From the course: Instructional Design: Working with SMEs
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What is a SME?
- Subject Matter Experts, or SMEs for short, are experts who have domain knowledge, authority, and credibility in a specialty or field. They know their work inside and out. We're all SMEs at something, whether it's knowing how to make a wedding cake, write a story, take expert photographs, or close business deals. For example, Seth Godin is widely regarded as a SME in the field of marketing, and your payroll manager is most likely a SME when it comes to payroll processing, taxation and withholding, in addition to showing new team members how to do their jobs. Regardless of their field, a SME generally has three attributes: years of experience in a field or occupation, this could be formal or informal work experience; information to share, which is commonly called content, and think of this is a way of doing things that could really help others; and finally, a level of thought leadership within their sphere of influence. This doesn't have to be on a national stage. It can be within a…
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