Online Webinar  – Recorded June 13th 2023
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media  1 PDU – Free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

How can you collect deep insights from training participants (and others) to support your surveys or other training evaluation data? Try focus groups!

Focus groups offer the opportunity to go deeper and add detail and variety to a dataset – much more than would be obtainable with surveys alone.

A focus group is essentially a group interview or small group discussion during which a moderator asks questions in an interactive group setting where participants are encouraged to talk with each other as well as with the moderator.

They offer a great way to gather in-depth information about participants’ thoughts, feelings, experiences or opinions on a specific topic.

Learn:

• How to set up and prepare for focus groups and what to expect before, during and after focus group sessions.
• How to invite and encourage focus group participants to share their stories.
• How focus groups can be used to both develop surveys and to corroborate survey data

Presenter: Sheila B. Robinson, Ed.D., (LinkedIn profile) Custom Professional Learning, LLC, is a speaker, educator, and consultant with a passion for the science of teaching and learning, presentations, and asking questions. Through her talks, professional development workshops and university courses, Sheila teaches people how to make the most of professional learning and how to ask good questions, along with program evaluation, survey design, data visualization, audience engagement, and presentation design.  Sheila is also a Certified Presentation Specialist (CPS)™, Director of Education, Training and Advocacy at the Presentation Guild, and Senior Design and Facilitation Consultant with Evergreen Data.

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Using Focus Groups To Collect Quality Training Eval Data

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Online Webinar  – Recorded June 14, 2023
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media  1 PDU – Free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

Creative avatars is a great way to represent typical employees or customers that you’re talking about in your training but it has always been hard to find a variety of avatars drawn in the same style and give those avatars the expressions you want to portray.

For example, a common situation is to show a before and after situation.

A customer might be frustrated before they buy your product and then, hopefully, be happy and you want to show an avatar expressing both those emotions.

PowerPoint cartoon characters give you all the tools you need to accomplish this.

In this session, you’ll learn:

• How to mix and match expressions, heads, bodies, and positions
• How to change colors – and what you can’t change
• How to create an avatar library to save you time when you use your avatars again

Ellen says using the cartoon people is fun! Come & enjoy.

Presenter: Ellen Finkelstein (LinkedIn profile) is a recognized expert, speaker, trainer, and best-selling author on PowerPoint presentation skills. One of only 37 Microsoft-appointed PowerPoint MVPs (Most Valuable Professional) in the world, Ellen is a lively, confident speaker who freely shares her substantial experience in order to help others. In her books and webinars, she addresses the full range of issues associated with creating effective presentations, including:

• PowerPoint for Teachers: Dynamic Presentations and Interactive Classroom Projects (Grades K-12)
• How to Do Everything with Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 (How to Do Everything)
• AutoCAD 2015 and AutoCAD LT 2015 Bible
• Flash Professional CS5 and Flash Catalyst CS5 For Dummies
• OpenOffice.org For Dummies
• Jakarta Struts For Dummies
• Macromedia Flash 8 For Dummies
• Syndicating Web Sites with RSS Feeds For Dummies ®

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Creating Customizable Avatars With PowerPoints Cartoons

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Live Webinar October 19th, 2023 – 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Human Capital Institute

Live Webinar – October 19th, 2023 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

Join Debbie Richards (LinkedIn profile) Chief Technology Officer, Creative Interactive Ideas; for an insightful webinar that delves into the cutting-edge developments in Virtual Reality (VR) and their transformative impact on learning.

In this session, Debbie will explore the exciting new avenues VR technology opens for corporate training and professional development.

Topics include:

1. Immersive Corporate Training: Discover how VR redefines employee onboarding, soft skills development, and technical training with immersive, realistic simulations
2. Virtual Team Building: Explore how VR fosters teamwork and collaboration among remote and dispersed teams, enhancing productivity and communication
3. Risk-Free Decision-Making: Learn how VR provides a safe environment for employees to practice critical decision-making skills and crisis management
4. Data-Driven Learning Analytics: Learn how VR enables organizations to gather valuable insights into employee performance and adapt training programs accordingly
5. Cost-Efficiency: Understand how VR can reduce training costs by minimizing the need for physical training facilities and travel expenses

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Immersive Learning: VR Leads The Way

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Live Webinar – October 19th, 2023 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

Unlock the Full Potential of the Kirkpatrick Model: Design, Deliver, and Transform Training for Lasting Results

Discover how the Kirkpatrick Model can revolutionize your training approach beyond mere evaluation.

Join the panel for an illuminating webinar that unveils the power of this framework to craft training that enhances job performance, contributes tangibly to organizational success, and maximizes your learning investments.

In this session, you’ll gain insights into effectively leveraging the Kirkpatrick Model to design learning experiences that truly work. Whether you’re an experienced learning and development professional or new to the field, this interactive and thought-provoking presentation is a must-attend event.

Key Takeaways:
1. Uncover the Factors Influencing Training Outcomes:

• Explore factors affecting training effectiveness
• Tailor approaches to individual needs
• Set the stage for the Kirkpatrick Model in reverse

2. Implement the Kirkpatrick Model in Reverse:

• Understand the reverse Kirkpatrick Model
• Focus on job performance improvement
• Link training to organizational goals
• Emphasize post-training support

3. Apply Practical Strategies for Effective Implementation:

• Begin with the end in mind
• Seamlessly integrate on-the-job application into training
• Illustrate concepts through real-world examples and case studies
• Foster engagement and understanding through interactive Q&A and self-reflection

Panelists:

1. Vanessa Alzate (LinkedIn profile) President and CEO of Kirkpatrick Partners and Founder and CEO of Anchored Training
2. Jim Kirkpatrick, Ph.D. (LinkedIn profile) Senior Consultant, Kirkpatrick Partners
3. Wendy Kirkpatrick (LinkedIn profile) Senior Consultant, Kirkpatrick Partners

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Turning The Tables: The Kirkpatrick® Model In Reverse

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Online Webinar – Recorded April 27th 2023
Activity Type: Education – Online or Digital Media 1 PDU – Free
Provider: Training Magazine Network

A strong network of partners often acts as a crucial differentiator for successful businesses.

A motivated partner network drives co-innovation, provides impactful solutions, and creates new experiences for customers.

However, the partner landscape is evolving, and partners now have more choices of providers than earlier.

Keeping a partner engaged and educated with the right product knowledge often acts as a clincher to drive business at scale across geographies. Building an effective partner learning playbook is therefore an investment in the path of partner-led growth.

Join Dr. Allen Partridge, Director of Learning Evangelism, Adobe, as he explore:

• The emerging challenges of building a partner ecosystem
• How learning helps build effective partner teams
• Key features of a learning playbook for partner ecosystems
• Measuring how investing in partner learning playbooks add up to revenue and customer satisfaction

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.

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Crafting A Partner Learning Playbook To Drive Business Growth

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