BCG U (Boston Consulting Group Upskilling) is not only building learning solutions to help clients drive transformation with generative AI; they are living it. Through their internal "GenAI in Practice" program, BCG U has equipped learning designers and program managers to integrate AI into workflows, design for ROI, and rethink how learning experiences drive business value. This inside-out approach ensures that everything they deliver to clients is grounded in real application and measurable results.   

How to Avoid Offending and Start Including in Real Time Even well-meaning professionals make cultural missteps—especially in high-pressure meetings, hybrid settings, or cross-functional teams. As one of only 400 National Speakers Association Certified Speaking Professionals and an award-winning thought leader in training and facilitation, I’ve gathered today’s most common cultural mistakes that derail engagement, destroy trust, and divide diverse teams. This eye-opening and action-driven session reveals real examples from modern meetings and gives you immediate tools to become a more inclusive, impactful leader.  

Getting your presentation design off to the right start is essential. PowerPoint templates and masters are the foundations that tie all your slides together. Having a consistent, branded, well-built PowerPoint template will not only ensure that all your presentations look the part from the beginning, but also allow everyone to do the same, and build decks more quickly.  

Tight deadlines don’t have to mean dull courses! Join us for this hands-on session where we’ll explore practical, time-saving techniques to make your eLearning come alive fast. Discover how to use templates, interactions, AI tools, and creative shortcuts to design courses that grab attention and keep learners engaged, even when the clock is ticking.  

In this lesson, you will learn:  The Components of the Continuous Improvement Cycle Where can I, or should I, leverage AI and other technologies Outcomes vs. Objectives Meaningful and Measurable Impact Interpersonal Competence

Employee engagement alone is no longer enough. Leading organizations are replacing outdated engagement models with purpose-driven Human Experience Design. This program explores how to activate employee purpose, connection, and strategic contribution through a modernized approach to training and development.

Corporate training is a billion-dollar business. And why do organizations take the associated effort and enormous costs upon themselves? Why do we continue to send executives and employees to training? The answer from companies usually is "We invest in training because we expect these investments to produce positive results for us. We expect trainees to learn, and then apply what they’ve learned to their world". So, successful transfer is the goal and the key expectation behind the investment.

Are you struggling to prove learning outcomes or collect useful data to evaluate program outcomes in real-time? Instead of waiting until a program ends to evaluate its effectiveness, consider data-enabled instructional design. This approach provides real-time insights into program achievement, offering both formative and summative evaluations.  

What is the competitive advantage of a sales organization that humanizes every client conversation? In this session, you’ll discover the answer to this question in a sales approach called Story Design. You’ll articulate the client journey in an overarching story from first contact to sale and every step in between. Unearth the role you play within the overarching client story.

Many learning professionals who are successful at work feel invisible in their jobs or in the field. Doing good work is not alway enough to get the recognition and opportunities you want. Increasing your visibility can lead to advancement, new opportunities, and deep connections.  

Let's face it: We've all tried to copy a slide from one deck to another, only to have formatting, colors, fonts and layout blow up in our face. If you've ever thrown your hands up in frustration at trying to understand masters and how to maintain brand consistency when copying and pasting slides from here to there, then this session is for you.   

While it may be tempting to hop over to your favorite conversational AI tool when you can't get the time and attention you need from your project's subject matter expert(s) (SMEs), is that really your best choice? Consider your SME as your fellow human-in-the-loop and join us to explore best practices for using AI to help you work with your SMEs — not instead of them.  

In a world full of distractions, how do you make training stick? The answer lies in connecting with people on a human level. Join learning design experts Christy Tucker, Garima Gupta and Rance Greene as they explore how to leverage the power of storytelling and scenarios to create memorable and impactful learning experiences.  

Today's learners expect more than information—they expect meaningful, relevant experiences that help them grow and adapt. Yet too often, training programs are designed from the organization's perspective rather than the learner's, leading to disengagement and wasted potential. In a rapidly changing environment, we must rethink how we approach learning design—starting not with content, but with human needs.  

Recent advances in AI and machine learning have made immersive learning a powerful, adaptive and accessible tool that is relatively underutilized in many talent leaders’ toolkits.  

Join us for a dynamic panel discussion unveiling fresh insights from SalesFuel’s 2025 Voice of the Sales Rep survey. This comprehensive study captures the perspectives of 830 salespeople from U.S. companies with five or more sales professionals, shedding light on the motivations, challenges, and perceptions that shape today’s sales teams.  

Artificial intelligence (AI) holds immense promise for transforming workplace learning—enable personalized performance support, streamline content curation, analyze and predict learning patterns. But under the hood, these systems often reflect hidden biases, questionable data practices, and oversimplified algorithms that can unintentionally exclude, misinform, or misguide learners. As L&D professionals, we must go beyond technical fascination to ask: Who trained this model? On what data? And at whose expense?  

Organizations are shifting from traditional courses to in-the-moment, just-in-time support that embeds learning directly into daily workflows. This transformation not only improves knowledge transfer but also accelerates the application of skills where they matter most. Explore this change with guidance from Panopto, known for enabling organisations to connect people with the right knowledge at the right moment.  

Get ready to experience the future of eLearning with Adobe Captivate —now turbocharged with AI superpowers! In this exciting launch webinar, you’ll see how the all-new PowerPoint import and powerful Generative AI features—including AI-generated text, images, transcripts, and lifelike AI avatars—make creating engaging courses faster, smarter, and easier than ever.  

A.I. tools and prompts are revolutionizing sales teams, and it’s time to make sure your team is ready to thrive. In this webinar, you’ll learn practical strategies for integrating A.I. into your daily sales processes, from prospecting to personalized outreach and faster deal closures.  

As the year wraps up, L&D professionals are under pressure to show results, yet many programs weren’t designed with impact measurement in mind. Sound familiar?  

Quiet quitting isn’t caused by lazy employees—it’s the natural outcome of organizations that separate engagement from communication. Too many organizations treat employee engagement and communication as separate initiatives. The truth is, one without the other falls flat. Engagement without communication produces frustrated, unheard employees. Communication without engagement produces polished conversations with no energy behind them. When combined, they create the twin engines of performance that fuel trust, productivity, and innovation.  

Have you ever had a boss who undermines, micromanages, withholds information, or sets you up for failure? How about peers who leave you out, spread rumors, or steal credit? When workplace culture becomes toxic and there’s no accountability in sight, what can be done? Sabotage in workplace relationships is insidious, but not impossible to deal with. Whether it’s subtle or overt, learning to respond both strategically and professionally to workplace sabotage is key.  

What does the increasing use of AI mean for the EI of humans within effective organizations? Will AI replace EI? What is the relationship between EI and AI and what does this mean for employee development professionals? Join David Cory, founder of one of the first companies to offer leadership development based on EI - The Emotional Intelligence Training Company Inc. as he discusses the essential importance of understanding this critical relationship between EI and AI and the exact right mix of skills your organization needs to thrive. Since 1998, EITC has designed and delivered training and coaching to leaders in the most progressive organizations on the planet.