Professional Development
The knowledge and skills sought by learning professionals to improve their current practice and support their career development.
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From DevLearn 2025 to DevLearn 2026: What the Community is Asking For Next
DevLearn Conference & Expo has always been the place to explore where the industry is headed, but it is also where we uncover where learning professionals want to go next. We took the time at DevLearn 2025 to talk with influential voices in the space to ask “What do you hope to see at next year’s event?” and their answers pointed towards even more meaningful […]
By Lindsay Brestovansky ••
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Future-Proof Your Career: The L&D Strategic Roadmap for AI Readiness
This article outlines a strategic roadmap for L&D professionals to navigate the rise of artificial intelligence by proactively adapting their skills and pivoting into adjacent, integrated, or specialized AI roles to ensure long-term career resilience.
By Megan Dybczak ••
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L&D Practitioners in an AI-Powered World
This eBook guides L&D professionals facing AI disruption. It emphasizes pivoting to hybrid roles, prioritizing human skills, and embracing adaptability. Learn from leaders like Cammy Bean, Kevin Thorn, Trish Uhl, and Perrin Rowland, who have successfully navigated major career changes.
By Jane Bozarth ••
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Your Past Skills Are Your L&D Superpower
Every experience, from playing an instrument to managing a team, adds a new note to your professional composition. Those lessons in practice, perseverance, and teamwork are what make you effective in leading learning today.
By Armando Contreraz ••
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2025 Best of DevLearn DemoFest Webinar
See winning projects from DemoFest at DevLearn 2025 Conference & Expo, where demonstrators shared details about the why and how of learning projects they created to solve real workplace challenges.
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Boomerangs Are Our Greatest Change Agents
When high performers leave, leaders must treat their departed employees as assets who may reunite with future employment opportunities.
By Anthony Salazar ••
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The Coaching Habit: Small Steps to Fix a $2 Trillion Problem
Inefficiency costs as much as $2 trillion a year in lost productivity. Your leadership superpower can help fix that, in a few minutes a day!
By Taresa Scott ••
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Skills Matching: What Is L&D’s Role?
Learn L&D’s critical role in the new skills-first workplace. Get the roadmap for skills matching, AI, and developing a future-proof workforce.
By Jane Bozarth ••
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AI Transformation with ELB Learning
This session shares ELB Learning’s practical, people-powered approach to making AI work across the enterprise. You’ll learn how to move beyond pilots and proof-of-concepts by focusing on the three elements that matter most: mindset, skillset, and workflow design.
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A Plus-One Approach to Accessible and Inclusive Learning Design
Starting with a topic you already teach, this session examines your current delivery methods and identify the assumptions they make about how learners engage with content.
By James Kruck ••












