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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,…
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Beyond Points & Badges: The Psychology of Practice-First Design
Successful gamification is not about making learning “fun”; it is about transforming information into transferable skills.
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The L&D Burnout Treadmill: Recognizing the Pressures Beneath the Pace
Small shifts in expectations, boundaries, and self-compassion can help you build a healthier relationship with the work you care deeply about.
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DevLearn 2026 Program Is Live: Explore What’s New
The DevLearn 2026 program is officially live—bringing with it an expanded, forward-thinking lineup designed to help learning professionals reimagine their learning strategies and drive real impact across their organizations. As North America’s largest learning technologies event, DevLearn continues to bring 200+ sessions, three powerful keynotes, and unmatched opportunities for hands-on learning and connection. But this year, the program features several exciting updates that reflect where the industry is heading and what professionals need right now. New track topics: expanding the learning landscape DevLearn 2026 introduces new track topics that reflect the growing scope of learning and development: These new additions join DevLearn’s comprehensive lineup of topic areas, all designed to help you stay ahead of change,…
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Be Concrete! Why Simple Language Matters in the AI Age
The common goal though—and especially the goal of leaders—stays the same: The messages should persuade and lead to action. To achieve that, recipients must understand them.
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From Learning to Leverage: A Conversation with Rita Barger, Director of Logistics Enablement, Constellation Brands
Transformation depends on multiple variables such as leadership engagement, project execution, resource alignment, and more. Training and change plans can be well designed and still fail if those other elements are not in place.
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6 Tips for Easily Incorporating Games in Your Learning
Using game elements in learning helps employees better retain and apply what they learned by keeping them actively engaged in the training process. But how do you practically use game design to actively support long-term retention and real-world applications? To help you incorporate game elements into your learning, we’ve asked our Game-Based Learning Online Conference speakers to share their best tips: Found these tips helpful? To get more wisdom from these experienced pros, attend the Game-Based Learning Online Conference on June 10 & 11.
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Bringing Game-Based Learning into Everyday Practice
Game-based learning is about applying well-known mechanics to make training more motivating and practical. Anyone can use these methods without special tech. Focus on the mechanics themselves to create a meaningful learning experience.
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Teambuilding in Times of Trouble
The process itself creates a non-judgmental atmosphere through personal sharing and humorous, interpersonal interactions. I think of it as laying the foundation of deeper-level conversations.
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Why Attendees Love DevLearn
What makes DevLearn such a standout experience? Attendees from last year’s event told us what they loved, and to no surprise it’s not just one thing. It’s the energy, the ideas, and the people. It starts with inspiration DevLearn sets the tone right away. Attendees highlighted the opening keynote and general sessions as energizing and idea-filled, offering fresh perspectives they could immediately apply and new ways of thinking about learning and development. There’s always something new to discover From engaging sessions to the buzz of the Expo Hall, there’s no shortage of things to explore. Attendees loved discovering new tools, diving into topics like AI, and seeing how others are approaching similar challenges. The DevLearn environment introduces new ideas at every…