Most presentations fail because they are built for the presenter instead of the audience. In this fast-paced, practical webinar, learning and development professionals will learn a proven, repeatable approach to creating clear, compelling presentations in less time and with less stress.

Creating an effective learning program is a lot like cooking a gourmet meal; you can have the best ingredients in the world, but if you throw them all in the pot at once, you just end up with a mess. In this webinar, we are opening our cookbook to show you how to curate the perfect mix. 

Your learners have needs, and your SMEs have knowledge and experience. But do those two things always line up? When creating learning content, SMEs with the best intentions can end up creating content that’s long on information, short on practical application, and wrapped up in a bullet-point PowerPoint bow. 

Training is an event. Learning is a process. Most L&D professionals know that, and yet we still design most learning to end when the session does. People leave motivated and full of ideas, and six weeks later, how much has changed on the job? The problem isn’t the training. It’s what happens after it.

In 2025, over 40% of eLearning companies and more than a third of Fortune 1000 organizations have integrated AI-generated voiceovers into their training content.   Are we on the right track—or do we not yet know the impact of this transition away from humans? A growing body of research suggests that human voiceovers can still achieve up to 30% higher learner retention rates and engagement—especially in soft skills and leadership programs.

A borinar is a webinar that's boring. Your sales team has run one. Your training team has run one. Your prospects have left one. Your learners have multi-tasked through one. The problem isn't the people running them. It's the design — and most senior leaders have inherited a format that was already broken.

Discover how to make learning experiences more dynamic, responsive, and engaging with Triggers. As an instructional designer, you’re always looking for ways to move beyond "click Next" experiences and make learning feel more engaging and purposeful. In this webinar, discover how Triggers let you turn everyday learner actions like clicking an object, making a choice, or completing an interaction into meaningful responses.

You’ve secured the AI licenses, delivered the training, and made the announcements. Yet, while a handful of early AI adopters are thriving, widespread adoption remains out of reach. The business case is clear on paper, but across the organization, daily work hasn’t really changed—nor have results.  

In this introductory webinar, we’ll explore the fundamentals of gamification and show instructional designers how to incorporate challenges, rewards, progress, choices, and feedback into their courses. Through practical examples, you’ll discover simple ways to make learning more interactive and motivating—without having to design a full-fledged game.

Interleaving is one of the most evidence-backed practices in learning science — and one of the least used. Most training programs still run on traditional models that favor information delivery over learning durability, leaving one of our most powerful tools sitting on the shelf. Visual mapping changes that. When you map your learning design, you can see where topics connect, where retrieval moments belong, and where learners need space to reflect and consolidate. Mapping makes interleaving visible — and it naturally surfaces opportunities to build in retrieval practice and metacognitive checkpoints that deepen learning long after the session ends.  

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest online participant of all? After Snow White was exiled into a dangerous forest by her evil stepmother, she is met by seven dwarfs with big personalities: Grumpy, Doc, Sneezy, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, and Dopey. By understanding the personalities of the Seven Dwarfs and comparing them to common difficult behaviors seen in online training, we will learn how create a positive learning environment and foster engagement. Having all our participants singing: Heigh-ho, heigh-to, it's off to work we go!   

What happens when five promising learning startups take the virtual stage — each with just a few minutes to pitch their innovative approach?  

Make your case without making it a confrontation. Whether you’re negotiating a training budget, project scope, a campaign deadline, a promotion, or closing a sale, this webinar focuses on the speaking choices you can control. David Goldberg explores how to read the room, choose purposeful wording, use your voice strategically, and align your presence with your message. Through practical examples and contrasting deliveries, you’ll explore ways to ask better questions, respond to pushback, and hold your ground without shutting down the conversation. Leave with speaking tactics that help you pursue your goals while preserving working relationships.  

Purpose is the driving force that gives our lives meaning. Humans are wired for purpose and in fact, recent discoveries in neuroscience offer a fascinating look into what motivates us to become our best selves. The ability to align purpose is what distinguishes the most effective leaders from the rest, and purpose is at the heart of engagement, productivity, and retention. It’s no wonder that organizations that know how to harness the power of purpose thrive and excel while their peers falter or fail.  

As AI continues to reshape the workplace, government L&D leaders have a unique opportunity to modernize workforce training strategies while maintaining compliance, security, and mission readiness.  

Every team hits a wall: a setback, constraint, or problem that leaves people feeling powerless. The result is often blame, excuses, and disengagement.  

In July, four leading voices in modern Talent Development, Betty, Becky, Debbie, and Tracie, came together to discuss L&D in the Era of AI. The conversation generated so much discussion that we ran out of time. So we’re continuing it. This time, we’ll focus on the practical side: how L&D can become a stronger strategic business partner, and where AI and technology can help accelerate that shift. 

Today's organizations don't have a talent problem—they have a permission problem. Too many capable employees hesitate to speak up, wait to be chosen, avoid difficult conversations, or hold back ideas that could make a real impact. The result? Missed opportunities, stalled leadership, and untapped potential.

Transformation initiatives often begin with a lot of confidence. We know our data. Our governance is covered. We understand our skills. Our content is in good shape. The technology will integrate. Our people are ready for the change. But how much of that confidence is based on what the organization actually knows, and how much is based on assumptions that haven't really been tested?

Building bench strength is taken for granted in professional sports. Owners and coaches plan for injuries that can put their ace pitcher, quarterback, guard, or goalie out of commission. I've rarely seen business leaders exercise the same degree of talent planning. As training professionals, we are in a unique position to help. We know how to define and develop competence. We can guide leaders in identifying positions, that if not filled with competent people would put the organization at risk.  

AI is changing how people create, discover, and engage with learning. Instead of searching through links, navigating menus, or following rigid workflows, learners and learning teams increasingly expect to ask questions naturally, refine what they need through conversation, and receive relevant responses that understand their context and intent.  

L&D leaders are increasingly expected to align learning with business priorities, make smart decisions about resources, and demonstrate the value of their work. Running learning like a business can help—but what does that actually mean in practice?  

Instructor-led training is where the most important training happens, but it is also incredibly expensive. Join John Peebles, Administrate CEO and Char Noland, Cloudshare VP Solutions Consulting, to learn how training operations and environmental overhead drive these costs up and how you can get them under control.  

Systems training has a bad reputation. It is usually synonymous with endless screen captures, dry "click-next" instructions, and zero engagement. But for a recent project with a leading higher education institution, we took a different approach. Instead of just teaching staff where to click, we focused on why it mattered—wrapping the entire learning experience in a compelling narrative about student success.