Free learning & development webinars for December 2023
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Hide your naughtiness and get into “nice” mode, then get out the tinsel and deck the halls. It’s fun to glitz it up for the holidays, but it also comes with a “yikes” moment when we realize the year is almost over. So, how can we make the most of this one remaining month? If you’re looking for a productive kick as opposed to a rum-laced one, why not try a free webinar?
Friday, December 1, 2023, 8 a.m.–9 a.m. PT: Thriving Remotely: Navigating Burnout and Fostering Well-Being in the Digital Workplace
Join this upcoming webinar to discuss vital strategies for overcoming burnout, enhancing mental health and building a happier, more connected remote work environment. Perfect for learning and development (L&D) knowledge workers and educators, there’ll be discussions about the keys to transforming the challenges of digital workspaces into opportunities for growth and well-being. Special guests Brent Schlenker, VP of Learning Experience at dominKnow, and Toddi Norum, Learning Technologist at Walmart, will be guiding the conversation, with Luis Malbas, Founder of TLDC, hosting.
Monday, December 4, 2023, 8 a.m.–9 a.m. PT: How to Unlock Learner Excellence with Personalized Learning
Effective business leaders are concerned with improving talent retention, effectively integrating new artificial intelligence (AI) tools, improving competency modelling and more. To meet these goals, L&D teams are expected to deliver personalized, efficient and engaging learning experiences. With the increasing pace of digital change and an increasingly complex business world, this is no easy task. Join Dr. Allen Partridge, Director of Evangelism at Adobe, as he explores the capabilities of Adobe Learning Manager, featuring a personalized dashboard tailored to individual learners.
Tuesday, December 5, 2023, 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PT: Back to the Future: Revisiting the Fundamentals of Learning
To prepare for an AI-enabled future, you need to revisit the foundations of our learning strategies, including how to skill your people and train your leaders. Join Matt Donovan, Chief Learning and Innovation Officer at GP Strategies, as he explores learning trends for 2024 and shares insights into how L&D leaders can successfully adapt to disruptions like AI by fundamentally understanding our work, organizations and goals. You’ll explore learning trends such as:
Creating skill-oriented infrastructures.
Reskilling the L&D team and employees to achieve better work outputs.
Integrating new technologies into existing learning ecosystems.
Preparing leadership for the new age of disruption.
Tuesday, December 5, 2023, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: Stagecraft for Chat GPT: Leveraging Theatre Principles to Craft AI Prompts for Effective Training
Generative AI is all the rage, but too many people don't know how to engage with these tools most effectively to get the desired outcome. Josh Penzell, Head of Custom AI Solutions at ELB Learning, and Chuck Sigmund, President of ProMobile BI, will show you the TheatreThink model as a structured approach to human-centred problem-solving using language, methods, and principles cultivated and taught by theatre artists worldwide. And, wouldn't you know, it works perfectly for AI interactions. Experience the approach that takes your prompt engineering from "meh" to mind blowing.
Tuesday, December 5, 2023, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PT: Beyond Diversity: Fostering Team Inclusion and Belonging Through Activating Awareness (Free for ATD members)
Explore how to help teams shape diversity and equity into inclusion and belonging, by applying the game changer of activating awareness. During this event, Tanya Boyd, Global Learning Architect at Insights, will show you how to:
Embrace the distinction between diversity and inclusion.
Experience how activating awareness leads to inclusion and belonging.
Identify ways to activate awareness in a team to increase inclusion and belonging.
Tuesday, December 5, 2023, 12 p.m.–1 p.m. PT: Look Who's Talking! Engaging Virtual Training
In today's rapidly evolving world of remote learning and virtual training, engaging participants and ensuring they actively absorb the material can be overwhelming. In this workshop, Kassy LaBorie, Founder and Principal Consultant at Kassy LaBorie Consulting LLC, shares her guiding principle for digital engagement in this interactive and informative workshop designed to empower presenters, trainers and educators with the strategies, techniques and creative uses of virtual training technology to foster engaging virtual training environments.
Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: PowerPoint and AI to Create Better Presentations, Faster
Microsoft and others are incorporating AI tools into PowerPoint, allowing people to benefit from the technological leaps, while still using familiar tools. But there are other, more subtle, but equally useful AI tools that help you in all sorts of ways. From creating custom graphics and layouts to finding suitable content to incorporating web cam feeds into your slides, to automatic subtitles and translations of your presentation — as you deliver it, live. Richard Goring, Director at BrightCarbon, will cover these and other topics that are highly relevant to people in an L&D environment who probably dream in PowerPoint.
Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PT: The 2024 Leadership Wish List (Free for ATD members)
As budgets decrease and the world increases in volatility and complexity, learning and development departments must creatively adapt. However, finding the right solutions does not necessarily mean compromising on objectives and impact. Join Christine Tao, Co-Founder and CEO of Sounding Board, and Rebecca Stern, Director of Leadership and Organizational Development at Udemy, to discover strategies for checking items off your leadership wish list in 2024. During this event, you’ll:
Discover trends in leadership development, including the capabilities and capacities organizations actively need now.
Explore strategies to address these needs.
Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 12 p.m.–1 p.m. PT: Joe Ganci's Favourite Tools: The Ones eLearningJoe Uses All the Time While Developing Learning – Part 2
Two months ago, Joe Ganci, President of eLearningJoe, shared why he loves Windows PowerToys because of how useful they are while designing and developing learning. This time, Joe will share with you all the other tools, free and low-cost, that he has used day in and day out while creating learning applications. You're sure to find one or more of these tools very helpful in your own work. If you have a favourite tool to share as well, your input will be welcomed.
Thursday, December 7, 2023, 8 a.m.–11 a.m. PT: Create Impactful Learning Experiences
Employees want to learn new skills, but they also want training to be engaging. With an increasing demand for learning in today’s fast-paced world of work, learning leaders must ensure that training meets modern learners’ expectations and builds learner engagement and retention. To do this, learning leaders must understand how to create memorable learning experiences. During this Training Industry Leader Talk, you’ll gain key insights on how to create impactful learning experiences that foster learner engagement and increase learning outcomes.
Thursday, December 7, 2023, 12 p.m.–1 p.m. PT: It’s Time to Get Serious About Program Evaluation
Best practice organizations allocate 4–5% of the learning budget for measurement and evaluation. Yet, most L&D teams invest just 1% or less of their budgets to measurement and evaluation. With this backdrop, it should come as no surprise that learning and development continues to be regarded as a cost and not an investment. However, the L&D function can be a business contributor and, in many organizations, a business driver. In this session, Jack Phillips, Chairman of ROI Institute, will explore the current status of measurement and evaluation globally, and what can be done (and is being done) to dramatically change the view, perception, and success of learning and development.
Tuesday, December 12, 2023, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: Using Digital Body Language for the Human Connection in Your Remote Training Sessions
It’s understandable that lots of people were overjoyed about being able to get back into the physical classroom after lockdowns and being apart. Trainers and facilitators around the world rejoiced in seeing people’s body language, using their flipcharts and finally being with real human beings again. But what if you could see people’s body language in virtual classrooms? This is what Jo Cook, Founder of Lightbulb Moment Limited, wants to bring to your virtual offerings: remote training sessions where everybody leaves not just having learned something, but feeling great about it, too.
Tuesday, December 12, 2023, 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PT: A Step-by-Step Blueprint to Capability Building
L&D that leads to real behaviour change requires aligning training efforts with business objectives and accurately measuring behaviour change — but that’s easier said than done. If you’re struggling with taking your training function from short-term problem solving to long-term strategizing, it might be time to move beyond standard, by-the-numbers training — and try capability building. Join Keith Metcalfe, president of Acorn, to delve into the intricacies of identifying, shaping and evaluating core capabilities. By exploring the nuances of capability development, you’ll gain insights into the associated difficulties, outcomes and processes.
Tuesday, December 12, 2023, 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PT: Coaching for Change: Adapting to an Era of Transformation
Change is the only constant. Key factors driving these changes include disruptive technology, economic fluctuations and geopolitical trends. How can coaching help your business adapt, evolve and thrive in an era of unprecedented transformation? In this webinar, Laurel McKenzie, Senior Behavioural Scientist with CoachHub, and Marie Barnes, Principal Analyst with Brandon Hall Group, will explore the critical role of coaching in supporting ongoing and future changes within businesses. They’ll start by highlighting why it's essential for your company to be ready to adapt and grow as market conditions shift.
Tuesday, December 12, 2023, 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PT: Retrieval Augmented Generation: Bringing the Power of Generative AI to Enterprise Learning
As technological evolution becomes paramount for L&D leaders, discover how Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), a cornerstone of Generative AI, can be the catalyst for a new era in learning excellence, collaboration and competitive advantage. This session, with Luke Burns, Vice President of Customer Success at Lucy, delves into the secure integration of RAG. Learn how to confidently embrace changes while keeping enterprise knowledge secure, strategically maximizing the value of past investments in technology and content. Explore the potential of RAG to seamlessly incorporate innovations like Co-Pilot into your enterprise.
Tuesday, December 12, 2023, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PT: How to Use AI Voice Like a Pro
In January this year, AI and Generative AI have begun to dominate industry newsletters, and learning and development are no exception. The problem most instructional designers face in 2023 is understanding what AI tools are easy to learn, can work well with teams and have a high return on investment. AI Voice is one of those tools, and in this webinar, Alexa Anthony, Director of Business Development at WellSaid Labs, will discuss why companies like Boeing, Snowflake, Five9, Intel and Peloton spend less time and money sourcing professional voiceovers, without sacrificing quality.
Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: Mastering Simulation Development with the All-New Adobe Captivate
Software simulations play a pivotal role in fostering engagement, interactivity and knowledge retention among learners. In today's digital landscape, the ability to create intuitive and effective software simulations is a game-changer for both trainers and learners. This webinar, featuring Sharath Ramaswamy, Senior Elearning Evangelist at Adobe, has been designed to equip you with the knowledge and techniques essential for building engaging and impactful software simulations using the new Adobe Captivate.
Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PT: How Learning Dev Pros Are Using AI Voice in 2023
This year, as Generative AI dominates the industry, the realm of learning and development follows suit. But the pressing question for instructional designers remains: Which AI tools offer simplicity, easy team integration and a solid ROI? AI Voice rises to this challenge. But are you tuned in? Join Alexa Anthony, Director of Business Development at WellSaid Labs, and discover why industry leaders like Boeing, Snowflake, Five9, Intel and Peloton are pivoting from conventional voiceovers. Instead, they're securing premier quality without the hefty price tag.
Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 12 p.m.–1 p.m. PT: Pilot Programs: How to Trial AI in Your Elearning Courses with Minimal Budget
In today's rapidly evolving elearning landscape, the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has proven to be more than just a passing trend. With its ability to provide personalized, adaptive learning experiences, AI is radically transforming elearning. However, with the excitement and potential come several questions: Is it expensive? How do you get started? Is it feasible for your organization? Garima Gupta, Founder and CEO of Artha Learning Inc., will be addressing these questions, demonstrating how you can implement AI in your elearning courses without incurring substantial costs through the power of pilot programs.
Thursday, December 14, 2023, 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PT: Making Learning Stick
Learning’s a continuous process, not an isolated, one-time event. Employee training should extend outside of the classroom to allow employees the opportunity to apply knowledge and practice new skills — and make learning stick. A continuous learning experience can reinforce knowledge from formal training programs and provide opportunities to improve new skills. During this panel discussion, industry leaders will share their experiences on boosting learner retention and training outcomes by creating a continuous learning experience in their organizations.
Thursday, December 14, 2023, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: Sell Like a Rock Star!
Sales reps and teams can achieve their highest level of success if they learn to sell like rock stars. Rock stars succeed because they dream big, set high goals, leverage talents, promote continuously and more. During this exciting webinar, Skip Martin, Grammy and Emmy award winning singer and CEO of Skip Into Learning, will reveal the secrets of how to:
Find your passion and set big goals.
Harmonize with team members.
Read your audience to adapt your performance.
Innovate continuously to remain successful.
Promote relentlessly to succeed over the long term.
Give back to your community.
Tuesday, December 19, 2023, 12 p.m.–1 p.m. PT: The Use of Improvisation as a Design Tool for Experiential Training
The use of improvisation as a training tool provides better listening, better focus and better understanding, and it's a whole lot of fun. Often, however, it gets a bad rap because people think of it as something that’s just for the stage. How many times have you facilitated a training session and searched for experiential learning that sticks? Join Bridget K. Brown, Owner of StoryMatters, LLC, and Theodore Klein, Managing Partner at The Boston Strategy Group, to find out why improv is that tool.
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