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What a winter we’ve been having! First the pipes are freezing, then that tree in your back yard is threatening to topple, and then back to our usual rain. Out on the West Coast, we start getting very optimistic this time of year. We’re counting on that groundhog to step up and make a good pronouncement. And if it doesn’t — well, what a good excuse to stay inside and watch a free webinar or two. February may be small, but there are plenty to choose from!

Tuesday, February 1, 2022, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: The Future of Gamification
Employee disengagement and high turnover rates are real challenges. An effective implementation of gamification can help your organization achieve its goals of better engagement and a healthy work environment. In this webinar, hosted by Monica Cornetti, Founder and CEO of Sententia Gamification, you’ll learn how GamiCon Orlando is being designed as a fully gamified event. Gamification can’t solve all your employee engagement challenges, but it can help boost the way your employees perform their daily activities, promote healthier peer-to-peer interactions, and encourage employees to share their work and ideas.

Tuesday, February 1, 2022, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PT: Four Strategies to Deliver Human Experiences in Virtual Learning (Free for ATD members)
The way we connect as humans has rapidly evolved as we interact more and more in digital environments. As organizations reimagine the digital and virtual experiences they offer to their workforce, it’s important to design these around people and recognize that technology is created by humans to solve for human problems. Join Chris Olson, Corporate Strategy and Partnerships at Class Technologies, to explore how new thinking around technology, skills and formats comes together to deliver on the promise of virtual learning to develop critical business skills, create human connections and shape corporate culture.

Wednesday, February 2, 2022, 12 p.m.–1 p.m. PT: Quick Fixes for Bad PowerPoint Slides
Turn ugly, unprofessional slides into professional designs quickly. Transform those boring, “been-there-done-that” presentations into something you’re proud of using these simple, yet effective solutions. Make your job easier and be the hero. In this session, Mike Parkinson, owner of Billion Dollar Graphics, will show you how to:

Learn to do speedy slide makeovers.
Fix even the ugliest presentations in minutes.
Make your PowerPoint content more professional and compelling.
Use these tools and techniques immediately.

Thursday, February 3, 2022, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: The Art of Asking Questions in Virtual Events: How to Guarantee Responses
Have you ever asked a question in a virtual event, only for it to be met with silence? There are multiple reasons why attendees may not respond. In this interactive session with virtual training expert Cindy Huggett, CPTD and author of Virtual Training Tools and Templates: An Action Guide to Live Online Learning, you’ll explore each reason and learn how to overcome each one. You’ll learn how to set the stage for robust dialogue and use common classroom tools for gathering input. You’ll also learn a proven method for asking questions that guarantees responses, along with practical techniques for creating discussion.

Friday, February 4, 2022, 11 a.m.—12 p.m. PT: The Future of Work Is Hybrid (Free for ATD members)
In the times of rapidly changing trends in the ways we work, the hybrid work model emerges as a solution to multiple challenges that companies and leaders face every day. In this webinar, Iwo Szapar, Remote Work Advocate and CEO of Remote-How, will take you on a journey through an ideal remote-first work scenario and go step by step through all the areas that need to be improved in order for you and your team to thrive in a hybrid work environment. You’ll:

Learn how to run an in-depth audit of the current work model.
Master your leadership skills for the hybrid work environment.
Discover the ways to adjust your communication for hybrid teams.
Evaluate key elements of the company culture so it addresses hybrid environment challenges.

Tuesday, February 8, 2022, 12 p.m.–1 p.m. PT: How to Align and Design DEI Solutions to Deliver Results
Workforce Management estimates that companies spend a combined $8 billion on diversity and inclusion training annually. Some experts argue that despite decades of handwringing, costly initiatives and uncomfortable conversations, most organizations have fallen far short of their goals. The good news is that progress is being made. During this interactive session with Dr. Patti Phillips, CEO of ROI Institute, and Dr. Edward Hubbard, CEO of Hubbard & Hubbard, Inc., you’ll learn how to overcome these barriers and prove the value of DEI solutions by applying a Diversity ROI-based implementation strategy to ensure your DEI solutions deliver results that matter.

Wednesday, February 9, 2022, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: How to Be a Super Facilitator in Virtual Training
For virtual learners to be engaged, you need to facilitate penetrating and in-depth conversations. You want learners to be glued to your session — all ears, excited and anticipating the end of the session so they can quickly apply ideas. In this webinar, Dr. Ray Jimenez, Architect of TrainingMagNetwork.com and Chief Learning Officer of Vignettes Learning, will demonstrate and allow you to experience “super facilitation” in virtual training. He’ll also share his exciting article on 21 Sure-Fire Facilitation Techniques in Virtual Training.

Wednesday, February 9, 2022, 10:30 a.m.–11:30 p.m. PT: Trust Me! Building Credibility as Learning and Development Professionals (Free for I4PL members)
Nupur Khandelwal is a thought leader and an experienced Human Resources professional who helps people and organizations deliver human-centric programs. She leads enterprise-wide talent management and learning initiatives to enhance the employee experience. When learning and development professionals establish credibility within their organization and the community, they’re seen as valuable partners to the business. Join this session to learn more about:

Building trust and a credible reputation.
Fostering a learning culture within your organization.

Wednesday, February 9, 2022, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PT: How L'Oreal, Intuit and LMI Are Using Mentoring to Build Inclusive Workplace Cultures (Free for ATD members)
Corporations are focusing on development and inclusion in order to retain top employees. In this webinar, HR leaders from L’Oréal, Intuit and LMI detail how they use mentoring to further DEI objectives across their organizations. By implementing various mentoring formats, these companies are building more inclusive cultures. Learn how mentoring can increase retention and satisfaction by focusing on participant criteria, recruiting and program engagement. During this event, you’ll learn:

Types of mentoring formats that best serve DEI objectives.
Mistakes to avoid when promoting your DEI-focused mentoring program.
How to measure impactful mentoring programs.

Wednesday, February 9, 2022, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PT: Leading Hybrid Sales Demos That Engage and Include
“Hybrid” is the word that describes the unpredictable environments required to present your sales demonstrations. As you navigate the changes occurring in workplaces, you may have felt unprepared for handling a physical audience along with a virtual audience. In this session, Cynthia Clay, President and CEO of NetSpeed Learning Solutions, will explore key principles and practices that will ensure that your sales presentations are both engaging and inclusive. From using your webcam effectively to paying attention to the needs of different remote audiences, she’ll discuss practical strategies for engaging and including everyone, checking the pulse of the room and gaining agreement at appropriate points.

Thursday, February 10, 2022, 10 a.m.–11 p.m. PT: Making a Plan to Earn a Credential in 2022 (Free for ATD members)
Thinking about pursuing the Associate Professional in Talent Development (APTD) or Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD, formerly the CPLP) credential, but don’t know where to begin? Join Susan Kaiden, Senior Project Manager at ATD, for this interactive webinar to start your certification journey. During the webinar, you’ll learn about the:

Professionals who should consider the APTD and CPTD credentials.
Eligibility requirements for the APTD and CPTD credential.
Guidelines for qualifying professional development hours.
How to get started with a study plan.

Tuesday, February 15, 2022, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: Leading with Happiness: Proven Ways to Lead Positive Change and Embrace the New World of Work Well-Being
Two decades of research show that the greatest competitive advantage in the modern economy is a positive and engaged brain. The more positive the brain becomes during challenges, the more capable it is to proactively adapt to changing circumstances and recover from stress, anxiety and trauma. In this webinar, Devin Hughes, Chief Inspiration Officer at International Thought Leader Network, will explore the key insights from new research into the four primary ways in which leaders and cultures are able to break negative social scripts, and find a way to lead positive change and embrace the new world of work well-being. Discover what leading with optimism really looks like in times of significant challenge.

Tuesday, February 15, 2022, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PT: Harnessing Personalization as an L&D Strategy (Free for ATD members)
According to the Brandon Hall Group’s 2021 upskilling and reskilling study, personalized learning is a priority for 82% of leaders. With the shift to remote work and continued digital transformation, personalized learning is a key L&D strategy for engaging learners from onboarding to reskilling. Attend this webinar, led by Manoj Kulkarni, CEO of Realizeit, to learn what personalization means in today’s environment, and discover ways to manifest personalized learning at scale in a complex enterprise and how to harness this strategy to deliver value to your organization.

Wednesday, February 16, 2022, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: Five Coaching Models to Reinforce Your Training
In this webinar, Tim Hagen, Chief Coaching Officer at Progress Coaching, will show you five specific coaching models that can be applied to today's workplace. The five coaching models will be specific techniques and strategies applied to five of the most common workplace challenges today:

A negative attitude.
Someone lacking motivation.
Two people who do not work well together.
Someone lacking career development and focus.
Someone who needs to become a better teammate.

Wednesday, February 16, 2022, 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. PT: The Power of Improv - Facilitation Master Class Session (Free for I4PL members)
Moe Poirier, Founding Partner at Shift Facilitation, is called upon by companies big and small to elevate the skills of their internal trainers. He’s sharp, courageous in his feedback and relentless in the way he coaches his clients. In this workshop, be ready to play and have some fun. Moe will share key insights and core techniques from the world of improv that learning leaders can use to take their facilitation game to the next level. He’ll focus on improvisation as a powerful tool, and he’ll show you how exceptional facilitators are able to go off script, yet always find a way to keep things on track.

Wednesday, February 16, 2022, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PT: Captivate Your Audience by Telling Persuasive Stories (Free for ATD members)
We’ve all counted down the minutes until a meeting ends. How do you ensure you’re not the one inflicting boredom when you present? Join Namaan Mian, Chief Operating Officer at Management Consulted, in this webinar to discover a communication framework to help you captivate your audience and learn how to communicate the right message at the right time. Through clear teaching and engaging exercises, you’ll walk away with a new communication paradigm that will improve your persuasion abilities and professional influence.

Thursday, February 17, 2022, 8 a.m.–9 a.m. PT: Build Custom Interactions in Adobe Captivate: Making the Most of Object States
Ability to add states to objects is a powerhouse of possibilities to build custom elearning interactions with absolute ease. It helps in cutting down a lot of steps and makes your timeline clutter-free. Join Dr. Pooja Jaisingh, Lead Elearning Evangelist at Adobe Digital Learning Solutions, to learn how to use states in unique ways to build different kinds of interactions, some simple and others tailored to your specific requirements. Along the way, learn some tips, tricks and hacks to make the most of object states in Adobe Captivate.

Thursday, February 17, 2022, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: Find and Fix Skills Gaps with Inbox Simulations
You can't improve what you can't measure. With a growing emphasis on upskilling and reskilling in the training industry, learning leaders are challenged with effectively evaluating skills gaps. For an accurate evaluation, though, assessments should mirror the real-world environment, be relevant to the learner's job role and evaluate specific skills at the task level. In this webinar, Matthew Shell, Learning Strategist at Capsim Management Simulations, will introduce you to inbox simulations, which is a new assessment technology enabling L&D professionals to more accurately evaluate and reinforce critical skills as participants navigate real-world problems in an immersive and familiar email environment.

Thursday, February 17, 2022, 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PT: How the Workforce Learns: 15 Things Your Learning Culture Needs to Get Right
L&D leaders have a bigger opportunity than ever to improve the employee experience and worker retention by implementing a positive learning culture. But until now, learning leaders have struggled to even define learning culture, let alone build or improve one. That’s why the Brandon Hall Group asked more than 2,400 global workers what the best companies get right about their learning opportunities and where others go wrong. Join David Wentworth, Principal Learning Analyst for Brandon Hall Group, and a co-presenter at Degreed, as they explore the 15 things all positive learning cultures have in common — and what you can steal from them.

Thursday, February 17, 2022, 12 p.m.–1 p.m. PT: Essentials for Easy Virtual Classroom Conversion
In this webinar, Melissa Grey Satterfield, Director of Training and Master Trainer at Langevin Learning Services, will provide you with the essentials for converting traditional classroom training to the virtual classroom. Learn how to leverage the virtual classroom as a tool to maximize your training reach and address the immediate need to shift to virtual classroom training. You’ll learn how to:

Determine whether your traditional instructor-led training course is a suitable candidate for conversion.
Determine if you can achieve realistic practice in the virtual classroom.
Choose engaging, interactive presentation and application methods for the virtual classroom.
Identify the tools and features available in your virtual classroom platform that are best suited to your chosen methods.

Tuesday, February 22, 2022, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: Six Times Async Video Can Increase Training Productivity — And Three Times to Avoid It
Video conferencing continues to fuel remote training, but is it really the best tool to use for all of your learning and development needs? Distributed teams require information in the flow of work, and repeated live training has put significant pressure on team schedules and bandwidth. In this webinar, Caitlin Oliver-Gans, Enterprise Video Specialist at Panopto, will share six actionable ideas for using asynchronous (on-demand) video to improve training productivity and effectiveness — and explore three times when you should stick to synchronous methods.

Wednesday, February 23, 2022, 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PT: AR/MR/VR: You Could ... But Should You?
Augmented reality. Mixed reality. Virtual reality. You can come up with countless reasons that these are much more than mere fads. Holding equal, if not greater importance, would be the need to first ask if a given learning initiative can, and should, be supplemented by AR/MR/VR. An ill-chosen decision can be very costly in time, labour and budget. In this session, hosted by Kevin Lange, Learning Consultant at Capital One, you’ll learn:

The positives and potential of implementing an AR/MR/VR solution.
Limitations, negatives, and uncertainties of implementing an AR/MR/VR solution.
Strengths and pitfalls to multiple technological approaches/solutions to AR/MR/VR.
Questions to ask in analyzing if an AR/MR/VR solution is worth the potential cost, time and labour to implement.

Wednesday, February 23, 2022, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PT: Storyboarding: The First Step to Making a Great Video (Free for ATD members)
A simple way to begin your video creation process is with a storyboard. This may sound like an extra step in your video making process, but it’s a step you won’t want to ignore. With storyboarding, you’ll better share your vision, make production easier and more streamlined, and save time. Join Craig Kingsbury, Customer Success Manager at Vyond, to discover the importance of creating a storyboard to kickstart your video projects. Learn the steps to create a storyboard, the key elements that every storyboard should include, popular storyboarding methods, helpful tips and popular storyboarding software.

Wednesday, February 23, 2022, 3 p.m.–4 p.m. PT: Community Member Showcase
Join TLDCast’s crowdcast as they feature Leigh Ann Morgan, Instructional Designer at Greene Tweed, with over fifteen years of experience in elearning, instructional design and curriculum development for a wide variety of professional industries.

Thursday, February 24, 2022, 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PT: The Business Benefits of Getting Compliance Training Right
Compliance training affects just about every organization around the world. Not only does it affect most companies, but it touches every employee as well. Failure to execute effectively could result in anything from a sternly written letter to the end of the business. Yet, despite its reach and implications, many organizations struggle with developing ways to make this training more strategic. Join David Wentworth, Principal Analyst with Brandon Hall Group, and Priti Mathur, Director of Professional Services with Meridian Knowledge Solutions, as they look at ways companies can make compliance training more strategic to help mitigate risk and drive business results.

Thursday, February 24, 2022, 12 p.m.–1 p.m. PT: Designing Learning to Avoid Failures and Errors
Failures and errors happen each time work is undertaken. Their costs are damaging when they’re undetected early on or devastating when persistently ignored, but there is the tendency to just shrug them off or hide them under the rug while doing our learning design. Instead, why not focus on doing it the correct way, and design learning to anticipate and avoid errors and failures? In this webinar, Dr. Ray Jimenez, Architect of TrainingMagNetwork.com and Chief Learning Officer of Vignettes Learning, will show you a technique that makes it easy for you to apply a reduction of errors and failures in your learning programs.

Friday, February 25, 2022, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PT: How to Create an Effective Measurement and Reporting Strategy (Free for ATD members)
For many people in our profession, it’s a struggle to create a measurement and reporting strategy. It doesn’t have to be hard. Join this webinar to learn a simple approach to get you started. Center for Talent Reporting’s David Vance, Executive Director, and Peggy Parskey, Assistant Director, will employ concepts from their 2021 book, Measurement Demystified: Creating Your L&D Measurement, Analytics, and Reporting Strategy and from their just-released 2022 book, Measurement Demystified Field Guide. They’ll share a step-by-step process that employs an easy-to-use framework for classifying, selecting and reporting the most appropriate measures to meet your needs. .

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