Online Webinar – Recorded January 17th 2024
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

In today’s dynamic business landscape, soft skills are a critical differentiator. How do you ensure your training programs effectively boost communication, leadership, and other essential skills? Look no further than virtual reality (VR)!

This webinar will delve into the transformative power of VR for soft skills training. Using VR for hands-on training has shown tremendous impacts on upskilling learners and providing safe spaces to practice unsafe things.

In this session, Destery Hildenbrand (LinkedIn profile) Multimedia Learning Specialist  GP Strategies & Adjunct Instructor at Kirkwood Community College, will explore a different use of VR in soft skill training.

Destery will discuss the scientific evidence behind its effectiveness in this space, showcasing real-world examples of how VR revolutionizes learning and development.

Here’s what you can expect:

• Dive into the VR Advantage: Discover the unique benefits of VR compared to traditional training methods. Understand how VR’s immersive nature fosters deeper engagement and knowledge retention. Explore the science behind VR’s impact on skill acquisition and behavior change.
• Witness VR Soft Skills Training in Action: Experience how VR simulations immerse learners in realistic scenarios, providing a safe place to practice these critical skills. Observe how interactive exercises allow learners to practice and refine essential soft skills. See how VR facilitates personalized feedback and adaptive learning pathways.
• Examine VR Implementation Strategies: Gain actionable insights from industry experts on incorporating VR into your training programs. Identify key considerations for planning, development, and deployment of VR training. Learn practical tips on overcoming common challenges and measuring the success of your VR initiatives.

By attending this webinar, you’ll :

• Gain a comprehensive understanding of VR’s potential to transform soft skills training.
• Acquire strategies for implementing VR in your organization tailored to your needs.
• Discover resources to become a champion for VR-powered employee development.

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how to revolutionize your training programs and equip your workforce with the soft skills they need to excel in the digital age.

Register for the webinar today and unlock the future of soft skills training!

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Soft Skills Training In Virtual Reality

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Online Webinar – Recorded January 17th 2024
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

Join Michael Hruska, (LinkedIn profile) President/CEO of Problem Solutions, and Christina Christina Barss, (LinkedIn profile) PhD, MS, MEd Chief Transformation Officer at Problem Solutions, for a dynamic webinar designed to transform your FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) into an actionable strategy for AI and Change Management.

This session is tailored for learning and development, as well as HR professionals, who are navigating the complex landscape of AI integration in their organizations.

The focus will be on developing an AI-ready culture that thrives on skills development, mindset shifts, and continuous learning.

Participants will gain insights into effective strategies for mitigating resistance and fostering employee engagement in the face of AI advancements. Together, we’ll delve into how to empower teams to feel confident and prepared for these technological changes.

This webinar is a step towards enabling your organization to embrace AI with confidence and strategic insight. Get ready to leave with a clear understanding and practical approaches to lead your team successfully through the transformative journey of AI integration.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the essential role of change management in fostering an AI-ready culture, emphasizing skills development, mindset shifts, and continuous learning
• Identify key strategies to mitigate resistance and enhance engagement among employees facing AI integration
• Develop actionable strategies to make sure your team feels empowered and confident in the face of AI advancements

Presenter:  Michael Hruska, (LinkedIn profile) Allen Interactions, is a technologist and design thinking (DT) practitioner with experiences spanning across standards, emerging technologies, learning, and science. Michael is a former researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) & he provides technology, business model and innovation solutions to Fortune 500, government and startups. Michael researches, strategizes, designs, and makes advanced technology solutions and products. His team has built award-winning products and delivered solutions that support millions of users and billions of hits of daily web traffic.

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AI & Change Management: Transforming FOMO Into Actionable Strategy

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Online Webinar – Recorded December 3 rd, 2019
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

4 Vital Signs to Measure
Participant Centered (PC) Health!

Ever noticed how physical examinations always start with the doctor or nurse checking your pulse rate, respiration, and temperature?

Those vital signs of health are critical to the body working, so we start there.

In your training world, there are also vital signs of health.

1. Is your content truly participant centered?
2. Do your learners experience the power to choose and a sense of belonging?
3. Does training feel like a mandated requirement or an anticipated event?

When you PC vitals are healthy, retention and application improve dramatically.

In this one-hour webinar you will:

• Examine 4 vital signs of participant-centered training
• Explore 6 ideas you can use to put people in charge of their own learning.
• Discover the biggest threats to engagement and retention

Presenter:  Becky Pike Pluth (LinkedIn profile) President and CEO, The Bob Pike Group Becky has more than 17 years of exposure to Bob Pike’s Creative Training Techniques (CTT) and vast experience in cross-functional training design and delivery, project management and business operations. She easily employs a participant-centered approach to classroom training, one-on-one training and blended e-learning and author of numerous professional development training materials including:

• 101 Movie Clips that Teach and Train
• Webinars with WOW Factor: Tips, Tricks and Interactivities for Virtual Training
• SCORE 3: Super Closers, Openers, Revisiters, Energizers
• SCORE for Technical Training, volume 4
• SCORE! for Webinar Training, volume 5

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Is Your Training Truly Participant Centered (PC)?

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Live Webinar – January 31st, 2023 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

Virtual reality (VR) technologies are increasingly prevalent in our homes and workplaces. As these technologies become more accessible, education and training are frequently pointed to as a prime use-case. But how to design and deliver them to effectively improve learning remains a challenge.

In this talk, Eileen will discuss her research on learning with VR from high school science classrooms to workforce development programs to highlight what the affordances and limitations of this technology are for learning.

The discussion will include what learning goals are well suited to using immersive technology, how to design experiences to accomplish those goals, and what learners need to do before and after putting the headset on to maximize their learning.

Presenter: Eileen McGivney, Ph.D. (LinkedIn profile) is an assistant professor of Education Innovation and Extended Reality Technologies at the College of Arts, Media and Design at Northeastern University. She researches how people learn in virtual reality environments, with a particular focus on how the design of immersive experiences can better motivate learners through hands-on engagement.

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VR For Learning At Work: Lessons From Your Kids’ Classrooms

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Live IIL Webinar – January 11th, 2023 11:00 am – 12:00 am EST
Live IIL Webinar – January 30th, 2023 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm BT
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Presented by : IIL (Rep 1003) – Course No: PM8418

This session may fill up quickly so sign up today.

The business landscape is changing rapidly and as project managers, we have to respond accordingly. The future calls for new ways of approaching our work along with enhanced interpersonal skills for supporting our teams.

The Project Manager of Tomorrow webinar will explore new technical capabilities and skills that project managers need to adopt to remain relevant in the coming years. Because the ways of working are shifting and the speed of change is accelerating, you will learn ways to empower your team and adapt to the ongoing environment of rapid change.

Learners will be able to:

• Summarize artificial intelligence capabilities that project managers can use to improve productivity
• Describe different ways to introduce hybrid practices into their projects
• Employ methods to empower virtual teams
• Adopt techniques to increase resilience

Presenter: Cyndi Snyder Dionisio, (LinkedIn profile) PMP, is an author & consultant with over 25 years of experience in project management. Her passion and expertise in the field of project management led her to work as a chair of the PMBOK Guide – Fourth, Sixth, and Seventh Editions at the Project Management Institute, where she led a team of international experts to update this essential project management resource. She’s currently working to help produce the PMBOK Guide – Seventh Edition. In 2009 Cyndi was awarded PMI’s Distinguished Contribution Award and in 2018 she was presented with the PMI Fellow Award.

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Project Manager Of Tomorrow

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Online Webinar  – Recorded January 10th, 2024
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media  1 PDU – Free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

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Beyond ChatGPT: Navigating The LLM & Generative AI Landscape

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