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March isn’t just for spring-cleaning your office — it’s a great way to clear the cobwebs from your brain, too. Leap into spring with some new, no-cost learning. Whether you’re looking to rev up your creativity, level up your business practices or just soak up some new knowledge, this month’s crop of webinars has everything you need to get started. Put down the feather duster and spend an hour or two exploring new ideas for March!

Tuesday, March 5, 2024, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: PowerPoint Templates Top Ten
PowerPoint templates should work well for everyone who uses them. Contrary to popular belief, templates are not easy to get right. In fact, thousands of steps go into building a solid template. In this webinar, Echo Swinford, Owner of Echosvoice LLC, will show you some things she looks for in a template, which should help you make your own templates more efficient.

Tuesday, March 5, 2024, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PT: Designing Accessible Learning Adventures: Dive In! (Free for ATD members)
Embark on a journey into the realm of accessible learning! This webinar will draw on insights from Ryan Lufkin, VP of Global Academic Strategy at Instructure, and Christopher Phillips, Digital Accessibility Coordinator at Utah State University, to help you design your accessible learning adventures. You’ll explore topics such as:

The growing need for flexible, multimodal course delivery for learners today.
Successful strategies for building accessibility into the DNA of your course design.
Effective adoption of accessibility tools and best practices for creating accessible content.

Wednesday, March 6, 2024, 8 a.m.–9 a.m. PT: From Resistance to Resilience: L&D’s Role in Unlocking Digital Transformation Success (Free for ATD members)
Join this webinar as Rajesh Pantina, Digital Adoption Expert, Director of Enterprise Marketing at Whatfix, explores how L&D professionals can navigate employee resistance and foster resilience to drive digital transformation success. Discover practical strategies and insights to empower your organization’s journey toward embracing change in the technology landscape and achieving lasting growth. Rajesh will talk about how “workflow learning” can help bridge the digital skills gap and shape a resilient and future-ready workforce.

Wednesday, March 6, 2024, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: Fail to Learn: How to Grow Your Organization Through Trial, Error, and Play
How many failures do you allow in your organization? In this webinar, Scott Provence, Senior Learning Strategist at ELB Learning, will explore how society develops such an aversion to failure. See how 20th-century education models and business plans are designed to minimize mistakes, even though research shows that mistakes are one of the biggest precursors to success. You’ll see how true innovators, from James Dyson to Thomas Edison, had failure rates well above 90%, and you’ll compare these rates to your own as you ask yourself, “How can I get better by getting it wrong?”

Wednesday, March 6, 2024, 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PT: How AI and Automation Transforms Training
Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere now, but when there’s talk about AI, it’s usually talking about generative AI. Automation and AI can be powerful ways to eliminate tedious tasks. In this webinar, Administrate’s CEO, John Peebles, will explore different types of AI and how training teams should prepare for them.

Learn how different AI models work.
Understand how to prepare your team to properly utilize AI.
Discover how AI can immediately impact training operations.

Wednesday, March 6, 2024, 12 p.m.–1 p.m. PT: Using Microsoft Copilot (AI) in PowerPoint
In this live demo with Ellen Finkelstein, President of Ellen Finkelstein Inc., you’ll learn how to use the new Copilot in PowerPoint (plus do a quick demo in Word, too). Topics covered:

Creating a presentation from scratch or from a document.
Editing a presentation, including re-organizing, replacing an image and reformatting.
Getting help from Copilot, including how to do a task in PowerPoint, summarizing a presentation and finding content.
Best practices for getting the best results, including prompt engineering.
What Copilot can’t do (at least not yet) and how to give Microsoft feedback.

Thursday, March 7, 2024, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: Coaching to Self-awareness for Better Learning
Do you know that 85% of people today significantly lack self-awareness? When people attend training, they often feel like they don’t need it. When people are struggling with change, they’ll often blame others. What if there were a way to build somebody’s self-awareness that would lead to greater acceptance of training through the art and craft of coaching? In this session, Tim Hagen, Chief Coaching Officer at Progress Coaching, will teach you very specific strategies of how to coach self-awareness that leads to greater adoption of training and learning.

Thursday, March 7, 2024,12 p.m.–1 p.m. PT: Navigating Difficult Conversions: Turning Tension Into Progress
It’s common for people to avoid difficult conversations or handle them poorly because they feel unprepared or afraid to address challenging issues. While avoiding difficult conversations may lead to temporary relief, the true underlying issues persist, eventually building into larger problems. Growth happens in effectively addressing challenging issues — both for individuals and organizations. In this webinar, Todd Davis, former Chief People Officer, Senior Consultant and Thought Leader at FranklinCovey, will teach you how to:

Implement the mindsets, skillsets, and toolsets needed to navigate difficult conversations.
Help yourself and others stay engaged in collaborative dialogue to make progress on important issues.
Set a clear and collaborative tone from the start of the conversation.
Notice emotions in yourself and others that may impact the conversation.
Respond to emotional reactions in the moment to keep the conversation productive.

Tuesday, March 12, 2024, 8 a.m.–9 a.m. PT: From Resistance to Resilience: L&D’s Role in Unlocking Digital Transformation Success
With the pace of change only increasing, employee resilience is fast becoming one of the most essential skills for successful businesses. In this session, you’ll explore how learning and development (L&D) professionals can navigate employee resistance and foster resilience to drive digital transformation success. Discover practical strategies and insights to empower your organization’s journey towards embracing change in the technology landscape and achieving lasting growth. Vibhav Agarwal, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Whatfix, will showcase how workflow learning can help bridge the digital skills gap and shape a resilient and future-ready workforce.

Tuesday, March 12, 2024, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: What I Learned About Training at the Movies
Do you love training and movies? You had me at hello. In this workshop, you’ll watch clips from your favourite films… but you’ll see them in a way you never have before. Collin Carroll, Training Consultant at The Bob Pike Group, has spent countless hours scouring Hollywood’s best works to find the scenes that will teach you various tips for becoming an award-winning trainer. Get your popcorn and Raisinets ready! Key outcomes:

Watch movie clips ranging from the Golden Age of Hollywood through the dawn of Pixar.
Discover how these clips can teach you key tips for how to be an engaging trainer.
Learn how to find movie clips that illustrate your content and make it more memorable.

Tuesday, March 12, 2024, 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PT: Leveraging Learning to Drive Customer Loyalty and Breakthrough Revenue Impact
The right learning technology will assist organizations to deliver high impact customer education programs which will improve the customer experience, maximize customer retention and enhance customer engagement. Please join Michael Rochelle, Chief Strategy Officer and Principal Analyst for the Brandon Hall Group, as he moderates a team of experts, including Dr. Allen Partridge, Director of Evangelism and Digital Learning solutions at Adobe, and Adobe clients to discuss the best practices that organizations can use to transform their customer education programs into a strategic differentiator for engagement and growth.

Tuesday, March 12, 2024, 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PT: Training Techies on Security: It’s Not Rocket Science!
Simulation training and tying training to a learner’s job function are emerging as some of the most effective ways to help learners retain knowledge. By utilizing hands-on training methods that immerse users into the technical environment they encounter daily, one can enumerate security risks in a context that’s both familiar and engaging. Your host, Ed Adams, author and CEO of Security Innovation, and Michael Hendrickson, former VP of Technology and Development Products at Skillsoft, will discuss what thought leaders are saying about growing threats and the importance of good cybersecurity hygiene, as well as the most effective training methods for technical audiences in 2024.

Tuesday, March 12, 2024, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PT: Powering Learning Operations: L&D’s Impact on Business Outcomes (Free for ATD members)
Explore how you can prove the vital link between L&D and business success in this webinar. Join Cognota's Founder and CEO, Ryan Austin, as he delves into how L&D can demonstrate its role in strategically shaping outcomes, turning knowledge into success and leading businesses to brilliance. Gain insights into the transformative power of education and innovation — and understand how a LearnOps approach acts as a catalyst for growth. After this event, you’ll have a better understanding of:

The strategic impact of L&D: Understand how L&D strategies directly influence and shape business outcomes.
The role of L&D as a catalyst: Recognize the pivotal role of L&D as a catalyst for explosive growth within an organization, propelling it toward new heights.
Navigating uncharted territories: Learn how L&D mavericks lead the way, paving the path to business brilliance through innovative learning approaches.

Wednesday, March 13, 2024, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: Take Your Customer Experience to the Next Level with Customer Education
How well do your customers know your product? It’s not the typical measure of customer experience (CX), but with products growing more complex, product knowledge has become an essential component of brand loyalty. Moving the needle on that key performance indicator (KPI) lies in learning. Join Allen Partridge, Ph.D., Directory of Digital Learning Evangelism at Adobe Digital Learning Solutions, and Katy Tynan, Principal Analyst at Forrester, to learn more about the power of learning to drive lasting relationships. In this webinar, you’ll learn:

Why customer education matters?
Who is leading customer education programs?
How to drive better results with your customer learning program.

Wednesday, March 13, 2024, 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PT: Turning High Achievers’ Expertise into AI Digital Role Plays to Scale Upskilling
Join SkillGym’s CEO, Andrea Laus, and Head of Revenue, Matteo Malatesta, in this webinar tailored for corporate trainers focusing on advanced soft skills development. This session addresses the challenge of selecting appropriate training for diverse experience levels and aligning with high achievers’ performance. Andrea and Matteo will unveil an effective strategy to map high achievers’ key performance descriptors, crucial for setting organizational benchmarks. Learn to identify skill gaps among various experience levels — from intermediate to lower performers, rapidly and smartly.

Thursday, March 14, 2024, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: Plan, Create, Deliver – Down-to-Earth Tips for Busy People
Many businesspeople struggle when the time comes to create their presentation content because they lack the time and are unsure how to start. Chantal Bossé, President of CHABOS Inc., will show you an efficient three-step process, where you’ll learn the basics to help you plan your presentation content, create more visually appealing visuals and deliver more engaging presentations by leveraging native PowerPoint features to be more efficient.

Thursday, March 14, 2024, 8 a.m.–9 a.m. PT: NextGen ROI and Effective Measurement for 2024 and Beyond
With advancements in AI and technology, it’s essential to understand how multigenerational learning and personalized journeys can produce measurable outcomes. Building skill-based organizations focused on a culture of learning provides the foundation for L&D leaders to cultivate strategies for return on investment (ROI) and return on performance (ROP) measurement. In this session, you’ll hear from experienced industry leaders on the essential pillars for creating a sustainable Learning ROI Framework (LRF). You’ll gain valuable global insights into the impact of AI, immersive learning and extended reality on learning effectiveness and measurement.

Thursday, March 14, 2024, 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PT: How AI Helps Make Sense of What Learners Tell Us
Gathering data is easy. Understanding how to use it to improve the employee experience is much more difficult. How do you mine the gold to get actionable nuggets that can help you make good decisions and lead the business? AI can be a big help and learning and HR professionals are beginning to understand the impact it can have. Join Claude Werder, Senior VP and Principal Analyst for Brandon Hall Group, as he moderates a panel of experts featuring Duane Draper, Senior Product Manager for Training Products at Microsoft, and Steve Lange, Director of Consulting for Metrics that Matter at Explorance.

Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: Using Generative AI to Transform Your Elearning Into Personalized Learning
Curious about how generative AI can transform your elearning modules? Join Garima Gupta, Founder and CEO of Artha Learning Inc., in this fun, interactive session, where you’ll dive into integrating ChatGPT with Articulate Storyline, putting the power of AI right in the hands of your learner. (You could use the same techniques with any other leading authoring software.) Garima will also talk about critical dos and don’ts while planning to use ChatGPT integration in elearning modules. Some experience playing with ChatGPT will be helpful for attendees.

Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PT: Mastering Learning Needs Analysis: A Roadmap to Effective Training Development
Learning needs analysis (LNA) is a frequently overlooked element in the training development process. In times of rapid change, it can feel almost impossible to know where your learners are and where they need to be. In this Training Industry webinar, sponsored by Ingenuiti, you’ll learn about the six essentials of an effective needs analysis. Adam Eling, Leader of the Client Services Team, Miriam Taylor, Customer Success Manager and Jerry Zandstra, Senior Director of Learning, will discuss how to create a clear roadmap for your learners, ask the right scoping questions, establish a rollout plan and more.

Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PT: How to Build Intercultural Competence in the Workplace (Free for ATD members)
It’s widely recognized that diversity of thought, values and personalities can increase team innovation, but to properly leverage the skills and knowledge of diverse teams, intercultural competence — the capability to shift one’s own cultural perspective and nimbly adapt behaviour to differences and experiences of others — is an organizational asset. Join Seramount’s Senior Director, Shyama Venkateswar, Ph.D., and Associate Director, Mollie Teitelbaum, for an interactive webinar that activates intercultural competence, a critical workplace skill for employees at every level.

Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PT: Five Strategies to Optimize Your LMS: Practical and Tactical (Free for ATD members)
In this webinar, David Ealy, Ph.D, Learning Technology Consultant, will present practical solutions to common learning management system (LMS) issues that affect all sizes and types of organizations. The presentation will push past commonly used industry buzzwords and basic solutions in an attempt to address core organizational-, business- and staffing-related issues. Topics will include:

Management of the LMS.
LMS administration staffing.
End-to-end model to manage the content life cycle.
Troubleshooting skills.
Asset management.

Tuesday, March 26, 2024, 12 p.m.–1 p.m. PT: How to Tell a Story that Sells
Not every great salesperson knows how to tell a great story, but great storytellers can sell just about anything. Join Bridget K. Brown, Owner of StoryMatters, LLC, as she breaks down the basics of what makes a good story, what’s in it for the person to whom you are selling and how to target the story to their needs.

Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PT: Level Up Your Leaders in 2024
In today’s rapidly evolving workplace, leadership and management training isn’t just a benefit for attracting potential talent — it’s an essential building block for retention and succession planning. This Training Industry webinar is designed to empower you with tools to cultivate effective leaders within your organization. OpenSesame’s Molly Broder, Enterprise Curator, and Megan Ysassi, Curation Specialist, will draw on their extensive experience in leadership training program consultation and explore the design and implementation of development journeys with innovative strategies to engage and elevate potential leaders at all levels.

Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PT: Reading Renaissance: Proven Techniques to Activate Your Team with Books that Matter (Free for ATD members)
Facing the challenge of a screen-centric world where reading has taken a backseat, Jonathan Munk, CEO of BookClub, will address the urgent need to rekindle a love for reading within organizations. Jonathan will delve into why people are reading less and how you can reverse this trend by promoting books that resonate with your company’s culture and values. Learn innovative strategies to encourage your team to embrace reading, not just as a pastime but as a tool for personal and professional growth. Join this webinar to discover how to foster a reading-friendly environment that aligns with your organizational goals and reawakens the joy of reading.

Thursday, March 28, 2024, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: How to Host an Accessible Hybrid Training
This webinar covers accessibility best practices for hybrid learning that goes beyond captions and ramps. In this webinar with Belo Miguel Cipriani, Founder and Digital Inclusion Strategist at Oleb Media, you’ll learn how to:

Make decisions on tools and platforms they choose based on accessibility fundamentals.
Craft support services based on personas.
Understand accessibility best practices as they pertain to physical learning spaces.

Thursday, March 28, 12 p.m.–1 p.m. PT: Is Your Training Paying Off? Evaluating Training Impact with the Kirkpatrick Method
Unlock the secrets to maximizing your sales team’s potential! Join this webinar to delve into the powerful realm of sales training evaluation using the renowned Kirkpatrick Model. In this dynamic session, Vanessa Alzate, President and CEO of Kirkpatrick Partners and Founder and CEO of Anchored Training, and Jim Kirkpatrick, Ph.D., Senior Consultant of Kirkpatrick Partners, will guide you through the four levels of evaluation, offering practical insights and strategies to measure the effectiveness of your sales training programs at each of the four levels. Whether you’re a sales leader, trainer or HR professional, this webinar is your roadmap to elevating your sales training initiatives.

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