Learn about the power and awesomeness of vector graphics in PowerPoint. Use simple vector elements to make professional PowerPoint slides and graphics in minutes. Geek out with Mike as he breaks down pro tips and techniques to make your job easier, lower file size, and blow everyone away with incredible new skills.

For many in our profession, it is a struggle to create a measurement and reporting strategy. It doesn’t have to be this hard. In this session, Dave Vance, former CLO of Caterpillar, will share a simple yet comprehensive approach to get you started, employing concepts from his 2021 book Measurement Demystified: Creating Your L&D Measurement, Analytics, and Reporting Strategy, and from the companion 2022 book Measurement Demystified Field Guide. He will share a step-by-step process which employs an easy-to-use framework for classifying, selecting, and reporting the most appropriate measures to meet your needs.   

"But I’m not in sales." We’ve heard it before, and we’ve even said it before. But here’s the thing: You are. We all are, so we’ll address it head on to show you why the word "sales" isn’t what you think it is.  

What good does it do participants when the trainer shows he/she can do it? The real measure of impact is whether the lesson is caught and applied by the audience. Breakout rooms are a tool to help you facilitate peer learning and make your job as a trainer easier. Becky’s rule of thumb is never do for participants what they can do for themselves—even in a virtual classroom. The more active they are in their learning, the more they remember and ultimately apply.  

Chat GPT (Conversational Generative Pre-training Transformer) , is a language processing tool. It aids users to answer questions - write, code. explain various things, provides diverse information, etc.  It is today’s trendy buzzword that has been humming through the AI world, the world of techies and even among us - ordinary workers and learners.  But is it a fad, a trend  or just another novel idea that will soon fade away?  It certainly is here to stay, With further exploration, research, testing and application in real-world scenarios like responses to complex questions, accuracy, reliability, validity, training, etc. Chat GPT is progressively taking the world by storm and making its mark, bringing forth L &D benefits never seen before.  

Decades of psychological research demonstrates that your members, clients, patients, and customers will remain loyal to your business when you deliver 3 outcomes:

Creative avatars is a great way to represent typical employees or customers that you’re talking about in your training but it has always been hard to find a variety of avatars drawn in the same style and give those avatars the expressions you want to portray. For example, a common situation is to show a before and after situation. A customer might be frustrated before they buy your product and then, hopefully, be happy and you want to show an avatar expressing both those emotions. PowerPoints cartoon characters give you all the tools you need to accomplish this.  

When you think of animation, do you think of flying bullets and spiraling titles? Many people do, unfortunately, and so animation suffers a bad reputation. In fact, one of your best opportunities to shine as a presenter and storyteller is through smart, effective, and appropriate use of motion. In this hour, we’ll explore exactly what that means, using the Animation engine and the always-amazing Morph transition.  

How can you collect deep insights from training participants (and others) to support your surveys or other training evaluation data? Try focus groups! Focus groups offer the opportunity to go deeper and add detail and variety to a dataset - much more than would be obtainable with surveys alone. A focus group is essentially a group interview or small group discussion during which a moderator asks questions in an interactive group setting where participants are encouraged to talk with each other as well as with the moderator. They offer a great way to gather in-depth information about participants’ thoughts, feelings, experiences or opinions on a specific topic.  

In addition to facing the global pandemic, spiking inflation, and near-recession, today’s leaders must deal with trends such as the "Great Resignation," "Quiet Quitting," and "Bare Minimum Mondays." Likewise, they must figure out how to handle the dramatic changes that likely will result from emerging technologies such artificial intelligence-based tools. All this while piloting their employees and organizations toward optimum performance.   

Bring fresh energy and creativity to your virtual and classroom training by putting learners to work on their personal devices. Discover free apps and tools that can add variety and enhance your sessions. It’s time to stop fighting the curse of the mobile phone in class and gently guide learners into your content with the very devices that might otherwise distract!  

In Training Magazine Network’s second "Learning from the Leading Edge" panel discussion we will unpack the opportunities VR can bring to learning with a case study from Daikin Applied Americas, a division of the global leader in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC). Laura Masica, VP of People Experiences, and Brian Dewhirst, Sr. 

Businesses need to have a successful post-purchase experience that drives product-led growth, creates new value streams, and in turn reduces churn. However, to achieve true customer growth, a differentiated customer experience mapped to the post-purchase journey is essential. Learning plays a critical role in augmenting this experience. A self-service model for learning that helps the customer acquire product knowledge to unlock more value helps foster retention, increase loyalty and transform customers into advocates.

ChatGPT (Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer) - is sweeping high interests from the L&D world. Some are asking…   "We have a lot of really boring lessons in our LMS. How do we add ChatGPT to create new opportunities for learning?"  

Microlearning is designed to meet a specific learning outcome, but how can you know that your design will be effective? One aspect to consider is the cognitive load required to process the information and activities you design. That’s because information overload is a significant hindrance to effective learning and retention. Fortunately, we can do something about it. Over the decades, cognitive load theory has been researched and refined. This interactive session demonstrates ways that learning designers can reduce high cognitive load during individualized and collaborative learning.  

Join us for a conversation with Megan Torrance, author of the just-released book Data & Analytics for Instructional Designers. This book addresses the specific needs of L&D professionals who are interested in doing more with data, but don’t know where to get started. Megan will share a process for analysis - beginning with business needs & hypotheses, what it means to design for data, and the steps you’ll take to extract, clean and analyze it. Along the way, case studies and examples from the book will be shared so you can see how it’s done!  

This webinar will teach a fundamental methodology of applying coaching design principles to your training initiatives for maximum results. The results include supporting the training initiative as well as its application post training period this methodology is very easy to use and provides training departments with an approach that elevates the brand of your training.   

Branching scenarios can engage learners and provide relevant decision-making practice. While branching scenarios can be very valuable, nothing is the right solution for every training problem. Branching scenarios can be challenging to design and time-consuming to build. That might leave you wondering: When is it worth the time and effort to create a branching scenario? When do the benefits of branching scenarios outweigh the costs to create them? Are there any easier alternatives that could work, or might even work better in some situations?

Whether or not you consider yourself a techie, this is a must-attend session for you. In Part 1, we discussed how ChatGPT Impacts Microlearning, Just-in-Time and Just-Enough Learning, Workflow Learning, and Story-Learning Design

Every year, The Bob Pike Group survey’s a large sample of trainers across the United States from every sector and size company. Join live as Becky unpacks the most current, relevant trends in L&D—and most importantly, what that data means for you. This session is your chance to be in the know, in on the discussion, and equipped to make data driven decisions that impact the way to approach your work.  

Everyone knows that text-heavy slides are terrible presentation and learning experiences, and yet everyone still uses them. Why? A major contributor is that dreaded question - ‘can you send me your slides?’ And so you have to include all the text. What if there was another way? What if there were five other ways?  

Discover how to train your teams to triple the number of appointments they book and improve appointment quality at the same time!

Are you struggling to get the support you need from stakeholders and managers for your programs to be successful? If so, you are not alone. This webinar will address the core challenges faced worldwide by learning and development professionals in getting a seat at the table, and securing the resources they need throughout the training and development process.  

Drawing on decades of psychological research and data from 96,000,000 responses across 550 organizations, we identified 5 key practices for trainers, speakers, evaluators and survey practitioners: Timing - ask key questions BEFORE your event