Welcome to 2017 everyone! I’m excited to reveal the new events I have planned for the next few months. Below you will find an update of where I’ll be and what I’ll be speaking on. I’d love to meet you virtually or in-person, so if you’re planning to attend any of these events, please comment below on which one(s) you’ll be joining! Here’s to a great first and second quarter in 2017.
ATD TechKnowledge conference in Las Vegas
January 11-13, 2017
Topic #1: The Doctor Is in: Your 5-Step Prescription for Virtual Training Success
In this interactive session, I’ll be covering how to diagnose the health of your organization’s virtual training. Is it as successful as it can be? Are your learners actively engaged in your online classes? Are your facilitators fully prepared? Are your designs interactive? Are your administrative processes seamless? Are you achieving measurable results? Join us in this interactive session to learn a 5-step “prescription” for virtual training success. During this session, you’ll learn proven strategies and techniques to make your organization’s live online learning more effective. You’ll use a rating sheet to assess your own virtual programs and create an individual action plan. You will leave this session with practical tips, strategies, and checklists that can be applied right away to improve your virtual training classes.
Topic #2: Using Adobe Connect: Basics and Beyond for Engaging Virtual Training
Join me for this hands-on session to learn Adobe Connect. We’ll explore the full range of tools and learn how to use them to engage learners. Throughout the session, you’ll experience activity ideas that you can use in your own virtual training classes. You will be able to immediately apply what you learn to make your virtual training more engaging. Both designers and facilitators will get many practical ideas out of this session!
In addition to the above sessions, I’ll also be at the Wednesday 1:45pm Author Meet & Greet in the ATD Bookstore.
Training Magazine Conference in San Diego
January 30 – Feb 1, 2017
Topic: Secrets of Master Virtual Trainers: 5 Keys to Live Online Delivery
This will be a live and in-person version of my wildly popular session on virtual training delivery: the 5 keys to success of master virtual trainers. I’ll be sharing practical ways you can be a rock star in the virtual classroom, along with a number of tips you can immediately apply in your next training delivery!
Learning Solutions 2017 in Orlando
March 22-24, 2017
Topic #1: BYOL: Ready-to-Use Activities for Engaging Virtual Training
In this session, you will learn specific ideas for interactivity and engagement in virtual training sessions. You will learn activity ideas in five categories: openers, games, technical topics, interpersonal skills, and closers. The session will start with activity ideas that begin before a virtual class, in order to set the stage for success. You will learn a successful design process to use when creating virtual classroom activities. You will also learn how to creatively use common virtual classroom tools to engage online participants and learn many activity ideas that you can immediately use.
Topic #2: Virtual Training 2020: What to Expect & How to Prepare
Are your virtual classes stagnant? Do you find you’re using the same tools—polling, whiteboards, chat—that you’ve used for years? Are your participants multitasking, despite your efforts to draw them in? Do you want to find new ways to engage your audience? If you need to shake up your approach to virtual classrooms, then why not look to the future and consider how new technologies and new mindsets will influence your virtual training’s effectiveness?
Training Industry Conference & Expo (TICE) 2017 in Raleigh
April 11-13, 2017
Topic: The Doctor is In: Your 5-Step Prescription for Virtual Training Success (Learning Technologies)
Ecstatic to be in my hometown for this annual conference, I’ll be covering how to diagnose the health of your organization’s virtual training. Is it as successful as it can be? Are your learners actively engaged in your online classes? Are your facilitators fully prepared? Are your designs interactive? Are your administrative processes seamless? Are you achieving measurable results? Join us in this interactive session to learn a 5-step “prescription” for virtual training success. During this session, you’ll learn proven strategies and techniques to make your organization’s live online learning more effective. You’ll use a rating sheet to assess your own virtual programs and create an individual action plan. You will leave this session with practical tips, strategies, and checklists that can be applied right away to improve your virtual training classes.
ATD International Conference & Expo (ICE) in Atlanta
May 21-24, 2017
Topic #1: Secrets of Master Virtual Trainers: 5 Keys to Online Classroom Success
This will be a live and in-person version of my wildly popular session on virtual training delivery: the 5 keys to success of master virtual trainers. I’ll be sharing practical ways you can be a rock star in the virtual classroom, along with a number of tips you can immediately apply in your next training delivery!
Topic #2: Panel Discussion: “Are you ready to break free? Benefits & challenges of going solo”
Last year’s panel discussion was such a rousing success that we were asked to do it again! Join me, Elaine Biech, Patti Phillips, Barbara Greenstein, and Maureen Orey as we discuss our journeys to independent consulting, including lessons learned and recommendations for anyone thinking about building their own business.
Which conferences will YOU be attending this year? Leave your comments below!
