Free L&D webinars for January 2020

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Are we in a new decade, or does it just feel that way? Whether you consider 2020 the start of a new decade or you’re holding out for 2021, we’re in the new roaring twenties! Doesn’t that make you feel like things are speeding up?

As ever, January is itself a prompt to rev up your business strategy and your learning. And there’s no better way to grab a quick hour of inspiration than a free webinar. There are plenty to choose from this month – we hope they get you thinking for 2020.

Thursday, January 2, 2020, 11AM – 12PM PT: Accelerate the Development of Emerging Leaders (Free for ATD members)
There’s an urgent need for effective leadership in our institutions of higher learning, government and corporations. Emerging leaders are all around us, but they need help developing into effective leaders. This webinar, hosted by Eddie Turner, The Leadership Excelerator® , will explain how to use the power of coaching to accelerate the development of them all. You’ll be able to:

  • Define effective leadership and explain why so many people in positions of authority fail to exercise leadership.

  • Recognize opportunities for employee coaching.

  • Recommend effective coaching program leaders.

This session is designed to appeal to individuals who are new to leadership and seasoned practitioners. New leaders or people managers, experienced leaders, those desiring to become a leader and executives are all invited to attend for a unique perspective on leadership.

Tuesday, January 7, 2020, 9AM – 10AM PT: Easy and Effective Storytelling with PowerPoint Morph
Morph is a cool new transition for PowerPoint in Office 365. You can seamlessly and easily go from one slide to another and make objects change size, colour and position. There are some interesting ways to use Morph beyond a standard transition. This session, by Richard Goring, Director at BrightCarbon, explores ways to really push the effect and tell stories in a way that wasn’t possible before in PowerPoint. You’ll see techniques like lens effects, reveals, cutaways, and complex sequences that’ll push your storytelling to another level, and it’s all done with standard PowerPoint.

Wednesday, January 8, 2020, 9AM – 10AM PT: Best Practices for Implementing Gamification in Your Training Programs
Gamification is an important and powerful strategy for influencing and motivating people. Unfortunately, many people think that gamification means adding a game, making a computer or a video game, or simply adding points, badges and a leaderboard to their learning program. Because of this confusion, most don’t understand how to deconstruct popular games like Minecraft, Fortnite or even Monopoly to effectively drive the learning and behaviour they want or need.

Using case studies from real-life programs developed in collaboration with Sententia Gamification for organizations ranging from top-tier universities to Fortune 100 companies, government agencies, and not-for-profits, Monica Cornetti, Founder and CEO at Sententia Gamification will explain how and why gamification works, in what context it’s most effective, and what the limits are to this approach of employee engagement in training and talent development.

Thursday, January 9, 2020, 9AM – 10AM PT: Context Matters — Quit Writing Questions and Design Elearning Experiences Instead
Elearning seems irretrievably bound by questioning and testing — often meaningless and almost always off-putting to the learner. This model is a relic of simplistic primitive models from the earliest days of programmed instruction and seems so standard that it’s hard to think any other approach is desirable or even possible.

This webinar, with Ethan Edwards, Chief Instructional Strategist at Allen Interactions, presents a model for building meaningful experiences to engage the learner in place of the standard “tell then test” approach to storyboarding and scripting of elearning. Among the important factors that establish purpose in an elearning interaction, context is the most fundamental and yet is often the most overlooked. You’ll explore several strategies to structure contextual learning and illustrate the power of these techniques with real-life examples that rely on strong context to enable rich-rewarding interactive experiences.

Tuesday, January 14, 2020, 9AM – 10AM PT: How to Develop Performance-Based Tests
Training and Hale Associates Center just announced two new performance-based certifications: Certified Facilitator of Training and Certified Developer of Training and Learning Methods. These certifications exemplify the use of performance-based exams. During this webinar, you’ll learn:

  • The steps required to create tests that measure the ability to apply knowledge and execute a task to a standard.

  • How to define the desired performance in measurable terms.

  • How to create checklists and rubrics that measure performance.

You’ll see the checklists and rubrics used for the two certifications. Please join Judith Hale, President, Hale Associates, in this practical and insightful webinar to get a head start on your certification.

Tuesday, January 14, 2020, 11AM – 12PM PT: The Sorting Hat of Corporate Learning: Find Out Your Organization’s Digital Learning Type (Free for ATD members)
Are you a guardian or a tycoon? Based on extensive research, there are five digital learning types and a tool created to help you quickly discover your organization’s talent development personality. Think of it as the “sorting hat of corporate learning” (without the wizards).

In this webinar, Brent Colescott, Sr. Director, Business Strategy & Transformation at SumTotal Systems and Laura W. Rexford, Director, Value Engineering at Skillsoft, will talk about each digital learning type, what they mean, and how your results compare with industry peers.

Wednesday, January 15, 2020, 11AM – 12PM PT: Three Keys to Getting Learners More Engaged (Free for ATD members)
While new, modernized learning strategies are discussed frequently, they fall by the wayside too often and are all for naught if we fail to properly integrate them into our learning programs. Tools like gamification, social learning, push notifications and digital badging are top of mind for effective learning engagement, but are they being applied effectively? In this session, Joe Miller, VP of Learning Design & Strategy at BenchPrep, will uncover the three keys to keeping learners engaged and show how to best incorporate them into your learning programs.

Wednesday, January 15, 2020, 12PM – 1PM PT: Fail Fast and Early
Building failure into the learning experience can help workers achieve positive solutions faster rather than finding the perfect answer.

In the increasingly complex VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity) workplace, it’s almost impossible to control the multitude of variables and be able to respond more to customer matters in a timely manner. In the training world, there also needs to be a response by creating experiences where failure’s a component of the process, where conversations are facilitated around the culture of experimentation and acceptance, and developing support systems to continue the learning as employees perform their work. In this webinar, Ray Jimenez, Ph.D., Architect of TrainingMagNetwork.com, Chief Learning Officer at Vignettes Learning, and William J. Ryan, Ph.D., Principal Consultant at Ryan Consulting LLC, will:

  • Describe how the process of rapid iterative experimentation can create new learning pathways.

  • Explore three ways to moderate and facilitate conversations that support failing forward.

  • Examine how technology can support training and learning in the workplace.

Tuesday, January 21, 2020, 10AM – 10:30AM PT: Why You Should Be Running Your L&D Team Like a Startup
Many of us are starting 2020 with a resolution to get nice and lean, but have you thought about setting the same goal for your L&D team? Join Erin Melvin, Director of Client Engagement at Lambda Solutions, for a master class that will cover all the benefits of running your L&D Team like a startup!

In this 30-minute session, Erin will show you:

  • The importance of syncing your efforts with your organization’s mission

  • How to apply Lean Methodology to your L&D Team

  • How to apply Lean Analytics to your L&D Team

Get your L&D off to a running start in 2020 with a new “startup mentality” that will enable you to deliver cost-effective training that gets the results you need!

Tuesday, January 21, 2020, 11AM – 12PM PT: Impactful Mentoring: How to Fuel Retention and Engage Employees (Free for ATD members)
In today’s talent war, organizations must provide an engaging employee experience to retain top performers. According to LinkedIn, two of every three employees join companies for better career paths. To build a competitive advantage, Cox Automotive turned to mentoring to improve career progression. Stephanie Lambers, Senior Manager of Global Leadership Development, Cox Automotive Inc., illustrates how the program helped employees build skills and critical networks that increased employee retention and promotion.

Wednesday, January 22, 2020, 11AM – 12PM PT: Five Learning Trends for 2020: Re-Humanizing L&D for the Workforce of the Future (Free for ATD members)
The needs of today’s learners are changing in challenging ways. On one hand, their thirst for anywhere/anytime digital learning is increasing. On the other hand, they crave human connection and collaboration in the learning process. In addition, the larger thrust of digital transformation is also changing the ways, places and processes of their work, requiring significant reskilling of the workforce to remain competitive. With everything going digital, how do we rehumanize the learning process and build a future workforce that thrives in a competitive landscape?

Join Don Duquette, Executive Vice President, Global Workforce Excellence at GP Strategies Corporation as he discusses learning trends that build on the best of both worlds — human connection and digital efficiency.

Thursday, January 23, 2020, 10AM – 11AM PT: Mission Critical Content that Drives the Learning Experience
The majority of the focus for the modern learning experience has been on the delivery platform and not on the key ingredient — content. Even the most advanced learning platform cannot deliver critical content and knowledge that drives engagement, retention and business performance. While standard off-the-shelf learning content is important, many organizations find that custom learning content that’s unique to their organization often has the most impact.

Join David Wentworth, Principal Learning Analyst with Brandon Hall Group and Chris Tratar, Director of Product Marketing and Strategy at Inkling as they discuss future trends in learning and how companies are creating engaging, flexible, mission-critical content that meets the needs of the modern learner and drives business results.

Friday, January 24, 2020, 8AM – 9AM PT: The Kirkpatricks Say Only Fools Rush In…. to Tie Learning to Kirkpatrick Level 4 Results
Learning and performance professionals the world over are receiving the same mandate: show the organizational value of your efforts. Well-intentioned individuals provide learning data and then eagerly rush in to claim high-level outcomes. Unfortunately, this approach has no credibility.

Attend this informative webinar with Jim Kirkpatrick, Ph.D., Senior Consultant at Kirkpatrick Partners and Wendy Kirkpatrick, President at Kirkpatrick Partners to discover the missing link to connect training to organizational results. Find out what it takes to confidently implement programs and connect the dots to show the value they bring to your organization or client. Come away from this interactive session with specific actions you can take today to make a real difference in your work and its impact.

Tuesday, January 28, 2020, 10AM – 11AM PT: How to Build a Great Workplace Culture in the 2020s
Culture is changing at the speed of technology and society. That’s why companies are discovering new ways to address culture issues and create workplaces that help people thrive. O.C. Tanner and Brandon Hall Group both do extensive research around culture and the talent processes that empower it.

Join O.C. Tanner’s Christina Chau, Senior Content Manager and Claude Werder, Vice President and Principal HCM Analyst at Brandon Hall Group as they provide their vision on how to shape a winning culture in this era of constant change.

Tuesday, January 28, 2020, 11AM – 12PM PT: Secrets for Using Video to Flip Your Employee Training, Onboarding and More (Free for ATD members)
The latest buzz in employee training is turning the traditional classroom teaching structure on its head. After a decade of proving its worth in higher education, the flipped classroom has finally come to the workplace, but as organizations begin to embrace the flipped learning model for employee development, the first questions are often practical: How does it work and where to begin?

To give you a head start and get you thinking about ways you can make the flip in your own learning and development programs, join Panopto’s Steve Rozillis, Head of Customer Evangelism for this top-to-bottom review of the flipped classroom.

Tuesday, January 28, 2020, 12PM – 1PM PT: Five Mindsets for Leading Innovation with a Deep-Dive into Mindset #1: Relentless Optimism
Today’s most influential business leaders can be infinitely inspiring. Beyond their vast reserves of creativity, people like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Elon Musk have shown remarkable talent at motivating their employees to do ambitious and imaginative work.

What can account for these innovators’ skill at leadership? How have they infused their companies with their own spirit of ingenuity? Is there a reliable method for leading innovation?

ExperiencePoint has uncovered key commonalities in the way successful innovators and managers approach leadership. These Five Mindsets for Leading Innovation illustrate the intriguing and effective ways that today’s business luminaries fulfil their roles as leaders. Join Greg Warman, Co-Founder and Principal at ExperiencePoint to learn the five mindsets that every effective leader must have.

Thursday, January 30, 2020, 10AM – 11AM PT: Aligning ATD’s Certifications with the New Talent Development Capability Model (Free for ATD members)
After a year-long research project Association for Talent Development’s (ATD) new Talent Development Capability Model was recently unveiled. Join this webinar to learn more about how the changes to the model will affect ATD’s APTD and CPLP certifications. Morgean Hirt, Director of Credentialing, at ATD and Holly Batts, Associate Director at ATD, will cover the following topics:

  • A brief overview of the ATD Capability Model.

  • How the new model will be integrated with the ATD CI certification process.

  • Where you can get more information about the changes.