Training 2009 Conference and Expo - (Page TCB29) Breakout Sessions 703 Aligning Your Training to Achieve Business Results Ron Stone, President, Center for Performance and ROI, Inc. In this session, you will review a model of The Performance Alignment and Linkage Process which demonstrates how interventions must be properly aligned to influence execution and business outcomes (performance results). You will learn how to take charge of managing the training process to influence and achieve business results. And, you will apply the Situational Risk Assessment and Analysis Tool Set to determine transfer risk and next steps. Learn: • Key quality control components of the Performance Alignment and Linkage Process. • To use the Situational Risk Assessment and Analysis Tool Set to analyze the risk of transfer and to influence client decisions and support for learning transfer. consolidation, and integration of the LMS into your HRMS and talent management systems strategy. 706 PowerPoint is No Longer a Slide Show Freak Tom Kuhlmann, VP, Community, Articulate Rapid e-learning tools that use PowerPoint-to-Flash are common in the industry. While they produce inexpensive and quick courses, the challenge is to get people outside the PowerPoint “box” to develop effective and engaging elearning courses. Look at PowerPoint from a new perspective and leverage its free-form authoring to create sophisticated e-learning courses that can rival those done on tools like Flash. Learn to: • Identify PowerPoint’s advantages and learn how it can decrease production time and cost. • Approach PowerPoint slides as layered information, rather than linear progression. • Create reusable learning content to save time and money. • Review and manage PowerPoint’s new layering capabilities. toolbox, metaphor can drive your point home and put your participants in the driver’s seat of their own learning. Come experiment with six metaphor generation techniques, learn why they result in better learning and increased creativity, and discover how you can adapt them for your own uses. Learn to: • Describe 3-6 specific techniques for using metaphor in instructional systems. • Describe at least three reasons metaphor can be effective for learning and creativity. 711 Training Metrics That Work Bob Dust, General Manager, Gyrus Systems The right information is required when fighting for the training resources you need to deliver true staff development strategies. This session will help you define what those metrics are, how to implement them, and how to interpret the measurements. You’ll learn: • Ways to measure training in financial, performance and statistical terms. • How to implement training metrics. • How to monitor training metrics. 709 Best Practices for Staffing the Training Function William Vanderbilt, Senior Industry Consultant, Avondale Search International A common complaint is that the training function lacks relevancy to the overall business. The ability to provide relevant training begins with hiring the right staff. Learn about successes and failures learning leaders have had in hiring people out of business units as well as hiring learning professionals. Learn: • When to fill a role with a training industry professional versus when to fill it with a business unit expert. • Qualities to seek in staff positions whether hiring from inside or outside. • Considerations that should drive hiring decisions in the training and how to mitigate risks whatever the approach. 712 Bag It! A Remarkably Quick and Easy Instructional Design Process Marcia Jackson, President, Training Resources With just four lunch bags and a handful of index cards you’ll discover a new and remarkable Instructional Design process that will save you time, effort, and expense! Practice using this ID tool with the training topics you teach and receive a handout of great ideas and resources to polish your ID skills. You will: • Design a training of your own, quickly and easily, with this new 4-step ID tool. • Discover a variety of ways to apply this ID process to the topics you teach. • Leave with materials and resources that reinforce your new ID skills. 704 Designing Interfaces to Improve Learning and Usability Nick Floro, CEO, Sealworks Interactive Studios The most important aspect for any user is how well they interact with your content. Learn what’s important in designing user interfaces, how to make sure the user understands the interface, and how to ensure it doesn’t become more important than the content. We’ll also critique before and after examples. Learn: • How designers can take the next step in developing content. • The seven questions to ask before starting any project. • Examples of what works and what doesn’t. • About the latest tools and techniques to shorten design cycles and getting your clients approval. 707 3rd Generation Leadership Development Mary Lippitt, President, Enterprise Management Ltd. Speed in leadership development is increasingly critical. Yet HRD continues to rely on two traditional approaches: the oldest, or first generation leadership approach, centers on style, motivation, and personal preference, while the second generation approach concentrates on competency development. Both take time for impact to be realized. The 3rd generation emphasizes information flow, contextual understanding, and nimbleness to achieve goals and sustain excellence and follows Peter Drucker’s insight that “effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.” Explore how the 3rd generation of leadership development through its focuses on business priorities, goals, and actions quickly enhances flexibility and business judgment. 710 Blending Emerging Technologies with Traditional Formal Learning Thomas Stone, Product Design Architect, Element K Learning leaders must understand how to integrate emerging technologies and approaches with traditional formal learning. New technologies do not reduce the importance of long-standing solutions. Explore rich learning scenarios and map them to a solution that includes both traditional formal learning and emerging technologies and approaches. You will walk away with actionable ideas that will let you preserve the investments you’ve already made, while moving ahead with the latest technologies and approaches. Learn: • Definitions and the learning context for emerging technologies. • What benefits can be obtained from these technologies. • When and how to integrate these technologies with traditional formal learning. 713 Why Outsource When You Can Automate: Establish Your Own Training Factory for Rapid-Development Peter Rizza, President, The Training Factory Learn how to set up your own internal (or external) rapid development ‘training factory’ that will allow you to automate the generation of multiple training and performance support materials from a single-source repository. You’ll learn to: • Create a single-source repository. • Structure core content by knowledge class. • Define templates for training, reference, documentation and assessment purposes. • Rely on content reusability to create a rapid development and updating process. • An ROI calculator will be used to determine what savings can be realized by employing this approach, and why it is significantly better than using outsourcing services. 705 LMS 2009: What You Need to Know Chris Howard, Research Director and Principal Analyst, Bersin & Associates The LMS market continues to grow and evolve—from back-office training administration applications to highly complex talent management solutions. Today, Bersin & Associates estimates the size of the LMS market to be more than $680 million in software and services, with an annual growth rate of 12-15%. But with more than 30 vendors, selecting or consolidating an LMS can be daunting. Chris will provide an update of the market and vendor landscape and an overview of the key forces driving the market and customer satisfaction. Learn about important considerations for software-as-a-service, LMS 708 Hammer It Home: A Metaphorical Toolbox for Trainers Brian Remer, Creative Learning Director, The Firefly Group Want to jazz up your training, launch participants toward novel solutions, or analyze problems in greater depth? Try using metaphor! The most powerful gadget in your Log on to TrainingConference.com for a detailed schedule or to register. http://www.TrainingConference.com
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