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• Chapter Webinar: Video Within Reach for L&D Professionals

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    Wed, January 30, 2019
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    6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
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  NOTE: Member registration is open. Guest registration opens on January 15th.

  Video is trending in L&D for good reasons. But when videos go wrong, they can go very, very wrong. This practical webinar will give you the real-world tips, tricks, and resources to ensure that your Video eLearning avoids the most common fatal flaws.

  Along the way you’ll learn how to shoot from your smartphone, the simplest/easiest/cheapest ways to test all your learning content, and how to find the right quality threshold and delivery infrastructure for your unique constraints and organizational needs.

  About the Presenter:

  Sam Rogers bridges the gaps between technology, content design, and subject matter expertise. He is masterful at turning complexity into simplicity and making boring stuff fun!

  He helped create the first YouTube Certified Online training program at Google, and continues make, manage, & measure training as he has for nearly 20 years. 

  Sam also writes, livestreams, teaches, and presents frequently for ATD, The eLearning Guild, Training Magazine, and TLDC.

  
  

  
  

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• Chapter Event: How a Mentor Can Help You Succeed, w/ Weill Cornell Medicine's Dr. Ruth Gotian

  • When
    Wed, February 06, 2019
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    5:30 PM - 8:00 PM (EST)
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    WeWork: 214 W 29th St, New York, NY 10001
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  NOTE: Member registration opens on January 7th (30 days prior) and non-member registration opens on January 22nd (15 days prior to this event).
  

  Program Description:

  A dynamic culture of mentorship should be raised to the level of a major strategic priority at academic medical centers to maximize their success.  Research has shown that people who have mentors outperform, have higher salaries, greater job satisfaction and lower burnout than those who do not have mentors.

  This workshop titled “How a Mentor Can Help You Succeed” will

  * Outline the benefits of having a mentor,

  * What to look for in a mentor,

  * How to develop your mentoring team and

  * How to find a mentor.

  Come learn how Weill Cornell Medicine is tackling this challenge and creating a future generation of mentors helping their workforce succeed.

  

  About the Presenter: Dr. Ruth Gotian is the inaugural Assistant Dean of Mentoring and Executive Director of the newly launched Mentoring Academy at Weill Cornell Medicine, and the Chief Learning Officer in Anesthesiology and Assistant Professor of Education in Anesthesiology. She has taken on these new roles after nearly 22 years (and two perfect scores on NIH training grants) of running the Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program, a partnership between Weill Cornell, Rockefeller University, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

  Dr. Gotian is an alumna of Teachers College Columbia University where she studied Adult Learning and Leadership. She pursued her doctorate while working full time and raising three sons. She received her BS and MS in Business Management from the University at Stony Brook in New York, as well as certificates in Executive Leadership and Managing for Execution from Cornell University. She publishes in both medical education and adult learning journals on topics ranging from diversity and inclusion in academic medicine, to virtual mentoring.

  
  

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• People Science SIG: New Perspectives on Recognition in the Workplace

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    Tue, February 12, 2019
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    6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
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    195 Broadway, 15th Floor New York, NY 10007
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  New Perspectives on Recognition in the Workplace

  According to a study by Bersin by Deloitte, 83% percent of organizations suffer from a deficit in employee recognition. In light of evidence suggesting that effective recognition programs can contribute to outsized business outcomes, it is imperative that organizations begin to study and understand pitfalls and opportunities that are encountered when managing a recognition system. This talk will draw on research conducted using recognition data of over 1,000 companies and 25,000 employees to uncover some of the patterns (good and bad!) that we're seeing in workplace recognition today.

  
  

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  Eric Knudsen

  Eric Knudsen is the Manager of People Analytics at Namely, the all-in-one HR software platform for mid-sized companies. Prior to Namely, he contributed to data and analytics work in industries including higher education, aviation, and now technology. His current work focuses on leveraging data science and machine learning to improve strategic decision-making on HR teams across industries. Eric is also a published researcher in industrial-organizational psychology, co-authoring publications in academic outlets like the Journal of Applied Psychology, Encyclopedia of I-O Psychology, and the Handbook of the Psychology of Recruitment, Selection and Employee Retention.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Agenda: 

  5:30pm  Doors Open
  6:00pm  Presentation by Namely
  6:45pm  Q&A
  7:00pm  Messages from People Science SIG 
  7:30pm  Adjourn

  
  Costs: $0 for ATDNYC Members; $15 for Visitors

  Registration Deadline and Requirements Register before 2/7/2019
  

  Contact:

  Chair: Syeed Islam (sy@talentmetrics.io)

  Co-Chair: Lyndon Llanes (lyndon.llanes@verizon.com)

  Location: 195 Broadway, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10007
  

  
  

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• Chapter Webinar: Creating Custom Chatbots For Digital Learning

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    Wed, February 27, 2019
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    6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
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  NOTE: Registration opens 30 days prior to this event. 

  Chatbots are automated instant messengers that analyze user input and generate answers accordingly. You can learn how to create your own customizable chatbot for Digital Learning purposes.  They are one basic way to use AI to automatically answer frequently asked questions (FAQs).  The idea behind this project is to use a chatbot as a learning resource in a learning activity or as a performance support tool at work.

  Using chatbots in Digital Learning can be a refreshing addition to learning activities, and the method shown here does not require any programming knowledge. Creating your own chatbot can be a helpful exercise to become more acquainted with AI and how it can empower your training strategies as a learning professional.  

  In this session you will learn the basic steps in setting up and utilizing chat bots in your learning initiatives and the best practices to make them an effective tool in professional development.

  About the Presenter:

  
  

  Alexander Salas is a CPLP  digital learning designer with 12+ years of experience developing immersive learning experiences. He's a very active blogger and contributor to Articulate's Elearning Heroes Community, Udemy.com instructor, as well as winner of E-Learning Magazine's Learning Champion 2017 award for learning innovation.

  He has written several articles on virtual reality, augmented reality and workplace learning insights published at ATD's Tech Blog, TD magazine and other recognized industry publications like Learning Solutions and Training Industry. He's also known for his expertise in learning management systems and Artificial Intelligence (AI) for workplace learning.
  

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• Chapter Event:TBD

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    Tue, March 05, 2019
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    5:30 PM - 8:00 PM (EST)
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    WeWork: 315 W 36th St, New York, NY 10018
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• People Science SIG: Reference Insight Can Help You Better Select and Develop Your Employees

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    Thu, March 14, 2019
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    6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
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    151 East 25th Street, 7th Floor - Room 763, New York, NY 10010
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  Reference Insight Can Help You Better Select and Develop Your Employees

  Reference checks are conducted by many organizations, but is your organization getting the most value out of this part of the hiring process?  Attend the next People Science SIG event to learn about the latest in state of the art pre-hire competency measurement with Cynthia A. Hedricks and Disha Rupayana of SkillSurvey! 

  They'll be reviewing a case study of analyses of both competency ratings and narrative comments provided by employment references for those applying for IT positions, from entry-level jobs to the executive leadership level.  In the study, they highlight the ability of text analysis of narrative comments to identify both strengths and developmental feedback of candidates.  They will also be debunking some myths around the process of reference checking, and share some best practices that you can use to get the most value out of information that is provided by those who have worked in the past with your job candidate or current employee.

  
  
  

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  Cynthia A. Hedricks

  Dr. Cynthia A. Hedricks conducts studies and publishes behavioral science research. She just celebrated her 11 th year as Chief Analytics Officer at SkillSurvey, where she has been assessing the role of a job candidate’s past work behavior, as observed by others, on critical outcomes of interest to organizations, such as impact on customer or patient experience, quality of hire, retention, and diversity initiatives. Most recently, she has also been using others’ feedback to explore the career readiness of college students. Today she will co-present the results of themes that have emerged from text analytic research on narrative comments provided by job references - focusing on feedback provided for candidates applying for a variety of roles in the area of Information Technology. Before joining the corporate world, Cynthia was a university professor, teaching courses on research methods, statistics, and the nature of work and leisure. She completed a PhD in Biopsychology at The University of Chicago. She is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Society for Human Resource Management, and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

  
  

  Disha Rupayana

  Dr. Disha D. Rupayana is the Director of Analytics at SkillSurvey. She is an expert in the area of job applicant selection, survey creation, and analytics. She has presented her work at national and regional conferences focused on research and practice in Industrial/Organizational Psychology as well as Human Resources. Her research has been published in peer-reviewed journals and popular press such as the Harvard Business Review. She received her Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Kansas State University.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Agenda: 

  5.30pm  Doors Open
  6.00pm  Presentation by SkillSurvey
  6.45pm  Q&A
  7.00pm  Messages from People Science SIG 
  7:30pm  Adjourn

  
  Costs: $0 for ATDNYC Members; $15 for Visitors

  Registration Deadline and Requirements Register before 3/8/2018 
  

  Contact:

  Chair: Syeed Islam (sy@talentmetrics.io)

  Co-Chair: Lyndon Llanes (lyndon.llanes@verizon.com)

  
  

  Location:151 East 25th Street, 7th Floor - Room 763, New York, NY 10010

  
  

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• Chapter Webinar: Peak Performance & The 5 Fundamental Moments of Learning Need

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    Wed, March 27, 2019
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    6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
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  NOTE: Registration opens 30 days prior to this event. 

  Every learning organization needs a defendable learning and performance strategy.  This strategy needs to unfold intentionally across the learning journey addressing a comprehensive learning and performance strategy.

  To realize peak performance, organizations must consider five fundamental moments of learning need.  These "Five Moments" comprise the full spectrum of learning and performance support requirements.

  An organization is competent to the degree that it is gaining and sustaining effective performance at every changing moment. These "Five Moments of Need" provide the overarching framework for performers to become and remain competent in their individual and collective work.

  In meeting the 5 moments of need, we find that organizations typically journey through three levels of maturity.The Performance Support Maturity Model incorporates the best practices of performance support into their offering, optimizing existing practices to enable peak performance, and delivering measurable business value. Any organization can enter anywhere along this spectrum depending on their needs and the maturity of their learning strategy.
  

  Join Bob Mosher senior partner, and the Chief Learning Evangelist, at APPLY Synergies, a strategic consulting firm that specializes in helping learning organizations design, develop and measure effective learning and performance support strategies to meet the 5 moments of learning need.

  About the Presenter: Bob Mosher

  

  Bob has been an active and influential leader in the learning and training industry for over 30 years and is renowned worldwide for his pioneering role in e-learning and new approaches to learning. Bob came to APPLY Synergies from Ontuitive, a world leader in Performance Support Software, where he was the Global Chief Learning Evangelist. Before joining Ontuitive he was with Microsoft, where he was Director of Learning Strategy and Evangelism, a global business at Microsoft Corporation featuring innovative learning products that help individuals and organizations learn more and go further using Microsoft technologies. Bob helped guide and communicate the direction of Microsoft Learning’s products both externally to their customers, and internally throughout Microsoft. Bob started his career in adult education with Element K. He was their Executive Director of Education for 16 years where he helped direct and influence their learning model and product.

  He has acted as an influential voice in the Learning and Development industry by speaking at conferences and by being an active participant and author within industry associations such as ISPI, ASTD, the Masie Consortium, the e-Learning Guild, and CLO Symposium/Magazine.

  Bob has worked with clients such as McDonald’s, Bank of America, Herman Miller, Hitachi, Disney University, Progressive Insurance, Huntington National Bank, Bank of America, Travelers Insurance, The Defense Acquisition University (DAU), Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Boeing, ADP, Amway, CDW, GE Medical, Humana, and ExxonMobil.

  Bob has received two lifetime achievement awards in the Training industry. In 1997, Bob received the ITTA’s Eddy Award for Excellence, awarded to individuals who exemplify excellence in the IT education industry. And most recently he received the Institute for IT Training’s 2006 Colin Conder award presented to a person who has made a significant and lasting contribution to the IT training industry. He is the co-author of two books: Training for Results and Innovative Performance Support: Tools and Strategies for Learning in the Workflow. Bob also spent five years as a teacher in New York’s public schools, and has a master’s degree in computer education from Nazareth University in Rochester, NY.

  
  

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• Chapter Event:Networking Social

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    Wed, April 03, 2019
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    5:30 PM - 8:00 PM (EDT)
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    TBD
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• Chapter Webinar: REIMAGINE YOUR DAY, How to Achieve More with Less Stress

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    Wed, April 24, 2019
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    6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
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  NOTE: Registration opens 30 days prior to this event. 

  Even the most resourceful leaders and teams struggle to navigate the complexity of modern work life. Most people work harder in hopes of achieving their goals, but constant grinding and hustling results in feeling stressed, stretched, and even stuck. But there’s a better way to generate the results you want.

  This session introduces you a practical evidence-based approach to help busy leaders and teams manage their energy and focus throughout the day so they achieve more without the unnecessary stress.

  You’ll discover:

  * a quick way to categorize your current habits

  * a series of questions to challenge your assumptions

  * a framework to give you more perspective and choice

  * simple practices to generate and focus your energy

  * a 21-day experiment to inspire and challenge you

  * a fun, effective ways to keep you on track.

  As a result, you’ll experience more clarity, more focus, and less stress during the day. This allows you to elevate your performance, deepen relationships, and make a bigger impact.

  

  About the Presenter:

  Mike Saporito is a researcher and executive advisor who teaches leadership at the world’s most innovative companies. Mike collaborates with leading thinkers in the areas of neuroscience, emotional intelligence, and leadership. Together they empower people to live better, lead better, and contribute more.

  Mike is the creator of Smart Habit, a productivity system equipping busy leaders to achieve more without the unnecessary stress. His evidence-based talks, workshops and tools have been described as practical, insightful and fun. His recent clients include: Coty, Facebook, GE, JLL, Macys, and Whole Foods.

  Previously Mike worked at BTS, the strategy execution firm known for powerful experiential learning. As the leader responsible for the firm's global relationship with clients like Microsoft and P&G, he successfully led the design, development, and deployment of multiple transformational initiatives.

  Mike also served as adjunct faculty for a decade at DePaul University in Chicago.

  
  

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• People Science SIG: Applying a UX Methodology to the Assessment Experience

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    Tue, April 30, 2019
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    1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
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    webinar link to be sent prior to meeting
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  Applying a UX Methodology to the Assessment Experience

  Digitization is affecting user expectation both narrowly and broadly.  Creating a scalable, valid and multi-method digital assessment experience for emerging leaders presents both challenges and opportunities for the entire assessment approach.  In a recent project IBM applied design thinking and ongoing sponsor user feedback to evolve a richly engaging digital approach to identifying, developing and selecting emerging first line leaders.  Out of that iterative design process evolved a self-paced offering that delivers a highly interactive end-to-end assessment and development experience for the user, pipeline and selection insight for the business, and a corps of global debrief coaches to support. 

  This user-centric platform is already delivering high levels of satisfaction as measured by net promotor scores [NPS] of 54.  Better still, offering a digital assessment has reduced costs by 800 percent over the traditional assessment center approach, which makes it highly cost-efficient to deliver at scale.Additional advantages have been gained by allowing those with an interest in a leadership role to directly enroll in the program and self-nominate.   This has the potential to enrich our pipeline of candidates, support bias mitigation at the very start of the pipe and enhance our efforts to further our culture of inclusion.

  
  
  

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  Alison Hartmann

  Assessment Strategy Leader

  Leadership, Learning & Inclusion, IBM

  Alison Hartmann enjoys creating innovative, people centric approaches to business problems.  She is an experienced leadership development practitioner specialized in the use and deployment of psychometric assessments.  Currently she is on the assessment strategy team within IBM’s leadership, learning and inclusion group, where she has held a variety of roles since 2008.  A US citizen, she has lived over 20 years in Europe.  Her most treasured achievement from that experience: becoming fluent in and doing business in a foreign language.  She has held leadership positions across a variety of industries including banking, fine art, hospitality, consulting and IT.   She has lectured on Leadership Development at Universities in the Netherlands and Scotland. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst with a B.A. in History she completed a Master’s Degree in Management, Economics and Politics at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland.  She enjoys alpine hiking, cooking and the arts.

  
  

  
  

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  1:00pm  Presentation
  1:45pm  Q&A
  
  

  
  Costs: $0 for ATDNYC Members; $15 for Visitors

  Registration Deadline and Requirements Register before 4/30/2019
  

  Contact:

  Chair: Syeed Islam (sy@talentmetrics.io)

  Co-Chair: Lyndon Llanes (lyndon.llanes@verizon.com)

  
  

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• Chapter Event:TBD

  • When
    Wed, May 01, 2019
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    5:30 PM - 8:00 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    WeWork: 27 E 28th St, 3rd Fl. New York, NY 10016
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• Chapter Webinar: Influencing for Results

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    Wed, May 29, 2019
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    6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
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  Program Description:

  In today’s complex and rapidly changing environment, it is necessary to collaborate with others and work across departments, geographies and teams to get things done; oftentimes without the formal authority or title to do so. Influencing is a key skill required to operate under these conditions. In this Influencing for Results workshop we will focus on what it takes to influence other people to create win/win outcomes through partnering and planning.

  If we want to manage up, persuade a key stakeholder, or influence a decision for an internal consulting project, then we must be able to understand what influencing is and how to do it effectively. Influencing at its core is about moving people from resistance, to compliance, and ultimately when done well, to commitment; meaning they are all in with their heads, hands and hearts. Most people believe that individuals are born with a natural charisma and the ability to persuade others; however being able to influence others is a set of skills and attitudes that anyone can develop.

  The ideal approach is one of creating a shared vision and then motivating others to achieve it while creating win/win outcomes. It takes pushing through our comfort zone and planning so we do more than offer advice or take control and truly understand what it takes to get a successful outcome.

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  In this workshop participants will learn:

  *  What Influence is and why it’s so important in today’s business environment;

  *  The difference between persuasion and influence and how both are necessary and important;

  *  How individuals can enhance their own leadership presence to strengthen their ability to influence;

  *  The six components of credibility and how to manage and increase credibility for effectiveness;

  *  A framework and 5-step model for holding influencing conversations that result in win/win outcomes

  *  Tools and tips including an influence planner and strategies for overcoming resistance

  
  

  About the Presenter:  Suzanne Coonan, MS, SCC

  
  

  Suzanne is an accomplished Executive Coach, Leadership Development Consultant and Human Resources Leader with 20+ years of success in partnering with all levels to lead strategic workplace initiatives and provide solutions that help organizations and individuals achieve results. Formerly a VP of HR at an MBA School, Suzanne is now an executive coach who partners with high-performing, high-achieving leaders to navigate challenging and complex environments, advance their careers, find more meaning and balance in work and life, and reach their highest leadership aspirations.

  Suzanne is also a skilled speaker and facilitator on leadership and career development and has presented to hundreds of business leaders at major US and Fortune 500 companies. She has an MS in Positive Organization Development & Change from Case Western Reserve University, a Bachelor’s in Organizational Behavior from Northwestern University, is a graduate of the advanced coaching program at Coach University, and a Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coach (SCC).

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• Chapter Webinar: Digital Literacy for Virtual Presenters, Trainers & Facilitators

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    Wed, June 26, 2019
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    6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
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  Are your virtual classes stagnant? Are you using the same tools - polling,

  whiteboards, chat- that you’ve used for years? Are your participants multitasking

  despite efforts to draw them in? Do you want to find new ways to engage learners?

  Are you thinking about the future and how new technologies and new mindsets will

  influence your virtual training’s effectiveness?

  
  

  In this interactive online session with virtual learning expert Cindy Huggett, you’ll

  learn 5 keys to digital literacy: smooth video, quality audio, advance preparation,

  audience engagement, and mobile mastery. You'll learn how to communicate

  virtually with practical tips such as when to turn on the webcam (and when to

  leave it off), and how to make your audio sound crystal clear for clarity. You’ll also

  learn what exactly to include in pre-session communication, how to engage a

  remote audience using platform tools. You’ll also learn presentation tips for

  remote users who join live events by mobile device.

  
  

  You'll leave with a list of ready-to-use action items that can be immediately

  applied to your next virtual event.  In this session, you will:

  • Assess your current "digital literacy" as a virtual presenter
  • Use virtual platform tools to engage remote audiences
  • Present yourself professionally with clear audio and video
  • Create an action plan to increase your credibility in virtual events

  
  

  Audience: Anyone who presents or facilitates live online virtual events (webinars, webcasts, training classes, or virtual meetings).  Come prepared to engage in the online event! It’s recommended that you use headphones so your hands are free for typing.

  
  

  
  

  About the Presenter

  Cindy Huggett, CPLP, has vast experience with online learning. She’s is a consultant,

  speaker, designer, facilitator, and author who has written four books on virtual

  training: Virtual Training Tools and Templates: An Action Guide for Live Online

  Learning (2017), The Virtual Training Guidebook: How to Design, Deliver, and

  Implement Live Online Learning (2014) and Virtual Training Basics (1st ed. 2010, 2nd

  ed. 2018). She helps organizations and training professionals move to the virtual

  classroom. Find out more about Cindy on her website: www.cindyhuggett.com

  919.349.4589 / cindy@cindyhuggett.com 
  

  
  

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