Live Webinar – February 2nd, 2022 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

Turn ugly, unprofessional slides into professional designs quickly. Transform those boring, “been-there-done-that” presentations into something you are proud of using these simple, yet effective solutions. Make your job easier. Be the hero.

Attend this session to see how to:

• Learn to do speedy slide makeovers
• Fix even the ugliest presentations in minutes
• Make your PowerPoint content more professional and compelling
• Use these tools and techniques immediately

For Another Great PDU With Mike Parkinson Check Out:
Billion $ Graphics’
Top 10 PowerPoint Tips, Tricks, & Tools

Presenter: Mike Parkinson (LinkedIn profile) Microsoft PowerPoint MVPs & CPP APMP Fellow, is an internationally recognized visual communication expert, professional speaker, and trainer, and a multi-published, award-winning author of Do-It-Yourself Billion Dollar Graphics: 3 Fast and Easy Steps to Turn Your Text and Ideas Into Persuasive Graphics & A Trainer’s Guide to PowerPoint: Best Practices for Master Presenters. Mike’s  creative services firms, 24 Hour Company & Billion Dollar Graphics helps organizations, and agencies & he regularly contributes articles and conducts training seminars to companies, organizations, agencies like Microsoft, Fed Ex, Motorola, Dell, Lockheed Martin, Subaru, and the NSA as well as at learning institutions and organizations such as STC, ATD and Training Magazine.

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Quick Fixes For Bad PowerPoint Slides

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

Go beyond points, badges, and leaderboards – you’ve heard that for years – and NOW it is time to DO IT!

Why not use all the mechanisms and strategies that make games exciting and addictive to sustainably drive employee engagement, learning, and performance?

Employee disengagement and high turnover rates are real challenges whacking employers on the side of the head and companies in EVERY industry are seeking ways to escape the Great Resignation.

An effective implementation of gamification can help your organization achieve its goals of better engagement and a healthy work environment.

In this webinar, you will learn how we are designing GamiCon Orlando as a fully gamified event so that you can learn how to use gamification realistically to:

• Nourish engagement – reduce churn by ensuring that every employee gets a chance to be a hero and sees a clear path to success each day
• Transform behaviors – recognize employees for actions and outputs that drive business results
• Create a culture of excellence – build and sustain excitement about learning and being a team-player

Interest in gamification has grown significantly in recent years as businesses want to get better engagement rates, improve onboarding, provide innovative learning methods, and retain their most valuable talented people. This interest is reflected in an estimated gamification market growth of 30% over the next 3 years.

Gamification can’t solve all your employee engagement challenges, but it can help boost the way your employees perform their daily activities, promote healthier peer-to-peer interactions, and encourage employees to share their work and ideas.

Presenter: Monica Cornetti (LinkedIn profile) CEO of Sententia Gamification, is a gamification education & design consultant based in Austin, TX, & Gamemaster of GamiCon, an annual international conference for the gamification of learning.  An influential speaker, and author of:

1. Deliberate Fun: A Purposeful Application of Game Mechanics to Learning Experiences – co-authored with Jonathan Peters, Ph.D
2. Totally Awesome Training Activity Guide Book: How to Put Gamification to Work for You
3. What Were You Thinking: Learn How to Change the Way You Think… Fast!
4. Your Face Isn’t Finished Until Your Lipstick Is on: Rule of the Women’s Success Game
5. Totally Awesome Training, Discover how to Deliver Dynamic Small Business Training!
6. By Monica Cornetti Totally Awesome Training Activity Guide Book: How to Put Gamification to Work for You (2nd Second Edition)

Monica was rated #1 among the “Gamification Gurus Power 100” by RISE in 2015-2019; and was also recognized as a Top 3 Finalist in the “Gamification Guru of the Year Award” by the World Gamification Congress held in Barcelona, Spain.  A graduate of Seton Hill with a BA in psychology, and The University of Houston-Victoria where she earned an MS in Economic Development and Entrepreneurship. Monica is at the top of her field in gamification design for corporate learning.

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The Future Of Gamification

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Live Webinar – January 27th, 2022 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

There comes a point in learning experiences when merely presenting content no longer works. It is like a nail that is blunted at the endpoint. No matter how much you hammer, it does not penetrate the surface. In effect, learning results in diminishing returns.

But don’t despair. Designers, trainers, and coaches have another tool in their arsenal. Voila! These are the thinking tools and exercises. There is nothing complicated about them. In a nutshell, they are simply activities that help learners wrap their minds around the content you are teaching. The thinking tools and exercises aid learners to ask questions and find answers. They challenge the learners to interpret the content in their own context.

In this webinar, Ray will share his library of 25 Thinking Tools and Exercises. He has used these tools with verifiable results.

Topics to cover:

• What do you do when content presentations no longer engage learners?
• What do you do when learners are unable to apply ideas and fail to connect ideas to their real work situations?
• What are Thinking Tools?
• Why are they valuable to get results in learning?
• What are three must-do thinking processes to help learners improve learning experiences?
• Cases and examples on when and how to use Thinking Tools:
  • Troubleshooting
  • Consequence Thinking
  • 80/20 Rule
  • Trial and error
  • Metrics
  • Diagraming
  • Brainstorming

• How to apply Thinking Tools in compliance, sales, leadership, coaching, and other topic areas.

Join the webinar and get Ray’s “25 Powerful Thinking Tools and Exercises Listings”

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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25 Powerful Thinking Exercises & Tools To Help Learners Learn

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Live Webinar – January 25th, 2022 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

Women are leaving organizations at alarming levels, there are several reasons for the departure one of which is the lack of inclusion.  They are rethinking going back to an environment in which wasn’t meeting their needs.

Creating an inclusive work environment where women are both valued and respected for being a contributing member of the organization is not a solidary journey. It takes determination and commitment at ALL levels.

The reality is, women have unique experiences when it comes to the lack of inclusion.  These experiences have caused women to examine what behaviors are required to be self-empowered verses waiting or expecting organizations to empower them.

When people are aligned around the same values, expectations, and actions of inclusion, they work more smoothly together. There is a satisfaction that comes with working for an individual and company that you feel really values and respects you.  This results in utilizing the unique talents women have, tapping into their capabilities, lowering turnover rates, increasing morale, employee referrals, and a more positive company reputation pertaining to the treatment of women.

During this webinar, Dr. Myra Hubbard – (LinkedIn profile) author of the book, W.I.S.E. UP Women, Inclusion and Self-Empowerment “Strategies for Blooming in the Midst” – will share actions steps Women, Leaders, and Organizations can take to move the inclusion needle.

The following topics will be covered:

• World of Working Women: The changes that impact what it is like for women to work in today’s organizations
• Fostering a Culture of Inclusion: Actions Leaders as well as Organizations can take in support of women being successful
• Sisters But Not Twins: Strategies to address the inclusion of ALL women
• Self-Empowerment vs Being Empowered: Strategies for female employees that often feel devalued, excluded, and stuck

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W I S E Up: Women, Inclusion, & Self-Empowerment

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Live Webinar – January 19th, 2022 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

Did you know that several organizations keep proving that immersive learning gets better results than traditional training strategies? From higher retention to improved muscle memory, there are dozens of reasons to embrace virtual reality—and getting started is much easier than you think!

Join John Blackmon, (LinkedIn profile) eLearning Brothers CTO to hear his step-by-step instructions to get your VR project started quickly, and ensure it generates rockstar results.

Highlights include:

• Where to find inspiration for building your next VR course
• How to get management on board with it
• Tips for filming and photographing scenes effectively
• Best practices for creating a scenario
• Lessons learned and common mistakes to avoid

By the end of this webinar, you’ll walk away with a solid action plan for jumpstarting your VR training project, so don’t miss out!

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VROOM! Getting Started In VR

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SHORT NOTICE WEBINAR – Recommended!
Live Webinar – January 12th, 2022 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

Augmented reality is a fantastic technology, and getting started is easier than ever before. You may have experienced AR and used a few tools to try and build something for it. However, like many new technologies building something and building something useful can be very different and challenging. You might find yourself a bit unsure about what goes into a successful AR learning experience.

In this webinar Destery Hildenbrand (LinkedIn profile) Multimedia Learning Specialist  GP Strategies & Adjunct Instructor at Kirkwood Community College, will break down each step involved in an AR project, including ideation, storyboarding, development, and deployment.

Destery will explore successful use cases and discuss what sets augmented reality apart from the other tools we use, where it works best to implement, and the steps needed to get started.

Our focus throughout will be on how you and your team can utilize your existing L&D skills and the adjustments required to implement effective and impactful AR experiences.

Once we have completed, you will leave with a high-level understanding of augmented reality and how to get started creating an immersive learning experience to share with the world.

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Getting Started With Augmented Reality In Learning

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