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  • Sunday, May 18, 2025
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    7 Questions to Achieve Ambitious (and Uncomfortable) Goals
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    Blending Creativity With AI-Advanced Story Design for Learning
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    Boost Retention: Leveraging L&D in City and Local Government
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    Decoding the Black Boxes of Assessment Tools
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    Embracing the Future: Heutagogy in Instructional Design
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    Going Deeper: From On to IN-the-Job Learning
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    Just Say Yes: Personal Branding for Career Growth
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    Revolutionizing Sales Enablement With AI and Microlearning
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    Secrets and Solutions to Remote Worker Retention in Healthcare
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    TDRP and the New ISO Standard for L&D Measurement
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    The AI-Powered Leader as Coach: New Frontiers in Leader Development
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    The Future of Talent Development, Advanced Technologies, and the Jetsons
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    Think Differently: Powerful Strategies for Succession Planning and High Potentials
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    Trust Catalyst: Formula for Creating a Culture of Psychological Safety
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Amazing Apps to Create, Imagine, and Collaborate
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Beyond Engagement: 5 Techniques for Effective Learning
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Building Future-Proof Teams: Cultivate Strategic Thinking in an AI-driven World
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Challenge Accepted: 30 Days to New Hire Competency
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Coaching and Culture: How to Make It Work
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Crafting a Strategy for Learning Pathways in REAL-TIME With AI!
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Demonstrate L&D’s Value: Measurement Methods for Stakeholder Buy-In
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Empowering Solo/Small L&D Teams
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    How Big Government Projects Get Done (and Often Undone)
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Strategic Influence: Empowering Leaders to Drive Change
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    The Importance of Applying Emotional Intelligence in Healthcare L&D
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Training From the Heart! Learner Empathy and the User Experience
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Whiteboarding Wizardry: Visual Communication Mastery for Non-Artists
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    5 “Plug & Play” Experiential Activities With a Global Flavor
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    5-Day Challenge to Your Successful Consulting Career
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Beyond Gamification: Using Board Game Design to Drive Learning
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Cross-Cultural Consulting and Facilitation: Stories From Abroad
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Deliberate Fun: A Purposeful Approach to Gamifying Learning Experiences
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    From Tracking to Baseline: Creating Your L&D Operational Standards
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Interested in Publishing a Book?
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Leveraging Music for Workplace Well-Being, Collaboration, and Belonging
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Making Sense of Metrics: Proving the Value of Leadership Development
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Silence the Doubt: Quantify Training Impact
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Two Strategies for Boosting Employee Morale and Organizational Commitment
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Usability Design for AI- Driven Learning Experiences
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET
    7Ds of Design Thinking: How to Increase Engagement and Effectiveness
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET
    Architects of Imagination: Building Scenarios With AI
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET
    Emotional Intelligence in the AI Era: 4 Must-Train Strategies
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET
    From Teacher to Trainer: Fresh Perspectives Using the ACCEPT Model
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET
    Revolutionize Your Rise Courses: 5 Design Hacks With Live Examples
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET
    Seven Perspectives to Retain Talent—Validated by Young Talents
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET
    The SME Connection: Strategies for Effective Collaboration
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET
    Think Like an Innovator: Master Associative Thinking
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET
    Transforming Talent Intangibles Into Actionable Metrics
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET
    Unconventional Leadership
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET
    When You Have to Take the Order, Find the Opportunity
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET
    You’re Just Not That Big a Deal
  • Monday, May 19, 2025
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Beyond the Beat: Leveraging Music to Enhance Training and Learning
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Coaching, Culture, and Compensation: Motivating 21st Century Sellers
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Develop AI Literacy in the Age of Generative AI
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    I Slipped and Fell Into L&D—Now What?
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Individual and Team Agency in Organizations: A Game Changer
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Learning Strategy in Action: Designing for Implementation
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Personalized Learning Journeys in Action: Real Cases and Best Practices
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Psychological Safety Training—The Science to Do It Effectively
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Responsible AI for L&D
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    The Science Behind Stress and Its Impact on Effective Learning
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    This Meeting Could Have Been an Email
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Top 10 Things to Know When Selecting an LMS
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Training That’s Trending: How the Best Speakers Sizzle Amidst Change
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Want Solutions That Work? Do a Deep Dive
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Why Leadership Development Doesn’t Work (and What to Do Differently)
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET
    92% of Leaders Aren’t Future-Ready: How to Fix This Problem
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET
    Augmented, Mixed, and Virtual Reality: You Could, but Should You?
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET
    Fueling Growth and Success Through Talent Investments
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET
    How to Turn Leaders Into Developers of Talent
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET
    I Have Your Back
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET
    Level up Your Learning Data Analytics with GenAI & xAPI
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET
    Microlearning and AI: L&D’s Power Couple
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET
    Starting From Scratch: Making an Impact
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET
    The Energy of Belonging: Simple Ideas to Spark Workplace Community
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET
    The Evolution of Engagement—Help Prepare for What’s Next!
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET
    The Ins and Outs of Working as a Sub-Contractor
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET
    Training Starts With Humans
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET
    Building Business Acumen: What Your CEO Needs You to Know
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET
    Caught in Awkward Silence: Strategies for Asking Better Questions
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET
    Don’t Show Your Duck Butt: Be Exceptional for Any Audience
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET
    Embracing Disruption: Holding On, Letting Go, Moving On
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET
    From Zero to Hero: Marketing Techniques for Captivating L&D Content
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET
    Implementing a Career Advising Program in the Workplace
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET
    Next-Gen Leaders: A Holistic Blueprint for Modernizing Government Leadership Development
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET
    Ouch That Hurt! The Science of Giving Effective Feedback
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET
    Purpose-Driven Organizations: The Ubuntu Way
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET
    Relationship Intelligence: The Key to Building Effective Teams
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET
    Shifting Passion to Strategy: A Case for Leadership Development
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET
    Show, Don’t Tell: Get Maximum Instructional Value From Your Visuals
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET
    THE ADAPTABLE LEADER—6 Ways to Thrive During Unprecedented Change!
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET
    Workforce Readiness in the Era of AI
  • Tuesday, May 20, 2025
  • Harnessing AI to Unleash the Full Potential of Sales Enablement
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET
    10 Brainboosters in Online Training
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET
    A-List L&D Team, Assemble
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET
    Building High-Impact Leaders: Upskilling and Enabling Career Milestones for Growth
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET
    Designing for Neurodivergence: What the Research Says
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET
    Fixing Career Development at Last: “It’s the Relationship, Stupid”
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET
    How Psychological Safety Builds Healthcare’s Strongest Teams—An Evidence-Based Approach
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET
    Sales Success Blueprint: Mastering Change Management for Sales Management
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET
    Team Harmony – Leadership Skills and Teambuilding Through Interactive Songwriting
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET
    The Leadership Development Formula: Three Ingredients That Guarantee Success
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET
    The Role of Presenter vs Trainer vs Facilitator
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET
    Tool Time: A Hands-on Session on Performance Consulting Tools
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET
    Traditional to Transformational: A Game-Changing Approach to Realizing Outcomes
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET
    Unmasking Ageism: Raising Awareness and Shaping Inclusive Talent Development
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET
    Updating Your Evaluation Strategy: Best Practices for Sustaining Success
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    3 Ways Facilitation Maximizes Participant Engagement and Increases Training Transfer
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    7 New ChatGPT Prompts Making Evaluation Better, Faster, Easier, and Fun!
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Driving Innovation: Lessons From Tesla's VR Training Pilot
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Fewer Resources, Higher Expectations: Practical Solutions for Today’s Overloaded Teams
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Fixing the Broken Rung: Innovative Solutions to Advance More Women
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Kick-Start Your Mentoring Program
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Learn Fast, Learn Smart: Make Microlearning Your Secret Weapon
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Talent Development’s 3 Critical Mistakes: Preventing a Coaching Culture
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    The AI Revolution: Navigating Change for Competitive Advantage
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    The Pros and Pitfalls of Embedding Sustainability Into Training Programs
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    The Truth Hurts—Why Facts Won’t Change Learner Behavior
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Unleash Your Leadership Superpower: Harnessing Positive Intelligence for Excellence
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Want Solutions That Work? Do a Deep Dive
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    What Your Audience Wants: A Look at Video View Preferences
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    Build Agile Organizations With Learning Experience Management
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    C Is for Cookie: The Recipe for Successful L&D Programs
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    Change Leadership vs. Change Management: How Leaders Enable Transformation
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    Crack the Code: Gamified Learning With Augmented and Mixed Reality
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    Cultivate Connection, Belonging, and Engagement in Virtual Training
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    Cultivating Connection -– The Critical Key to Workplace Engagement
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    Focus on the “Do”: Needs Assessment for Workflow Learning
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    High Impact Evaluation: Leveraging the “Sweet Spot” for Training Transfer
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    Leadership Styles Are Overrated: An Alternative to Lead Effectively Now
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    Taking the Leap: Corporate to Consultant
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    Transformative Training: Leveraging Learning Leader Theories for Effective Workplace Interventions
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    What Leaders Need: Insights to Shape the Future Workplace
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    5 Somatic Steps to Lead Through Uncertainty With Confidence
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Building Human Capability in the Age of AI
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Collaborate! Be the L&D Professional EVERYONE Wants to Work With
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Connect, Collaborate, Share: Unleash Innovative Performance Opportunities With Peer Benchmarking
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Creating Compassionate Culture: Cultivate Leaders Who Care
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Creating Empathetic Leaders
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Energize Your Audience With Intention: Use Purposeful Movement Breaks!
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    From Boomer to Zoomer: Thriving in Multigenerational Workplaces
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    From Briefing to Training: Skills to Transform Government Learning Experiences
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Introduction to XR Training: From Concept to (Virtual) Reality
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Justifying Talent Development Budgets: Strategies From Top Leaders
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    More Than a Paycheck: A Workplace to Learn and Grow
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    SCORM’s Not Dead, but You Have E-Learning Standards Options
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    Supercharge Kirkpatrick Evaluation With AI
  • Wednesday, May 21, 2025
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    5 Powerful Improv Exercises for Stronger Teams
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    All for One, One for All: How to Develop Leaders
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    Are You Doing Kirkpatrick® Right?
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    Empowering ERG Leaders: Strategic Coaching for Organizational Impact
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    Exploring the Opportunities of the New Learning Technology Landscape
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    Future-Proofing Your Talent Development Function: Connecting Strategy to Learning
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    Influencer at Work
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    Leading Change: 5 Leadership Essentials to Drive Relentless Change
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    Revolutionizing Learning: 3 Ways AI Personalizes Learning Pathways
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    Secret Trainer’s Business: Learning About Learners
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    Story Design: A Foundationally Human Approach to Instruction
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    The Fine Art of Saying No to a Training Request
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    Building an integrated Evaluation and Measurement Strategy
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    Create Great Learning With the Power of Personas and AI
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    From Crisis to Curriculum: A Public Health Success Story
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    From Numbers to Narratives: Storytelling With Data
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    Fueling a Culture of Fail-Fast Innovation in L&D
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    Home-Grown “Coaching for Leaders” Training in Government
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    How Becoming a Learning Sales Organization Is Helping One Business  Thrive
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    Inclusive Crisis Leadership
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    Kick-Starting xAPI: Data-Driven Microlearning for Modern Training
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    Mission Possible: Energizing Onboarding With an Amazing Race Twist
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    Rooted in Theory: Enhancing Instructional Design for Proven Learning
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    Stop Wasting Your Best Resource: Help Managers to Help You
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    Unlock Your Organization’s Potential Using the Wow Factor
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    Using EQ to Keep Your Best Employees Engaged + Thriving
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    Why Your Leadership Program Fails and How to Fix It
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    Your Unique Gifts— Discovering Your Facilitation Strengths & Style