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Monday, May 20, 2024
6:30 AM – 7:30 PM CST
Hotel Shuttles Run

7:00 AM – 5:30 PM CST
Sensory Room

7:00 AM – 6:00 PM CST
Prayer and Meditation Room

7:00 AM – 6:00 PM CST
Registration

7:30 AM – 6:00 PM CST
ATD Central, ATD Store, ATD Theater, Career Center, and Member Lounge Open

7:30 AM – 6:00 PM CST
Global Village Open

7:30 AM – 6:00 PM CST
VIP Lounge (VIP Registrants Only)

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM CST
Opening General Session with Matthew McConaughey (In-Person and Live Streamed)

8:00 AM – 9:30 AM CST
Opening General Session with Matthew McConaughey (Live Streamed)

9:30 AM – 10:30 AM CST
VIP Networking Coffee Break (VIP Registrants Only)

9:30 AM – 3:00 PM CST
EXPO Open

9:30 AM – 3:30 PM CST
Conference Team Connection Center

9:30 AM – 5:00 PM CST
Chapter Leaders Lounge

9:30 AM – 5:30 PM CST
Talent Development Leader Networking Room

9:45 AM – 10:15 AM CST
18 Months of ChatGPT and Gen AI: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

9:45 AM – 10:15 AM CST
Down the Rabbit Hole: Design Thinking for AI

9:45 AM – 10:15 AM CST
From Concept to Connection: A Step-by-Step Guide to Launching Your Internal Podcast

9:45 AM – 10:15 AM CST
Organization Learning: Catalyzing Collaborative Content Creation

9:45 AM – 10:15 AM CST
The Science of Sticky Habits

9:45 AM – 10:15 AM CST
Using AI and Human Connections for Skills-Based Development Plans That Work

9:45 AM – 10:30 AM CST
ATD Certification Overview

9:45 AM – 10:30 AM CST
The Talent Development Capability Model and You – A Roadmap for Your Career

10:00 AM – 10:45 AM CST
Becoming Your Best: The 12 Principles of Highly Successful Leaders

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CST
7 Ways to Enhance Your Personal Brand and Increase Your Happiness at Work

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM CST
Agile Program Development and the Future of Skills

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM CST
Amazing Apps to Create, Imagine & Collaborate

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM CST
Effortless Excellence: Achieving Your Ideal LMS Without the Hassle

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM CST
Igniting a Coaching Culture

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM CST
LinkedIn Learning: Driving Business Outcomes Through Skills & Career Development

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM CST
Unlock Engagement: AI-Powered Immersive Experiences With Gamification

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CST
Community Conversations: Strategies for Wellness and Tackling Burnout

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CST
Talent Development Leader Networking: The Future of TD

10:30 AM – 1:00 PM CST
Global Recognition Ceremony & Luncheon

10:45 AM – 11:15 AM CST
Certification Panel Discussion- The Value of Certification

11:00 AM – 11:45 AM CST
New Ideas in Leadership Development: Scaling Manager Effectiveness

11:00 AM – 1:30 PM CST
Lunch in the EXPO Hall

11:15 AM – 11:45 AM CST
Fanness: An Idea That Will Change the Way You Motivate and Inspire Others

11:15 AM – 11:45 AM CST
Growth With Purpose: 4 Steps to Delivering Effective, Scalable Training

11:15 AM – 11:45 AM CST
Metrics That Matter: Shaping Business Success Beyond ROI

11:15 AM – 11:45 AM CST
The LMS Selection Criteria for Backbone Industries That Train for Compliance—Yes, It Is Different!

11:15 AM – 11:45 AM CST
Unlock the Power of TMS + LMS for Streamlined Training Operations & Skills Acceleration

11:15 AM – 11:45 AM CST
What’s New and What’s Next in Articulate 360

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM CST
Make the Most of Your ATD Membership

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM CST
Global Recognition Ceremony & Lunch

11:45 AM – 12:45 PM CST
Unlock Your L&D Career Potential with The 4 L&D Career Success Codes

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CST
5 Steps to Achieving Your Goals

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CST
Dessert Break in EXPO

12:15 PM – 12:45 PM CST
AI, AI, Everywhere, but What Will Work for Me?

12:15 PM – 12:45 PM CST
Building a Core Skill: Why Intercultural Competence Matters in the Workplace

12:15 PM – 12:45 PM CST
Cohort Learning Strategies: 5 Proven Tips With Live Examples to Skyrocket Learner Engagement

12:15 PM – 12:45 PM CST
Effective Conversations with AI Tools: Prompt Engineering

12:15 PM – 12:45 PM CST
Going Beyond Translation – Cultural Awareness of Global eLearning

12:15 PM – 12:45 PM CST
Maximizing Performance & Leadership Development through Behavioral Science

12:30 PM – 1:00 PM CST
Author Meet & Greets

1:00 PM – 1:30 PM CST
How to Strengthen Mental Fitness in 3 Steps

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
1% Better Everyday: Microlearning For The Frontline To Improve Your Bottom Line
Can a microlearning program designed for frontline store associates influence a key business metric like the customer satisfaction score? This session explores results from a controlled experiment run at a large retailer, where store associates received a learning initiative designed to improve their customer interactions, teamwork, and well-being.

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
3-2-1 Make It Stick

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
5 Key Principles of Leadership to Change Your Life
Leadership is so much more than learning to manage direct reports. It is the foundation of how you successfully interact with everyone at work, as well as those outside work. In this session, you’ll learn how to build five core leadership skills that will energize you and the people around you to build stronger relationships and have a deeper impact.

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
6 Secrets to Consulting Success
Are you a consultant? Considering it? Want to know how to increase your success immediately? Based on the speaker’s more than 40 years of consulting success, she will share real-life stories and reveal six rarely discussed secrets to ensure your consulting success. Relate each secret to your situation, and leave with actions you can take to reach a six-figure career.

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
Be an L&D Superhero With These Tools
What’s better than an expert’s vetted list of free or low-cost tools that supercharge your training efforts? In this session, you’ll get a personal tour of the tool landscape. Explore and create using an eclectic list of tools for sourcing and editing images, videos, and audio assets and even dabble with the latest artificial intelligence–based resources.

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
Becoming Interculturally Competent: Strategies and Stories
Create opportunities for yourself by developing your ability to work across cultures. You will leave this session with the tools to create a personalized strategy for developing your intercultural competence. The session will include some brief simulations with time to reflect and cover key knowledge, skills, and attitudes through stories—yours and the speaker’s.

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
Building a Talent Development Strategy From the Ground Up
Do you want to know how to quickly develop a successful talent development strategy from scratch? Join this session to learn how a high-growth, top-rated construction company did just that. You will have a chance to create a mobile app for your own talent development road map using some of the lessons learned.

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
Collaboration for Scale, AI for Speed: How to Build, Launch, or Implement a Skills-Based Learning Strategy

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
Community Conversations: Creating Cultures of Inclusion and Belonging

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
Connecting Soft Skills to Hard Data
We all need soft skills, yet there is a misconception that they don’t contribute to the bottom line because they are often perceived as less valuable than hard skills. This session will provide useful, practical tools to show the value of soft skills programs using a proven and credible approach.

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
Data-Enabled Instructional Design: How to Show Real-Time Learning Outcomes
Don’t wait until the end of a learning experience to evaluate its effectiveness. Waiting until a program ends can make the evaluation process more difficult. But there’s a better way: data-enabled instructional design. Learn how to integrate measurement and evaluation with instructional design to create real-time insights that show your program’s outcomes.

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
Don’t Show Your Duck Butt: Creating Public Speaking Confidence
Ducks glide on a pond with confidence, and when they drop their heads below the water, they expose their butts. When speaking publicly, you want to portray effortless confidence. When your confidence wavers, you show your “duck butt.” This session will focus on three key areas that create confidence.

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
Driving Results in the Digital Workplace: Optimizing Virtual/Hybrid Meetings
Effective virtual meetings can be key for business success. Join this session to learn how to design and deliver captivating online meetings, based on two years of research and expert interviews. The speakers will debunk the multitasking myth and show you how to embrace the vital three Ms of meetings— magnetic, mesmerizing, and memorable. Empower your talent to maximize meetings and thrive in the digital workplace.

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
Empowering Collective Intelligence: Co-Creating a Culture of Human-AI Collaboration
What emotions does AI trigger for you and your organization? How is the human-AI dynamic shaping our workforces and cultures? To navigate the unknowns, what if we leveraged our human-centric skills to maximize the positive use of AI? In this session, we’ll explore how to foster a harmonious collaboration between humans and AI to grow strategic talent capabilities.

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
Excellence Unleashed: 6 Implementation Best Practices to Drive Business Impact

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
Generative AI: New Technologies for Learning
Let’s explore generative artificial intelligence (AI) hands-on. This session equips you with the tools and knowledge you need to strike the right balance between AI-driven solutions and the human touch in training.

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
Helping Leaders Put Values Into Action
This panel discussion will explore how a major airline is introducing and embedding new core values across the organization. The senior talent development team driving this change initiative will share insights into how they’re preparing leaders to put these new values into action, with the support of HR business partners.

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
Leveraging Chaos: Skills for Career Growth During Reorgs and Buyouts
Why do some people struggle during buyouts and reorgs, while others emerge stronger? Learn seven factors that determine career and personal success during corporate chaos and the four skills needed to advance your work and career. L&D has a role to play in helping people thrive and emerge stronger because of these changes.

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
Loneliness is an Epidemic: The Cure is Relationships (In-Person and Live Streamed)
Dive into the paradox of our times: a world hyper-connected yet brimming with isolation. This session promises an exploration of the silent epidemic of loneliness and the potent antidote of human connection. Come, be inspired, and learn how, together, we can reshape our world, one relationship at a time.

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
Loneliness is an Epidemic: The Cure is Relationships (Live Streamed)
Dive into the paradox of our times: a world hyper-connected yet brimming with isolation. This session promises an exploration of the silent epidemic of loneliness and the potent antidote of human connection. Come, be inspired, and learn how, together, we can reshape our world, one relationship at a time.

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
Mnemonics: How Our Brains Can Comfortably Remember Almost Anything!
Experience how your brain can memorize enormous amounts of information by applying some basic mnemonic principles, such as relaxation rather than effort, creativity rather than memorization, and confidence rather than drilling. Learn to trust your brain, and be amazed at how it can absorb loads of information straight into your long-term memory.

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
Organizational Excellence: Designing and Developing a Transformative Coaching Culture

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
Removing Complexity From Needs Assessment: A Practical and Proven Approach
The L&D competency that continues to get the least attention is needs assessment. What little recent literature exists is contradictory or anecdotal. You will learn a practical, proven approach for three occasions to conduct a learning needs assessment and will receive job aids to ensure that your assessments are efficient and effective.

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
Team Harmony: Practical Ways to Build and Nurture a High-Performing Team (Conference Team Registrants Only)

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
The Energy of Belonging: 9 Ideas to Spark Workplace Community
Belonging is built or destroyed with every human interaction. A sense of belonging at work is a major driver of employee (and learner) engagement, loyalty, and productivity. Learn and experience simple research-based ideas to connect with, respect, and protect yourself, your colleagues, and your learners.

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
The Last AI Mile: Applying the Right Generative AI to the Enterprise

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
The Neuroscience of Psychological Safety and Teamwork
This session will present evidence showing that psychological safety is not a perk to attract employees but substantially improves organizational performance. The speakers will demonstrate a new neuroscience technology that continuously measures psychological safety and effective teamwork by applying algorithms to smartwatch data.

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
Understanding the Social Determinants of Health to Enhance Workplace Culture
Social, behavioral, and environmental factors—also known as social determinants of health (SDOH)—play a critical role in an organization’s health and well-being. In this session, you will develop a better understanding of SDOH to achieve lasting behavioral change, better health outcomes, and a more inclusive workplace for employees.

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
Wellbeing for a Thriving Workforce

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
You’re Leaving? You Just Got Here! Debunking the Bad Manager Myth.

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CST
How to Lead From Anywhere

2:15 PM – 2:45 PM CST
3 Things Learning Admins Need to Know About AI

2:15 PM – 2:45 PM CST
A New Skills Taxonomy to Bring Hearts and Minds to Work

2:15 PM – 2:45 PM CST
Community Conversations: AI in Learning and Development

2:15 PM – 2:45 PM CST
How to Activate Effective ERG Leadership

2:15 PM – 2:45 PM CST
Human + AI: Learning Leaders’ Imperatives

2:15 PM – 2:45 PM CST
Learning Reimagined: How to Captivate and Transform Your Audience Through Video-Based Microlearning

2:15 PM – 2:45 PM CST
Soft Skills Training at Scale: 4 Ways Immersive Roleplay is a Game-Changer

2:15 PM – 3:00 PM CST
ATD Certifications for International Delegates: Empowering Lifelong Learning and Career Advancement

2:15 PM – 3:00 PM CST
Turn Your Organization Into a Talent Factory

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST
A Strategic Approach From Tech Pilot to a Full Rollout
We are critical facilitators for introducing cutting-edge technology solutions into businesses. And for those solutions to be successful, everyone in the organization must have the knowledge and skills to effectively leverage these technologies. Join this session to explore a framework for investigating, selecting, and implementing new technologies.

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST
Better Conflict Conversations: Have More Influence, Less Drama, and Lasting Outcomes
If you want more success, influence, and joy in your work, you’ve got to navigate conflict well. Unfortunately, the stress and uncertainty of the last few years is making it harder. In this session, you’ll learn practical techniques and powerful phrases for holding more productive conflict conversations with less drama and better results.

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST
Beyond the Boot Camp
Enablement has fallen into a pattern of packing as much content as possible into a week and then sending sellers out to sell. However, this isn’t an effective way to help sellers become fully productive. This session will demonstrate a model to help you build a scalable learning experience to help your sellers become fully ramped in your organization.

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST
Camouflaged Content: Creating Alternate Reality Games
Did you know that there’s a way to leverage your love of true crime documentaries and pop culture to create workplace learning that is effective and engaging? In alternate reality games (ARGs), reality and fiction collide. Join this session to explore the potential of ARGs to revolutionize workplace content and find out how to embed them in your learning technology ecosystem.

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST
Community Conversations: AI in Learning and Development

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST
Conflict Resolution That Works: Remove the Drama, Eliminate the Blame

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST
Connection, Belonging, and Engagement in the Virtual Classroom
In today’s digital environment, facilitating meaningful connections, fostering a sense of belonging, and maintaining high levels of participant engagement online can be challenging. Let’s develop what’s needed to cultivate a vibrant, engaging atmosphere in a virtual classroom for every participant!

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST
Creativity Rules! Principles to Wake Up Any Workplace
Think there’s no place for the arts in highly regulated industries? Think again! Creative aptitude is now considered essential, even in the government. This session will translate artistic principles—like imagination and ambiguity—into tools for growth, compelling coaching, and education. No need to bring paint brushes, just an open mind!

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST
Digital Credentials: The New Currency in Skills-Based Hiring and Development
The world of work is rapidly changing, and employers must now look for candidates (internally and externally) with the skills needed to do the job, not necessarily a college degree. Skills-based hiring and talent management are now essential. Learn how digital credentials can help develop or improve your organization’s approach to skills.

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST
Do What Matters Most: Improve Productivity and Reduce Stress!
Much of the workforce thinks their biggest challenge is prioritizing their time. Many are trying to figure out how to navigate a work-life balance and juggle their responsibilities. Discover a simple yet powerful solution to schedule your priorities and do what matters most to achieve higher productivity and better health.

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST
Effective Training Is as Simple as 4-3-2-1
Did you know that the Kirkpatrick Model is good for more than training evaluation? It provides the structure to design, develop, and deliver training that will increase job performance and contribute measurably to the most important organizational results. Attend this eye-opening session to learn how to design training that works.

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST
Engage, Pull, Transform: Drive Change With Creative Learning

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST
Excellence in EQ Habits: Supporting Well-Being and Effectiveness in Government
Talent development professionals in the government and military, like everyone else, experience emotions at work, and they’re uniquely positioned to support how communities rebuild, especially in hybrid contexts. Learn how emotions can be processed and managed in ways that enhance wellness and productivity for yourself and those you serve.

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST
From Poaching to Staying: The DNA of Inclusive Stay Conversations
CEOs have spoken, and talent retention is the priority. The key lies not in poaching from competitors but in fostering an environment where employees thrive, belong, and stay. Join this session to discover the game-changing talent retention formula for creating talent-centric, inclusive stay conversation programs and deeply embedding them in the organization’s and its leader’s DNA.

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST
Harness AI to Transform Your Learning Ecosystem
Welcome to the new L&D! AI is transforming how work gets done. As the employee experience rapidly evolves, it’s time for L&D to rethink our role within the modern workplace. Join this session to discover a step-by-step process for architecting your AI-enabled learning ecosystem. Spoiler: This is going to change everything about workplace learning!

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST
How to Start, Stop, and Excel at Every Training Imaginable
Most trainers don’t open; they start by dumping content. They don’t close; they run out of time. Discover the ingredients of the CORE approach (closers, openers, revisitors, energizers) to design and deliver training that increases retention by 90 percent over lecture and PowerPoint. Leave with creative strategies to make your training participant-centered and memorable.

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST
Leadership Apocalypse: 8 Outdated Leadership Myths that Just Won’t Die

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST
Leadership Confessions: Accountability Skills to Set Leaders Up for Success
Just because you’re given a leadership title doesn’t mean it’s easy to tell someone they need to improve their performance or behavior. How can you learn to hold people accountable and resolve conflicts confidently and effectively? In this session, you’ll learn six skills to respectfully and effectively solve problems and build relationships.

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST
Leading the Charge: Harnessing Strengths to Champion Change
Amid a heightened urgency for change, many leaders lack the essential skills needed to be effective change agents. Based on data from thousands of leaders, this session delves into harnessing the power of strength-building behaviors. Discover how to become an exceptional change leader, armed with the tools to drive meaningful transformation.

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST
Learning to Fly: Hooters Takes Off with a Modern Culture of Empowerment & Growth

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST
Striking a Balance: Optimizing Training Development Projects for Maximum Impact
Discover how to optimize resource allocation for your organization’s learning needs by identifying projects requiring substantial effort while crafting simple, effective training solutions for those that don’t. Practice scenarios will give you experience determining effort levels, ensuring effective analysis of your future training projects.

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST
Talent Development Leader Networking: AI Strategy for TD Leaders

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST
The Collide of Data, Culture and Design (In-Person and Live Streamed)
How can you harness culture data when designing talent programs today? Join this session to learn and apply a prototype that leverages critical training practices, HPI, design thinking, data, and experience to design talent programs that influence your organization while gaining cultural and executive approval.

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST
The Collide of Data, Culture and Design (Live Streamed)
How can you harness culture data when designing talent programs today? Join this session to learn and apply a prototype that leverages critical training practices, HPI, design thinking, data, and experience to design talent programs that influence your organization while gaining cultural and executive approval.

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST
The Science of Emotional Intelligence and Well-Being at Work
Discover the brain science of emotional intelligence (EQ) and why it’s vital for well-being and organizational success. In this session, you’ll explore the latest research and techniques for designing EQ training and learn strategies to manage amygdala hijacks, better read emotions, navigate difficult situations, build positive relationships, and flourish at work.

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST
Use Generative AI to Create Scenario-Based Learning
Unlock the power of scenario-based learning (SBL) with generative artificial intelligence (AI)! Join this session to discover how generative AI can accelerate your instructional design process and make it easier to create engaging and effective SBL experiences. Learn how to use cutting-edge tools, explore real examples, and gain practical insights to elevate your courses and empower your learners.

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST
Video Rules: 7+ Ideas to Rethink and Level Up Your Videos
There are always new “rules” for creating videos. Video as a medium keeps evolving, but many organizations struggle to keep up with the best practices that can help make their videos better, faster, and produced for less. This session will provide ideas, practical approaches, and examples of when to follow the latest rules and when to break them to help you rethink and level up your videos.

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST
What’s Cooking: Preview the Upcoming AI Innovations in the All-New Adobe Captivate

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST
Whole-Person Safety: The Marriage of Human Resources and the Environment, Health, and Safety

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST
Why Most Diversity and Inclusion Programs Fail

3:10 PM – 3:30 PM CST
Energize Express: Power Stretch Session - Quick & Dynamic Conference Pick-Me-Up

3:40 PM – 4:00 PM CST
Energize Express: Power Stretch Session - Quick & Dynamic Conference Pick-Me-Up

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM CST
Speaker Spotlight (Live Q&A) with Tonya T. Tucker Collins

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CST
Network Like a Rock Star and Increase Your Conference ROI

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CST
12 Amazing PowerPoint Techniques for Better Presentations
PowerPoint is the basis for much training material, yet these presentations are often text heavy and dull. Learn how to revolutionize your presentations using visuals, diagrams, and animated sequences, and receive helpful how-to guides and a collection of 12 effective PowerPoint techniques. Attend this session and become a PowerPoint legend in your workplace.

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CST
5 High-Engagement Alternatives to Basic Icebreakers
If you want to get learners engaged in your training from the beginning, you need to upgrade your opening from a basic icebreaker or list of learning objectives. In this session, you’ll experience five activities that work with in-person or virtual instructor-led training and e-learning to entice learners to want to learn, even if it’s a required program.

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CST
AI Video Innovations—Streamlining Content Production, Effortless Maintenance, and Immersive Learning

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CST
AI-Powered L&D: Forging Agile Organizations and Learning Pathways With Generative AI

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CST
Bridge Builders: Embracing Diversity Across Generations

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CST
Demystify AI: What’s Hype, What’s Real, and What to Do
Embark on a journey of creativity as this session explores the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) for leadership development. We’ll cover the foundation of a few key AI topics, demystify some of the most pressing questions, and then dive into interactive applications. Leave this session feeling energized and ready to apply new tools to your short- and long-term development strategies.

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CST
Discover the Golden Thread of Your Personal Brand
Understand the “golden thread” of your full life and career experience to position yourself for the next step in your career. Your thread is not only about what you’ve accomplished—it’s about who you’ve become along the way. Discover new ways to view your unique story and how what you omit from your storyline may be where your superpowers hide.

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CST
Explore the Future of Learning: Introducing Mursion's New Generative AI Simulation

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CST
From Hype to Reality—Using AI to Create, Learn, and Upskill

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CST
Human+: Leveraging AI to Empower Your Workforce
Dive into this session as we explore the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to enable human performance. Learn how AI fosters personalized learning, boosts engagement, streamlines training administration, and uncovers insightful analytics. Future-proof your talent strategies with real examples of AI in action to formulate your own next steps.

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CST
Imposter Syndrome Steals Talent—Spot it and Stop it!
Imposter syndrome is a thing! When you have imposter syndrome, you feel inadequate, like a fraud, and undeserving of your position or success—despite evidence that you are fully qualified and deserving. In this session, you will learn to spot your own internal imposter monster and gain resources and techniques to help you stop it effectively.

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CST
Inclusive Cultures Require Agency in the New World of Work
With seismic shifts in the world of work, one concept is emerging as critical—individual and team agency. Join this session to discuss what agency is; explore how it can address workplace challenges, enhance job satisfaction and organization performance; and learn practical actions for enhancing agency at the organization, manager, and individual levels.

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CST
Integrating Mental Health and Well-Being Into the Employee Journey
Talent development leaders can play a critical role in integrating mental health into employees’ experiences of company culture. This session will provide you with tools and examples of how to strategically map key points on the employee journey to implement practices that enhance cultures of inclusion, safety, and mental health.

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CST
Learn to Lead (Not Merely Manage) Change
Leading change (versus managing or coping with it) is a critical capability for leaders at all levels. Join this session to experience a proven change leadership L&D program and learn how to apply it to your organization. The session will include real-life, broadly relevant examples of leading change in the workplace.

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CST
Learning About High Performance From New Orleans Bands, Oh Yeah!
The Tuckman Model of Team Development needs a new level—achieving high performance. Few teams reach this, where people know their roles and support each other and their goal, just like outstanding New Orleans bands. Learn the secret of jazz musicians interacting with one another and apply this thinking so your teams can be high-performing.

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CST
LinkedIn, NBCUniversal & Kraft-Heinz Panel on AI & the Future of Skills

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CST
Mending the Healthcare Experience-Complexity Gap: Talent Development Can Help!
Healthcare continues to face an experience-complexity gap, where seasoned clinicians have exited the workforce and novice employees have taken on roles that were previously held by those more senior. This session will explore ways that talent development professionals can help close this gap and thereby improve the healthcare delivery system.

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CST
Move Beyond Accessibility With Universal Design for Learning
In today’s global, diverse world, trainers must go beyond accessibility to reach a variety of learners, including those who may have disabilities, those with low literacy, or those who are multilingual. Explore the principles of universal design for learning (UDL) and how this method can help TD professionals reach as many learners as possible.

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CST
Proving Value in Top Leadership Development Programs (Case Studies)
This session will show you how to measure the value of leadership development programs through detailed case study examples that illustrate how to measure and evaluate various aspects of leadership programs and initiatives.

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CST
Sales Mastery in Minutes: Unleashing the Power of Microlearning for Sales Enablement

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CST
Spotting Instructional Design Talent: A Field Book for Hiring Managers
Recruiting instructional designers can be daunting for new hiring managers, especially if the L&D function is not well established or it’s an inaugural role. How can we be sure? How can we test for fit? How can we confirm our decision before going ahead? This session will focus on minimizing the risk of making the wrong decision and helping you hire your next star.

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CST
Story Design: A Foundationally Human Approach to Instruction
Sometimes, we can get lost in the science of instructional design and forget that we are training people. Story design provides a process for designing instruction that speaks the language of humans: stories. Bring your expertise to this audience-driven session and experience story design for yourself!

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CST
Teaching Old Dogs New Tricks: Training Managers Leading Hybrid Teams
If you are looking for new ways to train leaders to thrive in the hybrid environment, this session is for you. The speaker will provide you with training tools, approaches, and activities that you can use to empower managers to lead in the hybrid workforce.

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CST
The Neuroscience of Effective Coaching
Neuroscience research provides insight about how best to engage two brain networks for successful goal initiation (insight and motivation) and goal pursuit. This session will provide practical tips and strategies based on current research findings to enhance goal adoption, deliberate practice, and successful behavior or habit change in clients.

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CST
The Power of Employee Engagement and Connectedness: Employee Resource Groups
In this session, you’ll learn how to diversify your employee engagement experience and unify your organization by empowering your employee resource groups (ERGs) to become organizational focus groups, employee networks, and drivers of policy change.

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CST
Trust and Inspire (In-Person and Live Streamed)
The days of a command-and-control approach to people and performance are over. Trust as a competency—the ability to build, extend, and restore it—is as vital as reading and math. The ability to inspire, on purpose and as a matter of course, is a differentiator and a competitive advantage. Join this session to learn how these attributes are now nonnegotiable for the L&D field.

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CST
Trust and Inspire (Live Streamed)
The days of a command-and-control approach to people and performance are over. Trust as a competency—the ability to build, extend, and restore it—is as vital as reading and math. The ability to inspire, on purpose and as a matter of course, is a differentiator and a competitive advantage. Join this session to learn how these attributes are now nonnegotiable for the L&D field.

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CST
Y’all Means All! Empathetic Learning Experiences for Neurodivergent Learners
Did you know that applying best practices for supporting neurodivergent learners benefits all learners? In this session, you will explore many of these best practices and then develop and practice delivering a short demo, applying your new skills. Embrace neurodivergence as the new neurotypical in your learning programs today!

5:30 PM – 6:00 PM CST
Author Meet & Greets

5:45 PM – 6:45 PM CST
Sales Enablement Reception