Live Webinar – February 16th, 2022 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

Pivot with Passion: Darkness to Light

Leaders, it is our responsibility to walk bravely with darkness and light. Now that we are mechanically doing the same old workshops, conferences and meetings with mostly online delivery, the darkness is beginning to close around us. Here’s an interesting fact about going from light to darkness:

“… it’s the ability to adapt to darkness and the time it takes for one’s vision to recover when going from light to darkness that is most affected. Photoreceptor cells that handle our night vision die and degenerate sooner than the cells that manage our daytime vision.”

We didn’t even know we were going to be in darkness when Covid sent us home, and we are still agitated. Looking back to ‘before Covid’, most of us in L&D were doing the same things the same old ways. L&D meant teaching the same types of workshops with the same formats. Training was a commodity project (begin/end), not a process (continue).

Did learning occur? Maybe a little, but in general we played it pretty safe. The most exciting new (?) thing was Zoom.

When Covid showed up, everything went virtual. The same modules previously used face to face, morphed into online modules with producers.

Being with others physically was really scary so online was the worst best choice. The absence of real people was difficult for L&D people who like to be in person, including me.

We know how to live in this world now and we’ve slowly but surely evolved into a common, silent community of fear. Innovation in teaching, designing, leading and inventing is dialed in – everything is too risky, even L&D. We have become uncomfortably used to our new existence including masks, empty stores, and loneliness.

What if we looked at a Middlespace in L&D?

It’s time for us all to step up for innovative ways to move past doing the same pre-covid and current in-covid ways of learning. Join the TMN Webinar to look forward.

1. What are new ways we can drive hope, innovation and learning?
2. are the steps to minimize the power of fear?
3. Like prisoners in the dark, how will we learn to see when we enter the light?

Presenter: Lou Russell (LinkedIn profile) is President and CEO of L+EARN and Russell Martin & Associates. Lou delivers learning experiences that are fun, flexible, fast and measurable. She believes that learning and earning go hand in hand and focuses on faculty development, retention and recruitment of students, project management, leadership and organizational learning opportunities. Lou is the author of The Accelerated Learning Fieldbook and IT Leadership Alchemy, Project Management for Trainers, Training Triage: Performance-Based Solutions Amid Chaos, Confusion, and Change, and her newest book 10 Steps to Successful Project Management. A popular speaker, Lou addresses national and international conferences such as the Career College Association, ACCET, Training 2008, Project Management Institute, Project World, LotuSphere, ASTD and the Society of Information Management (SIM).

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Pivot With Passion: Build Leadership Engagement At All Levels

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Live Webinar – February 15th, 2022 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

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Leading With Happiness: Proven Ways to Lead Positive Change & Embrace The New World Of Work Well-Being

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Live Webinar February 16th, 2022 8:15 am – 9:15 am EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training 1 PDU – Free
Provider:  Sweeney Communications

Hear simple ways of documenting communication activities so transformation team members and sponsors understand who does what and by when.

During our hour together we discuss how to:

• Create a practical schedule of engagement activities
• Choose activities you can deliver with the resources you have
• Determine achievable timescales that help your team
• Allocate responsibilities to ensure activities happen
• Develop meaningful objectives that focuse on your programme’s ultimate aims.

Reserve your place & join Jo Ann Sweeney  (LinkedIn profile @commsabilities) , 16 February 13:15-14:15 UK time.

Please register even if you can’t join us live, as then you will be able to watch the playback afterwards.

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Creating An Engagement Activities Route Map

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Live Webinar – February 9th, 2022 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

One-way facilitation, where virtual trainers ask one question and move on to the next subject, is like the – Hi!, Hello, and Good-bye!” – conversation.

The virtual trainer signals to the learner that the learning is bound to be shallow, most likely lacking depth, expectedly boring, and possibly a total waste of time.

For virtual learners to be engaged, we need to facilitate penetrating and in-depth conversations. We want learners to be glued to your session – all ears, excited, and anticipating the end of the session so they can quickly apply ideas.

In this webinar, Ray will “walk his talk”. He will demonstrate and allow you to experience “super facilitation” in virtual training. He will also share this exciting article on “21 Sure-Fire Facilitation Techniques in Virtual Training.”

Topics to cover:

• What are the top 3 stumbling blocks of virtual trainers in facilitation?
• Why are one-question, single-answer questions duds and show a lack of sincerity, depth, and persuasion?
• How do you structure lesson scripts that lead and ease into flawless conversations?
• What are the building blocks of Ray’s “Cascading Facilitation Technique?”
• How do you leverage participants to be your co-facilitators to engage others to learn more?
• How do you utilize role-playing, discussion, discovery, debate, and conflict-resolution as facilitation techniques?
• How do you facilitate in break-outs and small groups?
• What virtual training technology is appropriate?

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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How To Be A Super Facilitator In Virtual Training

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Live Webinar – February 8th, 2022 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

Before the pandemic, companies spent large amounts of effort on creating a vibrant, productive, and fun company culture.

was used as a barometer for hiring people that were a “culture-fit”, as a tool for recruiters to lure talent with the glam of in-office amenities, for keeping employee satisfaction high, and to foster better communication and collaboration between teammates.

With teams now being scattered across the globe, and many teams permanently implementing a remote workplace, it’s a challenge for HR and L&D teams to find new ways of fostering culture virtually.

Presenter:  Jill Christensen, (LinkedIn profile) President, Jill Christensen International & author of the best-selling book, If Not You, Who? Cracking the Code of Employee Disengagement, has uncovered a four-step strategy to turn your disengaged workforce into a unified high-performing team, resulting in increased profits, customer satisfaction, productivity, and retention.

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Company Culture For A Virtual Workforce

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Live Webinar – February 3rd, 2022 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

Have you ever asked a question in a virtual event, only for it to be met with silence? There are multiple reasons why attendees may not respond.

In this interactive session with virtual training expert Cindy Huggett, she will explore each reason and learn how to overcome each one.

Learn how to set the stage for robust dialogue and use common classroom tools for gathering input & learn a proven method for asking questions that guarantees responses, along with practical techniques for creating discussion.

Outcomes:

• Set the stage for dialogue and discussion in a virtual event
• Consider reasons for remote attendee silence, with solutions for each one
• Use proven methods for asking questions that encourage responses

Presenter : Cindy Huggett (LinkedIn profile) is the author of Virtual Training Basics, and coauthor of two ASTD Press Infolines, Simple, Effective Online Training (Infoline) (Infoline ASTD) and Designing for the Virtual Classroom (Infoline ASTD). Cindy was one of the first training professionals to earn the Certified Professional in Learning and Performance (CPLP) designation. She serves on the national ASTD Board of Directors, and lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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The Art Of Asking Questions In Virtual Events:
How To Guarantee Responses

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