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Today, You MUST Think Like a Business
The second and final day of the Winter Learning Leaders Online Forum opens with an inspiring talk from learning strategist, elearning designer & developer, author, speaker, and storyteller Hadiya Nuriddin. We’ll explore the need for L&D professionals to adopt a business mindset in order to own their career and drive their success. You’ll leave inspired to increase your impact, both inside and outside of your organization.
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Journeys: Diane Elkins, Artisan E-Learning
Journeys are recorded interviews with successful entrepreneurs in the Learning and Development space. Meet Diane Elkins, co-owner of Artisan E-Learning, and discover how her passion for accessible, effective, engaging eLearning has driven her success as an entrepreneur and author.
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Journeys: Megan Torrance, TorranceLearning
Journeys are recorded interviews with successful entrepreneurs in the Learning and Development space. Explore how and why Megan Torrance launched TorranceLearning—and learn from her experience as an eLearning designer and developer, xAPI pioneer, and evangelist for equitable workplaces and Agile project management.
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Diversifying the Leadership Pipeline: A Panel Discussion
Join our panel of experts to discover the keys to diversifying your leadership pipeline and reaping the benefits of a more inclusive workplace. Leaders across industries share their strategies for identifying and cultivating leaders from underrepresented groups, as well as best practices and opportunities for creating a more multicultural, equitable, and representative leadership team at your organization. Bring your questions for this high-level, experienced panel and be prepared to join the conversation.
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Crafting Project Proposals That Align with the Business
Every day, L&D leaders work hard to partner with the business. They engage in conversations to gain the buy-in and funding to add new and emerging tech to their learning toolbox. Far too often, though, these conversations fall flat because leaders use L&D-speak instead of business speak and lack the confidence to ask for what they need. This session provides:
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Are You a T-Shaped L&D Professional? You Should Be!
What skills does a learning professional need to have in today’s market? While this seems to be constantly changing, in most industries the best model has been “T-shaped.” A T-shaped professional has a breadth of skills and is familiar with many aspects of their career field but, in one or two skill areas, they have deep knowledge. This engaging session we will explore:
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Expand Your Horizons: Why & How to Shift to an OD Focus
Whether you’re bored or just want a new challenge, consider transitioning from an L&D professional focused on training to a broader organizational development (OD) specialization. This fast-paced interactive session will explore:
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Learning Bootcamps: A Model for Creating Quick, Focused Learning Experiences
As leaders, we are all aware that time is the most expensive commodity. Time to create, time to plan, time to learn, time to develop staff—there is no end to the things that require our time. With this in mind, learning leaders need to find ways to create learning experiences that are quick and have a successful impact on the organization’s strategy. In this session, we will look at a model for creating Learning Bootcamps that applies evidence-based methods of learning and uses interactive learning and experiential outcomes to lead to quick and focused change. By the end of this…
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Essential Strategies for Building Better Front-Line Leaders
When we think about learning leaders, we often miss the leaders who are closest to those doing the work: Front-line supervisors. This session provides strategies that you can implement tomorrow to build partnerships with HR and front line supervisors. Learn strategies for:
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Ignite Your L&D Team: Migrating to Agile Project Management
Are you ready to move your learning organization into an Agile project management framework? What if strict Agile strategies like Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe do not meet your learning organization’s needs? Join this session! We’ll walk through the process of customizing your Agile strategy to meet the needs of your learning organization, breaking down the process into a step-by-step plan including a build and run timeline. You’ll also learn why and how an L&D team implemented Agile methods, what it took to bring about the change, and lessons learned along the way. We’ll explore the tools we implemented, how the…
