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For many people this time of year represents a frenzy of activity. Such a short month and so much to do! Well, we’re in luck — 2020 is a leap year. That’s a whole extra day to be more productive. Or how about a whole extra day for learning? A leap year day is a gift, and so are February’s crop of free webinars to get you revved up for spring — when it decides to come!

Tuesday, February 4, 2020, 10:00AM – 10:45AM PT: How to Use the Feedback Module Effectively
Meaningful feedback’s an essential part of any learning environment as it helps guide course creators to build the best courses for your end-users. Join this webinar for the first Lambda Lab of 2020 where the best practices are brought together in using the Feedback module to gain valuable insights, how to set the module up for ongoing success, and how to pull results across courses and over time using Lambda Analytics. Both Lambda’s Director of Learning Solutions, Ben Young, and VP of Products, Stewart Rogers, will provide a practical overview of using and tracking feedback in Moodle and Totara Learn.

Wednesday, February 5, 2020, 10AM – 11AM PT: Bolstering Continuing Education: How to Increase Lifelong Learning in the Modern World
Technology continues to radically change how we consume information, yet when it comes to learning programs, many have stayed strikingly static. By simply aligning with the modern learner and adjusting its approach, ASCM is now leveraging BenchPrep’s modern, configurable cloud-based learning platform to offer courses that facilitate lifelong learning, drive higher user engagement and yield better results. In this session, ASCM will demonstrate how they've upgraded their learning program with a modern approach that caters to how users are more accustomed to learning — on-demand on any device, in small chunks (microlearning) that fit between the other parts of their lives (work, family, and personal life).

Wednesday, February 5, 2020, 12PM – 1PM PT: The Advice Trap: How to Tame Your Advice Monster
Being more coach-like is an essential leadership behaviour. This isn't "just HR." This is how you drive stronger performance and results, as well as help build stronger, more resilient and more autonomous people. This is how you help learning and development initiatives pay back their investment. In another highly interactive and engaging webinar, Michael Bungay Stanier, Sr. Partner at Box of Crayons, will share some of key insights from his brand new book, The Advice Trap.

Wednesday, February 5, 2020, 1:30PM – 2:30PM PT: Virtual Courses: A Peek Behind the Curtain (Free for I4PL members)
Expert facilitator Moe Poirier, founding partner of Shift Facilitation, will talk about how to organize an online course, best practices to follow and look at the real-life case of the From Paper to Practice live, online workshops offered by I4PL. Moe will take us "behind the curtain" to get a view of the prep involved, how to expect the unexpected, and tips and tools to encourage learner engagement.

Thursday, February 6, 2020, 9AM – 10AM PT: How Conversations Make or Break Cultures and Leaders
Companies spend billions of dollars on training and assessments (such as engagement studies) when in fact those results clearly illustrate the greater need’s for leaders to converse more skillfully and thoughtfully. During this webinar, Tim Hagen, Chief Coaching Officer at Progress Coaching, will teach specific strategies of how conversational skills can build and strengthen cultures as well as leaders in the process.

Friday, February 7, 2020, 8AM – 9AM PT: The Neuroscience Behind Effective Leadership Development (Free for ATD members)
Leadership training’s a $366 billion global industry. Despite that, 75% of organizations say their leadership development programs are not effective. A primary reason for the lack of development effectiveness is that those who design the programs do not fully understand the neuroscience behind how leaders operate. As a result, leadership development programs emphasize topics and ideas that are limited in development potential. In this webinar with Ryan Gottfredson, Assistant Professor of Leadership at California State University, Fullerton, you’ll dive into the neuroscience of leadership to identify cutting-edge ideas, topics and techniques for more effective leadership development.

Monday, February 10, 2020, 11:00AM – 11:30AM PT: DEMO: How Real-Time Feedback Will Catapult Your Employees’ Learning and Development (Free for ATD members)
Consider how athletes learn and grow, and it’s clear that the sports world has a better grasp on learning and development than the business world. An athlete gets constant feedback — from teammates and coaches, during the game and from game film. By the time major corrective action’s needed, the athlete has received constant feedback and there are no surprises. Lumen will help your organization provide “real-time” game film to your employees in a way that engages them and speeds up the cycle.

Tuesday, February 11, 2020, 9AM – 10AM PT: Millennials Are Your Future Leaders: How to Start Developing Them Now
Millennials are now the largest generation in the workforce, and although the age range of generations can vary, it would be safe to say that within the next 10 to 15 years they’ll make up most of your company’s leadership teams, if they don’t already. Even though companies know that developing this generation’s imperative for future success, building leadership development plans to meet the needs and perspectives of millennials has been a challenge for many organizations. Join Katie Miller from BizLibrary, who, as a millennial herself, will explain how to create a development plan that speaks to these tech-savvy, idealistic, future leaders of the workforce.

Wednesday, February 12, 2020, 9AM – 10AM PT: Super Simple PowerPoint Slide Design
Learn how to make simple yet engaging and professional slides and do it fast. Often, presentations have to be made with very little time and money. Using the K.I.S.S. principle, discover tips, tricks and techniques to developing amazing slides using the latest design trend: simplicity. Less is more in this session with Mike Parkinson, Author and Owner at Billion Dollar Graphics.

Wednesday, February 12, 2020, 10AM – 11AM PT: 3D Clearance Rack: Add Affordable 3D Content to Elearning Sims, AR, and VR
3D content is phenomenally cool — from basic polygonal models to full human-like characters, buildings, vehicles and even complete environments. Because 3D content has historically taken vast resources (i.e., time and money) to create, 3D is often relegated to video games, simulations and/or VR only. However, creating, editing or obtaining 3D models for everyday use in elearning doesn’t have to be cost-prohibitive or take a lot of time. This webinar, hosted by Michael Sheyahshe, Technologist at aNm, will discuss tools, software and online sites that allow you to create, edit, customize and display 3D models — all available to use right now, requiring little in up-front costs. You’ll explore what’s out there, what each tool does and possible ways to use the elements within your existing content.

Wednesday, February 12, 2020, 1:30PM – 2:30PM PT: Handling Q and A Like a Pro Using the Bridging Technique with McLuhan and Davies Communications, Inc. (Free for IPL members)
Join Susan Gregory, MBTI Certified Practitioner and coach certified by the International Coaching Federation, to learn Bridging, a technique from our Think on Your Feet workshop. Bridging helps you in that crucial moment when you're put on the spot with a tough question. in this webinar, you’ll learn:

• How to uncover the true meaning of questions (and the question behind the question).

• How to maintain control when entering a confidential zone or area with limited knowledge.

• How to genuinely acknowledge the question and the person.

Thursday, February 13, 2020, 9AM – 10AM PT: Using Video in Training: What to Look For and Why
Video’s a unique beast. It's more engaging than a training manual, but sharing it on your LMS (or worse, on YouTube) can create problems. It helps you scale your training worldwide, but every new recording’s a pain to produce. And it would be ideal for just-in-time learning, if only it could be effectively searched. If the way you use video in employee training feels stuck in 2003, don’t miss this webinar. Dave Dumler, Head of Product Evangelism and Product Management at Panopto, will help you distill your video training aspirations into concrete plans for 2020, including ideas for what you can present, who you can look to for help and which tools you’ll need to make it all happen.

Thursday, February 13, 2020, 10:00AM – 10:45AM PT: Developing Collaborative Leadership (Free for ATD members)
Based on ATD’s new book, Focus on Them, contributing author Winsor Jenkins, President at Winsor Jenkins & Associates, will share his passion for collaborative leadership. In this webinar, he’ll introduce a new way to practice genuine team collaboration — including coaching — to support team development, and a new operating framework to develop a collaborative mindset and skill set.

Thursday, February 13, 2020, 10AM – 11AM PT: Learning Analytics: Strategy First, Then Technology
Brandon Hall Group’s 2019 People Data and Analytics study found that only 17% of companies believe they conduct strategic data analysis that results in predictive or prescriptive analytics for talent. As with most other business processes, organizations look to technology to solve their challenges. However, without a strong learning analytics strategy, it can be hard to select and effectively deploy the right technology. Join David Wentworth, Principal Learning Analyst with Brandon Hall Group, Rob Griffin of DXC Technology, and Sarah Lindsell of PwC, as they discuss how organizations can harness the power of learning analytics by first developing the right strategy, then selecting the right technology.

Tuesday, February 18, 2020, 11AM – 12PM PT: Every Job Is a Sales Job
The days of "sales" being assigned to just one individual or team are gone. In a typical transaction in today's market, literally every member of your team may come into contact with a client or prospect. Every one of those moments is a selling opportunity — making every job a sales job. Dr. Cindy McGovern, CEO at Orange Leaf Consulting, will show you how to take the "ick" out of selling, and adopt a new and energized sales mentality. Everyone in your organization’s capable of playing a part in elevating the customer experience. Dr. Cindy will provide simple and actionable steps to establish a culture of sales, and get even your most reluctant team members on board. Successful organizations know that every job’s a sales job, and you’ll come away with new tools and ideas to raise your sales performance to new heights.

Wednesday, February 19, 2020, 9AM – 10AM PT: Prime Your Learning Culture with Social Learning
Creating a culture of learning within your organization’s an ongoing process. No single technology can finger snap you from a culture that avoids learning to a culture that promotes and celebrates learning. There are however some technologies that can provide an architecture for your learning culture to grow more easily. Join Adobe’s Head of Digital Learning Evangelism, Dr. Allen Partridge, for this insightful and practical introduction to social media and user generated content as a tool to support your organization's culture of learning. This session will include a deep dive into the Social Learning and User Generated Content tools included in Adobe Captivate Prime, as well as the pragmatic arguments for a social and UGC system to support your organization's Learning Culture.

Wednesday, February 19, 2020, 12PM – 1PM PT: Super Easy Script Development for Webinars and Virtual Training
Have you felt at times that your webinars and virtual trainings are big guess work? Does it ever come to the point that you feel like you’re the only one in the webinar? This is a scary and eerie feeling, but it happens to many trainers and presenters. The pros have mastered script design so that when they have a topic, they simply insert the content into their process and they are confident it will work and engage learners. In this session with Ray Jimenez, Ph.D., Architect of TrainingMagNetwork.com and Chief Learning Officer of Vignettes Learning, you’ll learn:

• The biggest fears, snafus and guesses that can be changed by a super easy script development guide.

• The four parts of a powerful webinar script.

• How to tweak the script so it allows your natural self to be comfortable.

• Obtain “The Guide to Super Easy Script Development for Webinars.”

Thursday, February 20, 2020, 9AM – 10AM PT: The New Coaching Revolution: Everyone Gets a Coach
Coaching’s the most effective mechanism for accelerating human performance, so why doesn’t everyone have a coach? This webinar, hosted by Roger Conners, Chairman and Co-Founder of Zero to Ten, will explore a new revolutionary approach to coaching called Self-Directed Performance Coaching that allows everyone in the organization to get a coach anytime they need it, for anything they are doing. Through this proven framework, you’ll learn how to drive critical knowledge transfer, transform managers into coaching leaders, build a coaching culture, and close the skills gap once and for all. By the end of the session, you’ll walk away with a changed mindset about coaching and the tools necessary to maximize its impact in your organization.

Thursday, February 20, 2020, 11AM – 12PM PT: Making Bite-Sized Work: Five Tips for Creating Effective Microlearning (Free for ATD members)
Microlearning’s hot right now. It seems everyone is “going micro” or wants to be. But with all the hype, how do you ensure your microlearning’s instructionally sound so you can have a maximum effect on performance? In this session, Carla Torgerson and Sue Iannone will show you the four key ways you can use microlearning, They’ll share five recommendations for designing effective microlearning resources in various formats and will exemplify them by showing real pieces of microlearning that organizations are using to improve performance. You’ll learn best practices for creating your own microlearning resources through examples of microlearning done well and leave with new ideas for successfully incorporating microlearning into your organization.

Tuesday, February 25, 2020, 11AM – 12PM PT: Building Degreed: How to Create Dynamic Teams (Free for ATD members)
For the past few years, the high-tech industry has been a driver of economic growth, but at the same time it’s created an extremely competitive IT job market where demand outpaces supply of talent. As a fast-growing tech company, Degreed faces upskilling, talent recruiting and retention challenges daily. Join Degreed’s Director of Product Management, Ophir Sweiry, and Director of Engineering, Bobbi Alexandrova, for insights into operating a small team at lightning pace. They’ll share how Degreed supports a remote workforce of engineers, their mindshare on what and what not to build, leadership practices and policies, and what they’ve done to help the company retain its more than 85% retention rate.

Thursday, February 27, 2020, 9AM – 10AM PT: Managing Training Projects When You’re Not a Project Manager

As an instructional designer or training manager, have you ever been asked to manage a training project when you have little, if any project management experience? Regardless of the size of the project, effective project management can be the deciding factor on how successful a training project is. Join Paula Yunker, Managing Partner at Limestone Learning, as she gives you tips and techniques on how to manage a training project to ensure it runs smoothly and the deliverables meet your stakeholder’s needs and expectations. You’ll learn:

• Why project management is so important.

• A simple 5-step process for managing projects.

• How to avoid common project management pitfalls.

• Quick tips for managing successful training projects.

Paula will also share her favorite project management resources. This webinar is co-hosted with Lambda Solutions.