Live Webinar – April 26th, 2023 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

Branching scenarios can be a great solution for giving people an opportunity to practice making relevant decisions.

While they can be a valuable experience for learners, building branching scenarios can be time-consuming and challenging.

It’s easy to feel overwhelmed in the process of planning and designing branching scenarios. What you need is a better process for creating branching scenarios.

In this session,Christy Tucker  (LinkedIn profile) Instructional Designer, Syniad Learning will describe how to streamline your processes for branching scenarios, from initial planning through writing and creating a functional prototype.

You’ll start from the beginning, by analyzing the problem you’re trying to solve, identifying your objectives, and gathering stories from SMEs.

You’ll get tips for planning the flow of your scenario and compare different branching structures. With a quick demo, you’ll see how the free, open-source tool Twine can streamline the process of planning, writing, and prototyping branching scenarios.

By the end of this session, you’ll have a streamlined process for planning, designing, writing, and prototyping branching scenarios that can then be built in any authoring tool you want. This streamlined process will help you save time and make the complexity of branching scenarios more manageable.

In this session, you’ll learn:

• What questions and tactics elicit relevant stories and examples from SMEs
• How to use Twine for planning, writing, and prototyping branching scenarios
• How giving learners opportunities to fix mistakes can streamline branching design
• How to use different branching structures for scenarios
• What to write first in a branching scenario

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Streamlining Branching Scenario Planning & Design

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Live Webinar – April 25th, 2023 1300 pm – 4:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

Audiences are changing and becoming more diverse by the day. As a result, the wants and needs of our audiences have evolved along with the expectations of us as presenters.

Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Nolan Haims will address how design, communication, and software techniques can help speakers take into account and adjust for age, gender, ethnicity, physical abilities, language barriers, and even attention spans.

Topics include:

• Selecting more mindful imagery and iconography
• Balancing text and visuals for older and younger audiences
• Accessibility considerations in PowerPoint
• Special considerations when presenting online
• Live transcription and translation with just a click!

Presenter:  Nolan Haims (LinkedIn profile) PowerPoint MVP has 20+ years experience in the fields of visual communications and presentation, having created every type of presentation from Fortune 500 CEO keynotes, to TED talks to multi-million dollar agency pitches. He trains organizations to think visually, speaks at national conferences, writes on visual storytelling at PresentYourStory.com, and is a co-host of the long running Presentation Podcast. And as one of only 34 Microsoft PowerPoint MVPs in the world, he works with and advises the software development team. He runs his own visual communications consultancy in Montclair, NJ.

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Creating Inclusive Presentations

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Live Webinar – April 25th, 2023 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

What do you do when you want to learn something new? More and more often, you look for a video tutorial on the Internet!

Whether it’s in our private lives or in the professional world, video training is booming. Everyone is producing their own tutorials and maintaining their own Youtube channel, sometimes for the better, but often for the worse!

In this webinar, Damien Bruyndonckx will describe the most common mistakes found in the video tutorials that flourish on the web.

This will allow us to formulate a series of very simple tips and tricks that you can use to create professional quality video tutorials. These tips and tricks cover all aspects of creating great video tutorials, from writing the script to shooting and editing in your favorite software all the way to uploading the finished video.

Whether you’re an avid YouTuber, an experienced Project Manager or a beginner, this webinar will give you the keys to creating engaging, effective and technically flawless video tutorials.

Presenter: Damien Bruyndonckx (LinkedIn profile) founder & CEO of One2Learn, a Belgium-based eLearning company that provides a wide array content development and training services. Damien has 15+ years of experience in the eLearning industry. He is the co-author of the ” Mastering Adobe Captivate“ series of book published by Packt publishing, of “Enterprise LMS with Adobe Captivate Prime“. He is TechSmith recommended trainer on Snagit and Camtasia and an Adobe Captivate certification trainer.

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Tips & Tricks for Creating A Perfect Video Tutorial

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Live Webinar – April 26th, 2023 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

In this presentation, Josh will provide a roadmap for L&D professionals seeking to leverage AI effectively. You’ll discover the six key disciplines that are essential for anyone who wants to utilize these powerful tools to their fullest potential:

1. Basic knowledge of AI:
   • Demonstrate an understanding of AI and its applications in Learning and Development.
2. Social and ethical implications of AI:
   • Analyze how social, economic, and political systems influence AI-based tools and how they impact justice, equity, and ethics.
3. AI-enhanced learning experiences:
   • Create AI-enhanced learning experiences that integrate diverse sources of information to deliver effective and engaging training.
4. Evidence-based evaluation of AI-based tools:
   • Evaluate the quality, accuracy, safety, contextual appropriateness, and biases of AI-based tools and their underlying data sets supporting Learning and Development.
5. Workflow analysis for AI-based tools:
   • Analyze and adapt to changes in teams, roles, responsibilities, and workflows resulting from implementing AI-based tools in Learning and Development.
6. Learning and Improvement Regarding AI Tools:
   • Engage in professional development and practice-based improvement activities related to the use of AI tools in learning and development. Including ChatGPT, Bing Chat and other Large Language models.

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about the latest industry trends and techniques for creating engaging and effective educational content with AI.

Join Josh Cavalier (LinkedIn profile) and join the movement towards normalizing the use of AI in Learning and Development.

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The 6 Disciplines For Using Artificial Intelligence
In Learning & Development

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Live Webinar – April 20th, 2023 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

Learners learn best with stories. But do most designers and developers have difficulty creating them?

Most often these narratives sound like … “Once upon a time” tales.

These are long and laborious to develop. They are expensive and difficult to produce.

So, what is another option to consider? Super short stories!

These are very brief and simple but relatable scenarios that quickly convert lesson content into highly engaging lessons. They are cheaper and faster to create.

Topics to cover:

• Why use short, simple, and easy-to-develop stories?
• Why avoid long, expensive, and hard to develop stories?
• Where do you find short and simple stories?
• What are the 4 key steps to short story creation?
• How do make sure your stories connect with the lessons?
• How do you use an authoring tool like Captivate, Storyline, and Rise  for short story lessons?

Join the webinar and get live demos and source codes for three short lessons authored in Captivate and Storyline

Presenter : Ray Jimenez (LinkedIn profile) – Chief Learning Architect and Founder of Vignettes Learning and StoryImpacts.com, a systems development and consulting company specializing in e-Learning and Performance Systems, eLearning course development and interactive tools and social learning community platform.

Ray has over twenty years experience in the consulting and training industry. Author of  3-Minute e-Learning: Rapid Learning and Applications, Amazingly Lower Cost and Faster Speed of Delivery: Plus Online Demos, Templates, Videos, Scenario-Based Learning: Using Stories To Engage e-Learners (Scenario-Based Learning, Volume 1) and  DIYEL 101 Tips for Do-It-Yourself eLearning. Ray teaches eLearning programs for the University of California, Irvine, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center and Assumption University, Bangkok.

Workshop and briefing participants describe Ray as fun, engaging, Technically savvy, has depth in e-learning experience, balances theory and hands-on experience  and inspiring. Visit Ray’s website and his blog.

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Creating Super Short Story-Based Lessons To Engage Learners

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Live Webinar – April 20th, 2023 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

Imagine that your virtual training is so lively and compelling that people clamor to attend. Even for dry or dull topics, most learning professionals prefer to design and deliver engaging virtual learning experiences.

In this session, Cynthia will take a page from the stage, exploring six theater techniques that are guaranteed to uplevel your effectiveness in the virtual classroom.

Join her to take your virtual and hybrid training to the next level by acting more like a theater professional.

By the end of this 60-minute webinar, you will be able to:

• Apply six techniques used by theater professionals
• Consistently engage and connect with your audience

Presenter: Cynthia Clay (LinkedIn profile) President/CEO of NetSpeed Learning Solutions & the author of Great Webinars: How to Create Interactive Learning That Is Captivating, Informative, and Fun helps people increase their effectiveness in virtual environments.  Cynthia provides instructor-led virtual programs that help employees and leaders communicate effectively, resolve conflict, serve customers well, and lead effectively in the virtual workplace. She  also works with clients who are transitioning from the face-to-face classroom to interactive, blended virtual learning. Cynthia is a passionate advocate of brain-based learning and works with training professionals to apply stellar practices in the virtual classroom.

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6 Theater Techniques To Enhance Virtual Learning

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