A new generation of hyper-realistic simulations can be deployed on virtual reality (VR) headsets that cost less than an airline flight. Students and instructors can interact with each other as lifelike human avatars in pixelated practice spaces that mirror their real-life workplaces. The metaverse is upon us and it will upend enterprise learning as we know it. 

Mind-mapping is a visual brainstorming technique you can use to tap into the power of the brain, look at a subject in its entirety and organize around key learning objectives.

In this session, Jim Johnson outlines the qualities you should be mastering in your LMS to support the most complex businesses. If you manage learning programs within a highly-regulated industry, you are responsible for ensuring the safety of your employees, the data of your customers, and the reputation of your company. 

If you follow the trends in the design world, you would have noticed that there is a real explosion in the use of motion graphics. You will see motion graphics in high use in commercials, sporting events and even newscasts. While motion graphics are typically used with video, many eLearning projects can use motion graphics without real video.

As organizations strive to address their clients’ critical business issues, T&D professionals play a vital role in creating and implementing talent development solutions for their organizations. In a recent study by Deloitte LLP, human capital strategy is seen by many CEOs as one of the top priorities for growth, presenting an exciting opportunity for learning professionals. To address this crucial role of connecting talent development to an organization’s complex growth strategies, T&D must strategically go beyond the need expressed by one person, one department, or one executive and help to define what the business truly needs. After all, no one needs training . . . they need the outcomes of training.

Did you know that 33% of new hires quit before they reach six months at their new organization? Onboarding is a vital part of the employee orientation process and can improve retention. New hires need the right tools and information to become a productive member on their team and at the organization. However, for many, onboarding stops after Day 1.  In this infographic, you’ll learn:  How to begin onboarding before an employee’s official start date  What should be done prior to arrival, on the first day, the first week, and the first month of employment  Why onboarding should continue for up to 6 months or more

In this interactive session, the ageless Lou Adler will address the challenges of finding great candidates and hiring for anniversary date rather than start date head on. His view is that being more efficient and weeding out unqualified candidates is a strategic non-starter. Instead, he advocates an "attract the best" talent strategy that involves spending more time with fewer, but far stronger and more diverse people.  

Looking to add podcasting to your organization’s learning solutions, but not sure where to start? Podcasting provides a simple, low-investment option to meet the need for informal or casual learning. Podcasting is an accepted and easy way to provide and consume content, largely because it is a format that easily fits into our busy lives. Organizations are adopting podcasts every day to disseminate and deliver important information to their employees.

Persona-based marketing has been used for decades to help craft targeted promotions and messages that appeal to prospects. Personas have a role in sales and marketing webinars as well, but they are often misused, resulting in diminished effectiveness and persuasiveness of your message.

Are you confident your important presentations always lead to the results you want? 

Transforming L&D for a Sustainable Future With the pandemic, mass working from home, and huge changes to working environments, 2020 saw incredible transformations across the working world. L&D teams had to pivot almost overnight. For many organizations, this initially meant transferring predominantly or completely face-to-face learning into the virtual realm. At LEO, we worked closely with, and spoke to, L&D professionals around the world and in many different industries throughout the pandemic, as we helped them respond. In doing so we also began to understand what has and hasn’t worked for them in such a transitional year. One of our favorite analogies heard in discussion with a senior L&D professional went something like this: "Railway tracks were built on the same basic dimensions as roads created for horse and cart. They didn’t think out of the box. We can’t do that this time. We need to develop ground-up virtual strategies." So, what does this mean for learning? Put simply, in order to transform learning in an effective, sustainable, and scalable way for the future, we shouldn’t simply adapt the old ways of doing things. Just because something worked before, that doesn’t mean it will work in a new, digital, distanced, and flexible learning context. We need to embrace the opportunity for innovative and agile transformation. So, as we look at the world of learning in this period of drastic change, what shifts are taking place, what are we learning, and how can we take these trends and observations into consideration as we prepare for the future? In this eBook, we’re looking back over some of the biggest challenges this industry has faced to see what can be learned and what our key takeaways are for 2021 and beyond.

Creating accessible and inclusive presentation experiences doesn’t have to be boring or difficult. But where do you start? What exactly is accessible and inclusive design? Who are we building our presentations for? Stephy will reintroduce you to your audience and give you tips on how to create an equally amazing presentation experience for each of them, whether they are...

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.

Training experiences should be relevant, practical, engaging, and above all else — effective. But finding affordable solutions that check these boxes while being flexible enough to meet the unique needs of your business is nearly impossible.   

How do real-life events and actual workplace cases ingrain the learning in the learners' minds? Find out how you can use it effectively. By Ray Jimenez, Ph.D. Contact Vignettes Learning for more information. Click here.

As HR investments become more data-driven, coaching must deliver on its ROI evidence gap. At BetterUp, we’ve created a model that can effectively measure the impact of coaching on the bottom line. Download our paper to learn: How coaching ROI has been measured in the past, and why these methods are flawed Which inputs are factored into our ROI algorithm How we map the ROI of coaching to tangible business results

Cut Enterprise Accounts Sales Cycles in Half...While Improving the Closing Ratio! In this session, we'll explore a tactical process and technique your sales team can use that cuts the Enterprise sales cycle in half, while improving the closing ratio without having to drop their price.  

Sometimes it seems as if today's "winners" have some kind of magic going for them. They always seem to make just the right impression - even with difficult people - and get exactly what they want.

Inflation is up, unemployment is down, the stock market is volatile, and how we work has forever changed. But one thing that remains the same is the need to show the value of what we do. In fact, given today’s flexible work environment and uncertainty in the economy, showing the value of our work has never been more critical or necessary. The good news is that it is doable, regardless of your role or the projects for which you are responsible. 

One of the most difficult challenges for virtual trainers and presenters is knowing when to stop lecturing.  When should they allow learners and participants to reflect and find reflection moments of the ideas? Lecturing means bombardment of too much content. Consequently, participants are zoning out, shopping at Amazon, tending to their pets, organizing their vacation, or doing other tasks. They keep missing the opportunities to learn and apply ideas. 

Adding interactivity to your eLearning courses can make them interesting and engaging for learners. It gives them a chance to access the information if and when they need it. It also helps them practice and test the skills they’ve learned in the course.

Most companies promote individuals to leadership roles first then ask them to learn "new" leadership behaviors like providing feedback, collaborating, solving problems, coaching others and more. Asking people to change their behavior is hard enough, but coupling behavior change with a change in role/title AND with new functional responsibilities is too much for most people to be able to achieve.

Let’s be frank: After all these years, PowerPoint still frustrates us left and right as we try to create engaging and effective slides. This session will address the most common problems and failings in the industry standard presentation program and provide practical solutions and workarounds to save you hours of wasted time and trips to Google asking, "Can PowerPoint do this…"