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Kicking off 2024 with ambitions to elevate your game? Whether it's boosting productivity, sparking creativity, enhancing agility or amplifying your business savvy, January's lineup of free webinars has got you covered. Dive into new skills and fresh ideas without breaking the bank. This month is packed with opportunities!

Thursday, January 4, 2024, 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PT: Shut Tight or an Open Door: Is Your AI Utilization Secure?
Artificial intelligence (AI) utilization in the business landscape is rapidly changing — it seems like there are new rules of engagement every week. In this rapidly evolving terrain, L&D professionals are tasked with learning the ins and outs of AI quickly, often with little to no previous exposure. Plus, they’re expected to immediately implement AI as a new tool to help build out the effectiveness of their L&D strategy. The big question is: Are you leaving your business open to vulnerabilities? Join Mike Hruska, CEO of Problem Solutions, as he addresses one of the most pressing questions in today’s digital landscape — is AI truly secure? He’ll delve into AI’s security aspects, exploring its strengths and vulnerabilities.

Thursday, January 4, 2024, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PT: L&D Outsourcing: Strategic Accelerator or Illusionary Mirage? (Free for ATD members)
Rachel Walter, Global Director of Learning at Hilti; Stuart Rice, Senior Director of Learning Design at Arizona State University; and M. Seamus Harreys, Chief Experience Officer at ansrsource, will discuss exploring real-world experiences leveraging outsourcing partners to accelerate learning and development strategies. Explore how strategic outsourcing can be a catalyst to propel your corporate strategy forward. Discuss what pitfalls to avoid. Discover how to identify an ideal outsourcing partner, how to set up and effectively manage the partnership to achieve your L&D goals. Also, explore the potential risks of outsourcing in L&D and how to avoid these risks.

Tuesday, January 9, 2024, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: The Trainer’s Guide to Podcasting
With thousands of podcasts under her belt, Becky Pike Pluth, President and CEO of The Bob Pike Group, has put her personal style and brand out for the world to grab. In this session, you’ll discover how to find your podcasting style and voice, why it’s a good idea for trainers and exactly how to get started. Takeaway a game plan for quickly creating messages that matter, building your audience and translating it all into training results. You’ll:

Explore how to get started as a podcaster, and how it supports the training function.
Examine how to open and close, and the importance of finding your unique voice.
Identify structures you can use to format your podcast.

Wednesday, January 10, 2024, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: Beyond ChatGPT — Navigating the LLM and Generative AI Landscape
Generative AI has taken the business world by storm, but few have explored the marketplace beyond ChatGPT or Bing AI. What other options are out there, how do they work and what advantages do they offer over the aforementioned platforms? Join Chad Udell, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Sparklearn, as he breaks down various products and platforms that offer capabilities beyond the obvious providers. Examples will include private large language models (LLMs), Cloud providers with competing products and how to integrate these offerings into your daily workflows.

Tuesday, January 16, 2024, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PT: Top Workplace Trends: Five Ways to Bring Humanity to Work in 2024 (Free for ATD members)
In 2024, employers who want to succeed need to prioritize their organization’s most important asset: its people. Pulling insights from Arbinger’s 2024 Workplace Trends Report, Mitch Warner, Managing Partner at The Arbinger Institute, will dive into the year’s five most influential workplace trends, all centred around bringing humanity to the workplace. He’ll also explore how (and why) businesses need to plan for these trends. You’ll learn how to redefine the employee experience, enable meaningful contributions, and ultimately improve employee satisfaction and retention.

Tuesday, January 16, 2024, 12 p.m.–1 p.m. PT: The Neuroscience of Persuasion
Have you ever noticed a gap between what people say they’ll do and what they actually do after you talk to them? Lack of action and follow-through have negative consequences for the customer journey and business outcomes. Using neuroscience, Carmen Simon, Chief Science Office of Corporate Visions and Co-founder of Rexi Media, provides a unique approach to influencing and inspiring others to take action. During this interactive session, you’ll learn how to:

Connect three pathways to influencing others’ brains and understand how to approach people’s resistance to change.
Identify what your audiences’ brains find rewarding and appeal to these motivational drivers in your communication.
Use heuristics (mental shortcuts) to effortlessly influence your audiences’ actions in an effortless way.

Wednesday, January 17, 2024, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: AI & Change Management: Transforming FOMO into Actionable Strategy
Problem Solutions’ Michael Hruska, President and CEO, and Dr. Christina Barrs, Chief Transformation Officer, for a dynamic webinar designed to transform your FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) into an actionable strategy for AI and Change Management. This session is tailored for learning and development, as well as HR professionals, who are navigating the complex landscape of AI integration in their organizations. The focus will be on developing an AI-ready culture that thrives on skills development, mindset shifts and continuous learning.

Wednesday, January 17, 2024, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PT: Engaging Learners: Five Ways to Unleash the Power of Social Collaborative Learning (Free for ATD members)
In today’s fast-paced, distraction-laden world, keeping participants engaged is the crux of effective L&D. Join Nisha Abraham, Learning Development Specialist at Engageli, and Kimberly Kilby, Former Director of Curriculum for Professional Development, for a major insurance company, to explore different ways to get your audience involved, leveraging the unique capabilities and limitations of virtual learning platforms. They’ll share experiences, challenges and successes in creating engaging virtual learning environments. Together, you’ll redefine the future of L&D and pave the way for more interactive and effective virtual learning experiences.

Wednesday, January 17, 2024, 12 p.m.–1 p.m. PT: Soft Skills Training in Virtual Reality
How do you ensure your training programs effectively boost communication, leadership, and other essential skills? Look no further than virtual reality (VR)! This webinar will delve into the transformative power of VR for soft skills training. Using VR for hands-on training has shown tremendous impacts on upskilling learners and providing safe spaces to practice unsafe things. In this session, Destery Hildenbrand, XR Solution Architect at Intellezy, will explore a different use of VR in soft skills training. He’ll discuss the scientific evidence behind its effectiveness in this space, showcasing real-world examples of how VR revolutionizes learning and development.

Thursday, January 18, 2024, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PT: Credibility at Work: How Leaders Can Achieve More by Building Credibility
Credibility is the linchpin of trust, both within and beyond your organization. Yet a mere 26% of Americans perceive CEOs as credible in their words and actions. If you want to know how to improve your executive presence and your team’s performance, you need to watch this eye-opening webinar that will change the way you think about building trust with your staff. Global Sales Credibility Authority, C. Lee Smith, CEO of SalesFuel, will share key findings from SalesFuel’s study — and how the things said (and left unsaid) by CEOs, sales managers, IT and HR hinder their ability to sell their ideas and build trust.

Tuesday, January 23, 2024, 12 p.m.–1 p.m. PT: Tools for Quick and Smart Content Creation
In today’s dynamic digital world, content creators are constantly on the lookout for ways to make their work processes more efficient, without compromising on quality. Whether you’re an instructional designer, a learning developer or simply someone passionate about crafting compelling content, you understand the value of having a powerful toolkit by your side. This session will be your gateway to the vast universe of tools designed for quick and smart content creation. Join Garima Gupta, Founder and CEO of Artha Learning Inc., as she navigates through a handpicked selection of tools, from the most underrated to the most efficient.

Wednesday, January 24, 2024, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: XR and Spatial Learning Outlook for 2024
Step into the future of learning with Anders Gronstedt, President of The Gronstedt Group, in this special session on XR (Extended Reality) and spatial computing in 2024. The new year is poised to be a breakout year with a new wave of reality-bending headsets and simulations that unleash a wave of experiential and visceral learning. This demo-packed session will showcase how:

The U.S. Navy is piloting VR training at the point of need, even while aboard ships.
Leading pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer and Bristol Myers Squibb onboard lab techs at scale in real-time rendered cleanrooms.
Daikin demonstrates its HVAC products in action on a virtual rooftop.
Unions recruit the next generation painters in a virtual construction site.
The new headsets from Meta and Apple seamlessly blur the lines between the digital and physical worlds.

Wednesday, January 24, 2024, 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PT: How to Mobilize Learning Teams to Take the Lead in GenAI
Whether you embrace its potential or fear its impact, there’s no question that Generative AI will change how humans work. This roundtable discussion will explore one critical question: What role will corporate HR and Learning functions play in implementing GenAI to serve the evolving workforce? Organizations need to align their L&D teams with their Gen AI strategy and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure employees are equipped to support growth and development. In the session, NovoEd and Brandon Hall Group will share highlights of separate research studies they conducted about GenAI’s potential impact on learning strategy and how L&D teams have been responding so far.

Wednesday, January 24, 2024, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PT: Top Five Trends Disrupting the Future of Learning (Free for ATD members)
Today’s high-performing learning programs are adapting to the evolving needs of learners by replacing one-size-fits-all learning programs, with adaptable solutions purpose-built to meet the needs of the individual learner. Learning programs must be flexible, aligned with business objectives, and results-driven, while also managing shrinking budgets and learners with limited time and attention spans. In this webinar, Corporate Finance Institute’s Tia Williams, SVP Content Operations, and Scott Powell, Chief Content Officer, will talk about the top five trends disrupting the future of learning and discuss how learning programs must evolve to continue to meet the needs of modern learners.

Thursday, January 25, 2024, 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PT: The Importance of Emotional Intelligence in the Age of AI
AI can deliver enormous productivity gains, but it lacks human emotional intelligence — the ability to understand, empathize and connect on an emotional level. How can learning professionals step up to contextualize and humanize AI-generated learning content? How will the role of learning professionals change as AI evolves? Please join Claude Werder, Senior VP and Principal Analyst for Brandon Hall Group, as he moderates a compelling discussion between experts Rahul Arora, Chairman and CEO of MPS Limited; Rodney Beach, Founder and Group MD of Liberate Learning; Roshelle Weir, Senior L&D Consultant at Liberate Learning; and Greg Woulfe, Global Learning Manager at Orica.

Thursday, January 25, 2024, 12 p.m.–1 p.m. PT: Game-Changing Strategies: Boosting Business Performance through Gamification
Dive into the world of strategic gamification with experts Monica Cornetti, Founder and President of Sententia Inc., and Christian Gossan, Managing Director at Sharpen Advisory, in this insightful session. Monica, a renowned figure in gamified learning, will provide an engaging overview, demonstrating how gamification drives real business results beyond just fun and games. Christian Gossan, celebrated for his transformative program at KPMG and featured in prominent platforms like HBR and NPR’s “Marketplace Morning Report,” will share his insights and the positive impacts validated by Harvard Business School research.

Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 8 a.m.–9 a.m. PT: Leader Talk: AI-Powered Learning Solutions
During this Training Industry Leader Talk, you’ll explore the opportunities and challenges of AI-powered learning solutions, uncovering some practical applications of AI in L&D, such as course development, personalized learning paths, coaching feedback and more. You’ll unravel the diverse use cases that AI presents for L&D professionals, along with best practices like making AI your co-pilot and avoiding overreliance on the technology. You’ll hear from experienced industry leaders as they share the knowledge needed to navigate the evolving landscape of AI in L&D.

Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PT: Eliminating the Noise: Strategies for Effective Learning in a Distracted World
Learning professionals have never been in a stronger position to drive results and impact in business. To do so successfully, however, you need to punch through the enormous amount of noise in the work world today. To navigate this environment successfully, learning must become a core competency in the business. It can’t simply be a function within the organization. How do you bring the skill of learning to the forefront amid all the noise and how do you help learners in your organization find what they need when they most need it? Join Steve Thompson, CLO at 5app, and Matt Pittman, Principal Analyst from Brandon Hall Group, as they unpack the forces shaping learning strategies in 2024 and beyond.

Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PT: Seize Your Leadership Potential: Take Command with Confidence
Immerse yourself in an empowering session with Joe Hart, President and CEO of Dale Carnegie Training. Drawing from the pivotal lessons of his Wall Street Journal Bestselling book, Take Command, Joe shares how you can confidently step up to lead, elevate your career and master your life. Dive into time-proven principles, invaluable leadership tenets and transformative narratives from leaders around the globe. Uncover a blueprint to accelerate your career trajectory and be more fulfilled.

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