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By: Ari Bixhorn, Vice President, Technical Evangelism, Panopto

For learning and development teams, these are the most important weeks of any employee’s tenure:

• the first two, when knowledge transfer is critical for getting new hires up to speed
• the last two, when it’s imperative to preserve a departing employee’s institutional knowledge.

Increasingly, organizations are using technology to usher employees through these key weeks. In this webcast, we’ll explore seven examples of how video can be used in these initiatives, along with the specifics of how your team can implement similar capabilities. You’ll:

• Identify trends in how organizations are supporting onboarding programs with video.
• Identify trends in how organizations are using video to scale knowledge management and capture more institutional expertise with departing employees.
• Learn how video can be implemented or facilitated to enable its use as part of formal onboarding and offboarding programs.

ATD members can register here

We look forward to seeing you next at next year's event!  
Another thanks to our sponsors of Learn-a-palooza 3.0:  
City University, Caveo Learning, and Skillsoft Sumtotal!

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This year’s theme is Expanding Our Reach from Local to Global

• How do you stay in tune with the continued globalization of organizations? 
• How do you keep up with how people learn when so much of it is learned in different ways through the use of technology and outside of classrooms? 
• How do we keep growing and developing our own professional needs?
  

In this session, we will look at how we can bridge the learning gaps across time zones and across different cultures. The ways we approach learning are very different than they were even a decade ago. In order to keep our practices current, we must stay ahead of this technological evolution, and that starts with getting the most out of today’s technology. Learn from top leaders who work through the people gaps, the diversity issues, and the technology to deliver world class learning.

The popular format of year’s past returns with a new slate of Speed Learning SMEs, keynote speaker, networking, and an afternoon mini-hackathon diving deeper into the theme.

The Association for Talent Development is offering a certificate course in Kirkland this April. This course will build your professional knowledge and skills, and expand your network.

The ATD Training Certificate content is practical and grounded in the real world, not just academic theory. This program focuses on what happens before, during, and after you deliver training, and what to do if training is not the right solution. With input from ATD’s Competency Study, we identified the competencies required by the most successful practitioners. The Training Certificate Program is aligned with the Training Delivery Area of Expertise in the ATD Competency Model.

Learner feedback indicates high value in the following areas: student engagement, expert facilitation, and applicable tools and techniques.

Why You Should Attend:

Learn the basics of adult learning theory and instructional design methodology.

Gain a foundation in conducting a needs assessment, developing learning objectives, and evaluating the impact of your training initiatives.

Learn and apply effective training techniques for managing participants, engaging a variety of learning styles, creating an effective positive learning environment, and managing classroom challenges.

Develop engaging training solutions that are learner-centered.

What to Expect:

Pre-Work: Complete a self-assessment and read an industry article titled, "Do's and Don'ts for the New Trainer."

Homework: You may find it necessary to do some preparation for your skills practice outside of the classroom.

Supplemental Resources: This program includes tools and templates to help you apply what you learned on the job.

More info and to register

Be sure to use the ATDps Chapter Code 8020 when you register!

This seven week instructor-led online workshop will help you create your personalized study plan to become a Certified Professional in Learning and Performance (CPLP). You’ll begin to prepare for both the CPLP knowledge-based exam and the skills application exam (SAE).

• Learn what the latest research tells us about the capacity of the human brain to absorb information.
• Assess your own listening skills.
• Identify your personal listening traps.

https://www.td.org/Digital-Resources/Webcasts/TD/2017/03/A-Call-to-Action-Listen

Applying for a BEST Award Has Its Benefits

Sure, winning an award is great for attracting and retaining talent, showing value for the work that you do, and earning recognition for your achievements, but did you know:

The application process requires you to look holistically, critically and appreciatively at your work—a tremendous learning opportunity!

Winners become the industry benchmark for our annual State of the Industry report—even if you don't win, you can use the report to examine areas for improvement.

Entrants can request feedback from the reviewers—it's like one-on-one peer mentoring!

Interested in learning more? Join our free webcast on February 27 at 12 p.m. ET to learn 10 tips for the ATD BEST awards application, and have all your questions answered!

Register for webcast

Well documented as a top way to improve performance, coaching continues to be in the spotlight when it comes to effectively developing talent. For organizations, the decision to have its leaders serve in the role of coach depends on a variety of factors, not the least of which are buy-in and support for the approach and the coaching skills of those involved.

This webcast will focus on three aspects of leaders as coaches: engaging leaders in the coaching process, equipping them with coaching skills, and exciting them about the impact coaching can have on improved individual and team performance, employee engagement, and trust. It will touch on the pros and cons of a leader as coach, as well as explore three key skills that all coaches must do well to be successful. This session includes a case study that documents the success, including impact and ROI of leaders as coaches.

Attendees will be able to:

• Identify key points to gain buy-in for a “leader as coach” approach.
• Consider how best to support leaders with acquiring or improving coaching skills.
• Create excitement in their organizations for establishing a coaching culture.

Check out what we are up to in the month of February.  Our newsletter is available here.  Find out where our next interest group events will be held and what we'll be sharing at this month's chapter meeting.  We look forward to seeing you this coming month!

ATDps Members are Invited to deepen their facilitation skills in this FREE 2 hour workshop, facilitated by Sage Ways Consultants Anita Bhasin and Liz Welch.

About the workshop: “How to Manufacture Heat in the Classroom”

As facilitators, we often need to bring people to their learning edge. To do this through the lecture/storytelling mode just isn’t enough…. instead we need to focus on experiential learning where we produce ambiguity, uncertainty, and confusion for leaders— not comfort. Creating this heat provides the crucible for learning. This can be very uncomfortable for facilitators who will almost certainly be blamed for the confusion. But for development to occur, “trainers” must learn to stop teaching and step aside.

The purpose of this session is to provide you with an under-the-covers view of how you can intervene skillfully to raise the heat in the classroom. The method of teaching this session is different from what you might traditionally find in a classroom. The intent is to create the conditions in the room that you might find in your workplace so that you can learn how to intervene skillfully by doing so yourselves while in this session. The process involves taking risks, learning on the edges of your current knowledge and expanding it, and learning by actively doing leadership -  not listening to someone talking about leadership. This approach, called Case-in-Point was pioneered at Harvard and aims to help participants bolster their leadership capacities by having them experience challenges in the "here and now," rather than simply discussing leadership concepts.

To learn more about who should attend, what you’ll learn, the method used, and your facilitators please visit the REGISTRATION link, where you can also register to participate.

Space is limited to 24 participants, so grab your spot today!

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