Prior to the pandemic, Microlearning was popular and the trend During the pandemic and the subsequent endemic, Microlearning has further deepened its roots. Its heightened impact is a direct result of the growth of remote, hybrid, and nomadic work which has become a permanent way of work, and learning. In essence, these approaches have now converged.   

A strong network of partners often acts as a crucial differentiator for successful businesses. A motivated partner network drives co-innovation, provides impactful solutions, and creates new experiences for customers. However, the partner landscape is evolving, and partners now have more choices of providers than earlier. Keeping a partner engaged and educated with the right product knowledge often acts as a clincher to drive business at scale across geographies. Building an effective partner learning playbook is therefore an investment in the path of partner-led growth.  

Branching scenarios can be a great solution for giving people an opportunity to practice making relevant decisions. While they can be a valuable experience for learners, building branching scenarios can be time-consuming and challenging. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed in the process of planning and designing branching scenarios. What you need is a better process for creating branching scenarios.  

In this presentation, Josh will provide a roadmap for L&D professionals seeking to leverage AI effectively. You'll discover the six key disciplines that are essential for anyone who wants to utilize these powerful tools to their fullest potential:  

To train the most up-to-date, efficient and skilled workforce you need to know what L&D trends to follow. This infographic highlights the key takeaways from Donald H. Taylor’s 2023 Global Sentiment Survey Results, and includes: Hottest trends in L&D this year Biggest challenges in the L&D space Persistent differences across geographies, and where they come from

What do you do when you want to learn something new? More and more often, you look for a video tutorial on the Internet! Whether it's in our private lives or in the professional world, video training is booming. Everyone is producing their own tutorials and maintaining their own Youtube channel, sometimes for the better, but often for the worse!  

Learners learn best with stories. But do most designers and developers have difficulty creating them? Most often these narratives sound like … "Once upon a time" tales. These are long and laborious to develop. They are expensive and difficult to produce.  So, what is another option to consider? Super short stories! These are very brief and simple but relatable scenarios that quickly convert lesson content into highly engaging lessons. They are cheaper and faster to create.  

Imagine that your virtual training is so lively and compelling that people clamor to attend. Even for dry or dull topics, most learning professionals prefer to design and deliver engaging virtual learning experiences.  

Live virtual training has gone from a novelty to the instructional instrument of choice for many organizations. While audiences and trainers may feel Zoom-ed out, creative use of the latest generation of digital tools can supercharge your virtual training programs and deliver a better ROI than traditional, face-to-face learning experiences. Brella Co-founder/Senior Creative Event Strategist Mark Mallchok and Brella Technical Director Joshua Stroud walk you through how to: Bring an event-based mindset to your virtual training efforts Create virtual trainings with meaningful interactions and gamification to achieve durable, measurable results Integrate the power of vMix/OBS into Zoom and Teams meetings Use these digital production tools to give your next training a broadcast-quality polish By the end of the session, you’ll have a roadmap for transforming run-of-the-mill training into engaging, memorable learning experiences.

Q:  Arrrgggghhh!  Too many tools and not enough time to get to know them!  How can L&D Pros keep up on all the many tools and technologies being released every day???  

Are you re-creating the wheel every time you facilitate virtual classes? Wondering how to save time while still creating an engaging learning experience? Wish you had repeatable shortcuts to help efficiently set up and deliver your virtual programs?  

A good tool set enables learning designers to supercharge their learning solutions with minimal effort. This is a list of essential tools you should be familiar with.

Digital learning offers the flexibility to provide personalized paths to learners. In this guide, learn how to apply branching to create not only personalized learning paths but also adaptive content, life-like exercises and responsive interactions.

The Bottomline on ROI presents the rationale for developing and implementing a comprehensive measurement and evaluation process to demonstrate the impact and return on investment (ROI) of training and development programs and processes. This session will introduce the ROI Methodology®, the most applied and documented approach to showing the value of investments in training and development, HR, performance improvement, and other fields.

Despite catchy buzzwords such as "quiet quitting" and "bare minimum Monday," employees are as eager as ever to acquire new skills and grow their careers. Meanwhile, HR leaders are ramping up talent mobility initiatives to improve workforce planning, enable internal talent sourcing, and retain employees, even while facing economic downturns and fierce competition.  

Retaining existing talent is second only to recruiting new talent on the current list of biggest CEO concerns [Fortune/Deloitte, Fall 2022].  

What could go wrong? Everything or nothing, as this session vividly demonstrates through a creative combination of comedic act and presentation analysis.  

A font can make or break your presentation. Legibility and professionalism are critical. After we get geeky, I share the latest trends and I show you how to make amazing slides with simple typography tips and tricks. We make eight designs using simple and clever techniques. You can use what you learn immediately to make your job easier. Do not miss this insightful and valuable session.  

"I'd like to give you some feedback...."   These might be the seven most dreaded words one could imagine! However, effective feedback that is given to support and encourage improvement becomes fuel for growth.

Transform "satisfied" members, customers, employees and students into LIFETIME fans. Discover deep insights by asking the right questions in the right way. Recapture lost time and money. These are the documented results of observing the 9 psychological principles that govern how people respond to requests for feedback. The 9 Principles of Feedback is based on 96,000,000 data points gathered from 550 organizations. Simply DOWNLOAD this infographic and compare each step to your own surveys, quizzes, assessments and evaluation forms to identify the gaps. By understanding and applying each Principle, you will immediately increase participation rates, gather more accurate and meaningful results, and create an audience that WANTS to answer every question you ask.

Asking questions that already have answers. Asking for changes that you cannot implement. Failing to define choices. Mismatched response scales. These are just 4 of the 10 devastating errors that smother participation rates, annoys respondents, and renders your survey results meaningless. But so easy to avoid! Download these 10 free lessons from the world's most-read survey guide: The Survey Playbook. Simply compare the illustrated examples with your own surveys, quizzes, assessments and evaluation forms to identify gaps. By addressing these common issues, you will get far higher response rates, more meaningful results, and you audience will look forward to answering your questions the next time you ask.

You’ve got a great idea for a new training program at your institution. It could be an onboarding program to curb employee turnover and increase satisfaction, or a leadership program meant to train up the next generation of your workforce’s change-makers. Either way, there’s one thing you need before any training program can get off the ground: the support of existing leadership. One way to convince your leadership team of the benefits of a new training program is to show them the cost of not having one.   In this resource, you'll learn about the return on investment for training programs, you’ll discover:  How to calculate the ROI of your training programs  How to identify what your organization is losing without a training program  How to maximize your ROI with training  An ROI workbook that makes it easy to see your savings at a glance

If you aren’t tasked with creating accessible courses already, expect it! When 1 in 4 learners self-identifies as an adult with functional disabilities (according to the CDC), creating Section 508 and WCAG-compliant courses is in demand.  

When it comes to performance management, 95% of employees are dissatisfied with their company’s performance evaluation process, and 90% believe that it doesn’t provide accurate information. With the overwhelming majority being so dissatisfied, it’s easy to see why accountability is an issue in today’s workforce.