to practical hazmat workforce education.
The NABIRD Hazardous Materials Training Institute is designed to support existing hazmat employees, employers, and instructors through structured training programs, curriculum development, and train-the-trainer delivery.
Program focus areas may include hazardous materials regulations, safe handling practices, shipping documentation, marking, labeling, placarding, security awareness, emergency response awareness, and role-specific instruction.
Positioning: NABIRD combines proven enterprise training capability with hazardous materials subject matter expertise, technical review, and employer outreach.
Experience
Thirty years of enterprise learning and workforce development.
MYNA Bird Collective
Founder & Principal Consultant. Enterprise sales enablement, leadership development, executive retreat facilitation, fractional L&D leadership, and culture advisory.
Discovery Senior Living
Director of Learning & Development. Led enterprise enablement strategy through major growth. Administered Relias LMS for 14,000+ employees and improved compliance completion.
Brookdale Senior Living
Senior Manager, Sales Training & Revenue Enablement. Owned national sales enablement for the largest senior living company in the U.S.
Apple
National Training Program Manager. Built national sales enablement programs for U.S. wireless carrier partners and collaborated with Apple Worldwide Training.
Verizon Wireless
Senior Master Trainer to National Trainer. Technical, sales, and leadership training across a 13-year tenure.
Walt Disney World Resort
Performance Consultant, Disney University. Facilitated cast member orientation and delivered business training offerings to major professional services clients.
Experience across organizations including
Apple • Verizon • Walt Disney World • Brookdale • Discovery Senior Living • T-Mobile • Deloitte • PwC
Contact
Build the program before chasing the grant.
NABIRD should present itself as a serious workforce education organization, not a last-minute grant vehicle. The website should support that message immediately.