Management & Strategy
The strategic approaches used to shape the direction of the learning function and to support the design and development of learning solutions.
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The 6 Pillars of a Next-Level Learning Strategy
This eBook discusses six pillars to help you build your learning strategy. You learn how to optimize your budget, resources, and outcomes to demonstrate the value and impact of your learning programs to your stakeholders.
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Learning Style Alternatives
This article examines two research-supported alternatives to the traditional learning styles (Dual Coding Theory and Universal Design for Learning). These approaches promote inclusivity and flexibility, allowing all students to enjoy successful learning experiences.
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Use AI Tools to Improve Onboarding
Incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) can enhance the onboarding experience.
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You’re Not Saving the World: The Importance of Reframing Your Energy
Do you find yourself wondering, “What is the point?” As asole L&D professional or leader of a small team, you may struggle to boostyour own (or your team’s) motivation and alleviate or prevent burnout. In this session, we will introduce some of the historical and societalcauses that contribute to these feelings and go through […]
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Optimizing L&D in Small Teams: Best Practices for Maximum Impact
Are you the L&D teamlead—and the learning strategist, instructional designer, facilitator,evaluator, learning technologist, project manager, and other-tasks-as-assignedperson? As a team of one—or head of a small and overstretched team—you likelyneed help to develop effective and efficient strategies for achievingorganizational learning goals with limited resources. Join this session for practicalguidance on how to prioritize training initiatives, […]
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Training The Trainer: How We Empower SMEs to Increase Capacity
As your company scales, are you being asked to deliver moretraining without additional resources? It might be time to expand capacity bytraining your company’s SMEs in effective training delivery. This session explores steps you can take to help SMEsdevelop training facilitation skills. We will share our journey as we designed,deployed, and refined a program to […]
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Automate Project Management Tasks Using Zapier
Some parts of project management are just tedious: forms tofill out, status updates, tasks and requests track, people to update. Most ofthese are essential—and can generate many hours of manual updates andprocesses. Join this session to learn how to automate some of thiswork; we’ll use Zapier—a no-code tool that helps you automate processes acrossdifferent tools. […]
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Improve Learning Content Efficiency with Reusable Learning Content
Personalizing learning content to both the learner and thecontext is the best way to achieve optimallearning and performance outcomes. L&D professionals have historically achievedpersonalization by making copies upon copies of learning assets and coursematerials, tweaking each copy to meet the differentiated needs of learners.This approach is labor-intensive and prone to inconsistencies and inaccuracies,including the risk […]
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Mastering Connections: Proven Tactics for Networking Success
Most people cringe when they think about networking, often feeling connection is forced, awkward, or desperate. This session will dispel the myths with proven tacticsto proactively connect with people in meaningful and lasting ways. Introvertsand extroverts alike can benefit from building habits around personaldevelopment that will take the “ick” factor away from networking by sharingtheir […]
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Surviving As an Army of One: Manage L&D Like a Business
Are you a department of one? Do you struggle to establish astrategy for your small or overstretched department? Supporting anorganization’s learning needs requires strategy—and a way to demonstratesuccess. Geared toward solo L&D leaders—and those leading smallteams—this session will walk you through developing a strategic training planand techniques for measuring your success. You’ll learn how to […]