Training 2009 Conference and Expo - (Page TCB26) Breakout Sessions improve them. You will see why how you test must be tied to why you test. You will also learn the secret to ensuring your test questions align with your learning objectives. Learn to: • Articulate your goals for testing. • Align your testing strategy with your goals. • Match the type of test questions you use to your learning objectives. executive changes the course of your presentation in midstream? How well do you “state your case” to the line manager? Learn to think on your feet, handle tough questions and situations, and build rapport with any group—whatever its size. Learn to: • Apply a four-part model to build credibility. • Respond to six difficult question types with answers that enhance authority, increase retention, and improve learning. • Analyze gestures and movement to convey personal presence. 506 Instructional Design for the Real World Jane Bozarth, Author, From Analysis to Evaluation: Tools, Tips, and Techniques for Trainers This is a fast, fun tour of quick tools and tricks that will support rapid instructional design, cut to the heart of needs analysis, and improve communication with subject matter experts and managers and others requesting training solutions. You will: • Apply a tool for identifying critical content. • Identify ways of optimizing the needs assessment process. • Examine an alternative process to traditional evaluation. 509 Making Training Strategic Sheila Margolis, President, Workplace Culture Institute Do you align your training with the culture of your organization to ensure that your work is strategic? Discover how to define your core culture and then align your training activities with the principles and values that will drive change and enhance business success. Create your plan for making training an instrument for change in your company. You will: • Analyze the core culture of your organization. • Evaluate the alignment of training practices with the organization’s culture. • Design an action plan to integrate change through your training activities. Michael Nolan President, Friesen, Kaye and Associates 504 Overcoming Buffaloes at Work: What Learners Fear About Change and What Training Must Do Vincent Kituku, President, Kituku & Associates Change in today’s workplace is like life in the jungle where the wise have said that, “Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion, or it will die. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle; when the sun comes up, you’d better be running.” The people we train fear the unknown. Learn what they fear about change and about 7 “spears” they must have to overcome challenges in chaotic times. r Speakeht Spotlig #106 How to Create Learning Assessments that Maximize Performance and Results #303 Instructional Techniques for OJT #404 If You Build it, Will They Learn? 507 Training from the Back of the Room! 12 Ways to Step Aside and Let Them Learn Sharon Bowman, Author, The TenMinute Trainer: 150 Ways to Teach it Quick and Make it Stick! Want to talk less while participants learn? Discover how to step aside and let learners take “centerstage” as they teach and learn from each other. Even if your training is content-heavy, you can still hand much of the direct instruction over to the learners with these powerful, collaborative strategies. Learn to: Engage learners in a variety of creative ways while presenting new content; apply collaborative training strategies in which learners teach learners; access new resources to help you step aside as learners learn from each other. 510 Innovative Handouts and Visuals That Shout, ‘Read Me!’ Michele Deck, GAMES/Tool Thyme for Trainers How can you turn presentation handouts into a highly attractive showcase of information without breaking the bank? Learn how to: • Add sizzling appeal to signs, presentation props, and nonprojected visuals. • Use non-conventional materials. • Employ a powerful, creative tool to expand your design options. 502 Blending In Three Dimensions: Where Participant, Instructional, and Organizational Needs Meet Jennifer Hofmann, Synchronous Learning Expert, InSync Training LLC; Nanette Miner, President, The Training Doctor, LLC Most training labeled as “blended” really isn’t. They are typically one topic offered in numerous ways, or a hodge-podge of different offerings under the same topical umbrella. The focus is typically on the delivery technology, and not on the content. Blended learning is more than delivery technologies; it is a shift in our profession. Learn to: • Align learning objectives with instructional methods to ensure your desired level of mastery is achieved. • Select the most appropriate delivery medium: traditional, asynchronous, or synchronous, and rate outcomes according to effectiveness based on audience and organizational needs. 505 Building Business Acumen for Learning Professionals Ajay Pangarkar, Co-author, Building Business Acumen for Trainers C-level decision-makers expect to see results from investments made in all parts of the business and learning and development is no exception. Learning must be accountable and communicated to management in terms they understand. Learn to develop three essential skills of business acumen: finance, partnership and communication. Discover how to: • Work through the basic business financial terminology and required calculation. • Link the results of learning initiatives directly to business strategy (level 4). • Understand when to deliver ROI results and how to develop business impact outcomes. • Create partnerships inside the organization transitioning T&D from a functional to an operational role. 511 An Overview of E-learning Project Management Models Jim Moshinskie, Professor, Baylor University Implementing e-learning initiatives without a proven project management plan can soon destroy the initiative. Explore successful e-learning project management models and see how they can be adapted for use by your team. Learn what works—and what doesn’t—in each model, and discover award-winning suggestions for improving each model. You will walk away with concrete ideas you can immediately use without painfully reinventing the wheel. 508 Mobile Learning As Part of Your Blended Strategy David Metcalf, Researcher, University of Central Florida, Institute for Simulation and Training Where does mobile fit into your overall learning strategy? We’ll examine trends in devices, services, and methodologies, and review sneak previews and current examples that point to future advances. In this session, we will discuss issues facing the rollout of mobile solutions as part of a blended learning strategy and: • Introduce m-learning and good practices. • Showcase leading-edge examples. • Discuss future trends. • Highlight key issues in this emerging technology discipline. 503 Creating Executive Presence: Communicate with Confidence in the C-Suite Dianna Booher, Author, Speak with Confidence: Powerful Presentations That Inform, Inspire, and Persuade How do you handle someone who upstages you in a formal presentation? How do you react when your 512 Developing “Thought Leaders”: Getting the Most out of Your Leadership Bench with Whole Brain Thinking Ann Herrmann-Nehdi, CEO, Herrmann International Talent attraction and retention challenges make leadership bench strength more critical than ever. “Thought leaders” are highly skilled thinkers able to apply appropriate thinking skills to any Visit www.TrainingConference.com for detailed schedules and updates! 26 Training 2009 Conference & Expo http://www.TrainingConference.com
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