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Use AI Effectively & Safely in High-Risk Environments
This session explores the practical boundaries between human decision-making and AI-supported work in instructional design. It introduces a clear distinction between traditional automation and generative AI and examines how each can be used effectively without compromising accuracy, compliance, or defensibility. Grounded in experience across military, education, and DOE-aligned training environments, this session focuses on the realities of designing training in high-consequence, regulated contexts where decisions must be auditable and outcomes must be defensible. Through real-world examples and contrasting use cases, we will explore where AI can act as a true force multiplier, where it introduces hidden risks, and how to…
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Getting Real About AI in Professional Coaching: What to Do & What to Avoid
We will examine what worked really well and what didn’t. I will share outcomes that surprised us as I walk through our design decisions and show where we saw genuine value, where AI fell short, and what we would do differently. You’ll map your own programs against an AI-readiness framework and receive a downloadable AI Coaching Integration Checklist, a practical one-page tool that walks through key questions to ask. You will leave with:
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Tame SME Chaos with an Efficient AI‑Powered Workflow
This practical session introduces an AI-powered workflow for transforming unstructured SME input into a clear, usable learning blueprint while keeping instructional judgment firmly in human hands. Using real-world case examples, the session demonstrates how AI can be applied at three key points: We will examine examples of AI outputs that worked well and those that missed the mark to highlight common pitfalls, lessons learned, and best practices. You will practice identifying gaps, challenging assumptions, and using instructional design principles to refine AI?generated analysis. We will emphasize transferable prompts, review strategies, and safeguards that you can apply across tools and organizations.…
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Diagnose, Then Design: Using AI to Close the Gaps Training Alone Can’t Fix
This session draws from real-world application in a financial services environment to explore how to use AI as a reasoning partner in performance diagnosis. Throughout the session, you will work through a four-part framework, apply it to a real challenge from your own organization, and leave with a clearer picture of what’s actually blocking performance and what kind of intervention will actually help. You will learn to:
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Speed & Quality? Achieve Both with AI Assistant in Articulate Storyline & Rise
This session demonstrates real-world workflows for integrating AI Assistant into Storyline and Rise without sacrificing instructional integrity. Grounded in our real-world experimentation, we’ll provide practical guidance on using AI Assistant in quiz creation, storyboard development, branching scenarios, narration, image generation, localization, and accessibility support, as well as using AI Avatars and AI Tutor. We will highlight both successful implementations and failed attempts to show where AI adds value, where human oversight remains essential, and how to establish scalable quality-control processes. You will engage in prompt critiques and workflow redesign activities while reviewing Storyline examples, Rise templates, and governance checklists. You…
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Cognitive Design for AI-Powered Learning
Through structured scenario analysis, live decision mapping, and guided redesign exercises, you will apply the model to decisions affecting AI-assisted content drafting, assessment generation, feedback automation, learner use of AI for synthesis, and performance support design. You will redesign one AI-enabled learning flow to strengthen independent reasoning rather than unintentionally weaken it.This session is not about resisting AI. It is about designing AI-powered learning that builds durable expertise. You will learn how to:
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More Human by Design: Leading with What AI Can’t Replace
Drawing on her work helping organizations build stronger leaders and workplace cultures, Beth Ridley invites you to explore how AI can become a catalyst for more intentional leadership, creativity, and connection—not less. Through her Choose, Connect, Create framework, you’ll discover how to delegate routine work to AI while investing more deeply in the judgment, relationships, and ideas that create lasting impact. You’ll leave with practical questions and strategies for deciding what to hand off to AI, where to focus your own energy, and how to become more human by design in the age of artificial intelligence.
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Scale Skills-Based Learning with Canvas Career by Instructure
Skills-based learning only works if it can grow with you: more learners, more programs, and more data. Canvas Career by Instructure was built for exactly that. In this session, see how the platform brings three critical capabilities together in one place: Discover how to scale your programs efficiently while keeping learning relevant and measurable.
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JoySuite: Empowering Teams to Find Answers, Learn, and Collaborate
In this live demo, see how JoySuite streamlines everyday work by accelerating decision-making, converting existing documentation into interactive learning paths, and preserving vital institutional knowledge before it leaves the building. Discover how automated workflows and targeted coaching help teams eliminate training backlogs while maintaining consistency across departments. We will also explore how JoySuite fosters seamless collaboration, enabling cross-functional teams to work together efficiently and learn continuously within their existing workflows. Whether you need to deliver instant micro-learning, preserve mission-critical know-how, or empower employees to act with confidence, JoySuite provides the intelligent backbone your organization needs to work smarter, stay aligned, and scale expertise effortlessly 24/7.
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Leadership Development in the AI Era: What Real Data Reveals
As AI becomes part of how organizations train and develop their leaders, this session shares what we’ve learned works, what doesn’t, and why. Drawing on real, empirical data from AI-driven leadership development cohorts, we’ll unpack the psychology behind engagement, why some people thrive with AI-based simulations while others disengage. In this session, you will: