July’s summer heat is the perfect backdrop for heating up your skills and knowledge! Dive into a sea of free webinars this month, covering a range of topics designed to ignite your creativity and boost your business acumen. Whether you’re lounging by the pool or chilling in the AC, these educational sessions are an ideal way to harness the season’s vibrant energy. Don’t keep the learning to yourself — invite friends and colleagues to join in the fun and make this a month of collective growth and inspiration!

Tuesday, July 9, 2024, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: Video Production on a Shoestring Budget
You’ve all suffered through online learning content that featured poor audio and/or video. You suffer through it because the material was valuable or because you were required to complete the training. But have you ever stopped and asked yourself why? In this session, with William Everhart, Lead Developer at Artisan Learning, you’ll learn how to improve your audio and video quality by optimizing your recording workflow and making smart equipment purchases that won’t break your budget, whatever it may be. See exactly which pieces of equipment are critical for professional quality results and what settings you should focus on to get the most out of your equipment.

Tuesday, July 9, 2024, 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PT: Course Mapping Your Way to Success: Navigate the Course Creation Process like a Pro!
As an L&D professional, you know the importance of a well-structured course that engages learners and achieves your desired outcomes. Robin Stefani, Director of Technical Enablement at Netwrix, will show you how the powerful Universal Course Mapping Template can be your key to unlocking instructional excellence and optimizing workflows, giving you a strategic edge in course creation. The template can also elevate your course design prowess and unlock new levels of efficiency as you explore how the template can help you design interactive and engaging content, enable you to track your course creation tasks in the template or a ticketing tool, and assist you in updating content in an existing course.

Tuesday, July 9, 2024, 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PT: How to Make Pro-Level Training Videos in the Blink of AI
Employees expect personalized, bite-size videos as part of their learning experiences. However, crafting engaging video content isn’t easy — video training is usually expensive to outsource, time-consuming and requires specialized roles with advanced editing skills and hard-to-use software. But new advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) are changing the game, enabling L&D leaders to meet learner needs quickly and adaptably with drag-and-drop editing. Join this live demo with Matt Sweet, Head of Sales at VEED, to discover how you can effortlessly create scalable training videos, even without editing skills.

Tuesday, July 9, 2024, 12 p.m.–1 p.m. PT: Sell More by Saying Less with the ABTs of Storytelling
You communicate and care but don’t connect with your audiences as deeply as you could because you have not learned the foundational structure of storytelling called the ABT (And, But, Therefore) agile narrative framework. In this fun and interactive webinar, Park Howell, The World’s Most Industrious Storyteller, will show you how to tap into the three forces of story of agreement, contradiction and consequence that our primal pattern-seeking, problem-solving, decision-making buying limbic brain adores. You’ll learn:

• How to simplify complex messages making them clear and compelling.

• How to focus all your communications using the ABT so that your messages land right the first time, every time.

• Where to use the ABT in all your communications from emails to social posts to presentations to long-form communications so that you are a more confident and persuasive storyteller.

Wednesday, July 10, 2024, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: Using PowerPoint’s Features to Rehearse and Practice Your Delivery
Impactful presentations depend on a clear message and great visual content, but also on a polished delivery. If you have colleagues on hand to practice with, that’s probably the best solution to get feedback to polish and tweak your delivery. But what if you don’t have anyone? In this session, Chantal Bossé, President of CHABOS Inc., will show how two of PowerPoint’s native features that can help you rehearse and practice on your own: Coach and the Recording studio. The first one will give you feedback on several key elements of your delivery, while the second one will help you review your own performance. 

Wednesday, July 10, 2024, 12 p.m.–1 p.m. PT: Mastering Interactive Presentations: Engaging Your Audience in the TikTok Era
In an age of short attention spans and endless distractions, capturing and maintaining your audience’s focus has never been more challenging. Join Luke Goetting, Founder of Puffingston Presentations, to revolutionize the way you approach presentations and training sessions. Discover the power of interactive, two-way experiences that will transform your meetings into dynamic, engaging events tailored to your audience’s interests, just like the captivating content on TikTok and YouTube. During this webinar, Luke will share his proven strategies for leveraging audience participation. You’ll learn how to master the art of conversational presenting and align your content with your audience’s interests — maximizing productive exchanges and increasing audience buy-in without the need for extra meeting prep. 

Thursday, July 11, 2024, 8 a.m.–9 a.m. PT: No Strategy, No Success: Three Steps That Should Come Before L&D Software and Course Design
In this webinar, join Senior Learning Strategist, Scott Provence, as he walks through three essential steps at the start of any L&D project. Learn about what goes into an effective problem statement, how to define “risk” versus “uncertainty,” and how to instill these skills in your L&D teams.

• Define the parts of an effective problem statement.

• Tell the difference between something “risky” and something “uncertain.”

• Turn your most pressing issues into testable hypotheses.

• Upskill the problem-ID capabilities of your L&D team.

Thursday, July 11, 2024, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: Slide Decks that Inspire (And Don’t Tire) Your Learners
Your slide deck is NOT your training! It’s a visual aid to your training, and in this hour, Amy Saville, Training Consultant at The Bob Pike Group, will explore the characteristics that good slide decks share. During this webinar, you’ll: 

• Travel beyond PowerPoint and discover new apps for creating stunning visuals for your slides.

• Explore ways to add interactivity to virtual slide decks.

• Discuss how slide decks for virtual and in-person training differ.

• Share the tips and tricks that make designing slides a snap.

Thursday, July 11, 2024, 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. PT: Communicating in Generationally Diverse Teams (Free for I4PL members)
Your workplace now has four, soon to be five, generations working together, but all with vastly different communication styles. How do you get everyone on the same page to understand each other and collaborate effectively? Join Merri Lemmex, Managing Partner at Operations, to learn how to develop a focused communication plan.

Tuesday, July 11, 2024,  9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: Maximizing Engagement with User Interactive Components (UICs) in All-New Adobe Captivate
Discover the secrets to creating engaging elearning experiences in this upcoming webinar on Adobe Captivate’s user interactive components. Sharath Ramaswamy, Senior Elearning Evangelist at Adobe, will delve into the creation and implementation of interactive elements that engage learners and drive educational success. In this webinar, you’ll: 

• Gain a foundational understanding of Adobe Captivate’s user interactive components and their significance in creating engaging elearning content.

• Learn about the various interactive elements available in Adobe Captivate, including interactive buttons, input fields, radio groups, drop-downs and check boxes.

• Participate in step-by-step demonstrations to see how to create and integrate interactive elements into your elearning projects.

• Engage in a live Q&A session to address your specific questions and challenges related to using interactive components in Adobe Captivate.

Wednesday, July 17, 2024, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: Present without PowerPoint — Could Ya? Would Ya?
Have you ever thought about delivering a presentation without any slides at all? If you remove the crutch of PowerPoint, it forces you as a communicator to think differently about how you present your message. It will sharpen your other presentation abilities and make you a much better presenter. In this session, delivered entirely without slides, Glenn Gibson, Author of Before the Mic, will discuss the essential skills all presenters should master beyond slide design. Once you master these skills, it will improve your usage of PowerPoint, because you’ll realize the power of figuring out what you are trying to say first, and then crafting visuals to support your message.

Thursday, July 18, 2024, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: You’ve Been Training Virtually... Now What?
Are you a seasoned virtual trainer or designer, but feel like there’s more to explore in the world of online training? With a focus on engagement, online training platforms have raced to give us more options with the all the available features. Have you clicked on any of them yet? Kassy LaBorie, Founder and Principal Consultant at Kassy LaBorie Consulting LLC, in this exciting two-part webinar series, “You’ve Been Training Virtually... Now What?” where you’ll dive into groundbreaking ideas to take your virtual training to new heights.

Thursday, July 18, 2024, 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PT: Employee Engagement Is Stagnant: L&D Is the Answer
Join JD Dillon, CLO at Axonify, to explore a new framework that includes recent research into the frontline experience and illuminates what employees really need to have a great day at work. Learn the role that L&D can take to foster a comfortable, capable, confident frontline team and the critical part that frontline managers play in reducing turnover and boosting performance. You’ll also get access to a tactical playbook for architecting a proven employee engagement strategy. This interactive webinar will provide you with data-driven insights to help continuously optimize and improve the employee experience at your workplace.

Monday, July 22, 2024, 8 a.m.–9 a.m. PT: AI in Training
Join this first event in Training Industry’s Learning Tech Showcase series, where you’ll explore the transformative impact of AI on corporate training. This event will highlight cutting-edge AI-powered tools and solutions that are shaping the way organizations design, deliver and manage their learning programs. Join live product demonstrations showcasing how AI-powered products can personalize learning, automate administrative tasks, provide just-in-time feedback and more. Engage with the product experts during interactive Q&A sessions to get answers to your most pressing questions about incorporating AI in your organization’s learning ecosystem.

Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: Maximizing Adult Learning in Your Performance and Learning Initiatives
All learning organizations are continuously challenged to do more with less. Friesen, Kaye and Associates’ Michael Nolan, President, and Sean Rea, Director of Performance and Learning Solutions, will demonstrate how to maximize learning while minimizing wasted time. Go beyond designing PowerPoint and identify how to incorporate a variety of activities that keep learners engaged, motivated and having an enjoyable learning experience. At the end of this session, you’ll be able to:

• Use the Systematic Learning Process to ensure learner success.

• Plan motivational strategies that improve learning retention.

• Design higher level questions to test for understanding and improve retention.

• Plan activities that let adult learners share their wealth of knowledge and experience.

Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PT: Adapt or Struggle: Embracing AI for Learning Teams
As a CLO, CHRO, or General Manager, you hold the key to unlocking your organization’s potential to thrive in this new era, but are your learning and development teams equipped with the skills they need to drive this transformation? Tune in to ELB Learning’s Ellen Burns-Johnson, Lead Learning Strategist, and Carrie Wiser, Senior Strategist and Learning Experience Designer, and Brandon Hall Group’s Matt Pittman, HCM Principal Analyst, and leave with actionable insights and strategies for skill development that you can implement immediately, positioning your organization at the forefront of work technology transformation. 

Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PT: Mapping the Century: Navigating Lifelong Learning in a 100-Year Life (Free for ATD members)
Discover the transformative power of lifelong learning for a 100-year life in this webinar by Misty Frost, Chief Transformation Officer at Instructure, informed by Stanford Center on Longevity research. Learn how lifelong learning is crucial for future-proofing your workforce and gain actionable strategies to integrate it into educational programs. Uncover how this approach enables your workforce to thrive in an era of unprecedented longevity. 

Wednesday, July 24, 2024, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: Innovate Your Elearning: The Power of Mighty Chrome Plugin with Articulate Rise
In this workshop, you’ll discover how the Mighty Chrome Plugin can revolutionize your work with Articulate Rise. Danielle Watkins, Chief Learning Experience Officer at Zenith Performance Solutions, will start with a brief overview of the plugin’s capabilities, highlighting its seamless integration with Articulate Rise to enhance your elearning development. You’ll learn how to use the plugin to quickly format and customize content, create interactive elements and ensure consistency across your courses. By the end of the session, you’ll be equipped with the knowledge to:

• Efficiently incorporate new blocks into your courses.

• Utilize advanced customization options to make your content stand out.

• Enhance learner engagement with interactive features.

Wednesday, July 24, 2024, 12 p.m.–1 p.m. PT: Five Things You Can Do with Random Numbers in Articulate Storyline 360
The Random Number Variable in Articulate Storyline is an underrated gem. As the name applies, random means randomly selecting a number between a certain range of numbers, then trigger an action or event when evaluating the selected number. As robust as this feature is, applying it may not be a first thought. Design dictates development and understanding how the Random Number Variable behaves opens up many new possibilities for design. In this webinar, Dr. Kevin Thorn, Owner of NuggetHead Studioz, will show you five different Random Number Variable applications.

Thursday, July 25, 2024, 12 p.m.–1 p.m. PT: AI: Your New Instructional Design Sidekick
Wondering what all the AI fuss is about? You’re not alone. The question is not if AI can help us, but how? In this workshop, with Shannon Tipton, Owner and Chief Learning Rebel at Learning Rebels, you’ll leave equipped with the skills to leverage AI as your instructional design partner. Together, you’ll explore AI’s capabilities and limitations, ensuring you can use different AI tools effectively. Be prepared to get hands-on. Working side-by-side, you’ll put theory into practice. By using the provided cheat sheet, you’ll analyze learning content to develop rock-solid learning outcomes. As a bonus, you’ll use those outcomes to design engaging activities based on Gagne’s Nine Events of Instruction.

Tuesday, July 30, 2024, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: How to Close Skills Gaps at Scale (According to 2,500+ Learners) (Free for ATD members)
Forget what you thought you knew about online learning. After polling more than 2,500 learners, David James, Chief Learning Officer at 360Learning, has uncovered what’s working and what still isn’t. Zero in on the biggest untapped opportunity for performance-driven L&D teams: using effective online learning to close skills gaps at scale. You’ll walk through the survey findings and connect the dots between what the data is saying and industry best practices, all in the service of empowering L&D professionals to drive impact. During this event, you’ll cover:

• Current Online Learning Insights: Recent polling of more than 2,500 learners has provided new insights into what is effective and ineffective in online learning.

• Opportunity for L&D Teams: It identifies a significant opportunity for Learning and Development (L&D) teams to use effective online learning methods to address and close skills gaps on a large scale.

• Data-Driven Recommendations: The survey findings will be linked to industry best practices to help L&D professionals understand and implement strategies that can drive powerful results.

Wednesday, July 31, 2024, 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PT: Why Your Frontline Isn’t Using Your LMS (And How to Fix It)
Frontline work is hard — and it’s getting harder. As workers navigate difficult customers, limited resources, safety concerns and many other disruptions, they’re looking for more help to do their jobs well. JD Dillon, Axonify’s Chief Learning Architect, knows this problem well. After 20 years leading Operations and L&D with dynamic organizations like Disney, AMC and Kaplan, he’s become an authority on frontline enablement and a staunch advocate for improving the employee experience. JD and Claude Werder, Brandon Hall HCM Principal Analyst, will look at the critical needs of workers and managers and translate them into must-have technology requirements. If you’re an L&D leader serving frontline teams, this is the list of capabilities to look for in your tech stack.

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