Live Webinar August 29th, 2017 – 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Human Capital Institute

The digital skills gap is not only real, but it’s broader than we have thought – it goes beyond typical IT and DevOps skills into every day digital technologies.

As new technologies are adopted across all functional areas in an organization, tasks automated, and new jobs created, more and more employees must be digital literate.

Yet getting there is not always easy. New hires frequently don’t have all the skills needed for success [1], only 11% of organizations have all the digital skills needed to succeed [2], and 51% of organizations don’t have a strategy for managing and developing skills in a digital world [3].

In this webinar, Emily Wiese (LinkedIn profile) Vice President, Digital Skills Portfolio, will take an in-depth look at digital literacy today, giving you tools and strategies to help your organization along the road of digital transformation.

Discuss:

• Trends in today’s everyday digital skills,
• Methods for assessing your organization’s digital literacy, and
• Approaches to helping your organization develop the skills to efficiently accomplish their everyday tasks.

References:

1. Career Advisory Board: Exploring America’s Tech Skills Gap and the Parallel Deficits of Applied Tech Skills and Hard Tech Skills (2017)
2. Fosway Group – Transforming Talent in the Modern Workforce (2017)
3. Accenture Strategy: Being Digital: Embrace the future of work and your people will embrace it with you (2015)

Note: SHRM has pre-approved this webcast for 1 Professional Development Credits (PDCs) towards SHRM-CP℠ or SHRM-SCP℠ Certifications.

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Digital Literacy:
Building Expertise In Critical, Everyday Digital Activities

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Live Webinar August 29th, 2017 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Human Capital Institute

Presenter: Allen Partridge, Ph.D. (LinkedIn profile) is a senior technology evangelist at Adobe Systems and has 20 years of experience in e-learning, education, games, and multimedia development. Allen is recognized for his many online video tutorials and e-seminars, which are a mainstay for e-learning developers and trainers learning to create effective online educational materials.

Note: SHRM has pre-approved this webcast for 1 Professional Development Credits (PDCs) towards SHRM-CP℠ or SHRM-SCP℠ Certifications.

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Long Term L&D Planning
In A Light Speed Business Environment

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Live Webinar August 30th, 2017 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm  EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: American Management Association (REP 1294)

Although the AMA is an REP this opportunity may not have a course number Contact the AMA for further information.

Create Success With The 7 Habits®

Get a powerful introduction to the highly popular, hands-on seminar, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People®, based on the international bestseller.

Dscover how the 7 Habits® can help you to lead yourself more effectively, engage and collaborate with others more successfully, and continually renew these capabilities.  Your team and organization can also learn and harness these qualities for maximum results.

If you’ve ever wondered if the 7 Habits® are right for you, or just want to learn more, don’t miss this introduction to the world’s premier leadership development solution.

Learn:

• Why the 7 Habits® are relevant in the 21st century
• What “effectiveness” means in an ever-changing, chaotic world
• How to grow our personal capabilities and interpersonal relationships
• How our paradigms affect our ability to achieve what matters most to us
• The importance of self-renewal in creating and sustaining results

We encourage you to register even if you are unable to attend live; you’ll receive replay information following the event.

Presenter: Eileen Land (LinkedIn profile) is an E-Learning Strategist/Senior Consultant with FranklinCovey. In her role, she has facilitated over 2,000 programs for a variety of clients, including those in pharmaceutical, financial, healthcare, and the communication industries. Eileen is committed to creating a learning environment that makes knowledge accessible and relevant to all learners.

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Franklin Covey’s 7 Habits® Seminar

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Live Webinar – August 30th, 2017 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

Those leading a function have arguably the greatest impact on overall business performance, yet organizations continue to under-invest in developing this level of their talent pipeline.

Why is this a challenge?

With significant spans of responsibility, function leaders—such as those leading an organization unit, geographic region, product group or customer segment—offer immense competitive value.

Although company executives possess power and influence, functional executives provide the most obvious impact on company performance.

While strategic managers determine the company’s mission and direction, functional managers control expenses, manage resources, make decisions about specific projects, and drive the success or failure of many strategic priorities.

Unfortunately, most function leaders have not had any targeted leadership development for this type of role, and thus, are limited in truly elevating their performance.

Many function leaders have confided: “I was not really sure what this job should look like and how I should be spending my time. I needed to understand how I should be operating at all levels.”

In This Session Learn:

• Why the value and influence of function leaders has never been stronger
• The five roles most critical to function leader success
• The development experiences that accelerate function leader performance
• A smart business case for securing a greater development investment in those leading a function

Presenters:

Jim Laughlin (LinkedIn profile) serves as Vice President of Consulting, Northeast Region for MDA Leadership Consulting. For more than 20 years, Jim has designed and implemented learning and leadership development systems for companies worldwide. Jim is a sought-after executive coach with expertise in organizational communications, change and transitions.

Mike Laddin (LinkedIn profile) Senior Vice President of Product Management EBSCO Information Services, leads EBSCO’s efforts in new product development, product management and user experience for colleges and universities, public libraries and primary/secondary schools around the world. Mike has worked in the information services industry for over 25 years as a consultant, management executive and entrepreneur.

Karla Wiles (LinkedIn profile) Vice President of Marketing Communications for EBSCO Industries, extensive advertising agency and marketing background taught her the importance of listening to customers and building authentic brands that create connections to grow sales. Karla is passionate about applying her experience to create employment branding, recruit top employees, drive cultural change, and encourage employee engagement.

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Developing Function Leaders To Drive Business Growth

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Live Webinar – August 29th, 2017 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

This preview focuses on the Social Media Tools for Performance Improvement track.

Grab this opportunity to learn some great tips & get a sneak preview of what it will be like to join the  Training’s Online Learning Conferenc. Each speaker will present a 15-minute condensed sample of their OLC content. Listen fast and you’ll learn plenty of useful tips even during this overview!

Part 1:
How IBM Turned Its Online Course Dropout Problem
Into A Success Story

IBM faced a real problem with its online Big Data University.

The content was excellent, but the dropout rate was high. After implementing an Open Badge program, every metric, from new attendees to course completions to the average number of courses taken, increased well beyond expectations.

Join this session to see how IBM increased enrollments and turned dropouts into repeat customers.

You’ll get an insider’s view of the “before and after” statistics behind this wildly successful program.

Presenter: David Leaser, Senior Program Executive, Innovation and Growth Initiatives, IBM Training & Skills

Part 2:
Organizational Network Analysis for Developing & Retaining Talent

As organizations implement matrix structures, establish virtual teams, and outsource functions, they are putting greater faith in informal networks to get work done.

Unfortunately, leaders have less visibility into these informal networks.  As a result, they can make decisions with blinders on.

Organizational network analysis, ONA, provides a way to x-ray an organization, to illuminate and analyze the patterns of informal relationships that employees use to make decisions, solve problems and share information.

Steve will introduce you to ONA and discuss how it can be used to identify emerging leaders, improve collaboration and innovation, develop talent, and increase retention.

Presenter: Stephen Garcia, (LinkedIn profile) Managing Director, Contemporary Leadership Advisors

Part 3:
A Tour of Social Media Tools for eLearning

Sometimes the biggest challenge with using social tools for learning is just figuring out how to start.

Jane Bozarth will take you on a quick tour of ideas for using social tools and approaches to share information, invite conversation, support transfer of learning, and build curiosity for learning more—regardless of the tools you use.

Speaker: Jane Bozarth (LinkedIn profile), Ph.D., eLearning Director of the State of North Carolina & Author has been a training practitioner since 1989. In her years with NC state government she has served as Staff Development Specialist for DHHS, the Training Director for the Department of Justice, and the E-Learning Coordinator for NC Office of State Personnel. Jane’s specialty, led to publication of E-Learning Solutions on a Shoestring: Help for the Chronically Underfunded Trainer (Pfeiffer Essential Resources for Training and HR Professionals) and Better Than Bullet Points: Creating Engaging e-Learning with PowerPoint. Her third book, From Analysis to Evaluation, with CD-ROM: Tools, Tips, and Techniques for Trainers, was published in 2008. Her newest Social Media for Trainers: Techniques for Enhancing and Extending Learning (Essential Tools Resource) book is now available.

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Applying Social Media Tools For Performance Improvement:
An Overview

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Live Webinar August 24th, 2017, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:  StickyMinds/Techwell

The term “test automation” is misleading. The testing process includes defining test objectives, creating test cases, writing test scripts, setting up test environments, scheduling test runs, reviewing test results, and providing feedback to development.

If you think about it, we really only automate a single—yet critical—part of that process: test execution.

The impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics on testing will fundamentally transform testing into a revenue-generating profit center that increases customer conversion and retention.

But how do we get there?

Join this web seminar to learn how AI and analytics will change the way teams test software.

Also Learn:

• What an AI and analytics solution looks like and how it will transform testing
• How you can apply AI and analytics in testing, with a focus on the user experience
• The seven key steps required to achieve true test automation

Presenter: Antony Edwards (LinkedIn profile) CTO and Board Member TestPlant, is responsible for all aspects of product strategy and roadmap, product delivery, and customer success and services. More recently he held the position of CTO with a major US online entertainment company. Australian born, Antony currently lives in London.

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How Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, &
Analytics Will Transform Testing

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