When people’s heads are down, "performing, performing, performing," where can learning fit in? If there is no room for learning and development (L&D), then performance will soon suffer. An organization’s success is dependent on their employees’ skills development and continuous learning opportunities.

What if you designed virtual training sessions that were so engaging and effective people clamored to attend? With the pivot to remote work, web and video conferencing have become essential tools in the learning professional’s tool kit. Are you ready to move beyond stale slide presentations and boring chat discussions to develop truly engaging learning experiences? Learn how to leverage your participants’ need for practical, relevant content that is immediately applicable to their jobs. Recognize how to increase effective collaboration in virtual training sessions. Design challenging case examples that people want to solve with their peers.  

Video conferencing continues to fuel remote training, but is it really the best tool to use for all of your learning and development needs? Distributed teams require information in the flow of work, and repeated live training has put significant pressure on team schedules and bandwidth.

In this webinar, we will provide you with the essentials for converting traditional classroom training to the virtual classroom. Learn how to leverage the virtual classroom as a tool to maximize your training reach and address the immediate need to shift to virtual classroom training. 

The pandemic forced most L&D functions to throw out their in-person, instructor-led, learning playbooks and start asking, "How do I get all my learning online, ASAP?" Several months later, leaders realised that they might never get all their classroom training online, and what’s more, maybe that shouldn’t be the goal. The ways people work are changing; the methods companies use to learn must keep pace with those changes. Learning methods—literally, the ways people learn—are key to the question of how companies can enable learning and upskilling differently. Over the past few months, RedThread have investigated both the methods themselves and how organisations are choosing them. They looked at over 60 articles, hosted a roundtable on the topic, and talked in depth with 15 learning leaders. This report outlines what they found, including: An overview of learning methods and how they align to RedThread’s Employee Development Framework How leaders are deciding (on a continual basis) what methods work best for their orgs Real-life examples of how orgs are leveraging learning methods in different ways to help employees develop

Reskilling is essential to build foundational knowledge for the future. But what about driving performance and expertise over time? You can drive performance by building employees’ competence through reskilling with upskilling — making knowledge accessible in the flow of work to accelerate expertise. This ebook is for learning leaders focused on upskilling people, driving performance today, and augmenting reskilling efforts for the future. Read the ebook and discover: How to accelerate the ROI of reskilling How to drive continuous improvements of skills How to reinforce a culture of learning

You can't improve what you can't measure. With a growing emphasis on upskilling and reskilling in the training industry, learning leaders are challenged with effectively evaluating skills gaps.  For an accurate evaluation, though, assessments should mirror the real-world environment, be relevant to the learner's job role, and evaluate specific skills at the task level.  

The world expects more than compliance. Through a partnership with research and analyst firm, Brandon Hall Group, OpenSesame has distilled the latest in DEI benchmarking and progress research; and created a seven-part white paper series that reveals seven strategies that transform your DEI initiatives. Discover factors that connect within a DEI framework, methods for program longevity and employee action, and ways that leadership within your industry creates lasting and meaningful change. Learn about: Developing a holistic DEI approach that builds a culture to transform company connections Establishing strong DEI values across your organization to maintain engagement Assessing your industry’s needs and how to prioritize DEI efforts for robust and lasting outcomes Ways to integrate DEI programs into your current and ongoing learning curriculum

During this webinar, five specific coaching models will be taught that can be applied to today's workplace. The five coaching models will be specific techniques and strategies applied to five of the most common workplace challenges today.

Pivot with Passion: Darkness to Light As Leaders, it is our responsibility to walk bravely with darkness and light.  Now that we are mechanically doing the same old workshops, conferences and meetings with mostly online delivery, the darkness is beginning to close around us. Here’s an interesting fact about going from light to darkness:

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.

The Great Resignation - or employees leaving their current roles for better opportunities in a post-COVID world - is well underway and shows no signs of slowing down. To survive and thrive, organizations must adapt to this changing economy and learn how to retain the best talent. Our infographic explains six strategies that can help your company attract and retain employees.

In the fall of 2020, we surveyed our customers about diversity, inclusion, and belonging. Our findings reveal that leading organizations are getting increasingly sophisticated in their approach. No longer a side initiative, actions to create inclusive cultures are becoming more holistic, pervasive, strategic, and measurable. But there is much to be done. Our research also reveals opportunities to close gaps between leadership intention and plans and the real-world perspectives and experiences of our people. Where is your organization on this journey? This report will help organizational leaders: Benchmark your organization’s progress on diversity, inclusion, and belonging against other global companies Identify potential gaps between the views and actions of your leadership and the perceptions of your employees that can impact your culture and performance Identify next-level actions your organization can take to close those gaps

"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.

What did employees actually learn and did it improve their performance? Every learning professional wrestles with this question. Often held up as a way to address these issues, microlearning is a scientific methodology designed to test learners out of the skills, coursework, and knowledge they have already mastered and deliver targeted learning experiences that fill in gaps. However, there’s a lot of noise in the learning technology marketplace from vendors claiming to provide microlearning when all they provide is over-gamified bells and whistles that do nothing to change learning outcomes. This eBook will clearly define microlearning, the science backing it up, what actually makes it work and how microlearning fits in with your broader learning and development strategy.

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.

What is the Matrix

21 Surefire Facilitation Techniques in Virtual Training + Engagement Matrix Exercise and Video

Did you know that 80% of employees enjoy game-based learning at work more than traditional training methods? With so many employees working from home and many feeling stressed, anxious, and overwhelmed, game-based learning can be that "magic elixir" that adds the right amount of fun needed. Tapping into the power of play allows businesses to not only stimulate learning retention but also improve company culture. By applying gamification strategies, and adding game-based elements (games, points, badges, leaderboards, competition, rewards, etc.), companies can accelerate the learning process, improve retention rates, and promote a fun environment.  Download this eBook to see how a well-known cosmetic company drove ROI by creating a gamified learning environment to effectively train its global sales team. You’ll learn how to apply the same gamification strategies - including making virtual onboarding more interactive and effective. 

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?