40% of North American workers are actively looking for new jobs, indicating a serious employee retention issue. In today’s job-hopping market, it can be difficult to attract and retain skilled workers - but it doesn’t have to be. Providing your current employees with opportunities to develop their skills through skills-based training is one of the most proven ways to retain your employees and grow a skilled workforce. In this eBook, all about retaining and engaging your employees through personalized skills development, you will learn how to:  Give your employees opportunities to thrive in your organization - no need to leave for growth.  Combat employee disengagement, which has hit a record high in 2023  Tackle skill gaps at your organization and create new paths to productivity, better engagement, and increased ROI 

The Covid pandemic has changed our lives forever, from the way we communicate, to the way we think about mental health, and far beyond. We have reorganized our priorities, put a higher value on time with family and friends, and have a greater appreciation for some of the freedoms we used to take for granted. This is no less true in the business world and the day-to-day of our jobs. One of the biggest workforce changes brought about by the pandemic is working remotely. And while many workers have begun to return to the office, a substantial number continue to work remotely or have a hybrid schedule. For some organizations, this new distributed workforce is here to stay. So how do you motivate them appropriately? Download this white paper for insights.

Join us for this transformative AI technology webinar featuring tech visionary, Josh Cavalier.   

Drive your organization forward while empowering employees. Grow your employees’ careers inside your organization and improve long-term talent retention with the latest report from the Cornerstone People Research Lab and Lighthouse Research & Advisory. Ready, set, grow: The building blocks for high-impact talent mobility will help you better understand your employees’ expectations around internal development and what your leaders must do to succeed. You’ll learn how to: Improve employee visibility into new roles and opportunities Understand the ways employee skill development goals can vary by demographic Blend managers, culture, and technology into a cohesive talent mobility strategy Ensure your high-performing business leaders prioritize employee growth Reduce employee turnover and revitalize engagement with proven tactics

Join us as we unveil the future of e-learning authoring with the highly anticipated all-new Adobe Captivate. Get an exclusive sneak preview and be charmed by the all-new Adobe Captivate - the ultimate eLearning tool that uniquely blends power with ease-of-use.  Experience first-hand the power of its intuitive interface, enhanced workflows, and advanced authoring capabilities that will empower you to create engaging, interactive, and responsive e-learning content like never before. Be a part of the unveiling of the all-new Adobe Captivate and get ready to unleash the future of e-learning!  

In this session, discover creative and innovative ways to enhance eLearning at your organization. Digital learning can be strategically used to achieve better results through customization not possible in in-person training. However, many eLearning designs still follow a linear structure of instructor-led sessions. This session showcases advanced applications of branching to elevate eLearning.  

Skill-based training has become mission-critical to the retention of your employees and the growth of your company. Find out how making two critical adjustments to your L&D training approach can help you efficiently create content that meets the evolving needs of your workforce. What You'll Learn: How to efficiently create training videos at scale How to use storytelling and interactivity to keep employees engaged How to create a more inclusive, collaborative learning culture Why delivering effective training helps employee retention

"Experience Learning" is another "hype" term that designers (and leaders) may add to their arsenal of "engagement tools." The hope is to excite learners so they study the content. Unfortunately, this is far from the intent of the Learning Experience Method. Instead, the focus is to be on how to help learners to learn from real-work problems and issues, solving, fixing, and improving them. Then sharing their experiences and new knowledge. Experience Learning is authentic deep learning by discovery, trial and error, and insights.  

In every team meeting, sales presentation, speech online or in-person, your opening remarks set the tone for your audience’s experience. Do not underestimate the importance of your first 30 seconds.  

Learn about the power and awesomeness of vector graphics in PowerPoint. Use simple vector elements to make professional PowerPoint slides and graphics in minutes. Geek out with Mike as he breaks down pro tips and techniques to make your job easier, lower file size, and blow everyone away with incredible new skills.

For many in our profession, it is a struggle to create a measurement and reporting strategy. It doesn’t have to be this hard. In this session, Dave Vance, former CLO of Caterpillar, will share a simple yet comprehensive approach to get you started, employing concepts from his 2021 book Measurement Demystified: Creating Your L&D Measurement, Analytics, and Reporting Strategy, and from the companion 2022 book Measurement Demystified Field Guide. He will share a step-by-step process which employs an easy-to-use framework for classifying, selecting, and reporting the most appropriate measures to meet your needs.   

"But I’m not in sales." We’ve heard it before, and we’ve even said it before. But here’s the thing: You are. We all are, so we’ll address it head on to show you why the word "sales" isn’t what you think it is.  

What good does it do participants when the trainer shows he/she can do it? The real measure of impact is whether the lesson is caught and applied by the audience. Breakout rooms are a tool to help you facilitate peer learning and make your job as a trainer easier. Becky’s rule of thumb is never do for participants what they can do for themselves—even in a virtual classroom. The more active they are in their learning, the more they remember and ultimately apply.  

Chat GPT (Conversational Generative Pre-training Transformer) , is a language processing tool. It aids users to answer questions - write, code. explain various things, provides diverse information, etc.  It is today’s trendy buzzword that has been humming through the AI world, the world of techies and even among us - ordinary workers and learners.  But is it a fad, a trend  or just another novel idea that will soon fade away?  It certainly is here to stay, With further exploration, research, testing and application in real-world scenarios like responses to complex questions, accuracy, reliability, validity, training, etc. Chat GPT is progressively taking the world by storm and making its mark, bringing forth L &D benefits never seen before.  

Decades of psychological research demonstrates that your members, clients, patients, and customers will remain loyal to your business when you deliver 3 outcomes:

Creative avatars is a great way to represent typical employees or customers that you’re talking about in your training but it has always been hard to find a variety of avatars drawn in the same style and give those avatars the expressions you want to portray. For example, a common situation is to show a before and after situation. A customer might be frustrated before they buy your product and then, hopefully, be happy and you want to show an avatar expressing both those emotions. PowerPoints cartoon characters give you all the tools you need to accomplish this.  

When you think of animation, do you think of flying bullets and spiraling titles? Many people do, unfortunately, and so animation suffers a bad reputation. In fact, one of your best opportunities to shine as a presenter and storyteller is through smart, effective, and appropriate use of motion. In this hour, we’ll explore exactly what that means, using the Animation engine and the always-amazing Morph transition.  

How can you collect deep insights from training participants (and others) to support your surveys or other training evaluation data? Try focus groups! Focus groups offer the opportunity to go deeper and add detail and variety to a dataset - much more than would be obtainable with surveys alone. A focus group is essentially a group interview or small group discussion during which a moderator asks questions in an interactive group setting where participants are encouraged to talk with each other as well as with the moderator. They offer a great way to gather in-depth information about participants’ thoughts, feelings, experiences or opinions on a specific topic.  

In addition to facing the global pandemic, spiking inflation, and near-recession, today’s leaders must deal with trends such as the "Great Resignation," "Quiet Quitting," and "Bare Minimum Mondays." Likewise, they must figure out how to handle the dramatic changes that likely will result from emerging technologies such artificial intelligence-based tools. All this while piloting their employees and organizations toward optimum performance.   

Learning leaders are confronting a world upended by relentless disruption. It’s no wonder that the response has been what can only be called a radical transformation of the learning function — a rethinking of what is delivered, where it’s delivered and to whom, who drives the capability, and how results are reported. To explore this new wave of learning, Executive Networks and NovoEd completed primary research with 515 learning leaders in the US, Canada, UK, Spain, and Italy in organizations with 1,000+ employees. Our inquiries revealed a variety of priorities emerging as learning leaders grapple with how to reshape learning to fit today’s new realities. Download this ebook, co-produced by Executive Networks and NovoEd, to get insights into how learning leaders are working to ensure their transformation of the learning function aligns with the most critical business needs facing their organization. This ebook discusses topics such as: Why many organizations are turning to capability academies to focus on the skills needed for rapidly changing business priorities Why L&D is becoming a top business priority for CEOs How many leaders are extending the learning audience beyond full-time employees How seamless systems are developing to reach hybrid and remote environments

Bring fresh energy and creativity to your virtual and classroom training by putting learners to work on their personal devices. Discover free apps and tools that can add variety and enhance your sessions. It’s time to stop fighting the curse of the mobile phone in class and gently guide learners into your content with the very devices that might otherwise distract!  

In Training Magazine Network’s second "Learning from the Leading Edge" panel discussion we will unpack the opportunities VR can bring to learning with a case study from Daikin Applied Americas, a division of the global leader in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC). Laura Masica, VP of People Experiences, and Brian Dewhirst, Sr. 

This eBook gives you an overview of what knowledge management is, why it’s a challenge for companies - especially in today’s hybrid-remote working environment - and how to start building an effective knowledge management system.    You’ll learn about the: Types of knowledge in an organization Cost to companies when information isn’t accessible and easy to find, and Benefits of using animated videos for knowledge management.

Proving the ROI of a training program can feel daunting. One of the most common ways to prove ROI is to compare the cost of training and the potential cost and consequences of not training. This is certainly an important part of measuring the return on your investment, but it doesn’t tell the complete story. It’s important to look at the impact of your training program through a variety of categories to help everyone see the value of training.  In this workbook, you’ll explore a variety of ways to measure the impact of your training program. You’ll find: Prompts for reflection about your training program Steps for measuring ROI KPIs to consider for each category