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Ryan R. Donovan

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SaaS Exec. Ex-Hootsuite, Sitecore, Microsoft, and GRIN. Photographer. World Traveler. Techie. Dog-father of Walter Fergus. Posts are my own.

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Very proud to see Thinkific be recognized by G2 in their Top 50 for Best Education Software Products and Best Software Companies in Canada. As G2 is entirely driven by customer feedback, this is an… | Ryan Donovan Very proud to see Thinkific be recognized by G2 in their Top 50 for Best Education Software Products and Best Software Companies in Canada. As G2 is entirely driven by customer feedback, this is an amazing reflection of the great work we have been doing to make our product best-in-class to those who matter most!

Very proud that Thinkific was honored by G2 as a Top 50 in Best Education Software and Best Software Companies in Canada. Awesome reflection from our customers on the great work we are doing in product! Read more at: https://ow.ly/fXh450YobLO

02.03.2026 18:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Introducing Thinker: Your AI Teaching Assistant | Ryan Donovan Today we have officially launched Thinker, our new AI teaching assistant! Simply choose which courses in Thinkific to enable and you will instantly have an AI expert bot embedded inside of your learning experience which can offer high precision answers to learner's questions, driving operational scale and efficiency. And, all of your data and intellectual property is protected and will NOT become training material for public LLMs. Read more on our blog at https://lnkd.in/eUci485P.

Today Thinkific has launched Thinker, our AI teaching assistant creating a virtual expert bot fully integrated into your learning experiences. Read more at: https://ow.ly/8Xy150YlF3E

24.02.2026 23:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Thinkific Roadmap Series Part 3: Scaling Learning Businesses With Confidence | Ryan Donovan In Part 3 of our roadmap blog series, I talk about how we are expanding Thinkific's capabilities to meet the needs of larger business and those selling learning experiences to global audiences with recurring revenue bsiness models. Read more at: https://lnkd.in/e5wdwG9j

In our latest roadmap blog, I discuss how Thinkific is expanding to accommodate larger and more sophisticated businesses as well as those selling globally and with recurring revenue business models. Read more at: https://ow.ly/4f6550YhAlt

18.02.2026 18:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Thinkific Roadmap Series Part 2: Reinventing the Learning Experience | Ryan Donovan In our latest Thinkific blog post, I'm detailing Thinker, our new AI teaching assistant; our new visual course building capabilities; and enhancements to our Communities offering all of which will be available very soon! See more at https://lnkd.in/diainWZ2

In my latest blog, I detail 3 key enhancements coming to Thinkific soon including our new AI teaching assistant, new visual course building, and new communities capabilites. Read more at https://ow.ly/BIvN50Y7RZp

02.02.2026 21:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Thinkific Roadmap Series Part 1: Trustworthy AI and the Future of Learning Commerce | Ryan Donovan In our new Thinkific roadmap blog series, for this week's post I'm covering how we are utilizing #AI responsibly to deliver genuine outcomes while protecting our customer's intellectual property and ensuring the security of their data. Read more at: https://lnkd.in/esGBNAkE #GenAI #GenerativeAI

In the first of our new Thinkific roadmap series blog, I cover how we are responsibly using #AI to deliver real value while protecting our customer's intellectual property and data. Read more at: https://ow.ly/BLG650XZPAe

19.01.2026 19:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Baylee, Sydney, and Walter the #dachshunds are glad the weekend is approaching so they can get more attention!

15.01.2026 22:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Thinkific Roadmap: A Look at What’s to Come | Ryan Donovan We have a TON in store for product enhancements at Thinkific for 2026. I'm beyond excited to start to reveal what we've been working on and will be starting to deliver very soon! Please check out our blog at https://lnkd.in/eteWcspH for details!

We have a TON of product enhancements coming to Thinkific in 2026 and I'm thrilled to reveal a preview of what's in store - check out my post at https://ow.ly/KPkE50XSbxt!

05.01.2026 21:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How Thinkific uses Lovable to prototype the future | Ryan Donovan 2025 has been a year of building at Thinkific. Artificial intelligence has fundamentally changed how we build. Very honored to be showcased by our amazing partner Lovable on how we’ve used their tools to ensure that our next generation of products will hit the mark out of the gate! Read more at: https://lnkd.in/epAPNCSz. And stay tuned for lots of exciting developments in the new year. For now, wishing all of my LinkedIn network best wishes for a wonderful Holiday 2025.

2025 was a year of building for Thinkific. We partnered with Lovable as part of revolutionizing how we build! Learn more at: https://ow.ly/RMHj50XO3IT Meanwhile, have an awesome 2025 holiday season and we'll be back with more in the new year!

24.12.2025 18:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Dusk in #MississippiMills #Ontario in early #October #ONwx #ComeWander #StormHour #PhotoHour

04.10.2025 21:29 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am sure somebody, somewhere thought it was a good idea to consolidate WordPad and Notepad into a single app…

01.06.2025 19:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Walter, Sydney, and Baylee the #dachshunds know how to enjoy a long weekend - even when not in a lap!

18.05.2025 21:17 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Walter, Baylee, and Sydney the #dachshunds wish everyone a Happy Easter!

21.04.2025 00:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

THAT has been a life motto of mine. Hope you are well!

27.01.2025 00:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ryan Donovan on LinkedIn: #whatdrivesus #teamthinkific It is a new "Day One" at Thinkific as we held our Annual Kickoff last week with the Formula 1 theme of #whatdrivesus. A truly amazing event and culmination of…

Last week we had our kickoff at @Thinkific and I am very excited for the year ahead. See more at ow.ly/T8TR50UJRCX

20.01.2025 22:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ryan Donovan on LinkedIn: #ai Very proud of what the team has built over the last two quarters. It has been game changing to help customers realize value more quickly leveraging the power…

Very proud of the work done in #AI by the team at @thinkificofficial.bsky.social the last two quarters and the industry recognition from AI Insider. Read more at www.linkedin.com/posts/rdonov...

24.12.2024 19:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Time to start posting on @bsky.app again - the #BeaverMoon #Supermoon over #MississippiMills , Ontario #thephotohour #stormhour #ONwx

16.11.2024 22:55 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Realizing Bluesky does not like hashtags so catching up on some of my picture of the day posts from around Almonte, Ontario I did not share here (yet)…

25.11.2023 20:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Time flies! Today marks the 10th anniversary of Sitecore buying Commerce Server. Read my thoughts on LinkedIn at ow.ly/NFGG50Q85TO

15.11.2023 22:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My Monday #PicOfTheDay is sunrise / dawn this morning in #Almonte, Ontario. #MississippiMills #ShotOniPhone #ThePhotoHour #StormHour #ONwx

14.11.2023 01:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Now that I have my iPhone 15 Pro Max going, time to get back into photos! My first #PicOfTheDay is dawn in #Almonte, Ontario. Also, first @hootsuite post in forever! #MississippiMills #PhotoHour #StormHour #ShotOniPhone #RDPhoto

06.11.2023 22:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My thoughts for the week - have product experiments gone too far of late? On my blog, take a look at some recent trends from major players and my thoughts on how to preserve trust and customer experience. Read more at: rdonovan.com/2023/11/01/a...

01.11.2023 19:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Apple's Scary Fast event shall indeed be interesting. There is definitely something brewing, as Apple's Ottawa Bayshore store had the back portion curtained off yesterday... / cc: @macrumors.bsky.social @9to5mac.bsky.social #Apple #ScaryFast

27.10.2023 13:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It's been far too long since I've been writing...so resumed again with a hot topic: #MyPOV - 11 Months with Generative AI and the Impact to Software Development. Read more at: #MyPOV – 11 Months with Generative AI; the Implications for Software Development | rdonovan.com #AI #generativeAI #llm #llms

25.10.2023 17:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Bluesky network - - working on capturing a new idea/concept. What are your favourite templates for functional spec or equivalent to capture what a piece of software might look like in a document these days?

17.10.2023 16:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0