Friday, February 14
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Session Code |
Session Title |
Speaker(s) |
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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P01 |
PRE-CONFERENCE: Master Instructional Designer Certificate Program
3-Day Certificate Program (Friday, February 14 - Sunday, February 16)
Discover the keys to creating interactive and engaging training that ensures learner success and true productivity back on the job — whether in the classroom, online, or a combination of both.
What You Will Do
• Apply proven techniques for analyzing learner and organizational needs and plan the design and development of training materials to meet those needs.
• Incorporate adult learning principles, a systematic learning process, and a variety of processing methods to maximize retention and increase learner productivity post-training back on the job.
• Link the science of the brain to effective instructional design methodologies to maximize training program success.
• Select the right training content and instructional strategy to support performance improvement for the target population, including multi-generational workforce issues.
• Align objectives and tests, and outline strategies to close any performance gaps.
• Create a validation plan that ensures the training design meets the organizational needs.
• Plan a variety of presentation, application, and feedback methods.
• Create questions that enable learning, encourage retention, and test for understanding.
• Promote interactivity in classroom and online designs.
• Strategize design time shortcuts.
BONUS: To help you apply what you learned immediately when you are back, you will receive the following:
• 198-page Instructional Design Fundamentals Participant Manual.
• Case study documents, job aids, and sample Self-Directed Learning Booklet.
• 188-page Support Manual full of instructional design guidelines, best practices, and templates with instructions for accessing the templates online.
ATD has approved this program for 16.5 points.
Fee: $1,495. Register Now
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Rea, Sean
Director of Performance and Learning Solutions Friesen, Kaye and Associates
|
P02 |
PRE-CONFERENCE: Master Facilitator Certificate Program
3-Day Certificate Program (Friday, February 14 - Sunday, February 16)
As a training professional, have you ever …
• Delivered training that even you would sleep through?
• Asked questions during training only to receive confidence-crushing silence?
• Wondered why participants are constantly distracted, disinterested, and disengaged?
If the answer is yes, you are not alone. A survey of more than 1,500 training professionals revealed the #1 problem trainers experience on the job is a massive lack of participant engagement. When participants are not engaged, it sets off an insidious cycle of disastrous outcomes. This program will equip you with the framework, tools, and ongoing skill development to become a dynamic and engaging facilitator.
Trainers begin to overuse lectures, creating an endless series of “monologues with hostages.” Participants start multitasking, resulting in a lack of attention and retention. And training teams lose credibility and influence with their stakeholders. How do we overcome these all-too-common challenges?
Stop training, start facilitating. In this three-day transformational experience, you will learn to:
• Apply the Engagement Loop Framework™ to rapidly design any course to make it more participant-focused and engaging.
• Apply 3 Laws of Facilitation to deliver insanely engaging learning experiences for participants.
• Use the Curious Ask Method to practice facilitating several training activities that convert content-heavy, time-constrained courses into performance-improving experiential learning.
• Implement 13 attention-grabbing openers that instantly create high levels of engagement for any topic or content.
PROJECT: Throughout this program, you’ll have the opportunity to immediately apply what you learn to your course(s) as you practice your facilitation skills.
BONUS: You’ll receive immediate access to our members only online portal containing:
· 30+ training activities you can immediately use in your training.
· The entire library of our weekly Ask a Master Facilitator video blog series.
ATD has approved this program for 16.5 points.
Fee: $1,495. Register Now
|
Love, Sardek
CEO Infinity Consulting and Training Solutions
|
P03 |
PRE-CONFERENCE: Master Articulate 360 Certificate Program
3-Day Certificate Program (Friday, February 14 - Sunday, February 16)
Need to expand your knowledge about the magic of Articulate Storyline 360?
Could you use help making layers, triggers, and states easier to complete?
Curious about how to level up your Rise 360 content?
This certificate program has all of this — and more! Whether you’re brand new to Rise and Storyline 360, or you are looking to level up your skills with these tools, this program is for you.
This comprehensive three-day program provides much of what you’ll need to develop compelling, responsive elearning modules with Articulate Rise 360 and Storyline 360.
Day 1 will focus on best practices for using Rise 360 to create standard and microlearning courses, exploring custom themes, developing engaging learning modules with interactive blocks, building quizzes with the Quiz blocks, and exporting your course for your Learning Management System or Review 360. We will also explore some creative ways to take your Rise courses to the next level by customizing your blocks.
In days 2 and 3, you will craft highly interactive learning modules with Storyline 360, including:
• Completing modules using elements from the Content Library, Storyline 360, and PowerPoint.
• Applying the basic building blocks of Storyline 360.
• Enhancing your course with audio and video.
• Creating visual interest with animation and motion.
• Adding more advanced Storyline 360 features, like conditional triggers and states.
• Discovering best practices for using Storyline 360.
• Exploring quizzes, screen recording, variables, and conditions.
• Experimenting with creative interactions, like dials or sliders.
• Exploring publishing options for the modules you build.
PROJECT: Bring your creativity, energy, and interest in trying new things!
BYOD: WiFi-enabled laptop with Articulate 360 (including the Storyline 360 desktop application) and Microsoft PowerPoint installed.
ATD has approved this program for 16.5 points.
Fee: $1,495. Register Now
|
Kuhlmann, Elizabeth
Senior Learning Consultant Yukon Learning
Moore, John
Senior Learning Director Yukon Learning
Price, Ron
Chief Learning Officer Yukon Learning
|
P04 |
PRE-CONFERENCE: Training Manager Certificate Program
3-Day Certificate Program (Friday, February 14 - Sunday, February 16)
What does a training manager do? Answer: They manage. In other words, they supervise, administer, regulate, maintain control, and influence. Gee, is that all? The role is all of that and more depending on whether you are a “one-stop shop” or have a team.
This 3-day certificate program delves into how best to manage the strategy, the tools, the work, the relationships, and finally your own development. During the three days, you’ll get a start on mapping out your plan while learning from other participants, using examples from business, and examining the research.
• Manage the Strategy: Business alignment and governance, company culture, the who, what, where so we can figure out the how.
• Manage the Tools: Knowledge and content management, vendor resources, systems (including LMS and authoring), security needs, and new tech choices.
• Manage the Work: Project management and pipeline management, models you will use, skill alignment, curation, promotion, and results.
• Manage the Relationships: The 51%, company executive team, subject-matter experts, your direct supervisor, your coworkers, and direct reports.
• Manage the Development: Your own development, your staff’s development, and how you make it a regular part of your priorities.
We’ll work together to:
• Connect culture, vision, values, and company goals to our rolesand output
• Stay on top of current learning and development trends with tipson how to integrate them.
• Incorporate knowledge and content management structures thatare supported by your systems and technology.
• Choose the right tools for your business with vendor management that is right for your budget.
• Build relationships that maximize your team’s abilities and efforts, while increasing your influence.
• Prioritize the pipeline of projects and get backing for “no.”
• Hire and develop a team that performs at a high level.
BONUS: We will lean into being together, face-to-face, as a methodto crowdsource answers to your current work challenges and build relationships that will follow you long after our time together.
ATD has approved this program for 16.5 points.
Fee: $1,495. Register Now
|
Matthews, Heidi
Training Manager Terracon
|
P05 |
PRE-CONFERENCE: Gamified and Game-Based Learning Designer Certificate Program
3-Day Certificate Program (Friday, February 14 - Sunday, February 16)
Discover how to leverage the power of gamification and game-based learning for adult education and corporate training.
In this interactive session, plan to actively participate in crafting new ideas and exploring the possibilities of how to apply game-like thinking to increase and sustain learner engagement, comprehension, retention, and motivation.
What You Will Do
• Examine the science and art behind using play to drive engagement.
• Gain an in-depth view of the psychology and motivations of player behavior.
• Discover how to do gamification successfully and how to avoid bad gamification.
• Explore reward systems for building loyalty and changing behaviors.
• Learn the basics of game design and explore popular game mechanics.
• Take a base set of rules and game materials and apply game design principles to modify the rules to fit your subject matter.
• Practice a “Fail Fast, Fail Often” development mentality by iterating, playtesting, and receiving feedback from other teams.
• Discover the value of capitalizing on using proven game designs for educational content.
If you are on the frontline of designing, developing, writing, and delivering adult education, corporate training, or HR compliance through instructor-led, elearning, and blended methods, join this program to take advantage of this new evolution in gamified and game-based learning to propel your company forward in the innovative use of gaming mechanics and playful design!
PROJECT: You’ll work on your own elearning, ILT, vILT, or hybrid project and learn how to apply the proven gamification framework and game-based learning strategy to help change behaviors while increasing meaning, mastery, and autonomy.
BONUS: Everyone receives a Design Journal, Pirate Tales Gamification of Learning Treasure Map, and a Deliberate Fun Game Design Card Deck.
ATD has approved this program for 16.5 points.
Fee: $1,495. Register Now
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Cornetti, Monica
President Sententia Gamification
Peters, Jonathan
Chief Motivation Officer Sententia Gamification
|
Saturday, February 15
|
Session Code |
Session Title |
Speaker(s) |
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
|
P01 |
PRE-CONFERENCE: Master Instructional Designer Certificate Program
3-Day Certificate Program (Friday, February 14 - Sunday, February 16)
Discover the keys to creating interactive and engaging training that ensures learner success and true productivity back on the job — whether in the classroom, online, or a combination of both.
What You Will Do
• Apply proven techniques for analyzing learner and organizational needs and plan the design and development of training materials to meet those needs.
• Incorporate adult learning principles, a systematic learning process, and a variety of processing methods to maximize retention and increase learner productivity post-training back on the job.
• Link the science of the brain to effective instructional design methodologies to maximize training program success.
• Select the right training content and instructional strategy to support performance improvement for the target population, including multi-generational workforce issues.
• Align objectives and tests, and outline strategies to close any performance gaps.
• Create a validation plan that ensures the training design meets the organizational needs.
• Plan a variety of presentation, application, and feedback methods.
• Create questions that enable learning, encourage retention, and test for understanding.
• Promote interactivity in classroom and online designs.
• Strategize design time shortcuts.
BONUS: To help you apply what you learned immediately when you are back, you will receive the following:
• 198-page Instructional Design Fundamentals Participant Manual.
• Case study documents, job aids, and sample Self-Directed Learning Booklet.
• 188-page Support Manual full of instructional design guidelines, best practices, and templates with instructions for accessing the templates online.
ATD has approved this program for 16.5 points.
Fee: $1,495. Register Now
|
Rea, Sean
Director of Performance and Learning Solutions Friesen, Kaye and Associates
|
P02 |
PRE-CONFERENCE: Master Facilitator Certificate Program
3-Day Certificate Program (Friday, February 14 - Sunday, February 16)
As a training professional, have you ever …
• Delivered training that even you would sleep through?
• Asked questions during training only to receive confidence-crushing silence?
• Wondered why participants are constantly distracted, disinterested, and disengaged?
If the answer is yes, you are not alone. A survey of more than 1,500 training professionals revealed the #1 problem trainers experience on the job is a massive lack of participant engagement. When participants are not engaged, it sets off an insidious cycle of disastrous outcomes. This program will equip you with the framework, tools, and ongoing skill development to become a dynamic and engaging facilitator.
Trainers begin to overuse lectures, creating an endless series of “monologues with hostages.” Participants start multitasking, resulting in a lack of attention and retention. And training teams lose credibility and influence with their stakeholders. How do we overcome these all-too-common challenges?
Stop training, start facilitating. In this three-day transformational experience, you will learn to:
• Apply the Engagement Loop Framework™ to rapidly design any course to make it more participant-focused and engaging.
• Apply 3 Laws of Facilitation to deliver insanely engaging learning experiences for participants.
• Use the Curious Ask Method to practice facilitating several training activities that convert content-heavy, time-constrained courses into performance-improving experiential learning.
• Implement 13 attention-grabbing openers that instantly create high levels of engagement for any topic or content.
PROJECT: Throughout this program, you’ll have the opportunity to immediately apply what you learn to your course(s) as you practice your facilitation skills.
BONUS: You’ll receive immediate access to our members only online portal containing:
· 30+ training activities you can immediately use in your training.
· The entire library of our weekly Ask a Master Facilitator video blog series.
ATD has approved this program for 16.5 points.
Fee: $1,495. Register Now
|
Love, Sardek
CEO Infinity Consulting and Training Solutions
|
P03 |
PRE-CONFERENCE: Master Articulate 360 Certificate Program
3-Day Certificate Program (Friday, February 14 - Sunday, February 16)
Need to expand your knowledge about the magic of Articulate Storyline 360?
Could you use help making layers, triggers, and states easier to complete?
Curious about how to level up your Rise 360 content?
This certificate program has all of this — and more! Whether you’re brand new to Rise and Storyline 360, or you are looking to level up your skills with these tools, this program is for you.
This comprehensive three-day program provides much of what you’ll need to develop compelling, responsive elearning modules with Articulate Rise 360 and Storyline 360.
Day 1 will focus on best practices for using Rise 360 to create standard and microlearning courses, exploring custom themes, developing engaging learning modules with interactive blocks, building quizzes with the Quiz blocks, and exporting your course for your Learning Management System or Review 360. We will also explore some creative ways to take your Rise courses to the next level by customizing your blocks.
In days 2 and 3, you will craft highly interactive learning modules with Storyline 360, including:
• Completing modules using elements from the Content Library, Storyline 360, and PowerPoint.
• Applying the basic building blocks of Storyline 360.
• Enhancing your course with audio and video.
• Creating visual interest with animation and motion.
• Adding more advanced Storyline 360 features, like conditional triggers and states.
• Discovering best practices for using Storyline 360.
• Exploring quizzes, screen recording, variables, and conditions.
• Experimenting with creative interactions, like dials or sliders.
• Exploring publishing options for the modules you build.
PROJECT: Bring your creativity, energy, and interest in trying new things!
BYOD: WiFi-enabled laptop with Articulate 360 (including the Storyline 360 desktop application) and Microsoft PowerPoint installed.
ATD has approved this program for 16.5 points.
Fee: $1,495. Register Now
|
Kuhlmann, Elizabeth
Senior Learning Consultant Yukon Learning
Moore, John
Senior Learning Director Yukon Learning
Price, Ron
Chief Learning Officer Yukon Learning
|
P04 |
PRE-CONFERENCE: Training Manager Certificate Program
3-Day Certificate Program (Friday, February 14 - Sunday, February 16)
What does a training manager do? Answer: They manage. In other words, they supervise, administer, regulate, maintain control, and influence. Gee, is that all? The role is all of that and more depending on whether you are a “one-stop shop” or have a team.
This 3-day certificate program delves into how best to manage the strategy, the tools, the work, the relationships, and finally your own development. During the three days, you’ll get a start on mapping out your plan while learning from other participants, using examples from business, and examining the research.
• Manage the Strategy: Business alignment and governance, company culture, the who, what, where so we can figure out the how.
• Manage the Tools: Knowledge and content management, vendor resources, systems (including LMS and authoring), security needs, and new tech choices.
• Manage the Work: Project management and pipeline management, models you will use, skill alignment, curation, promotion, and results.
• Manage the Relationships: The 51%, company executive team, subject-matter experts, your direct supervisor, your coworkers, and direct reports.
• Manage the Development: Your own development, your staff’s development, and how you make it a regular part of your priorities.
We’ll work together to:
• Connect culture, vision, values, and company goals to our rolesand output
• Stay on top of current learning and development trends with tipson how to integrate them.
• Incorporate knowledge and content management structures thatare supported by your systems and technology.
• Choose the right tools for your business with vendor management that is right for your budget.
• Build relationships that maximize your team’s abilities and efforts, while increasing your influence.
• Prioritize the pipeline of projects and get backing for “no.”
• Hire and develop a team that performs at a high level.
BONUS: We will lean into being together, face-to-face, as a methodto crowdsource answers to your current work challenges and build relationships that will follow you long after our time together.
ATD has approved this program for 16.5 points.
Fee: $1,495. Register Now
|
Matthews, Heidi
Training Manager Terracon
|
P05 |
PRE-CONFERENCE: Gamified and Game-Based Learning Designer Certificate Program
3-Day Certificate Program (Friday, February 14 - Sunday, February 16)
Discover how to leverage the power of gamification and game-based learning for adult education and corporate training.
In this interactive session, plan to actively participate in crafting new ideas and exploring the possibilities of how to apply game-like thinking to increase and sustain learner engagement, comprehension, retention, and motivation.
What You Will Do
• Examine the science and art behind using play to drive engagement.
• Gain an in-depth view of the psychology and motivations of player behavior.
• Discover how to do gamification successfully and how to avoid bad gamification.
• Explore reward systems for building loyalty and changing behaviors.
• Learn the basics of game design and explore popular game mechanics.
• Take a base set of rules and game materials and apply game design principles to modify the rules to fit your subject matter.
• Practice a “Fail Fast, Fail Often” development mentality by iterating, playtesting, and receiving feedback from other teams.
• Discover the value of capitalizing on using proven game designs for educational content.
If you are on the frontline of designing, developing, writing, and delivering adult education, corporate training, or HR compliance through instructor-led, elearning, and blended methods, join this program to take advantage of this new evolution in gamified and game-based learning to propel your company forward in the innovative use of gaming mechanics and playful design!
PROJECT: You’ll work on your own elearning, ILT, vILT, or hybrid project and learn how to apply the proven gamification framework and game-based learning strategy to help change behaviors while increasing meaning, mastery, and autonomy.
BONUS: Everyone receives a Design Journal, Pirate Tales Gamification of Learning Treasure Map, and a Deliberate Fun Game Design Card Deck.
ATD has approved this program for 16.5 points.
Fee: $1,495. Register Now
|
Cornetti, Monica
President Sententia Gamification
Peters, Jonathan
Chief Motivation Officer Sententia Gamification
|
P06 |
PRE-CONFERENCE: AI at Work Certificate Program
2-Day Certificate Program (Saturday, February 15 - Sunday, February 16)
A certificate program intended to turbocharge your knowledge and skills about how, when, where, and why to apply Generative AI in your learning design and development processes, focusing on workplace Generative AI tools.
Who Should Attend
This hands-on experience is designed for L&D professionals, educators, business leaders, and content creators who want to deepen their AI-for-learning skills and leverage the power of Generative AI in their work, particularly within organizational contexts.
What You Will Do
This immersive, two-day certificate program will catapult you into the world of AI-driven learning and development. You will learn:
• About the AI Revolution in the Workplace: Understand the implications of AI and how to leverage various AI tools for maximum benefit, including ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and Google Gemini.
• To Master Freeform and Structured Prompts: Craft compelling prompts that resonate with your audience across different AI platforms.
• Advanced Prompt Crafting Techniques: Explore sophisticated techniques to elevate your AI interaction, adaptable to various AI tools.
• To Create an AI Chatbot: Get hands-on experience developing a chatbot using available AI technologies.
• Prompt Strategies & Tactics: Uncover actionable tactics to optimize your prompts for different AI systems.
BYOD: A WiFi-enabled laptop that allows access to AI tools. We will work with various AI platforms, accommodating those with restricted access to certain tools. Note: When using AI tools, do not input any proprietary data, which may be remembered by the tool.
ATD has approved this program for 11 points.
Fee: $1,095. Register Now
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Cavalier, Josh
Founder JoshCavalier.ai
|
P07 |
PRE-CONFERENCE: Elearning Design Certificate Program
2-Day Certificate Program (Saturday, February 15 - Sunday, February 16)
An intensive, hands-on certificate program that will empower instructional designers with new tools and techniques, as well as insights to create engaging and effective elearning experiences.
Who Should Attend
This program provides comprehensive foundational theories, innovative design principles, and the latest trends in workplace learning for:
• Instructional designers looking to level up knowledge and sharpen existing skills.
• Learning professionals seeking to stay current in the rapidly evolving landscape of elearning design and development.
What You Will Do
• Explore the essential components of elearning.
• Unpack the role of adult learning theories and principles for elearning.
• Establish a robust framework for your elearning projects with process models such as Merrill’s First Principles of Instruction, ADDIE, and SAM.
• Practice the art of storytelling and crafting engaging narratives.
• Explore scenario-based and problem-based learning to enhance learner engagement and facilitate the application of knowledge in real-life situations.
• Learn techniques for integrating storytelling into elearning modules to ensure a dynamic and immersive learning experience for all learners.
• Craft aligned learning objectives, using design documents.
• Create storyboards for effective elearning course planning.
• Select and integrate multimedia elements to elevate the learner experience and support the narratives.
• Explore visual design and accessibility elements to ensure high engagement that is inclusive to all learners.
• Employ quality management strategies and guidelines to maintain high-quality content and methods for ongoing improvement.
• Define implementation and evaluation best practices.
• Explore trends and future directions in elearning, including AI.
This course is an essential investment for everyone committed to crafting informative and transformative elearning experiences — that is, elearning that blends the science of learning, the mechanics of instructional design, and the art of storytelling to meet the needs of today’s learners.
BYOD: A WiFi-enabled laptop with Microsoft Office software.
BONUS: You’ll receive a guide that includes a:
• Comprehensive template for planning elearning projects.
• Template for writing clear, measurable learning objectives.
• Tips for implementing and supporting elearning quality management.
• Collection of resources to evaluate whether elearning courses meet accessibility standards for all learners.
• Guide on essential visual design principles for elearning, focusing on layout and usability.
ATD has approved this program for 11 points.
Fee: $1,095. Register Now
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Nuriddin, Hadiya
Senior Learning Strategist Duets Learning
|
P08 |
PRE-CONFERENCE: Performance Consulting Certificate Program
2-Day Certificate Program (Saturday, February 15 - Sunday, February 16)
Want to learn how to work on the right problems and offer workable solutions? This certificate program is for internal consultants who want to help their organizations grow their talent, improve their processes, and eliminate waste and inefficient practices. Whether your title is trainer, coach, training manager, talent manager, organizational developer, change manager, chief people officer, or instructional designer, this workshop will add tools to your performance improvement toolkit.
This practical workshop walks you through the process of identifying needs, uncovering causes, designing workable solutions, guiding groups as they implement changes, and evaluating the worth of the effort. The workshop draws on the concepts documented in the Performance Consultant’s Field Book: Tools and Techniques for Improving People and Organizations. You will receive a digital workbook containing the slides and a Toolkit with job aids, templates, and guidelines you can personalize for your own work.
You will be able to:
• Apply proven guidelines for performance consulting.
• Identify opportunities for improving efficiency and organizational agility.
• Uncover barriers to team performance.
• Design solutions that are cost feasible and politically workable.
• Identify the critical mass to improve the odds of success.
• Evaluate the cost effectiveness and value gained of the change.
• Explain the benefits of applying a performance improvement approach.
BONUS: The opportunity to work with someone who is more than an expert in performance consulting and writing about it. Judy will use her extensive real-world experiences, examples, and stories to bring the discussion to life (and anything but boring!). You will make key connections with others who struggle in similar ways that will make it possible to extend your learning experience beyond these two days.
ATD has approved this program for 11 points.
Fee: $1,095. Register Now
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Hale, Judith
CEO Hale Associates
|
Sunday, February 16
|
Session Code |
Session Title |
Speaker(s) |
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
|
P01 |
PRE-CONFERENCE: Master Instructional Designer Certificate Program
3-Day Certificate Program (Friday, February 14 - Sunday, February 16)
Discover the keys to creating interactive and engaging training that ensures learner success and true productivity back on the job — whether in the classroom, online, or a combination of both.
What You Will Do
• Apply proven techniques for analyzing learner and organizational needs and plan the design and development of training materials to meet those needs.
• Incorporate adult learning principles, a systematic learning process, and a variety of processing methods to maximize retention and increase learner productivity post-training back on the job.
• Link the science of the brain to effective instructional design methodologies to maximize training program success.
• Select the right training content and instructional strategy to support performance improvement for the target population, including multi-generational workforce issues.
• Align objectives and tests, and outline strategies to close any performance gaps.
• Create a validation plan that ensures the training design meets the organizational needs.
• Plan a variety of presentation, application, and feedback methods.
• Create questions that enable learning, encourage retention, and test for understanding.
• Promote interactivity in classroom and online designs.
• Strategize design time shortcuts.
BONUS: To help you apply what you learned immediately when you are back, you will receive the following:
• 198-page Instructional Design Fundamentals Participant Manual.
• Case study documents, job aids, and sample Self-Directed Learning Booklet.
• 188-page Support Manual full of instructional design guidelines, best practices, and templates with instructions for accessing the templates online.
ATD has approved this program for 16.5 points.
Fee: $1,495. Register Now
|
Rea, Sean
Director of Performance and Learning Solutions Friesen, Kaye and Associates
|
P02 |
PRE-CONFERENCE: Master Facilitator Certificate Program
3-Day Certificate Program (Friday, February 14 - Sunday, February 16)
As a training professional, have you ever …
• Delivered training that even you would sleep through?
• Asked questions during training only to receive confidence-crushing silence?
• Wondered why participants are constantly distracted, disinterested, and disengaged?
If the answer is yes, you are not alone. A survey of more than 1,500 training professionals revealed the #1 problem trainers experience on the job is a massive lack of participant engagement. When participants are not engaged, it sets off an insidious cycle of disastrous outcomes. This program will equip you with the framework, tools, and ongoing skill development to become a dynamic and engaging facilitator.
Trainers begin to overuse lectures, creating an endless series of “monologues with hostages.” Participants start multitasking, resulting in a lack of attention and retention. And training teams lose credibility and influence with their stakeholders. How do we overcome these all-too-common challenges?
Stop training, start facilitating. In this three-day transformational experience, you will learn to:
• Apply the Engagement Loop Framework™ to rapidly design any course to make it more participant-focused and engaging.
• Apply 3 Laws of Facilitation to deliver insanely engaging learning experiences for participants.
• Use the Curious Ask Method to practice facilitating several training activities that convert content-heavy, time-constrained courses into performance-improving experiential learning.
• Implement 13 attention-grabbing openers that instantly create high levels of engagement for any topic or content.
PROJECT: Throughout this program, you’ll have the opportunity to immediately apply what you learn to your course(s) as you practice your facilitation skills.
BONUS: You’ll receive immediate access to our members only online portal containing:
· 30+ training activities you can immediately use in your training.
· The entire library of our weekly Ask a Master Facilitator video blog series.
ATD has approved this program for 16.5 points.
Fee: $1,495. Register Now
|
Love, Sardek
CEO Infinity Consulting and Training Solutions
|
P03 |
PRE-CONFERENCE: Master Articulate 360 Certificate Program
3-Day Certificate Program (Friday, February 14 - Sunday, February 16)
Need to expand your knowledge about the magic of Articulate Storyline 360?
Could you use help making layers, triggers, and states easier to complete?
Curious about how to level up your Rise 360 content?
This certificate program has all of this — and more! Whether you’re brand new to Rise and Storyline 360, or you are looking to level up your skills with these tools, this program is for you.
This comprehensive three-day program provides much of what you’ll need to develop compelling, responsive elearning modules with Articulate Rise 360 and Storyline 360.
Day 1 will focus on best practices for using Rise 360 to create standard and microlearning courses, exploring custom themes, developing engaging learning modules with interactive blocks, building quizzes with the Quiz blocks, and exporting your course for your Learning Management System or Review 360. We will also explore some creative ways to take your Rise courses to the next level by customizing your blocks.
In days 2 and 3, you will craft highly interactive learning modules with Storyline 360, including:
• Completing modules using elements from the Content Library, Storyline 360, and PowerPoint.
• Applying the basic building blocks of Storyline 360.
• Enhancing your course with audio and video.
• Creating visual interest with animation and motion.
• Adding more advanced Storyline 360 features, like conditional triggers and states.
• Discovering best practices for using Storyline 360.
• Exploring quizzes, screen recording, variables, and conditions.
• Experimenting with creative interactions, like dials or sliders.
• Exploring publishing options for the modules you build.
PROJECT: Bring your creativity, energy, and interest in trying new things!
BYOD: WiFi-enabled laptop with Articulate 360 (including the Storyline 360 desktop application) and Microsoft PowerPoint installed.
ATD has approved this program for 16.5 points.
Fee: $1,495. Register Now
|
Kuhlmann, Elizabeth
Senior Learning Consultant Yukon Learning
Moore, John
Senior Learning Director Yukon Learning
Price, Ron
Chief Learning Officer Yukon Learning
|
P04 |
PRE-CONFERENCE: Training Manager Certificate Program
3-Day Certificate Program (Friday, February 14 - Sunday, February 16)
What does a training manager do? Answer: They manage. In other words, they supervise, administer, regulate, maintain control, and influence. Gee, is that all? The role is all of that and more depending on whether you are a “one-stop shop” or have a team.
This 3-day certificate program delves into how best to manage the strategy, the tools, the work, the relationships, and finally your own development. During the three days, you’ll get a start on mapping out your plan while learning from other participants, using examples from business, and examining the research.
• Manage the Strategy: Business alignment and governance, company culture, the who, what, where so we can figure out the how.
• Manage the Tools: Knowledge and content management, vendor resources, systems (including LMS and authoring), security needs, and new tech choices.
• Manage the Work: Project management and pipeline management, models you will use, skill alignment, curation, promotion, and results.
• Manage the Relationships: The 51%, company executive team, subject-matter experts, your direct supervisor, your coworkers, and direct reports.
• Manage the Development: Your own development, your staff’s development, and how you make it a regular part of your priorities.
We’ll work together to:
• Connect culture, vision, values, and company goals to our rolesand output
• Stay on top of current learning and development trends with tipson how to integrate them.
• Incorporate knowledge and content management structures thatare supported by your systems and technology.
• Choose the right tools for your business with vendor management that is right for your budget.
• Build relationships that maximize your team’s abilities and efforts, while increasing your influence.
• Prioritize the pipeline of projects and get backing for “no.”
• Hire and develop a team that performs at a high level.
BONUS: We will lean into being together, face-to-face, as a methodto crowdsource answers to your current work challenges and build relationships that will follow you long after our time together.
ATD has approved this program for 16.5 points.
Fee: $1,495. Register Now
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Matthews, Heidi
Training Manager Terracon
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P05 |
PRE-CONFERENCE: Gamified and Game-Based Learning Designer Certificate Program
3-Day Certificate Program (Friday, February 14 - Sunday, February 16)
Discover how to leverage the power of gamification and game-based learning for adult education and corporate training.
In this interactive session, plan to actively participate in crafting new ideas and exploring the possibilities of how to apply game-like thinking to increase and sustain learner engagement, comprehension, retention, and motivation.
What You Will Do
• Examine the science and art behind using play to drive engagement.
• Gain an in-depth view of the psychology and motivations of player behavior.
• Discover how to do gamification successfully and how to avoid bad gamification.
• Explore reward systems for building loyalty and changing behaviors.
• Learn the basics of game design and explore popular game mechanics.
• Take a base set of rules and game materials and apply game design principles to modify the rules to fit your subject matter.
• Practice a “Fail Fast, Fail Often” development mentality by iterating, playtesting, and receiving feedback from other teams.
• Discover the value of capitalizing on using proven game designs for educational content.
If you are on the frontline of designing, developing, writing, and delivering adult education, corporate training, or HR compliance through instructor-led, elearning, and blended methods, join this program to take advantage of this new evolution in gamified and game-based learning to propel your company forward in the innovative use of gaming mechanics and playful design!
PROJECT: You’ll work on your own elearning, ILT, vILT, or hybrid project and learn how to apply the proven gamification framework and game-based learning strategy to help change behaviors while increasing meaning, mastery, and autonomy.
BONUS: Everyone receives a Design Journal, Pirate Tales Gamification of Learning Treasure Map, and a Deliberate Fun Game Design Card Deck.
ATD has approved this program for 16.5 points.
Fee: $1,495. Register Now
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Cornetti, Monica
President Sententia Gamification
Peters, Jonathan
Chief Motivation Officer Sententia Gamification
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P06 |
PRE-CONFERENCE: AI at Work Certificate Program
2-Day Certificate Program (Saturday, February 15 - Sunday, February 16)
A certificate program intended to turbocharge your knowledge and skills about how, when, where, and why to apply Generative AI in your learning design and development processes, focusing on workplace Generative AI tools.
Who Should Attend
This hands-on experience is designed for L&D professionals, educators, business leaders, and content creators who want to deepen their AI-for-learning skills and leverage the power of Generative AI in their work, particularly within organizational contexts.
What You Will Do
This immersive, two-day certificate program will catapult you into the world of AI-driven learning and development. You will learn:
• About the AI Revolution in the Workplace: Understand the implications of AI and how to leverage various AI tools for maximum benefit, including ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and Google Gemini.
• To Master Freeform and Structured Prompts: Craft compelling prompts that resonate with your audience across different AI platforms.
• Advanced Prompt Crafting Techniques: Explore sophisticated techniques to elevate your AI interaction, adaptable to various AI tools.
• To Create an AI Chatbot: Get hands-on experience developing a chatbot using available AI technologies.
• Prompt Strategies & Tactics: Uncover actionable tactics to optimize your prompts for different AI systems.
BYOD: A WiFi-enabled laptop that allows access to AI tools. We will work with various AI platforms, accommodating those with restricted access to certain tools. Note: When using AI tools, do not input any proprietary data, which may be remembered by the tool.
ATD has approved this program for 11 points.
Fee: $1,095. Register Now
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Cavalier, Josh
Founder JoshCavalier.ai
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P07 |
PRE-CONFERENCE: Elearning Design Certificate Program
2-Day Certificate Program (Saturday, February 15 - Sunday, February 16)
An intensive, hands-on certificate program that will empower instructional designers with new tools and techniques, as well as insights to create engaging and effective elearning experiences.
Who Should Attend
This program provides comprehensive foundational theories, innovative design principles, and the latest trends in workplace learning for:
• Instructional designers looking to level up knowledge and sharpen existing skills.
• Learning professionals seeking to stay current in the rapidly evolving landscape of elearning design and development.
What You Will Do
• Explore the essential components of elearning.
• Unpack the role of adult learning theories and principles for elearning.
• Establish a robust framework for your elearning projects with process models such as Merrill’s First Principles of Instruction, ADDIE, and SAM.
• Practice the art of storytelling and crafting engaging narratives.
• Explore scenario-based and problem-based learning to enhance learner engagement and facilitate the application of knowledge in real-life situations.
• Learn techniques for integrating storytelling into elearning modules to ensure a dynamic and immersive learning experience for all learners.
• Craft aligned learning objectives, using design documents.
• Create storyboards for effective elearning course planning.
• Select and integrate multimedia elements to elevate the learner experience and support the narratives.
• Explore visual design and accessibility elements to ensure high engagement that is inclusive to all learners.
• Employ quality management strategies and guidelines to maintain high-quality content and methods for ongoing improvement.
• Define implementation and evaluation best practices.
• Explore trends and future directions in elearning, including AI.
This course is an essential investment for everyone committed to crafting informative and transformative elearning experiences — that is, elearning that blends the science of learning, the mechanics of instructional design, and the art of storytelling to meet the needs of today’s learners.
BYOD: A WiFi-enabled laptop with Microsoft Office software.
BONUS: You’ll receive a guide that includes a:
• Comprehensive template for planning elearning projects.
• Template for writing clear, measurable learning objectives.
• Tips for implementing and supporting elearning quality management.
• Collection of resources to evaluate whether elearning courses meet accessibility standards for all learners.
• Guide on essential visual design principles for elearning, focusing on layout and usability.
ATD has approved this program for 11 points.
Fee: $1,095. Register Now
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Nuriddin, Hadiya
Senior Learning Strategist Duets Learning
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P08 |
PRE-CONFERENCE: Performance Consulting Certificate Program
2-Day Certificate Program (Saturday, February 15 - Sunday, February 16)
Want to learn how to work on the right problems and offer workable solutions? This certificate program is for internal consultants who want to help their organizations grow their talent, improve their processes, and eliminate waste and inefficient practices. Whether your title is trainer, coach, training manager, talent manager, organizational developer, change manager, chief people officer, or instructional designer, this workshop will add tools to your performance improvement toolkit.
This practical workshop walks you through the process of identifying needs, uncovering causes, designing workable solutions, guiding groups as they implement changes, and evaluating the worth of the effort. The workshop draws on the concepts documented in the Performance Consultant’s Field Book: Tools and Techniques for Improving People and Organizations. You will receive a digital workbook containing the slides and a Toolkit with job aids, templates, and guidelines you can personalize for your own work.
You will be able to:
• Apply proven guidelines for performance consulting.
• Identify opportunities for improving efficiency and organizational agility.
• Uncover barriers to team performance.
• Design solutions that are cost feasible and politically workable.
• Identify the critical mass to improve the odds of success.
• Evaluate the cost effectiveness and value gained of the change.
• Explain the benefits of applying a performance improvement approach.
BONUS: The opportunity to work with someone who is more than an expert in performance consulting and writing about it. Judy will use her extensive real-world experiences, examples, and stories to bring the discussion to life (and anything but boring!). You will make key connections with others who struggle in similar ways that will make it possible to extend your learning experience beyond these two days.
ATD has approved this program for 11 points.
Fee: $1,095. Register Now
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Hale, Judith
CEO Hale Associates
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P09 |
PRE-CONFERENCE: Data Storytelling and Visualization Certificate Program
1-Day Certificate Program (Sunday, February 16)
This one-day session is designed to teach you how best to identify, communicate, and tell the story and the meaning of your quantitative data, rather than just putting numbers and tables up on a screen. Plan on it being fast-paced and a full hands-on program.
Who Should Attend
L&D professionals who are tasked with interpreting and creating charts and presenting data in clear and easily understandable ways — especially to stakeholders.
What You Will Do
Nolan will demonstrate the principles and best practices of effective data visualization, giving you the tools needed to create and present meaningful data stories. No longer will you and your audiences struggle to figure out what that bar chart means or what is important about this table.
Session topics:
• Design for Data 101: Understand and harness fundamental design principles needed for data visualization such as color, emphasis, negative space, and hierarchy.
• 1-Second Chart®: Learn the principles, strategies and techniques used by data professionals to create charts that can be understood by an audience in one second or less including: The McKinsey Rule, direct labeling, annotation, small multiples, chart junk removal, and much more.
• Color and Fonts: Go in-depth when selecting effective colors and fonts for charting.
• Unique Data Solutions: Move beyond pie charts and learn to create unique and more effective visualizations using Microsoft Office including Bullet Graphs, Slope Graphs, Proportional Shapes, Unit Charts, and more.
• Cautions: Maintain credibility by knowing how to identify and avoid common mistakes such as Y-axis manipulation and incorrect Excel-to-PowerPoint workflows.
• Table Design: Tables don’t get much love, but they still deserve the benefit of thoughtful design.
• PowerPoint & Excel Efficiency: Use little-known features such as placeholders and chart templates to speed up your design process and maintain consistency.
• Group Makeovers: Put your new knowledge into practice through group discussion and chart makeovers.
While the principles and best practices discussed apply to any charting software, the training and exercises referred to and used in this session will be Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel.
BONUS: Participant workbook (PDF) and a variety of exercise files.
BYOD: A WiFi-enabled laptop with Microsoft Office and a mouse.
ATD has approved this program for 5.5 points.
Fee: $595. Register Now
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Haims, Nolan
Author The Better Deck Deck
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P10 |
PRE-CONFERENCE: Start the Podcast! Certificate Program
1-Day Certificate Program (Sunday, February 16)
This certificate program is intended to provide you with a low-cost, efficient, portable, and personalized way to deliver training.
Podcasting is an accepted and effective way to provide and consume self-paced, personalized training and development content, largely because its efficient and portable content fits easily into our busy lives. Through concrete approaches for bringing each of the elements of great audio and video podcasts together, you will learn strategies to design, develop, and publish your very own podcast on any budget (even $0.00).
What You Will Do
This hands-on workshop is intended to address the important nuances in the process including:
• Interview techniques.
• Podcast branding.
• Effective marketing strategies.
• How to produce an internal podcast for your organization.
• Ways to use podcasts as an alternative to large pieces of written content effectively.
• How to design a podcast that allows you to speak creatively and add value to your intended audience.
• Sharpen your own interviewing, voiceover, and audio editing skills to create polished podcast episodes.
• How to create and publish your own podcast in a sustainable format and begin to establish a valuable library of content.
BYOD:
• WiFi-enabled laptop able to access conference WiFi, Google Drive, and/or Dropbox for course materials used in the session.
• Device capable of recording your own audio and using software or app for editing it. For example: Your own mobile device, external microphone that works with your laptop, etc.
• Editing software examples: Any of the above plus: Camtasia (Techsmith free trial or fee), Audacity (free), Audition (Adobe free trial or fee), Garage Band (Mac installed app), Zencastr ($) or similar, Riverside.fm (free), etc.
• Recommended: Over-the-ear headphones or headset with microphone.
ATD has approved this program for 5.5 points.
Fee: $1,095. Register Now
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Dannewitz, Betty
Solutions Architect ifyouaskbetty
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