Learning from The Leading Edge webinar as we explore Learning Trends for 2025. This expert panel will share their insights on the transformative learning technologies poised to shape the future

Today’s workforce needs increased retooling of skills that will only accelerate in the coming years. AI tools now take repetitive tasks and create deliverables in a fraction of the time it once took. Together we’ll demonstrate how to use AI to develop a course. We’ll start by training the LLM on the audience description and overall goals of the training. Next, we’ll establish the learning objectives and chunk them into topics. From there we’ll generate associated test questions to reinforce learning and measure retention. We will generate a video script and translate it into German.  

Unlock the potential of your eLearning projects by transforming basic tools into brilliant solutions. This session will guide you through a curated selection of free and low-cost tools that can elevate your content from ordinary to extraordinary. Learn how to creatively use these tools to enhance media, interaction, and engagement within your eLearning modules.  

Are you ready to dip your toes into AI for training, but feeling a bit intimidated? This session is an introduction for trainers, a friendly starting point. Whether you tap into AI to design innovative training programs, automate tasks, or personalize the learning experience, it all begins with leveraging prompts. We'll be joined by William Rintz from UMU for an overview of effective prompt-writing strategies and tools that can improve how you interact with AI.  

Join Jeffrey Hayzlett as he reveals the secrets to building a podcast media empire for your business. In this webinar, you'll learn how to create, grow, and monetize a podcast that boosts your brand, expands your reach, and positions you as an industry leader. Don't miss out on this opportunity to elevate your business through the power of podcasting!

As we move into 2025, the eLearning landscape continues to evolve at a rapid pace, driven by emerging technologies, changing learner expectations, and new workplace realities. In this webinar, we will explore the cutting-edge trends shaping the future of eLearning and how you can adapt to stay ahead of the curve.  

Leadership can be the make-or-break factor in team performance and business success. But what sets extraordinary leaders apart? In this webinar, we'll explore how neuroscience and flow-states can revolutionize the way you create and lead high-performing teams.  

This session introduces a new approach to evaluating the technologies you use to create, administer, and deliver your training.  The approach is both proven and practical. Register now and leave with rules, tips, and techniques for getting numbers your clients care about and telling the story of the value you bring.  See examples of how training technologies shortened the time to bringing people to competence and reduced the cost of compliance.    

Struggling with why, when, and how to use all those workshop activities you've collected? Me too! That’s why I’ve created the RELATE framework: a practical approach to selecting and implementing purposeful engagement and learning activities that actually serve your participants' needs. I’ll share how to match activity purposes with participant actions, adapt them for different contexts, and consider elements like timing, transitions, and debriefing. Whether you're designing workshops for 5 or 500, online or on-site, you'll leave with ways to create more engaging, impactful learning experiences.  

Generations? You’re not alone! According to Deloitte, 2024 was the first year that 75% of the workforce consisted of Millennials and Gen Z. These younger generations often face just as much difficulty understanding and aligning with older generations as the reverse, creating a two-way disconnect that can impact workplace harmony and productivity.  

In 2024, we saw an unprecedented amount of change and uncertainty, making the already difficult task of teaming even more difficult. Our research shows that diverse thinking styles and collaboration are key to driving team success in times of change. Teams that embrace cognitive diversity not only solve problems more effectively but also foster greater innovation and resilience as they learn to adapt to hybrid work environments and maintain engagement. Looking ahead to 2025, teams can make positive changes by leveraging cognitive tools and solutions to create more inclusive, adaptive, and high-performing teams that thrive in a fast-evolving business landscape.  

With the need to "break through the clutter", how can your learning videos leave your audience remembering your message? Try looking to advertising, a field that does this well. If commercials can get people to purchase items they don't need, how can you use these marketing secrets to influence learners?  

Content marketers are tasked with creating so much that finding the right tools can be challenging. You’d be amazed at how much you could get out of PowerPoint across the marketing and sales continuum, from explainer videos, graphics, infographics, and interactive reports, through to things like presentations, webinars, product updates, video summaries, microlearning/eLearning for the sales team, and even microsites (converted to HTML5) for clients. You can create dynamic, visual content using PowerPoint, and then easily repurpose it to share across all these different channels.  

Learn how to increase your organization’s training effectiveness by 90% in this fun & practical session! Best-selling author (5+ million books sold), the leading authority on employee recognition and engagement will explain how to apply positive reinforcement, dubbed "The Greatest Management Principle in the World," to your training function and classes. Help make your training more exciting and the application of what is learned back on the job more engaging. Leave this session with practical techniques and strategies that will increase learning effectiveness and FUN for all trainees.  

The newest research shows three groups in every organization need the attention of those responsible for training and development. We asked more than 1,000 executives, managers, and L&D employees throughout the last six months where the most urgent needs for training exist.  

As AI transforms learning design workflows, the role of instructional designers is evolving. This session explores how AI-driven personalization revolutionizes workplace learning, shifting from adaptive models to deeply personalized, real-time support embedded in workflows. Discover how AI harnesses physiological and behavioral data to tailor content to learners’ attention, fatigue, stress, and performance, enabling seamless integration with their daily tasks. v

Nowadays too many entry-level candidates lack the necessary soft skills to collaborate with co-workers and communicate effectively with clients. Soft skills are also essential people aspiring to leadership positions. However, training and assessment of soft skills is difficult, particularly in an e-learning context. In this webinar, you will learn how to harness generative AI to train and assess soft skills. Trainees can practice skills in role-plays with AI avatars playing roles as clients, co-workers, etc. They get immediate constructive feedback, so they can learn and improve. You can try out these training techniques yourself using common generative AI tools such as ChatGPT.  

Understand how coaching can be leveraged to reinforce training and ensure knowledge retention and practical application occurs. Learn how to protect your training with a framework that makes building reinforcement materials easy!  

Imposter Syndrome is stealing your talent and opportunities! When you have imposter syndrome, you feel inadequate, like a fraud, undeserving of your position or success - despite evidence that you are fully qualified and deserving.  

Will you start the new year playing catchup or launching new initiatives using the latest developments in educational AI? As we approach 2025, the landscape of learning and development is being dramatically reshaped by artificial intelligence. Those who harness its power will lead our profession while those who lag behind risk becoming obsolete. Join our action-oriented webinar, "5 Things You Should Do in 2025 to Leverage AI for Learning," to ensure you're at the forefront of this revolutionary charge.  

Join Jack J. Phillips, Ph.D., chairman of ROI Institute and renowned authority on measurement and evaluation, for an exclusive webinar on the fundamentals of ROI evaluation. Measuring the impact and ROI for major programs may be the only way to secure your budget. This session is designed to introduce professionals across industries to the tools and knowledge needed to measure the success of their programs at the impact and ROI levels. From research, we know that senior leadership in an organization prefers impact and ROI evaluation for learning and development.  

Have you attended a few humdrum sales meetings or webinars that were so monotonous or uninteresting you found your attention wandering to that unfinished project on your desk? If you’re asked to present virtually or lead an online sales meeting, wouldn’t you rather have people clamoring to attend instead?  

With 2025 just around the corner, new year’s goals are top of mind for organizations, leaders, and everyone else. What strategic goals are you planning on making to achieve better performance?  

In today's digital age, every business, regardless of industry, must consider itself a media company. This presentation will explore the critical reasons behind this shift and how it can drive substantial business growth. By producing and distributing content, businesses can control their brand narrative, increase customer engagement, and significantly boost brand awareness. Content creation is not just about marketing—it's about positioning your company as a thought leader in your industry, establishing trust, and influencing market trends.