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Dive into Content from Learning Guild Conferences
The Conference Archive provides access to handouts and select video recordings from Learning Guild face-to-face events, covering a wide breadth of topics to help learning professionals improve their practice. This is your space to learn from industry gurus, find new inspiration, and discover proven solutions for your work.
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KEYNOTE: Long Life Learning: Preparing for Jobs That Don’t Even Exist Yet
For many, the overwhelming data about AI, automation, and mass displacement of labor can freeze any impulse to act. At the same time, organizations must prepare for the future of work—a future that is inextricably tied to the present of learning. A new kind of working learner is emerging, one that will have to continuously return to learning to keep up with a rapidly evolving workplace. In this keynote discussion, Michelle Weise offers optimistic solutions to these challenges while highlighting barriers faced by learners in need of a new training ecosystem. Right now, education providers aren’t effectively tailoring educational experiences…
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KEYNOTE: Technology Trends That Will Enhance Human Performance
We’ve all heard about technology trends such as the Internet of Things, robotics and artificial intelligence, and virtual reality. These technologies will impact us profoundly as individuals and as communities and will connect us by providing the ability to have shared experiences in life, work, and learning. As we augment human performance, will this result in a Borg collective or in shared and collaborative experiences that bring a collective empathy to society? How will these changes impact the ways that we learn, and what does that mean for the future of training and education? In our closing keynote for DevLearn…
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KEYNOTE: Blowing Up Stereotypes in Learning
There’s a long list of stereotypes that can get in the way of learning. These widely held assumptions affect the way people view their own ability to learn. Many of these stereotypes are so embedded in our cultures that they can affect our practice as learning professionals through unconscious bias. In order to design truly effective and inclusive learning programs, we must find ways to break through these stereotypes and biases. Dr. Kate Biberdorf has been blowing up stereotypes for years ‚Äîquite literally. Through her theatrical and hands-on approach to teaching that has been seen by millions on television like…
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KEYNOTE: The Power of Transformative Design
Design offers so much more than an aesthetically pleasing logo or banner, or a beautification add-on after the heavy lifting. In Reimagining Design, Kevin Bethune shows how design provides a unique angle on problem-solving—how it can be leveraged strategically to cultivate innovation and anchor multidisciplinary teamwork. As he does so, he describes his journey as a Black professional through corporate America, revealing the power of transformative design, multidisciplinary leaps, and diversity. Bethune, who began as an engineer at Westinghouse, moved on to Nike (where he designed Air Jordans), and now works as a sought-after consultant on design and innovation, shows…
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Design for Cognitive Bias: Using Mental Shortcuts for Good Instead of Evil
People’s minds take shortcuts to get through the day. Usually, they’re harmless. Even helpful. But what happens when they’re not? In our closing keynote for Learning Solutions 2022, David Dylan Thomas will explore real-world examples to identify some particularly harmful biases that frequently lead people to make bad decisions. You’ll explore how to apply these insights into content strategy and design choices that can be used in the programs you build to redirect or eliminate the impact of those biases. We will also explore our own biases as designers, and learn some methods to prevent our own blind spots from…
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The Future of Work Is Here
Constant technology innovations, an evolving workforce, and a changing global marketplace were already dramatically impacting the face of the workplace. Then COVID-19 arrived and the script got flipped upside-down. The ways we connect, share, and learn with each other changed overnight, disrupting how our organizations work and how we approach supporting the training and development needs of a hybrid workforce. In this inspiring keynote, technology strategist and futurist Crystal Washington shows learning professionals how we can thrive in today‚Äôs uncertain times while keeping an eye on the horizon to be ready to ride future waves of change. We will explore…
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Embrace the Shake: Transforming Limitations into Opportunities
The long-term success of L&D can often depend greatly on our ability to find a way to rise above any challenge and find solutions no matter what comes our way. The phrase “Embrace the Shake” comes from artist Phil Hansen’s personal story of transformation. After developing a career-ending tremor in his drawing hand, Phil embraced his “shake,” both physically and metaphorically by redefining his limitation as an impetus for creativity. Phil not only restored his artistic abilities, he became a much more creative and innovative artist. During this powerful opening keynote, you will discover how finding creativity within limitations will…