Chris Majer

February 2011 - TD Magazine

The Silent Killers of Productivity and Profit

What is Demo Day?
This free, half-day event offers you the opportunity to see live demos from five leading learning tech solutions. Each 30-minute demo allows you to see the solution in action, ask questions, and request additional information. Selecting new technologies for your organization is a tough decision and a big investment. Let ATD Demo Day help you learn about the benefits of a variety of options at once.
Who is it for?
Anyone who wants to invest in new learning technologies for the first time, upgrade their learning technology ecosystem, or simply stay current on the latest learning technology suppliers and features.
 
Demo Day Agenda: (All times below are Eastern Standard Time)
11:55-12:00 pm   ATD Introduction & Welcome:
12:00-12:30 pm  The Unconstrained LMS (Bluewater)
12:45-1:15 pm    Worklife is complicated. Your talent and development tools shouldn’t be. (SkillCycle)
1:30-2:00 pm      Using Assessments To Improve Managerial Effectiveness (Cloverleaf)
2:15-2:45 pm  How AI and New Tech are Changing the Game in Course Design (CYPHER)
3:00-3:30 pm  Break the Mold with Tigerhall: AI, Microlearning, and Social Interaction Combined (TigerHall)
 
Session Descriptions:

12:00-12:30 pm

The Unconstrained LMS
Enhance your LMS and turn it into an L&D difference maker rather than just another frustrating application.
During this session we will cover the following:

No LMS platform can give you everything you need. But you can get more out of your existing platform through Bluewater's technology enhancements without buying into additional SaaS platforms.
Enable your LMS to support a variety of unique needs, such as, Onboarding, Skills Development, Compliance Tracking, Career Pathing, Extended Enterprise/Decentralized Management, etc.).
Bluewater's unique solutions solve your L&D and HR problems that an out-of-the-box LMS just doesn't.

Speakers:
Chris Bond, CEO & Founder; Curt Swayne, President; and Bennett Jensen, VP Strategic Solutions
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12:45-1:15 pm

Worklife is complicated. Your talent and development tools shouldn’t be.
We’ve taken all the disparate HR tech systems you’ve struggled to connect and brought them together into one platform. Our People Success Operating System empowers your organization with data and your people with the learning & development tools they need to prepare for the future of work. Take a look under the hood to see our unique fusion of a best-in-class coach network with a powerful performance management tool and see how SkillCycle delivers the results your people and organization need.
During this event you will learn:

How linking learning outcomes directly to performance management improves outcomes for both systems
Why SkillCycle’s platform is different and why that matters
The future of HR’s role in an organization

Speaker:
Justin Dile, VP, Sales
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1:30-2:00 pm

Using Assessments to Improve Managerial Effectiveness

For over 60 years, assessments and coaching have been done the same way, often falling short because of limited access to results and little proof of ROI. This interactive demo presents a fresh approach to people development. Discover why Cloverleaf is a one-stop-shop for scaling emotional intelligence across your organization, enabling your team to understand each other and perform more effectively.
In this session, you will learn how to:
• Cultivate an employee experience that encourages engagement, understanding, and value.
• Use on-demand coaching to enhance performance conversations and one-on-one meetings.
• Improve the effectiveness of new manager training and leadership development programs
 
Speakers:
Darrin Murriner, CEO/Co-Founder and Tim Flanigan, VP of Sales
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2:15-2:45 p.m.

How AI and New Tech is Changing the Game in Course Design
AI is nobody's natural enemy; in learning and training, it's a superb copilot. Wisely deployed to create personalized, relevant learning experiences, AI is positioning businesses for an explosive paradigm shift, with modern competency-based workplace training becoming a retention aid and value center; and students finding joy in self-paced instruction and connected communities. The productivity revolution is already in progress, and, in this session, we explore how trainers everywhere can benefit.
During this event, you will learn:

How new and emerging technologies like AI, VR/AR can facilitate modern and engaging learning environments
How to use modern LMS platforms to create personalized training experiences at scale
How to design and implement a competency-based learning strategy

Speaker:
Jennifer Geisler, CMO
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3:00-3:30 pm

Break the Mold with Tigerhall: AI, Microlearning, and Social Interaction Combined
Imagine a learning platform that’s as much about connection as it is about knowledge.
That’s Tigerhall.
Powered by AI and microlearning, you get the only platform that's fearlessly committed to true social learning. Here, insights from industry thought leaders are merged with your colleagues' experiences, fostering an ecosystem that encourages active knowledge exchange and collaboration.
During this session, you will learn:

How Tigerhall’s unique social learning approach converts in-house expertise into bite-sized learning modules.
How Tigerhall captures interest, encourages active participation, boosts skills, and contributes to better results through its interactive, shared learning approach.
How Tigerhall's platform is an effective tool for driving behavior change, fast-tracking skills acquisition, simplifying learning and development programs, and aligning organizational goals with employees' needs.

Speaker:
Nellie Wartoft, CEO and founder, Tigerhall

Demo Day - Emerging Technologies in L&D

Skill debt is plaguing the future of work. According to PEW research, 39.2% of Americans work in major service-industry sectors. While it may seem daunting, knowing that the majority of our workforce needs to re-skill or upskill in order to stay relevant, there are proven methods to set them up for success in ‘future workplace’ careers, which we’ve seen shift more than ever in the past year.
As more processes become automated, skill debt increases and so does the opportunity to train the workforce for new opportunities. While on average, companies invest over $20 billion on education initiatives, the emphasis of these programs doesn’t lend to long term success for employees or businesses.
Today, we’re going to chat with Chris Olson, Strategic Advisor at Class on 4 strategies for reskilling and upskilling the workforce for the hybrid future.

Be intentional about development programs.
Future proof your workforce from the bottom up.
Build a culture around talent mobility.
Train technical and “soft” skills needed for today and the future.
