AI can create stunning visuals faster than ever, promising cost savings and accessibility. But beneath the allure of speed and scale lies a critical question: Can AI-crafted presentations truly captivate and persuade your audience? Or do they fall short, risking a message that feels hollow, forgettable, or even harmful to your brand?  

In the wake of a global pandemic, the world of education went virtual. As businesses reopened and hybrid or on-site work cultures made an exciting return from mid-2021, some virtual training opportunities continued their meteoric rise. L&D leaders witnessed greater effectiveness with virtual onboarding, compliance, procedural training, and other skilling programs. The training was better received by learners and training outcomes were far superior. Virtual procedural training is today embraced by diverse industries—manufacturing, healthcare, high-tech, and beyond. Professionals who have spent decades in interventional medical device education believe virtual procedure training is here to stay. Thriving in the new digital setting, it offers increasingly immersive learning environments to a globally dispersed and diverse cohort of students. Similarly, in the manufacturing industry employees report increased safety awareness, and develop conditioned responses, problem-solving skills, and muscle memory—most often even before they are on the job! The paradigm shift to facilitating and receiving virtual procedural training today is undeniable and has opened new doors in training methodologies and learning environments. Learning professionals new to virtual training may be wondering: What makes immersive learning environments like virtual reality and game-based learning top the charts for learning effectiveness? How have companies capitalized on this trend? What are the use cases and success stories of companies that are riding the wave? This ebook will go on to address such burning questions. Comprehensively explore ways to implement games and virtual reality to make training immersive and engaging, and deliver better learning experiences for your learners. 

Learning leaders struggle to keep up with constant change of pace of the business. It’s been recently reported that employees’ major complaint with organizational learning is that it’s no longer relevant. What do leaders need to do differently to ensure learning opportunities are relevant for employees and the business? They must have a clear and agile learning strategy that aligns with the core metrics of their business.  

AI isn’t the future of L&D—it’s happening now. The question is, are you just dabbling with AI prompts, or are you ready to build an entire AI-powered learning ecosystem?  

Navigating the ethical implications of generative AI in training and development, this session offers essential strategies for creating bias-aware content across all learning experiences. As generative AI becomes integral in designing diverse instructional materials, its inherent biases pose significant challenges.  

What was 2024 like for AI, and what are the critical trends that will define 2025? In its recent Predictions, Forrester highlighted that 2025 will be a year when organizations may need to reset their AI ambitions from quick ROI to outcomes achieved over a period of time. Living and evolving with AI will mean growing the entire organizational talent-base to embrace AI.  

Are your Learning and Development initiatives struggling to achieve measurable impact? The secret often lies in the first—and most overlooked—step: crafting a clear and effective Problem Statement. Join Scott Provence, VP of Integrated Services at ELB Learning, for an engaging workshop that transforms how you approach challenges and sets your projects up for success.  

The future of extended reality (XR) just arrived. Join us for a demo-packed session to learn how enterprise and military leaders onboard, upskill and reskill their workforce with virtual practice spaces that mirror their real-life workplaces:

What factors determine learning transfer success? How can L&D leaders, facilitators, and consultants systematically increase the transfer of learning events? And which tools and interventions promote transfer effectiveness? In this session, we'll explore some answers to these questions—answers that are scientifically sound and practically tested.  

Dive into the basics of branching in eLearning with this introductory session designed for beginners. You'll learn how to create simple yet effective branching scenarios that enhance learner engagement and personalization.  

Discover innovative tips, tricks, and hacks to boost productivity, expand creativity, and enhance your projects as I showcase the powerful features of Adobe’s creative applications.  

For the last few years, I have spent endless hours writing and editing a book, Design for All Learners, on accessibility and inclusion in learning and development. This has been an incredibly rewarding process that came with a huge responsibility: ensuring that the book itself was accessible and inclusive. When I started, I thought I had a solid plan for how I would approach the book, from organizing to working through the publishing process. I was fortunate to work with a team of people dedicated to developing and publishing this book—contributors, editors, marketing staff, graphic designers, and more. The publisher assured me that their team was on-board with making sure what we produced was as accessible and inclusive as possible, and they meant it. There were also external players to consider such as book distribution channels like Amazon and Barnes & Noble. We were all diligent in our efforts throughout the process. For example, I collaborated with the book cover designer to ensure that we did not use all caps in the title and that we used good color contrast, font choice, and inclusive imagery. I provided feedback to ensure visuals used throughout the book were accessible and inclusive. I made sure the editors had the appropriate alternative (alt) text and image descriptions. This included establishing a plan for how to use image captions and describe images in the text in conjunction with the alt text used in the e-book. Charts were updated to avoid using color as the only differentiator; an illustration of a wheelchair was modified to be more realistic; colorblindness simulations were triple-checked. We documented everything to pass on to the next person in the process, and each time I took care to explain what we were trying to do and why. Although everyone on the team happily supported these changes, we still ran into challenges along the way. There were breakdowns on some efforts due to existing processes, and we often needed to take extra time to make sure everyone understood what solutions were possible and what we might not accomplish due to current constraints. Yet, even when it was difficult, we were determined to ensure that this book was a true representation of our commitment to accessibility and inclusion. This meant working together to problem solve and create an amazing book that is its own example of Design for All. As illustrated by my book writing and editing experience, ensuring accessibility is difficult when it’s not operationalized throughout the organization, end-to-end. It’s not realistic for one person, or even an entire project team, to chase down and address every accessibility issue. And, fixing a problem after the fact is much more difficult and expensive than improving things from the beginning. An organization that is mature in its accessibility and inclusion efforts recognizes that everyone plays a role through their own work. This means planning ahead and providing support to be successful.

If you’ve reached the formal maturity model with your sales enablement program but are ready to take your practice to the next level, this webinar is for you.  

The companies that succeed with AI aren’t the ones that see it as just another tool in the toolbox. They’re the ones who integrate AI into their teams, their culture, and their strategy. It’s a mindset shift—one that requires us to stop thinking of AI as something separate and start thinking of it as part of the team. Drawing on the expertise of Josh Penzell, VP of AI Innovation and Solutions at ELB Learning, explore specific strategies to get more bang for your buck with your AI strategy and solution. Discover how you can enhance productivity through AI with use cases in Sales, Customer Service, and Leadership. From building interactive exercises to creating adaptive AI roles, this ebook is for everyone looking to implement an AI-augmented workplace, and using AI in the decision-making process. There’s more—Get immediate access to pre-built GPTs like Adaptive Tutor GPT, Content Reviewer GPT, and Workshop Buddy GPT that are designed to make your job easier and more efficient, starting today! Are you ready to make AI a part of your team?

In this 90-minute demo, we’ll interactively create a short training course in PowerPoint, using ChatGPT and Copilot. Based on a topic suggested by participants, we’ll use AI to come up with: A title (then we’ll choose from among the suggestions) An outline of lessons, which we’ll modify until we have what we 

Do your employees forget what they learn soon after training? Want to deliver knowledge in short, digestible lessons that stick? This guide has just that! Download the guide and learn how to: ✅ Create engaging microlearning videos with Animaker ✅ Add interactive challenges with Storyline ✅ Improve knowledge retention by up to 90% ✅ See a 2x increase in training ROI! Make training unforgettable - get your guide now!

In today’s workplace, many leaders are actually in the business of change. Whether it’s implementing a new process, launching a new way of working, or reimagining a customer or employee experience, many leaders, must not only design for change, but motivate and align their employees to work toward that future state.  

Do you cringe at the word "salesperson"? You're not alone. Many fractional executives are brilliant at what they do, but struggle to sell themselves and their services. This session breaks through that barrier, equipping you with powerful tools to confidently attract, and gain, ideal clients.  

Are you ready to equip your organization’s leaders with the tools they need to navigate their inclusion journey—and reflect on your own? Join Jennifer Brown, a renowned thought leader in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), for a session tailored to learning and development professionals. This engaging session focuses on empowering leaders to create more inclusive workplace cultures where talent can thrive.  

What is INFLUENCE? Is it communication skills? Is it manipulation? Does it mean having a vast network of connections? If you’re a Sales or Training Leader, you’ll want to know more about this important set of skills.  

Upskilling America's workforce is essential to maintaining excellence and effectiveness in talent development. While thousands of professionals across various disciplines have experimented with AI tools like ChatGPT, CoPilot, Claude, or Perplexity, the question remains: are they truly AI literate? Do they have a solid foundation in "Prompt Engineering" tailored to their unique expertise? In a world where customization is the norm, why should Learning and Development (L&D) be any different?  

Take a breath, settle in, and get your notepad ready for a rapid fire session from Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Nolan Haims: 50 tips, tricks, and shortcuts to work faster and better in PowerPoint. You might know some of these, but we guarantee you don't them all, and you'll add dozens of new tools to your PowerPoint toolbox.  

Explore how AI-driven avatars can transform traditional training by simulating real-world conversations, decision-making challenges, and interactive scenarios, Plus learn how to create your own AI avatar using several different AI software tools in a matter of mere minutes.  

How would you feel about working for you? Join us for an enlightening webinar to answer that question and many others, hosted by the award-winning workplace expert and TEDx speaker Bonnie Low-Kramen. Drawing from her acclaimed book, Staff Matters, People-Focused Solutions for the Ultimate New Workplace and her TEDx talk called "The Real Reasons People Quit", Bonnie will reveal the amazing simple yet hidden gems that can transform leaders into exceptional managers. Discover how these four secrets can enhance staff retention, loyalty, team dynamics, boost productivity, and foster an authentically positive workplace culture.