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The transition from buzz word to trend to standard can sometimes happen in a blink of an eye. With more companies and organizations recognizing the value of social learning, we are fast on our way to a major shift in learning. The emergence of social media has enabled us to capture what we do quite naturally, LEARN. With technology, this dynamic leaves a digital footprint that makes learning viral positively infecting performance and ultimately increasing ROI. Unfortunately buying a social learning platform, although an important first step, doesn't ensure success of this learning approach. The Roadmap to Social Learning is a guide to connecting the people, technology, and goals to a social learning strategy.

This presentation will provide an overview of Talent Development Reporting Principles (TDRP). It is ground breaking work that is targeted at having more meaningful dialogue with finance executives and is modeled after Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Like financial statements there are similar reports for talent development investments. The session will go through the background, data sets and the outcome, efficiency and effectiveness statements that are revolutionizing how human capital professionals provide executive level reporting and link learning to business results.

Do you know how Gamification can boost learning effectiveness? Gamification is the application of theories in gaming,its attendant rewards and its motivational impact. It has caught the attention of both learning designers and elearning developers because gamification presents new opportunities to raise the learner's engagement and learning applications. But how to make it a practical enhancement to the elearning design is a mystery.

"Social learning" and "informal learning" are among the training industry's hottest phrases these days. But there's so much confusion over what they mean, and what they mean to those of us in the business.

This webinar takes a look at the next evolution of the Web and what it means for the learning function. We will present data on the differences between high- and low-performing organizations in terms of how they approach these new technologies.

To foster a learning environment that builds upon formal learning, engages employees and creates competitive differentiation, organizations must embrace and support learning wherever it occurs. To do so, we need to provide the tools and technology that enable this to happen, as well as an understanding of how the role of learning professionals is evolving to support learning beyond the classroom.

Today's leaders require a wide variety of skills to lead effectively, and it is up to learning professionals to use the most-up-to-date methods available to develop those skills. Research has shown that experiential learning is one of the most effective ways to keep participants engaged and active throughout the learning process. This webinar will explore a variety of high-impact activities, jolts, and interactive learning strategies that have been specifically chosen to teach and apply some of the most critical leadership competencies our evolving leaders need.

What is the best way to design instruction for today's technology tools and for the creation and delivery of e-learning? What tools are most effective for delivering what types of training? This session highlights how organizations are leveraging Smartphones for performance support and mobile learning, how game-based learning is being designed to teach everyone from firefighters to sales reps to call center employees and how quick searches and meta-data are changing the landscape of how employees learn and their information expectations. Join Karl Kapp, author of four books on the topic of the convergence of learning, technology and work as he explores some of the research, thinking and examples of learning technology in action.

Starting this year in the U.S, 10,000 people a day are turning 65, and will continue to do so for the next 19 years. With a big dip in the Gen X population behind the Baby Boomer group, a natural conclusion is that we will need to get the newest workforce, Millennials -- also called Gen Y -- up to speed pretty quickly. And what is their number one preferred method of learning? Mentoring.

Storytelling has always been an important leadership competency. Current research in narratology, cognitive sciences, knowledge management, and ethnography indicates that intervention is essential for creating and communicating meaning out of our experience. "Interactive Storytelling" integrates this ancient leadership practice with 21st century technology. Facilitated by two professional storytellers, this session will help you learn powerful principles of storytelling through experiential activities, demonstrations, and discussions.

With the 2012 Training Top 125 application due in less than two months, join Training magazine on Thursday, August 4, for this complimentary, first-ever Webinar that can help boost your score or earn you placement on the list for the first time. Plus, you'll discover how to make the most of your Training Top 125 ranking.

The ADL Mobile Learning Team recently released a mobile version of their mLearning Guide on the web and in various mobile platform stores. Join the webinar for discussion on the single development for deployment on multiple devices and choices made in development. Lessons learned will be shared.

This concept taps into the reality we've been working on that allows a learner seamlessly flow through the learning experience from desktop to smartphone to tablet to TV whenever the time or mood suits them. Apps are now available on virtually every electronic device we touch and use in our daily lives, and cloud computing models enable the ability to synchronize and manage the learning experience on whatever device best suits our environment and mood.

Problem: Experiential exercises require such a long time to prepare and to conduct that no time is available for debriefing. Solution: Use a jolt! Participate in different activities, each conducted in a few minutes and giving you a long-lasting wake-up call. Learn about the advantages of using brief simulations called jolts. Locate several ready-made jolts and create your own. Master a powerful model for debriefing to maximize team learning.

This workshop will provide practical strategies for building workforce courage so workers can become "opportunity seekers". A step-by-step approach for using courage to improve performance and counteract the negative impacts of workplace fear will be introduced. When everyone is working with more courage, the entire organization is transformed for the better. Research shows that courageous workers seek out leadership opportunities, step up to challenges, offer innovative ideas, passionately embrace change, and are more productive. In short, courageous workers get work done!

With constant bombardment of information and numerous ways to access the Internet (Twitter, smart phones,iPad, high speed wireless, etc.) learners are more selective where and how they learn. Learners must be enthralled with elegant elearning programs. The challenge is how do we know what is enthralling? And do we build these eLearning courses.

We all know children learn a great deal while playing, but having fun during training or professional development programs may be seen as frivolous or a waste of time. Scientific research begs to differ. Play breaks tensions during learning, provides fresh energy and helps teams build cohesion.

This session is all about you. Lou Russell will share with you new ways to think about regulation of emotions. When you drop into a strong emotional response, your ability to prioritize and make decisions if negatively impacted. This session will help you learn to identify and be aware of emotional reponses, then based on your own unique behaviors and values, learn to react to the triggers before the emotions get out of hand.

Demonstrating ROI is key to every successful training rollout. And, key to demonstrating ROI is robust measurement. Unfortunately, many trainers are unsure of what to measure and how to measure it.

The speed and length of learning and training are getting faster and shorter. Organizations want to speed up training to meet demands. However, they also want to see demonstrations and proof that their learning investment are impacting performance. The archaic method of conducting training ROI (return-on-investment) does not work because the content and the nature of work are constantly changing. So, how do we gauge learning impacts?

The traditional way of developing eLearning programs is to require learners to learn static, factual and procedural information, then test for retention and memorization. Consequently, learners become bored and are unable to apply ideas back to their work situation.

Retaining top talent should be a top priority for all organizations. Finding and keeping those "rock star" employees at every level is key to the success of the entire organization, and not something anyone can afford to ignore.

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