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As November ushers in shorter days and longer to-do lists, why not take a moment to invest in yourself? This month’s selection of free webinars covers topics to keep your skills sharp, spark fresh ideas and add some inspiration to your November. Whether you’re diving into professional development or just browsing for something new, there’s a session here for you. Grab a cozy spot and make November a month for learning!

Monday, November 4, 2024, 8:00 a.m.–10:45 a.m. PT: Authoring Tools
Join the next event in Training Industry’s Learning Tech Showcase series where you’ll explore the pivotal role of authoring tools in corporate training. This event will spotlight state-of-the-art authoring tools and solutions that are helping organizations create and deliver engaging, effective learning content. See live demonstrations showcasing how modern authoring tools can streamline the content creation process, support various elearning formats and facilitate collaborative development among instructional designers. Engage with product experts during interactive Q&A sessions to get answers to your most pressing questions about choosing and utilizing authoring tools that best suit your organization’s training needs.

Tuesday, November 5, 2024, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PT: The Six Sources of Influence: How to Create Lasting Behaviour Change (Free for ATD members)
The ability to influence others is at the core of true leadership. Unfortunately, people often turn to poorly designed incentives or tinkering with processes to try to drive change. Yet, human behaviour can’t be altered with a singular strategy; instead, it’s governed by six sources of influence. Drawing on examples of remarkable leaders and the research of renowned behavioral scientists, you’ll learn why people do what they do and how you can help them change — quickly and permanently. In this session, with Scott Robley, Director of Professional Services at Crucial Learning, you’ll:

Learn how to focus on the vital behaviors that directly drive results.
Identify multiple sources of influence instead of chasing quick-fix tactics.
Discover how to add the six sources of influence into your leadership strategy.

Tuesday, November 5, 2024, 12 p.m.–1 p.m. PT: The Neuroscience of Memorable Content
Being memorable is critical in business because your audiences make decisions in your favour based on what they remember, not on what they forget. Unfortunately, in business contexts, people are more forgettable than they are memorable. Using EEG (electroencephalogram) technology, you can detect what happens in the brain when it’s exposed to a business presentation, and during studies conducted monthly with corporate teams, it’s observed that people retain less than 10% of business content after 48 hours. Join Carmen Simon, Ph.D., Cognitive Neuroscientist and Founder of Enhancive, to learn what it takes to keep your audiences’ brains engaged and likely to recall.

Wednesday, November 6, 2024, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: AI’s Bounty: Giving Thanks for 2024’s Gifts to the Training Profession
As 2024 draws to a close, it’s time for learning professionals around the world to reflect on the feast of innovations AI has served up in 2024. But how do you separate the hearty main courses from those guilty empty calories? Join Margie Meacham, Founder and Chief Freedom Officer at Learningtogo.ai, for this timely webinar where you’ll separate the most useful developments in AI tools and strategies from those clever parlour tricks that might not be around next year. By the end of this session, you’ll walk away with insights to build on what you’ve learned in 2024 and fuel your 2025 learning strategies.

Wednesday, November 6, 2024, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PT: Unlocking the Future: Embracing Generative AI at Telus (Free for ATD members)
Since the groundbreaking launch of ChatGPT-4 last year, the wave of generative AI has been transforming industries, and Telus has been at the forefront of this innovation. One of their key learnings was partnering early and often with key team members across the business to make this happen. Don’t miss this opportunity to join Allyson McElwain, Telus’ chief diversity and inclusion officer, and development and learning lead, for an insightful and inspiring webinar. Join this engaging session to spearhead your own AI evolution. Whether you’re starting or scaling, this webinar will help you unlock the full potential of generative AI for your organization.

Tuesday, November 12, 2024, 8 a.m.–9 a.m. PT: Turning the Tide on Turnover: Mastering the First 90 Days for Frontline Success
The revolving door of employee turnover has become a pressing issue for businesses across industries, with frontline workers being particularly vulnerable. This constant churn not only disrupts daily operations but also significantly impacts the bottom line, creating a ripple effect that touches every aspect of an organization. As companies grapple with this challenge, the need for effective retention strategies has never been more critical. Join Brandon Hall Group Principal Analysts Michael Rochelle and Roberta Gogos, along with UKG’s Neicey Johnson and Eran Heffetz, Co-Founder and CEO at Bites, for an insightful webinar that delves deep into the attrition problem plaguing frontline industries.

Tuesday, November 12, 2024, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: Creating Smarter Assessments with Question Pools in Adobe Captivate
Join Sharath Ramaswamy, Senior Elearning Evangelist at Adobe, for an in-depth session on how to enhance your elearning assessments by effectively using question pools in Adobe Captivate. This webinar will guide you through creating smarter, more dynamic quizzes that improve learner engagement and retention. In this webinar, you’ll discover how question pools can randomize questions and provide a fairer testing experience for your learners. By the end of this webinar, you’ll be able to:

Enhance learner engagement and assessment accuracy through randomized question delivery.
Learn step-by-step how to configure question pools in Adobe Captivate to create randomized quizzes.
Explore best practices for designing effective quizzes using question pools.
ncorporate question pools into different types of elearning courses for a diverse assessment experience.

Tuesday, November 12, 2024, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PT: AI-Enhanced Leadership: Developing Critical Skills and Coaching for Business Success (Free for ATD members)
From personalized learning experiences to predictive analytics, AI is enabling more efficient, targeted and impactful talent development programs. With AI redefining the workplace, leaders will now need a different set of skills to thrive. Join Mark Onisk, Chief Content Officer at Skillsoft, for a live discussion on the different ways AI is reshaping workforce planning, and the skills leaders need to succeed in 2024 and beyond. He’ll share firsthand experiences, tips on how to start including AI in your organization’s strategic planning and different strategies to help your leaders develop the critical skills needed for business success.

Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: Advanced Prompt Engineering Techniques for L&D
Elevate your use of AI in learning and development with advanced prompt engineering techniques. This workshop delves into sophisticated methods for crafting precise and effective prompts to ensure accurate and relevant AI-generated responses. Through practical exercises and real-world applications, you’ll gain mastery in prompt engineering, empowering them to harness AI’s full potential in their instructional design and development processes. Garima Gupta, Founder and CEO of Artha Learning Inc., will show you how to tailor prompts for various L&D scenarios, minimize AI-generated inaccuracies, and optimize the use of AI tools for content creation and learner engagement.

Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PT: How to Increase Inbound Lead Conversions
You’re generating inbound leads through marketing, but when prospects fill out forms, they don’t engage with your sales team. Kendra Lee, President and Founder of KLA Group, can help fix that. In this session, Kendra will share how top salespeople successfully follow up on marketing qualified leads to expand their pipeline. You’ll hear how to spark conversations, discover the right questions to ask to identify serious prospects and learn key phrases that resonate. Join this session to uncover:

The biggest mistake salespeople make (and how to avoid it).
Two conversation starters that get prospects talking.
Three essential questions to qualify and convert true prospects.

Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PT: Supercharge Your People Engine Through Intentional Learning (Free for ATD members)
Is your People Engine performing? The greater the capability of your people, the more consistently and faster you’ll achieve your business results. But can you measure performance versus impact today? In this webinar, presented by Scott Mahoney, Chief Strategy Officer at Seertech Solutions, you’ll learn:

How your People Engine drives business performance.
How to measure the capacity and impact of your People Engine.
How to measure the impact of learning on your People Engine performance.
How to predict People Engine capacity and capability to meet changing business needs.
How and where to invest to measurably affect business results.

Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 12 p.m.–1 p.m. PT: Pick Up the Roach! Become a Great Trainer by Doing the Dirty Work!
In this fun and engaging session, former Disney University leader, Pete Blank, Training and OD Manager, Personnel Board of Jefferson County, shares six tips (from a dead roach) that all trainers, facilitators and speakers must do if they want to become better. These six “little” things are actionable tips that you can implement back at work to improve yourself, your training sessions and your organization. The dirty work awaits, so come join Pete.

Thursday, November 14, 2024, 8:00 a.m.–12:45 p.m. PT: Prove It: Measuring the Impact of Learning
Stakeholders have made significant investments in training initiatives, recognizing their critical role in enhancing organizational capabilities and driving long-term growth. Now it’s time to demonstrate how these investments translate into tangible benefits and measurable outcomes for the organization. During this Leader Talk, industry experts will share methodologies for collecting and interpreting data to assess learning outcomes and best practices for effectively communicating results to stakeholders. Whether you’re looking to refine your data analytics skills or enhance your ability to communicate learning impact, this event offers practical insights and tools to elevate your approach to measuring learning effectiveness.

Thursday, November 14, 2024, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: Dream Theme: Make Your Training Fun and Memorable
Same old, same old. That’s what many learners think they’ll experience when they attend a training. As a result, they don’t get excited to learn, actively participate or remember the content. But thankfully, there’s a way that you can shatter their expectations, show them how fun learning can be and make your training content unforgettable, by creating themes for your training sessions. In this session with Collin Carroll, Training Consultant at The Bob Pike Group, you’ll:

See examples of how to use a theme to make your content more fun and memorable.
Discover how themes can generate countless other ideas for slides, activities, props, etc.
Explore best practices for picking the perfect theme that’ll make your training pop.

Thursday, November 14, 2024, 12 p.m.–1 p.m. PT: Tools to Boost Confidence for Delivering Successful PowerPoint Presentations
There are lots of tools in PowerPoint to help you seamlessly deliver your presentation. In this webinar, Fiona Walsh, PowerPoint Specialist at Empower Presentations, will look at tools to help you practice your delivery to enable you to present perfectly in-person or in Teams. Highlights include:

Rehearse Timings
Rehearse with Coach
Presenter View
PowerPoint Live
Sharing Modes in Teams

Monday, November 18, 2024, 8:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m. PT: Learning Management Systems
This event will highlight advanced LMS tools and solutions that are transforming the way organizations deliver, track and manage their learning programs. Watch live product demonstrations showcasing how modern LMS platforms can centralize your learning content, support diverse learning formats and integrate seamlessly with other systems to create a cohesive learning ecosystem. Engage with LMS product experts during interactive Q&A sessions to get answers to your most pressing questions about selecting and implementing an LMS that fits your organization’s unique needs.

Tuesday, November 19, 2024, 8 a.m.–9 a.m. PT: The L&D Manager’s Roadmap for Success in the Age of AI
47% of organizations are using AI in corporate training, with more doing so even as you read this. Designing, developing and deploying learning interventions is one piece of the pie. For L&D to become a profit centre, managers must align training with business goals, meet dynamic upskilling and reskilling needs, define the learning ecosystem, celebrate success and more. Navigating this exciting, dynamic landscape requires L&D pros to upskill and invest in their career growth, so join Shalini Merugu, Director of Learning Solutions at CommLab India, in this webinar to learn how you can implement AI in your company.

Tuesday, November 19, 2024, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: Impactful Visual Storytelling in PowerPoint to Banish Bullet Points
PowerPoint is such an essential tool for all types of communication, but it’s badly used. The slides are overwhelming and the story doesn’t cater to the audience. In this session, Richard Goring, Director at BrightCarbon, looks at ways to incorporate persuasive storytelling techniques into your presentations, ensuring they’re focused on the needs of the audience and how you can respond to their requirements. You’ll then see how to translate that story into compelling visuals so that the presentation is engaging and clearly communicates your key messages. You’ll also see live PowerPoint demos of how to translate your ideas into slides so that you can immediately start creating more effective presentations.

Tuesday, November 19, 2024, 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PT: Mastering Learning and Retention: Strategies for a Skilled, Adaptable Workforce
Learning can be a key retention tool if the learning is promoted, created and delivered the right way.

This roundtable brings together experts in organizational learning and development to share their insights on creating a skilled, adaptable workforce, a culture of lifelong learning and maximizing employee engagement. Drawing from decades of collective experience and the latest research, the speakers will offer actionable strategies for transforming your organization’s learning landscape. Discover how innovative learning technologies, personalized development paths and data-driven approaches can revolutionize your company’s approach to skill development and employee retention.

Tuesday, November 19, 2024, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PT: The Future of L&D in High-Stakes Industries: Navigating L&D in a Remote-First, AI-Driven World in Regulated Environments (Free for ATD members)
The last few years have seen a paradigm shift in how people work: first with the rise of remote work and now with the rapid integration of AI. The next three years will bring more change than the last 30. These changes are even harder to grapple with for high-stakes industries, where compliance is mission-critical.

Join Bob Cronin, Senior Advisor at Class; Rosellen Beck, Head of HR Technology, GE at HealthCare; and Jay Fortuna, Senior Vice President of Talent and Operations at GoHealth, to explore how L&D leaders in regulated sectors are navigating the challenges and opportunities presented by remote work and AI.

Wednesday, November 20, 2024, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: The Santa System: Learning Leader Lessons from the North Pole
Unlock the Secrets of Santa’s workshop and transform your organization. Lenn Millbower, President of Offbeat Training LLC, visited the North Pole and got a behind-the-scenes look at the methodology that delivers Santa’s success. In this session, he’ll share those secret strategies so you can drive your own organization’s results. This session is, obviously, an analogy. Analogies help illuminate truths without the baggage of reality. This analogy will deliver practical tools and tips to illustrate key concepts, including the steps Santa’s team took to retool the annual Christmas eve roof run. This is one present you’ll won’t wait to unwrap.

Wednesday, November 20, 2024, 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PT: Empowering L&D: AI Use Cases That Actually Work
As the L&D industry rushes to embrace AI for every conceivable task, it’s time to take a step back and assess: Where can AI actually have a positive impact on our learning programs? In this webinar, Richard Caccavale, VP of Marketing at NovoEd, and Alan Mellish, Principal Analyst at Brandon Hall Group, cuts through the hype to discuss how organizations can strategically leverage AI to enhance their programs without compromising the human elements crucial to effective L&D. They’ll discuss why AI isn’t a replacement for human expertise, but can be a powerful tool to augment and scale your learning staff’s capabilities.

Wednesday, November 20, 2024, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PT: Civility Isn’t a Weakness: Four Skills for Speaking with Strength, Not Force (Free for ATD members)
Do you have to be loud and aggressive to be heard? It certainly seems that way if you go online or watch the news. Yet a recent study shows that speaking aggressively at work damages reputations and decreases organizational effectiveness. If you truly want to influence others and build relationships, civility is key. Join Joseph Grenny, Co-Founder of Crucial Learning, and co-author of the New York Times bestseller Crucial Conversations, as he shares how to speak candidly and respectfully. During this event, you’ll:

Discover the latest research on how to effectively share opinions in the workplace.
Identify how to tell the truth while still maintaining strong relationships.
Implement three skills for speaking with strength, not force.

Thursday, November 21, 2024, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: Learn from the BEST: How Does #1 BEST Winner AMH Use TD Capabilities to Advance its Learning Function? (Free for ATD members)
In this three-part Learn from the BEST webinar series, you’ll hear from award-winning organizations that are setting the standard for best talent development practices. BEST organizations get it. These organizations demonstrate enterprise-wide success because of employee talent development. During this webinar, you’ll learn:

How AMH uses talent development capabilities to advance their learning function.
How AMH advances its culture and values through the development of its workforce.
How the BEST process, combined with their use of the Capability Model, help AMH’s TD function learn more about themselves fand where they are taking their TD work in the future.

Thursday, November 21, 2024, 12 p.m.–1 p.m. PT: What’s the ROI in AI?
AI is revolutionizing the way we work, learn, communicate and connect, reshaping almost every aspect of our lives. The question is, how can users ensure they are maximizing AI’s value?

In this webinar, Jack Phillips, Ph.D., Chairman of ROI Institute, will explore the critical role of measuring the return on investment (ROI) in AI initiatives and why designing an AI strategy with measurable outcomes is essential for long-term success. Using the ROI Methodology, you’ll learn how to assess the financial and non-financial impact of utilizing AI, enabling yourself to make informed decisions that drive performance, innovation and results.

Tuesday, November 26, 2024, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: Quit Writing — No One Is Reading
Changes in adult reading behaviours have real implications for designers tasked with behaviour change and armed with new generative AI tools for content creation. It turns out the modern workforce tends to skim and skip rather than read deeply for comprehension and introspection. Many digital influences, from the habitual scrolling through social media to the frantic pace of all-day meetings, have trained employees to minimize diligent reading and thorough comprehension practices. In this session, presented by Christopher Allen, President of Allen Interactions, you’ll learn about:

The science of reading.
The role of text in digital instruction.
Effective replacement strategies that provide better performance outcomes and achieve robust content coverage.

Wednesday, November 27, 2024, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: Leveraging AI for Faster and Better Course Development
Discover how AI can transform the entire course development process, making it faster and more efficient overall. Garima Gupta, Founder and CEO of Artha Learning Inc., will explore the latest AI tools and techniques that streamline the instructional design process, from content analysis to writing and storyboarding. You’ll learn how to leverage AI to produce high-quality, engaging courses with reduced development time. Through practical examples and hands-on activities, you’ll gain the skills to integrate AI into your instructional design workflow, enhancing both speed and quality. By the end of the session, you’ll be equipped with the knowledge to harness AI for creating impactful elearning experiences efficiently.

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