This presentation will provide an overview of Talent Development Reporting Principles (TDRP). It is ground breaking work that is targeted at having more meaningful dialogue with finance executives and is modeled after Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Like financial statements there are similar reports for talent development investments. The session will go through the background, data sets and the outcome, efficiency and effectiveness statements that are revolutionizing how human capital professionals provide executive level reporting and link learning to business results.

Teamwork is an essential component of organizational productivity. Today's leaders require a wide variety of skills for high performance teamwork, and it is up to learning professionals to use the most-up-to-date methods available to develop these skills.

An increasing number of organizations are turning to technology for on-demand learning to supplement their live learning programs. Geographic dispersion and cost management pressures drive this trend, along with a recognition that just-in-time learning mechanisms can provide more timely, more motivated learning precisely when it's needed, increasing motivation and knowledge retention. But it can be tricky to build cost-effectively on-demand content cost-effectively that truly engages. Why? On-demand training modules frequently lack "charisma" due to software or cost constraints.

Most learning approaches are top to bottom, mandated and driven by leaders, trainers and learning specialists. This is an old production and content oriented model where the training departments must produce content for learners to consume. In today's economy, this is costly, slow and often times late.

Today, organizations are dealing with a unique set of challenges while also having even greater opportunities for innovation. At the same time, we now have at our disposal an "alphabet soup" of learning and business methodologies - ADDIE, HPT, BP, Six Sigma, LEAN, AGILE - and an expanding toolkit of formal, informal, social, virtual and mobile technologies and approaches. So, what does this mean for how we design, develop and implement efficient and effective learning solutions?

Surveys and questionnaires are common instrument used to collect data of all types. Whether evaluating a training program or assessing organizational climate, self-administered surveys are a tool with which we must contend. This webcast presents the four basic, but critical, challenges that can make or break a successful survey project.

What does blended learning mean in today’s learning landscape, and how is it being used? What guidance or tools are available to help you select the right delivery methods and the most appropriate instructional strategies?

You know that games can be beneficial in helping learners retain what they learn. Of course, games can also distract from the content, so you must plan carefully what kind of games to include in your learning.

Program managers of coaching initiatives report an 18% increase in the number of coaching programs evaluated to ROI over the past five years - and the numbers are growing. No longer is it acceptable to spend vast amounts of money of coaching programs and initiatives. Executives at all levels want to see results - including the financial ROI.

Juggling multiple learning projects with multiple players while trying to do your REAL job makes you FRANXIOUS (frustrated and anxious).

Chunking, miniaturizing and boiling down content to fit into short and quick lessons for eLearning and mobile learning are difficult tasks: How does one know what content keep and throwaway? Furthermore, traditional content design assumes that learners must learn all the content. The challenge is that it leads to bloated, long, boring and costly eLearning and impossible to deliver in mobile learning.

What’s the ROI? This is a familiar question people ask about almost any activity these days, including conferences. Individuals selecting a conference and managers funding attendance, often ask, "What’s the ROI for this conference?" Although the financial calculation is not necessarily what is desired, the concept of value received compared to cost is the issue.

What is peak performance? Identify peak performance in yourself and the trainers who work for you. Develop your training skills improvement plan based on 100 Training Clinic instructor behaviors and activities in ten competency areas. Become a peak performer in the classroom or on-the-job.

Making the decision to exhibit at a conference is difficult these days. The cost of exhibiting continues to increase. Exhibit budgets are often difficult to justify. Top executives and financial executives are demanding more accountability. In some cases executives are suggesting that if you can’t show the value of exhibiting, you shouldn’t participate. While this is extreme, unfortunately, this trend is spreading. Conferences and exhibitions have come under close scrutiny about the value added.

Unnecessary interruptions are consuming 28 percent of a knowledge workers’ day. Knowledge workers indicate in survey results that 40% of their time is spent on irrelevant activities. In today’s world of unlimited information, technology and opportunities, why is it that people are finding themselves more "buried alive" than ever before?

PowerPoint's gotten a bad rap. Sure we've all had to sit through hours of boring presentations. But is that PowerPoint's fault? With the right skills, PowerPoint's one of the best multimedia applications out. Join Tom Kuhlmann as he shares ways to get more our out of PowerPoint.

Based on empirical research, Dr. Robert Epstein, one of the world's leading experts on creativity and innovation, will summarize 10 practical techniques for spurring creativity and innovation in an organization on an ongoing basis, such as using a "shifting" technique for teams and making sure that all assignments and goals are stated in an "open-ended" fashion.

Most of today's problems are due to a failure to communicate. Today's leaders require a wide variety of skills to communicate effectively, and it is up to learning professionals to use the most-up-to-date methods available to develop these skills. This webinar will explore a variety of high-impact activities, jolts, and interactive learning strategies that have been specifically chosen to teach and apply some of the most critical communication competencies and concepts that we all need.

What’s the ROI? This is a familiar question people ask about almost any activity these days, including conferences. Individuals selecting a conference and managers funding attendance, often ask, "What’s the ROI for this conference?" Although the financial calculation is not necessarily what is desired, the concept of value received compared to cost is the issue.

What are the leading benefits & barriers to implementing social learning? Jeanne Meister, Partner of Future Workplace and best selling author of The 2020 Workplace: How Innovative Companies Attract, Develop & Keep Tomorrow's Employees Today co-author is joined with Glenn Scott (Global Leader - Technology-Enabled Learning) of P&G to discuss benefits and barriers to social learning.

With the expansion of the global workforce, and the continuous shifting of global economic factors, the time blended learning has arrived. A solid blended learning design makes sense instructionally and economically. But how do we make sure we do it right? What are the hidden challenges that can create a roadblock to success before we even roll out the program?

Do you feel at times you have to cram too much content into short lessons? Your boss wants the training and learning to be instant, short, fast and cheaper and your learners have no time. So the tendency of the designers is to compact and squeeze big content lessons. The problem is that learners can't learn instantly compacted lessons. However, instant learning happens by using experiences and stories and embedding the content.

Are you under pressure to cram too much content into your elearning? In this webinar, you'll learn a quick way to replace dry information with creative, high-energy activities.

When hiring a new employee or promoting someone from within, most organizations look for experience appropriate to the position and responsibilities. Although skills are an important part of the requirements, experience often trumps skills because it is essential that the candidate be able to utilize those skills in context applying both experience and critical thinking to the situation.