Workplace training can be dry and boring, leaving participants disengaged. If participants can’t immediately see the connection between their training and their jobs, they won’t be motivated to complete training or to apply new skills to their jobs. Elearning can also be shallow and too focused on remembering content, without opportunities to practice new skills. Elearning often emphasizes behavioral engagement (clicking), at the expense of affective engagement (emotions and values) or cognitive engagement (effort and deep learning strategies).  

Dr. Carmen Simon and Mike Parkinson share the latest techniques in cognitive science and design to engage and captivate your audience. Learn how to craft presentations and learning materials that not only inform but also leave a lasting impact. Discover science-based and practical techniques to improve understanding, recollection, and adoption.  

Custom simulations are the gold standard for talent development—immersive, relevant, and impactful. But the process of building them doesn't align with real-world demands.  

It can cost 150-200% of a sales rep’s annual salary to replace them, and with average sales turnover at 35%, many organizations are paying the price. The number one way to combat this is through effective sales leadership. Given the right training, sales leaders not only improve but they can also become the "secret sauce" that turns a good sales function into a great one—increasing revenue, engagement, and retention of your best reps!  

The last five years have inspired big changes to how organizations communicate and interact with their employees remotely, and that continues to have an impact on how training is delivered. While virtual instructor-led training (VILT) is a staple for 73% of organizations, poor learner engagement continues to be a huge challenge, with only 27% considering VILT highly effective.  

Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the way Learning & Development teams work, but many organizations struggle to fully benefit from AI due to a lack of readiness, strategy, and team adoption. A recent Boston Consulting Group study found that organizations often fail to maximize AI’s potential—not because of the technology itself, but because their people don’t know how to use it effectively.  

Join us for an insightful webinar, "Pioneering the Future: Integrating AI to Revolutionize Competency Models," where industry experts from SkillDirector will unravel the transformative potential of artificial intelligence in competency model development. This session will explore how AI can streamline the identification of competencies for every role, specific skills related to each competency, and produce behavioral examples of each of the skills, ensuring your organization stays ahead in an ever-evolving landscape.  

What Will It Take to Keep Learners Engaged? What’s driving shifts in virtual training today? Where is the future of L&D headed? How are new generations impacting the status quo for many organizations’ workforces? This brand new report, created in partnership with Class and Microsoft, compiles learnings from 650+ L&D and training professionals and provides insights to transform your learning strategy, including: Workforce training trends & challenges: Virtual instructor-led training (VILT) is a staple for 73% of organizations, but poor engagement (72%) and accurate measurement (47%) remain top challenges. Innovations reshaping training delivery: Training and L&D teams are prioritizing smarter tools, with 41% seeking engagement analytics and 39% wanting deeper learning management system (LMS) integrations—reshaping how virtual training is delivered. New strategies to support Gen Z: Some 62% of individuals surveyed are prioritizing flexible delivery models and 45% are offering coaching for digital natives and Gen Z learners. Download the full report for data and insights to help shape your training strategy into the future.    In partnership with  

When you’re looking for a new L&D content provider, you want to be sure that they have everything you need for your workforce.  Whether you’re looking for a supplemental provider or a library to fill every need from compliance to leadership development, you need to know the right questions to ask.  Check out this infographic by BizLibrary created to help you screen potential training content providers! 

AI can create stunning visuals faster than ever, promising cost savings and accessibility. But beneath the allure of speed and scale lies a critical question: Can AI-crafted presentations truly captivate and persuade your audience? Or do they fall short, risking a message that feels hollow, forgettable, or even harmful to your brand?  

In the wake of a global pandemic, the world of education went virtual. As businesses reopened and hybrid or on-site work cultures made an exciting return from mid-2021, some virtual training opportunities continued their meteoric rise. L&D leaders witnessed greater effectiveness with virtual onboarding, compliance, procedural training, and other skilling programs. The training was better received by learners and training outcomes were far superior. Virtual procedural training is today embraced by diverse industries—manufacturing, healthcare, high-tech, and beyond. Professionals who have spent decades in interventional medical device education believe virtual procedure training is here to stay. Thriving in the new digital setting, it offers increasingly immersive learning environments to a globally dispersed and diverse cohort of students. Similarly, in the manufacturing industry employees report increased safety awareness, and develop conditioned responses, problem-solving skills, and muscle memory—most often even before they are on the job! The paradigm shift to facilitating and receiving virtual procedural training today is undeniable and has opened new doors in training methodologies and learning environments. Learning professionals new to virtual training may be wondering: What makes immersive learning environments like virtual reality and game-based learning top the charts for learning effectiveness? How have companies capitalized on this trend? What are the use cases and success stories of companies that are riding the wave? This ebook will go on to address such burning questions. Comprehensively explore ways to implement games and virtual reality to make training immersive and engaging, and deliver better learning experiences for your learners. 

Learning leaders struggle to keep up with constant change of pace of the business. It’s been recently reported that employees’ major complaint with organizational learning is that it’s no longer relevant. What do leaders need to do differently to ensure learning opportunities are relevant for employees and the business? They must have a clear and agile learning strategy that aligns with the core metrics of their business.  

AI isn’t the future of L&D—it’s happening now. The question is, are you just dabbling with AI prompts, or are you ready to build an entire AI-powered learning ecosystem?  

Navigating the ethical implications of generative AI in training and development, this session offers essential strategies for creating bias-aware content across all learning experiences. As generative AI becomes integral in designing diverse instructional materials, its inherent biases pose significant challenges.  

What was 2024 like for AI, and what are the critical trends that will define 2025? In its recent Predictions, Forrester highlighted that 2025 will be a year when organizations may need to reset their AI ambitions from quick ROI to outcomes achieved over a period of time. Living and evolving with AI will mean growing the entire organizational talent-base to embrace AI.  

Are your Learning and Development initiatives struggling to achieve measurable impact? The secret often lies in the first—and most overlooked—step: crafting a clear and effective Problem Statement. Join Scott Provence, VP of Integrated Services at ELB Learning, for an engaging workshop that transforms how you approach challenges and sets your projects up for success.  

The future of extended reality (XR) just arrived. Join us for a demo-packed session to learn how enterprise and military leaders onboard, upskill and reskill their workforce with virtual practice spaces that mirror their real-life workplaces:

What factors determine learning transfer success? How can L&D leaders, facilitators, and consultants systematically increase the transfer of learning events? And which tools and interventions promote transfer effectiveness? In this session, we'll explore some answers to these questions—answers that are scientifically sound and practically tested.  

Dive into the basics of branching in eLearning with this introductory session designed for beginners. You'll learn how to create simple yet effective branching scenarios that enhance learner engagement and personalization.  

Discover innovative tips, tricks, and hacks to boost productivity, expand creativity, and enhance your projects as I showcase the powerful features of Adobe’s creative applications.  

For the last few years, I have spent endless hours writing and editing a book, Design for All Learners, on accessibility and inclusion in learning and development. This has been an incredibly rewarding process that came with a huge responsibility: ensuring that the book itself was accessible and inclusive. When I started, I thought I had a solid plan for how I would approach the book, from organizing to working through the publishing process. I was fortunate to work with a team of people dedicated to developing and publishing this book—contributors, editors, marketing staff, graphic designers, and more. The publisher assured me that their team was on-board with making sure what we produced was as accessible and inclusive as possible, and they meant it. There were also external players to consider such as book distribution channels like Amazon and Barnes & Noble. We were all diligent in our efforts throughout the process. For example, I collaborated with the book cover designer to ensure that we did not use all caps in the title and that we used good color contrast, font choice, and inclusive imagery. I provided feedback to ensure visuals used throughout the book were accessible and inclusive. I made sure the editors had the appropriate alternative (alt) text and image descriptions. This included establishing a plan for how to use image captions and describe images in the text in conjunction with the alt text used in the e-book. Charts were updated to avoid using color as the only differentiator; an illustration of a wheelchair was modified to be more realistic; colorblindness simulations were triple-checked. We documented everything to pass on to the next person in the process, and each time I took care to explain what we were trying to do and why. Although everyone on the team happily supported these changes, we still ran into challenges along the way. There were breakdowns on some efforts due to existing processes, and we often needed to take extra time to make sure everyone understood what solutions were possible and what we might not accomplish due to current constraints. Yet, even when it was difficult, we were determined to ensure that this book was a true representation of our commitment to accessibility and inclusion. This meant working together to problem solve and create an amazing book that is its own example of Design for All. As illustrated by my book writing and editing experience, ensuring accessibility is difficult when it’s not operationalized throughout the organization, end-to-end. It’s not realistic for one person, or even an entire project team, to chase down and address every accessibility issue. And, fixing a problem after the fact is much more difficult and expensive than improving things from the beginning. An organization that is mature in its accessibility and inclusion efforts recognizes that everyone plays a role through their own work. This means planning ahead and providing support to be successful.

If you’ve reached the formal maturity model with your sales enablement program but are ready to take your practice to the next level, this webinar is for you.  

The companies that succeed with AI aren’t the ones that see it as just another tool in the toolbox. They’re the ones who integrate AI into their teams, their culture, and their strategy. It’s a mindset shift—one that requires us to stop thinking of AI as something separate and start thinking of it as part of the team. Drawing on the expertise of Josh Penzell, VP of AI Innovation and Solutions at ELB Learning, explore specific strategies to get more bang for your buck with your AI strategy and solution. Discover how you can enhance productivity through AI with use cases in Sales, Customer Service, and Leadership. From building interactive exercises to creating adaptive AI roles, this ebook is for everyone looking to implement an AI-augmented workplace, and using AI in the decision-making process. There’s more—Get immediate access to pre-built GPTs like Adaptive Tutor GPT, Content Reviewer GPT, and Workshop Buddy GPT that are designed to make your job easier and more efficient, starting today! Are you ready to make AI a part of your team?

In this 90-minute demo, we’ll interactively create a short training course in PowerPoint, using ChatGPT and Copilot. Based on a topic suggested by participants, we’ll use AI to come up with: A title (then we’ll choose from among the suggestions) An outline of lessons, which we’ll modify until we have what we