Audiences are changing and becoming more diverse by the day. As a result, the wants and needs of our audiences have evolved along with the expectations of us as presenters. Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Nolan Haims will address how design, communication, and software techniques can help speakers take into account and adjust for age, gender, ethnicity, physical abilities, language barriers, and even attention spans. Topics include: Selecting more mindful imagery and iconography Balancing text and visuals for older and younger audiences Accessibility considerations in PowerPoint Special considerations when presenting online Live transcription and translation with just a click!

Prior to the pandemic, Microlearning was popular and the trend During the pandemic and the subsequent endemic, Microlearning has further deepened its roots. Its heightened impact is a direct result of the growth of remote, hybrid, and nomadic work which has become a permanent way of work, and learning. In essence, these approaches have now converged.   

A strong network of partners often acts as a crucial differentiator for successful businesses. A motivated partner network drives co-innovation, provides impactful solutions, and creates new experiences for customers. However, the partner landscape is evolving, and partners now have more choices of providers than earlier. Keeping a partner engaged and educated with the right product knowledge often acts as a clincher to drive business at scale across geographies. Building an effective partner learning playbook is therefore an investment in the path of partner-led growth.  

Branching scenarios can be a great solution for giving people an opportunity to practice making relevant decisions. While they can be a valuable experience for learners, building branching scenarios can be time-consuming and challenging. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed in the process of planning and designing branching scenarios. What you need is a better process for creating branching scenarios.  

In this presentation, Josh will provide a roadmap for L&D professionals seeking to leverage AI effectively. You'll discover the six key disciplines that are essential for anyone who wants to utilize these powerful tools to their fullest potential:  

What do you do when you want to learn something new? More and more often, you look for a video tutorial on the Internet! Whether it's in our private lives or in the professional world, video training is booming. Everyone is producing their own tutorials and maintaining their own Youtube channel, sometimes for the better, but often for the worse!  

Learners learn best with stories. But do most designers and developers have difficulty creating them? Most often these narratives sound like … "Once upon a time" tales. These are long and laborious to develop. They are expensive and difficult to produce.  So, what is another option to consider? Super short stories! These are very brief and simple but relatable scenarios that quickly convert lesson content into highly engaging lessons. They are cheaper and faster to create.  

Imagine that your virtual training is so lively and compelling that people clamor to attend. Even for dry or dull topics, most learning professionals prefer to design and deliver engaging virtual learning experiences.  

Live virtual training has gone from a novelty to the instructional instrument of choice for many organizations. While audiences and trainers may feel Zoom-ed out, creative use of the latest generation of digital tools can supercharge your virtual training programs and deliver a better ROI than traditional, face-to-face learning experiences. Brella Co-founder/Senior Creative Event Strategist Mark Mallchok and Brella Technical Director Joshua Stroud walk you through how to: Bring an event-based mindset to your virtual training efforts Create virtual trainings with meaningful interactions and gamification to achieve durable, measurable results Integrate the power of vMix/OBS into Zoom and Teams meetings Use these digital production tools to give your next training a broadcast-quality polish By the end of the session, you’ll have a roadmap for transforming run-of-the-mill training into engaging, memorable learning experiences.

Q:  Arrrgggghhh!  Too many tools and not enough time to get to know them!  How can L&D Pros keep up on all the many tools and technologies being released every day???  

Are you re-creating the wheel every time you facilitate virtual classes? Wondering how to save time while still creating an engaging learning experience? Wish you had repeatable shortcuts to help efficiently set up and deliver your virtual programs?  

The Bottomline on ROI presents the rationale for developing and implementing a comprehensive measurement and evaluation process to demonstrate the impact and return on investment (ROI) of training and development programs and processes. This session will introduce the ROI Methodology®, the most applied and documented approach to showing the value of investments in training and development, HR, performance improvement, and other fields.

Despite catchy buzzwords such as "quiet quitting" and "bare minimum Monday," employees are as eager as ever to acquire new skills and grow their careers. Meanwhile, HR leaders are ramping up talent mobility initiatives to improve workforce planning, enable internal talent sourcing, and retain employees, even while facing economic downturns and fierce competition.  

Retaining existing talent is second only to recruiting new talent on the current list of biggest CEO concerns [Fortune/Deloitte, Fall 2022].  

What could go wrong? Everything or nothing, as this session vividly demonstrates through a creative combination of comedic act and presentation analysis.  

A font can make or break your presentation. Legibility and professionalism are critical. After we get geeky, I share the latest trends and I show you how to make amazing slides with simple typography tips and tricks. We make eight designs using simple and clever techniques. You can use what you learn immediately to make your job easier. Do not miss this insightful and valuable session.  

"I'd like to give you some feedback...."   These might be the seven most dreaded words one could imagine! However, effective feedback that is given to support and encourage improvement becomes fuel for growth.

If you aren’t tasked with creating accessible courses already, expect it! When 1 in 4 learners self-identifies as an adult with functional disabilities (according to the CDC), creating Section 508 and WCAG-compliant courses is in demand.  

When it comes to performance management, 95% of employees are dissatisfied with their company’s performance evaluation process, and 90% believe that it doesn’t provide accurate information. With the overwhelming majority being so dissatisfied, it’s easy to see why accountability is an issue in today’s workforce.  

More than 58% of employees prefer to learn at their own pace and ‘on-demand’, according to a McKinsey study. With people development shifting from formal classroom contexts to self-directed learning models, personalization has a major role to play in driving learning from a one-size fits all to a customized segment-of-one approach.

Most businesses understand the power of video. They want to use more video in their communications, but get stuck on how to operationalize it. While video is essential for engaging today’s stakeholders, scaling video creation across the organization is hard, time-consuming, and expensive. In this session, Vyond’s Head of Product Marketing, Enrique Olives, will discuss how intelligent video creation utilizing AI-driven features can improve audience engagement and drive business results.  

Have your DEI efforts lost momentum? Reignite them with Nova's 30-Day DEI Jumpstart: A four-week guide to kick off your organization's diversity, equity, and inclusion goals. The guide provides content, resources, and discussion questions wrapped around weekly themes to activate your teams for maximum impact.  

What’s the number one issue facing L&D professionals today? It’s "Scrap Learning," a term that describes the gap or wasteland between training delivered and not applied back on the job. Said differently, it’s the flip side of training transfer. You might be wondering how big the problem is. According to several research studies, estimates range between 45 and 85 percent. These percentages make it a critical business issue because it wastes both money and time, two precious organization resources. 

While Learning Experience Design is rightly praised as the successor to traditional instructional design, there is some consternation about just what it entails. Some think there’s nothing new, others view it as a panacea. In this session, we’ll take a particular view of it, and then elaborate on some important elements that frequently are missed yet are the essential missing pieces.