The case for transforming HR, Learning and OD departments to operate more strategically has been well established. However, there is little guidance available for engineering a strategic functional transformation. This workshop content is based on research of Jim and Dana Gaines Robinson and case studies from dozens of client organizations who have navigated the transition from a tactical and solution-focused approach to a results and performance-focused function aligned with the needs of the business. Participants will explore their organization’s progress along a continuum of change, benchmark their readiness against other organizations, and share insights with their peers.

If a picture tells a thousand words then video tells a million words. Learn what you need to know to get started making your own training videos. You always hear how important it is to include video in your eLearning modules, but no one ever talks about how to make the videos or what equipment and software you’ll need. We’ll show you the basic equipment and tools you’ll need to start making quality video in-house for a fraction of the cost of outsourcing.

Come to our World Café and enjoy a serving of fresh ways to engage your learners. The recipe for learner retention goes like this: Take 1 cup of recent discoveries about the brain and how it learns best; then add 1 cup of knowledge about multigenerational learning. Stir vigorously with interaction and watch learner retention rise!

To help ensure a positive return on investment in learning and development, programs must be aligned with the business. Business alignment is a critical issue with executives, as they want programs connected to the business needs. Powerful program objectives are central to this alignment process. They reflect stakeholder needs for a program, position programs for success, and drive the evaluation process. The most important criterion to developing powerful objectives is to move beyond learning objectives. Program objectives should reflect not only what participants will learn, but also what they will do with what they learn and the intended consequences of their doing it. These powerful objectives help designers, facilitators, and participants achieve the desired program success.

With the presence of four generations in any given classroom, it is crucial that trainers and facilitators understand how and why participants learn. This session will incorporate strategies, such as, the use of color, sound, motion, light, movement, magic, novelty, incentives, fun and much more to gain and retain learner attention so that effective recall and use can occur later. Learners will see demonstrations and have a chance to discuss and use a variety of techniques which can be transferred back to their own learning environments later.

Do you feel stifled by the traditional systematic instructional design model? Twelve years ago, Thiagi went cold turkey and quit using his grandparents’ ADDIE instructional-design model. He came up with an alternative continuous, concurrent, creative, co-design approach. His associates and hundreds of workshop participants have used this approach to design corporate training materials faster and cheaper and to produce more effective transfer to the workplace. In this walk-the-talk workshop learn when, why, and how to apply principles from chaos, creativity, and improve to design learning packages for multicultural audiences and for the next generation.

Due to globalization, trainers and managers are increasingly being asked to apply their skills in cross-cultural and culturally diverse settings. In this interactive session, you will learn and apply the core conceptual frameworks, tools and techniques of cross cultural training. You will design your own applications which can be applied immediately. This will be a very interactive session where best practices will be demonstrated and practiced. We will focus on the, why, who, what, and how of cross-cultural training.

What if training absolutely, positively had to work? What if you were “betting the business” on the success of a workplace learning initiative? This experiential workshop will engage you in a hands-on simulation that allows you to experience and practice with the impact-enhancing methods and tools, from the initial customer engagement all the way to the final measurement of business results.

Imagine your world without subject-matter experts (SMEs)…in a quiet moment of fantasy; it seems life would be a lot easier! Yet while it may at first seem appealing, the reality is you wouldn’t be able to design and deliver your organization’s learning opportunities without your SMEs. Even though they often have little or no experience and may find it intimidating and fraught with challenges, you have to rely on SMEs to share their knowledge and skills. In this highly interactive workshop, you’ll discover how to support and develop your SMEs in becoming successful facilitators of learning in both face-to-face and virtual environments. Explore their motivations and concerns, and typical questions many SMEs have. Discover the critical role you play in making sure learning happens for your audiences.

You will apply tools and experience activities that demonstrate how a positive ROI is often deceiving and can actually be considered an unacceptable result for a performance improvement initiative. Learn how this can occur and how to apply the acid test to avoid major pitfalls when business outcomes are analyzed and reported and ROI is calculated on your solutions. By applying the Qualitative ROI process with the quality analysis acid test, you will learn the practical ways that measurement and ROI should actually work and how it is being misapplied by many consultants and practitioners.

Training design and delivery is always a challenge for many reasons. Sometimes it deals with the client, the audience, the workplace, or a whole host of other issues. Even the best designed plans never seem to go the way we hope. Traditional training design and delivery provides some guidance to some of the challenges but not to all of them. During the workshop we will unfold, examine, and dissect essential components of creating learning activities, facilitating learning activities, and debriefing learning activities. We will delve into how the essential components solves any challenge you face as a trainer, facilitator, coach, and educator.

Traditional competency assessments do not specifically focus on innate financial competencies and business acumen. This presentation discusses these and the nine financial signatures of executives. It shows how each of these impacts financial performance, innovation and valuation outcomes of organizations and how they can be leveraged into impactful business transformation programs. The speaker will discuss how to identify and measure financial impact and business acumen using formal assessment instruments and how to use these findings to implement corporate business transformation programs which bring about real changes in financial performance, competitive positioning and market value.

Using insights from the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), you will explore how to systematically integrate holistic learning activities into the corporate classroom and group facilitation. You’ll experience how to design training modules that are positive, interactive, and fun and speak to a variety of learning styles and personality types. You will get a quick (re)introduction to the MBTI and have the chance to guess your 4-letter code if you don't already know it or don't remember it.