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Finding Your Footing in L&D: A Conversation with Isabella Barker, Young Learning Leader of the Year
Confidence … is not about performing certainty. It is about staying steady enough to move forward without pretending you already know everything.
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Meet the Learning Guild Advisory Committee: The Practitioners Helping Shape Our 2026 Events
Behind every great conference is a simple question: What do learning professionals need most right now? At the Learning Guild, we don’t answer that question alone. This year, we’re proud to introduce our 2026 Advisory Committee—an accomplished group of learning leaders representing diverse industries, roles, and perspectives across the learning and development profession. This committee is more than just a collection of impressive titles. They’re actively sharing their experience and insights to help shape the conversations, challenges, and opportunities that will define Learning Leadership 2026 and DevLearn 2026. Drawing from real-world leadership challenges, they are identifying the most relevant and future-focused programming. As you explore this year’s Learning Leadership and DevLearn programs, you’ll see the impact of their contributions reflected throughout the…
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Check Your Mic Before You Wreck Your Project
If you can’t choose the perfect mic, then learn about the characteristics of the mic(s) you do have and work with it/them.
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Designing for What People Need to Know: A Conversation with Kayla Harrison, Knowledge Management Specialist at Turner Fleischer
In many cases, what appears to be a capability gap is actually a clarity gap. The knowledge exists, but it is not structured or surfaced in a way that makes it usable.
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What’s Next for Learning? The Trends DevLearn Attendees See Emerging
The future of learning took shape in a big way throughout 2025, and DevLearn attendees were already spotting the trends transforming the industry while with us in Las Vegas. From the rapid rise of AI and AI-native platforms to growing conversations around accessibility, localization, immersive learning, and creative media design, these emerging priorities are reshaping how organizations create and deliver learning experiences. At DevLearn 2026, attendees will have the opportunity to explore these trends in greater depth through practical sessions, workshops, demos, and discussions focused on what’s next for workplace learning. AI is everywhere AI was by far the biggest trend attendees identified in 2025. As noted by attendees, organizations are…
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Expertise We Still Have to Earn
Ironically, the rise of intelligent systems (AI) may make these deeply human capabilities even more valuable.
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Why AI Needs Vygotsky: The Case for AI-Based Intentional Friction
The absence of desirable difficulty in AI interactions effectively ignores the biology of human learning.
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Learning Leaders Need Better Conversations
With the Learning Leadership 2026 program now live, learning leaders can explore the conversations shaping this year’s event. And it’s immediately clear this is not a traditional conference experience. Most conferences are built around presentations. Learning Leadership 2026 takes a different approach by focusing on the conversations learning leaders need most right now. As organizations navigate rapid change driven by AI, evolving workforce expectations, and growing pressure to demonstrate business impact, today’s learning executives are looking for more than a packed agenda of sessions. They want opportunities to exchange ideas with peers, explore strategic challenges openly, and discuss what’s actually working inside their organizations. That’s where the Learning Leadership event comes in. Designed for…
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The 70:20:10 Framework Gets One Thing Right: Where Learning Actually Happens
The 70:20:10 framework gets criticized for its neat percentages, but it points to the biggest opportunity in workplace learning. The question isn’t whether the numbers are exactly right. The question is whether you’ll continue investing primarily in the 10% or start building capability in the 70%.
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Learning Guild and CEdMA Partner on New Customer Education Programming at DevLearn 2026
New York, NY [May 21, 2026] — The Learning Guild, producers of DevLearn Conference & Expo, the largest learning technology event in North America, is excited to announce a new partnership with the Customer Education Management Association (CEdMA) to deliver a dedicated track of Customer Education content designed to help learning professionals unlock the full potential of their learning programs. Taking place across the full DevLearn 2026 event, November 4 – 6 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, the customer education content is a new feature within a robust line up of learning experiences serving learning and talent development professionals across all industries. CEdMA and the Learning Guild teamed up to bring together leading voices and topics in customer education, enablement, and customer experience, providing attendees with practical tools and new perspectives, including: These sessions, combined with 200 more in topical programming tracks of AI & Automation, Instructional Design,…