It’s time to tell the world about your award-winning training! How does your organization stack up? Applying for Training magazine’s 2020 Training Top 125 awards program will benchmark the excellence and effectiveness of your employee training and development.
 
We want you to achieve the highest score possible on the application and showcase all the amazing things you are doing with training. So we are presenting this special Webinar to help all applicants—new, repeat, and returning—get as close to that perfect 125-point score as they can. The higher the score, the better the Top 125 ranking—which can attract and retain best-in-class talent looking for premier training and development opportunities.
 
During this Webinar, you’ll learn Top 125 application tips related to detailing specific, measurable corporate goals tied to training, obtaining Kirkpatrick Level 3 (behavior change) and Level 4 (business impact) results, choosing your most effective Best Practices, and more from:
 

• Candy Haynes, a managing director in PwC’s Learning & Development team. PwC earned the #1 spot on the Training Top 125 in 2008, 2009, and 2010 and was inducted into the Training Top 10 Hall of Fame in 2011 after ranking in the Top 10 for four consecutive years. Candy has been scoring Top 125 applications ever since.
• Lou Tedrick, vice president of Global Learning & Development at Verizon, which achieved the #1 spot in 2012 and 2013 and was named to the Training Top 10 Hall of Fame in 2014. Lou likewise has been scoring Top 125 applications since then.
• Lorri Freifeld, who has served as editor-in-chief of Training magazine and spearheaded the Training Top 125 awards program since 2007. Over the years, she has reviewed and scored several thousand Top 125 applications.

 
Who knows? With the help of this Webinar, your organization might be named #1!
 

Candy Haynes is a managing director in PwC’s Learning & Development team and has more than 20 years of experience in the learning industry. In her current role, Candy leads the L&D Learning Studio, with 200-plus learning “producers” focused on learning solutions in Live, Digital, Curation, Communities, and Learner Experience functional areas. 
 

Lou Tedrick, Vice President of Global Learning & Development, Verizon Wireless, is a Human Resources professional with expertise in organization development, learning and development, and employee relations. As the Verizon Vice President of Global Learning & Development, Lou is responsible for enterprise-wide learning & development and manages a virtual team of over 780 learning professionals across the globe.
 
Lou is a member of ATD and SHRM. She was recognized by Chief Learning Officer as the 2021 CLO of the Year. Under her leadership, Verizon has been recognized as a 2021 CLO Learning Elite organization, ranking #1 and as a 2022 and 2023 CLO Learning Elite Winner’s Circle member. Verizon has also ranked in the ATD BEST for 8 consecutive years and has been recognized for 12 consecutive years as a Training magazine Top 125 organization, ranking #1 in 2012 and 2013. Verizon was inducted into the Training Top 10 Hall of Fame in 2014 where they remain an active member. Her team has received numerous Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence Awards and ROI Institute Awards.

Lorri Freifeld is the Editor/Publisher of Training magazine, owned by Lakewood Media Group. She writes on a number of topics, including talent management, training technology, and leadership development. She spearheads two awards programs: the Training APEX Awards and Emerging Training Leaders Awards. A writer/editor for the last 30-plus years, she has held editing positions at a variety of publications and holds a Master’s degree in journalism from New York University.