DESPITE PANDEMIC CHALLENGES, L&D PROFESSIONALS ARE MANAGING TO CREATE A NEW TRAJECTORY BASED UPON HELPING PEOPLE INSTITUTE POSITIVE HABITS AND LEAN INTO SOCIAL CONNECTION. Two decades of research by Training 2022 keynote speaker Shawn Achor, and others, show that the greatest competitive advantage in the modern economy is a positive and engaged brain—especially during crisis and suffering. The more positive the brain becomes during challenges, the more capable it is to proactively adapt to changing circumstances and recover from stress, anxiety, and trauma.

"Hybrid" is the word that describes the unpredictable environments required to present your sales demonstrations. As you navigate the changes occurring in workplaces, you may have felt unprepared for handling a physical audience along with a virtual audience. Have you ever discovered that a key buyer was at the conference table at the conclusion of your sales presentation? Have you been caught flat-footed when asked to present virtually to an on-premises team? Have you found it difficult to engage both the face-to-face and virtual audiences at the same time?

One-way facilitation, where virtual trainers ask one question and move on to the next subject, is like the - Hi!, Hello, and Good-bye!" - conversation. The virtual trainer signals to the learner that the learning is bound to be shallow, most likely lacking depth, expectedly boring, and possibly a total waste of time.  For virtual learners to be engaged, we need to facilitate penetrating and in-depth conversations. We want learners to be glued to your session - all ears, excited, and anticipating the end of the session so they can quickly apply ideas.

Workforce Management estimates that companies spend a combined $8 billion on diversity and inclusion training annually. At the same time, Human Resource Management Journal reports that diversity and inclusion consultants earn a combined $400 million to $600 million annually in consulting fees alone. Diversity and inclusion consultants make an average base pay of $70,657 a year and up to $107,000, according to Glassdoor. But are these investments paying off? Some experts argue that, despite decades of handwringing, costly initiatives, and uncomfortable conversations, organizations have, apart from a few exceptions, fallen far short of their goals.  

Before the pandemic, companies spent large amounts of effort on creating a vibrant, productive, and fun company culture. It was used as a barometer for hiring people that were a "culture-fit", as a tool for recruiters to lure talent with the glam of in-office amenities, for keeping employee satisfaction high, and to foster better communication and collaboration between teammates. With teams now being scattered across the globe, and many teams permanently implementing a remote workplace, it’s a challenge for HR and L&D teams to find new ways of fostering culture virtually.

Turn ugly, unprofessional slides into professional designs quickly. Transform those boring, "been-there-done-that" presentations into something you are proud of using these simple, yet effective solutions. Make your job easier. Be the hero. Attend this session to see how to do it.

Spend a week with high-performing sales professionals and you’ll find a common theme. They plan and intentionally invest in the right prospects, clients, and sales activities. They’re both strategic and tactical, and they over-achieve in their sales results.

Go beyond points, badges, and leaderboards - you’ve heard that for years - and NOW it is time to DO IT! Why not use all the mechanisms and strategies that make games exciting and addictive to sustainably drive employee engagement, learning, and performance?

There comes a point in learning experiences when merely presenting content no longer works. It is like a nail that is blunted at the endpoint. No matter how much you hammer, it does not penetrate the surface. In effect, learning results in diminishing returns.

Adding interactivity to your eLearning courses can make them interesting and engaging for learners. It gives them a chance to access the information if and when they need it. It also helps them practice and test the skills they’ve learned in the course.

One of the most difficult challenges for virtual trainers and presenters is knowing when to stop lecturing.  When should they allow learners and participants to reflect and find reflection moments of the ideas? Lecturing means bombardment of too much content. Consequently, participants are zoning out, shopping at Amazon, tending to their pets, organizing their vacation, or doing other tasks. They keep missing the opportunities to learn and apply ideas. 

Did you know that several organizations keep proving that immersive learning gets better results than traditional training strategies? From higher retention to improved muscle memory, there are dozens of reasons to embrace virtual reality—and getting started is much easier than you think!

We will open Photoshop to learn some of the skills eLearning creators need to know. This workshop will explore selecting content, fixing flaws in images, accessing filters, and talk about the new issue with true 3D within a Photoshop document. You will also be shown how to optimize images to be delivered over the web and displayed on mobile devices. 

In an environment of nonstop meetings, there are few tools as indispensable as the icebreaker. If you’ve tried to run meetings with Zoom, Google Meet, or other video conferencing software, you’ve probably noticed screens can impose a distance that is challenging to overcome. When participants don’t feel engaged, meetings are less productive. But when you deploy the right icebreaker at the start of your virtual meeting, you help participants get mentally in the room, connect with one another, focus on a common goal, and  get energized to contribute.  

Recent changes in today’s business landscape led to distinct challenges by different Industries. Industries such as Healthcare, Automotive, Retail, Banking & Financial Services, Public Sector, Manufacturing - are all required to adjust to the ever-changing needs of today’s businesses. The L&D community are key pillars in identifying methods to support these business challenges.

A new generation of real-time, spatial, 3D, immersive, and embodied computing can now be deployed on high-quality VR headsets that cost less than an airline flight. If it hadn’t already, the workplace is moving to the workspace. The metaverse is upon us and it has a profound impact on the learning industry. 

Augmented reality is a fantastic technology, and getting started is easier than ever before. You may have experienced AR and used a few tools to try and build something for it. However, like many new technologies building something and building something useful can be very different and challenging. You might find yourself a bit unsure about what goes into a successful AR learning experience.  

If you can just inspire and enable the middle 60% of your sales team to increase their sales just 10 - 20%, they can have the greatest impact on boosting your company’s sales and profits. The key is to understand each sales rep’s current level of engagement, then to empower them with the resources and support they need to amp their performance and succeed. 

Engagement is everything.  Engaged employees realize 18% higher productivity and 60% higher quality than disengaged employees. However, only 36% of U.S. workers - and 20% of global workers - are engaged.  Using engaging techniques during training will create an anchor to the material being learned, so when participants go back to the job, they’ll be more passionate and use the information they’ve acquired.  

During this webinar, five specific strategies will be taught to help sales organizations launch sales coaching practices for success in 2022. Sales coaching is not a new industry or endeavor, rather due to recent times the practice of sales coaching has dramatically changed and provided unique opportunities.

Ready to rock and roll with Adobe Captivate? Participate in a 90-minute hands-on workshop by Kirsten Rourke and learn to create an exciting eLearning course that hits all the right notes! The best part? Create your own short project and earn a certificate of participation.   

Performance management systems have evolved from documenting poor team member behavior to a proactive business driver. The way organizations conduct performance management discussions has dramatically improved. Some organizations proclaim they have eliminated the classic performance appraisal system. However, they have just changed how they communicate performance expectations—and at what frequency. Job performance measures such as attitude, capability, and behavior have become key performance indicators (KPIs). Performance management is a very critical issue for remote employees.  

We are all hopeful that things will soon return to normal. However, we all are acutely aware that "normal" may not be what we used to know.) especially when training our workers and employees. New, returning and employees staying put, are looking forward to being "happier" or are more aware of their well-being. Regardless of whether human resources and top leaders seek to change policies to support new employee needs, we in L&D are keenly cognizant of our role in learning and development that should be able to support the "happy learner."

Just about every business professional is on LinkedIn, but few truly understand the power of the platform and how to make it work for them. Ted Prodromou will show you how.