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Here in the Pacific Northwest it’s wet outside at last! What a treat for thirsty lawns, tired firefighters and anyone who’s run out of ideas for outdoor activities. Time to cozy up and stay warm inside. But that doesn’t mean slowing down. We’re in a rush to the year-end finish line, so it’s good idea to do a little check… What do you still need to get done this year? What do you need to do it? If you need some ideas, why not check out one of the free webinars being offered this month — it may just give you the boost you need to finish out the year on a high note.

Tuesday, November 1, 2022, 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PT: How One of the World’s Top Tech Companies Reimagined Learning in a Fast Changing and Connected World
How does an organization find a way to create a path to learning that meets employees where they are, gives them access when they need it, to exactly what they need to learn? What are the keys to building an agile learning culture where organizations can grow, develop and retain the talent they need, regardless of the size of their organization? In this webinar, world-class organizations will advise you on what personalized learning means, what success looks like and how to create a learning culture in your organization that’s future focused and ready to carry the company forward. 

Tuesday, November 1, 2022, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PT: Five Strategies to Future-Proof Your Training and Enablement Programs (Free for ATD members)
With unpredictable and fluctuating markets, training and enablement teams are needed now more than ever to help revenue teams do more with less. Join Mazie Baskin, Director of Portfolio Development at NetApp, and Christian Pieper, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Mindtickle, to take a sneak peek into Mindtickle’s State of Sales Enablement report, including what makes up their sales tech stacks and budgets. They’ll also discuss sales performance across organizations with training and enablement functions.

Wednesday, November 2, 2022, 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PT: The Reality of Virtual Reality and Its Ability to Scale Immersive Learning
The technology of the Metaverse — immersive 3D digital worlds based on virtual reality (VR) gaming experiences — is still a mystery to most learning organizations. In VR, learners get on-demand access to real-world scenarios in a safe environment. Businesses gain unique insights to assess employees’ performance and potential. In this webinar, with Derek Belch, Founder and CEO of Strivr, and Claude Werder, Senior VP and Principal HCM Analyst for Brandon Hall Group, you’ll acquire a deeper understanding of the impact VR learning can have and how accessible it’s become. 

Thursday, November 3, 2022, 8 a.m.–9 a.m. PT: How to Do More with Less: Craft a Cross-Training Strategy to Combat Staffing Crises
Financial constraints coupled with talent gaps following The Great Resignation can provide a unique opportunity for L&D leaders to seek solutions to optimize organizations and encourage adaptable, autonomous employees. In this session, Debbie Wooldridge, CEO and Founder of ttcInnovations, will explore the benefits and strategies of implementing tried-and-true cross training as an innovative solution to these current challenges. By inspiring your employees to be agile, you can mitigate risks in talent gaps by empowering personnel to switch between job functions and skill sets seamlessly.

Thursday, November 3, 2022, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: Want to Build a Stronger Business Culture? Feedback Is Key
Effective feedback is about support and improvement, and a high-energy, positive work environment sets a dynamic tone and culture for employees and retail customers alike. Every step of the feedback process sends signals that the culture of your organization is changing, becoming more open and innovative. In this webinar, with Marjorie Mauldin, President of Executive Forum, you’ll learn to:

• Assess feedback skills and recognize the role of feedback in continual improvement.

• Create the appropriate attitude and approach for providing feedback.

• Check purposes for sharing feedback and What’s in It for Them (WIIFT).

• Share feedback that is specific, observable and increases the receiver’s receptiveness.

• Close the feedback exchange with a shared understanding of the next steps for improvement.

Thursday, November 3, 2022, 12 p.m.–1 p.m. PT: Using Design Thinking to Craft Learning Experiences
People have endless options for learning in the ways that best meet their needs, yet many of the design and development models in L&D seem dated. In this session, Connie Malamed, Founder of Mastering Instructional Design Community, will explore how Design Thinking is a mindset as well as a method for generating innovative solutions. You’ll have an opportunity to participate in a Design Thinking cycle to see how this approach can stimulate ideas for creative, human-centred solutions that fit the modern workplace.

Tuesday, November 8, 2022, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PT: How Group Coaching for Leaders Can Foster a Culture of Belonging (Free for ATD members)
Group coaching for leaders is emerging as a valuable strategy for talent development, and with good reason. It’s an effective development approach for leaders who find themselves in similar places along their leadership journeys. It can also help leaders create an organizational environment where dialogue unfolds about what effective leadership looks like, and it can help leaders build an active sense of belonging and inclusion across the enterprise. In this webinar, with Sounding Board, Inc.’s Lauren Hutto, Senior Director and Coaching Excellence, and Edwin Vega, Group Coach, you’ll:

• Understand the importance and impact of leaders creating a culture of belonging within organizations.

• Understand the direct and indirect costs to organizations, teams and employees that don’t have a sense of belonging.

• Discover how group coaching for leaders can uniquely shift behaviours and mindsets to build a more inclusive culture.

Tuesday, November 8, 2022, 12 p.m.–1 p.m. PT: DE&I… and I: Foster an Environment that Enables DE&I Inside L&D (Even If the Term Never Comes Up)
Thankfully, both the ethical and practical value of DE&I has become more widely recognized, but the extent to which an organization is fundamentally and culturally receptive to DE&I improvement is less often explored and less frequently addressed. In this highly interactive session, Ed Muzio, CEO of Group Harmonics, will explore two aspects of management culture that directly impact the organization's ability to realize results from DE&I programing: the question of environmental receptivity and the question of behavioural flexibility.

Wednesday, November 9, 2022, 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PT: Coaching Effectiveness Across the Organization
Coaching is an increasingly popular method for developing skills across the organization and for helping employees achieve their potential. Learning leaders need to know how to train leaders at all levels with the skills necessary to be an effective coach and they need to know how to prove their coaching programs work. In this webinar, Bigtincan's Sarah Gallo, CPTM, will host a roundtable discussion with learning leaders representing multiple industries and verticals exploring why coaching’s an effective modality that drives positive business outcomes while supporting a human-centric workplace.

Wednesday, November 9, 2022, 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PT: Getting Learning Content Right: Smart Partnerships
Companies are relying more than ever on L&D to upskill and reskill the workforce, seeking outside help to do so. Content development’s a critical area where organizations are especially feeling the squeeze. Finding the right provider can produce outstanding results and alleviate any perceived loss of speed, quality and accountability. David Wentworth, Principal Analyst at Brandon Hall Group, and Sabrina Moore, Director of Learning Development at Lumious, will look at the different ways companies can work with a content development partner and what to look for when making a selection.

Wednesday, November 9, 2022, 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. PT: Creating Accessible Online Learning Experiences in the Workplace (Free for I4PL members)
Many organizations have pivoted their workplace training programs to online learning experiences. Online accessibility policies and legislation require organizations to ensure these experiences are inclusive and accessible. However, adult learners with disabilities still face many barriers to accessing online learning, which often increases their isolation and marginalization. In this session, Brittany Moor, General Manager at Wavelength, shares recommendations to mitigate or remove these barriers, all of which connect to one overarching theme: necessary shifts in organizational values and culture.

Thursday, November 10, 2022, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: Mind-Mapping for Training Design
Mind-mapping is a visual brainstorming technique you can use to tap into the power of the brain, look at a subject in its entirety and organize around key learning objectives. Mind-mapping is also a tool that helps linear and lateral thinkers expand their sightlines beyond what comes naturally. Join The Bob Pike Group's Amy Saville, LCSW, MSW, Training Consultant, and Becky Pike Pluth, President and CEO, to learn how to mind-map, and you’ll energize your training design and delivery. 

Thursday, November 10, 2022, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: Creating Virtual Reality Learning in Captivate
Join Debbie Richards, Chief Technology Officer at Creative Interactive Ideas, to learn how to create virtual reality training directly within Adobe Captivate. You’ll learn how to get started with Virtual Reality training — including equipment, terminology and techniques. Next, you'll create a VR project that includes multiple slides, jumps and even a quiz. Debbie will provide all the projects and support files you need to follow along. You'll receive a free PDF with all the step-by-step instructions required to complete the steps again, so there’s no need to take notes! 

Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: Present Without PowerPoint! Can You, Would You?
Too many presenters focus on how their presentation is going to look and not enough to how it sounds. It turns out that presenters can learn a lot from songwriters, who create beautiful music using writing techniques to ensure that what they create sounds great, long before they think about creating the music video or stage lighting. This is exactly how you should approach presentation writing: words first, visuals last. In this session, Glenn Gibson, author of Before the Mic, will explore this correlation and show you how to put slides in their proper place. 

Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PT: The Power of Onboarding: Best Practices for Your Day One Strategy
What does “day one” look like at your organization? If your onboarding experience is less than optimal, it can delay productivity and add to the risk of needing to replace new hires. How can you create a great onboarding experience that will add momentum to talent engagement? Join Matt Castaldo, Chief Human Resources Officer at ExecOnline, and Alex Cavoulacos, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Meta Angels, in an engaging discussion on how to build an onboarding experience that boosts employee motivation, productivity and retention in your organization.

Thursday, November 17, 2022, 8 a.m.–9 a.m. PT: Training Industry Leader Talk: What’s Trending in Learning Tech
Keeping up with the latest tools and knowing when and if to implement them in your organization is an increasingly common challenge for learning leaders. With this introduction of innovative solutions like personalized learning experiences and artificial intelligence (AI) and augemented reality/virtual reality (AR/VR), it’s vital for learning leaders to remain focused on aligning their technology stack to organizational goals. During this Training Industry Leader Talk, industry experts will explore emerging tools in technologies and discuss strategies for selecting, implementing and maintaining your organization’s technology stack.

Thursday, November 17, 2022, 12 p.m.–1 p.m. PT: Modern Compliance Training Essentials
In this session, Jim Johnson, Senior Product Manager at PeopleFluent, outlines what you should be looking for in your LMS, including reporting and analytics, configurability, and learning to support the most complex businesses. If you manage learning programs within a highly regulated industry, you’re responsible for ensuring the safety of your employees, the data of your customers, and the reputation of your company. You’ll learn to:

• Explore how your LMS can and should accommodate the complexity of your business.

• Identify the "must-have" LMS capabilities to ensure training compliance and to reduce regulatory risk.

• Use visual dashboards to show who’s in compliance and who isn’t (completions, expirations) and reduce fines and risk.

Tuesday, November 22, 2022, 12 p.m.–1 p.m. PT: Why Do Most “Learning Experience” Projects and Platforms Fail? What to Do About Them
Isn’t it ironic that most learning courses and platforms refer to supposed “learning experiences,” yet it emanates from the designer and trainer and not from the learner and worker? Sadly, they fail because they do not constitute genuine experiences by the learners and workers. In this session, Dr. Ray Jimenez, Architect of TrainingMagNetwork.com and Chief Learning Officer of Vignettes Learning, will discuss case studies that show stunted and failed learning experience projects and alternative approaches to reinvent their design and delivery.

Wednesday, November 23, 2022, 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. PT: Facilitate a Training of Trainers, Lessons Learned from Experiences in Burkina Faso and DRC (Free for I4PL members)
Facilitating a training event can be a challenging exercise. While different approaches can be taken, it’s commonly accepted that knowing your audience and encouraging their participation are key elements of a successful presentation, but what about when you have little information about your audience? What about when the training context poses unique technical and cultural challenges? This is what Simon Tourte, Specialist Learning Designer at Sobeys, proposes to explore in this webinar, by sharing with you his experience in preparing and facilitating two training sessions in Africa, in Burkina Faso and in the DRC.

Tuesday, November 29, 2022, 12 p.m.–1 p.m. PT: Discover the Antidote to Quiet Quitting
The root cause of quiet quitting and disengagement is uncertainty. When employees are uncertain about where they stand at work, how their performance is evaluated or what kind of opportunities exist for them, they disengage. When employees get mixed (or no) messages about what’s happening or what they should expect, they disengage. Uncertainty kills employee engagement and that leads to quiet quitting. In this webinar, with Jason Lauritsen, Keynote Speaker and Management Trainer, and Steve Dobberowsky, Director of Thought Leadership and Advisory Services Team at Cornerstone, you’ll learn:

• Why quiet quitting is an opportunity to improve employee engagement and retention.

• How uncertainty is driving the disengagement that fuels quiet quitting and how clarity is the key to addressing it.

• How to create the clarity that will get employees to “quietly re-engage” by using specific techniques and tactics.

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