Training 2009 Conference and Expo - (Page TCB12) Project-Based Clinics C1 10 Training Activities That Improve Learning and Retention Sivasailam Thiagarajan, Author, Design Your Own Games and Activities: Templates for Performance; Tracy Tagliati, Associate, The Thiagi Group Go hands-on and learn 10 types of training activities: structured sharing, creativity techniques, brain-pick activities, interactive lectures, textra games, double exposures, card games, board games, instructional puzzles, and improv games. Discover their templates and recycle the activities to work with your own content. Receive handouts to review, reflect, and apply; and get access to 200 more activities online. Complete a project in class and leave with practical templates or takeaways in these in-depth, hands-on sessions. Your clinic includes a working lunch. reinvent its training function. You will walk away with an execution plan and next steps document to implement the branding exercise with your learning teams and management. C8 Rapid, Creative Course Design: Go Bold, and Leave the Rest Behind! Russ Crumley, Managing Partner, Performance Learning Group Need a creative boost in your course design? Take a break from the conference routine, and get energized at our rapid-fire training session. If your courses need to be developed in under two weeks, then your designs better be effective and on-point. This creative session will introduce you to four voices that should be heard in every training program, and how you can begin to see your next project through their eyes. And here’s a hint: it’s not what you think it is! You are required to bring your own laptop to this session. C5 The Play’s the Thing—Games and Sims for Learning Scott Randall, President, BrandGames 3D “Sims” and virtual worlds require new approaches to learning content, including rethinking the roles of participant and coach. In this clinic, you will learn how to effectively articulate and translate learning objectives into games and simulations, review instructional design principles for this new format, and play a learning game that delivers a hands-on experience of simulation development. Takeaway a process map that applies these principles to your company’s learning challenges. C2 Strategies and Techniques for Building Engaging E-learning Modules Michelle Kocsis, Instructional Design Group Leader, The Nielsen Company Interact with colleagues in a fun and collaborative team environment to discover new approaches to planning, designing, and developing e-learning modules. In this clinic, you’ll build your Engagement Portfolio that will include: planning, design and development tools. C6 Measuring ROI in Training and Performance Improvement Patti Phillips, Co-author, Show Me the Money and The Value of Learning Learn to put ROI in perspective: what it is, why it is important, and how it can help you improve your programs and processes. You’ll explore the five levels of evaluation, the ROI process model, and twelve guiding principles to ensure consistent application. You’ll apply what you learned in a case study. Your 3-week follow-up will be to make at least one change to your current approach to measurement evaluation; identify at least one program as a candidate for ROI evaluation; and share your newly acquired knowledge with another training professional. C9 The Trainer’s Balanced Scorecard Ajay Pangarkar, Author, The Trainer’s Balanced Scorecard The primary objective of the balanced scorecard (BSC) is to link the organization’s strategic objectives; and direction to tangible measures encompassing four strategically focused areas. We’ll explore how to develop tangible measures for learning and growth within the balanced scorecard; communicate to management expected results in terms they understand; build a common business and learning strategy to meet strategic objectives; and develop a learning and performance scorecard that connects to the organizational objectives. C3 How to Make Lecture-Based Training Participant Centered Becky Pluth, Consultant, The Bob Pike Group Examine why and how participant-centered training works. Choose 49 ways to add variety to your training program, and practice applying CPR to one of your training modules. Bring a training project with you to make this interactive session as effective as possible. C7 Going Lightly! Terrific Tips To Lighten Your Daily Load Sharon Bowman, Author, Going Lightly!, Terrific Tips To Lighten Your Daily Load What if, instead of being overwhelmed at the end of the conference, you left with energy to spare? And what would your training be like if your learners walked out at the closing with as much energy and enthusiasm as they brought to the opening? In this high-energy clinic, discover how to use easy, 60-second strategies that will renew your own energy levels, even during a lengthy conference or training. And you’ll leave with your own complimentary copy of Sharon’s humorous book Going Lightly!, as well as a packet of useful resources to help YOU lighten your load when you return to work after the conference. C10 How You Can Best Develop Leaders Ken Shelton, Editor, CEO, Leadership Excellence Few things are more important than leadership. Effective leadership helps countries through tough times and makes organizations successful. The absence of leadership is equally dramatic. Lacking leadership, organizations move slowly, stagnate, and lose their way. In this clinic, you’ll learn the top best practices in leadership development, what you can apply to improve your leadership development and create an action plan for improving your leadership development. C4 How to Brand Your Corporate Training Department Brian Wallace, Senior VP, Group Director, Learning & Development, HSBC Bank USA The single-most important thing you can do to achieve a strategic advantage is to brand your training department. Learn a branding exercise used by HSBC Bank to completely Expand your knowledge with Training magazine’s enewsletters: Training Tech Talk; Training Executive Exchange; Inside Training; and Training’s Top 125 Best Practices. Subscribe at: www.TrainingMagEvents.com. 12 Training 2009 Conference & Expo http://www.TrainingMagEvents.com
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