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John Austin is the P.D. Merrill Endowed Chair and Interim Dean of the College of Business at University of New England and has taught executives in programs at several top business schools and worked with numerous global organizations. He holds a BA from The Johns Hopkins University and a PhD from Boston College. His research has been published in leading management and applied psychology journals and his work has been recognized with three Best Paper awards from the Academy of Management.

John Austin

In today’s rapidly changing world, the ability for an organization to anticipate trends and embrace uncertainty is not just advantageous—it’s essential. Strategic foresight equips organizations with this very capability, fostering a

Embrace Uncertainty—and Opportunities—With Strategic Foresight

Explore how you can prove the vital link between L&D and business success in this webinar. Join the founder and CEO of Cognota, Ryan Austin, as he delves into how L&D can demonstrate its role in strategically shaping outcomes, turning knowledge into success, and leading businesses to brilliance. Gain insights into the transformative power of education and innovation, and understand how a LearnOps approach acts as a catalyst for growth.
After this event, you will have a better understanding of:

The strategic impact of L&D: Understand how L&D strategies directly influence and shape business outcomes.
The role of L&D as a catalyst: Recognize the pivotal role of L&D as a catalyst for explosive growth within an organization, propelling it toward new heights.
Navigating uncharted territories: Learn how L&D mavericks lead the way, paving the path to business brilliance through innovative learning approaches.

Parimary Capability Covered: Talent Strategy and Management
Participation in this event, either live or recorded, can be reported for one (1) professional development point toward initial certification or recertification requirements for the APTD or CPTD credential.
 

Powering Learning Operations: L&D’s Impact on Business Outcomes

Join us for a demo of Pluralsight Skills and learn how to elevate your team's development. Explore our course catalog, curated and reviewed with industry experts, ensuring high-quality content. See how our AI assistant, Iris, creates customized learning journeys, and how SkillIQ assesses competencies with personalized course recommendations. Finally, discover hands-on learning experiences that reinforce knowledge through real-world application.
During this event you will learn:
• How to upskill without slowing down
• How to drive learning at scale across technology organizations
• How Pluralsight blends insights with learning to ensure learners are only investing in the most relevant learning opportunities

DEMO: Accelerate your tech skills with AI-driven learning and expert-curated content

See how learning operations software can empower your L&D team to achieve greater levels of efficiency, collaboration, and training insight. Join this product-focused webinar about Synapse—the operations platform built for L&D—to explore the concept of learning operations and experience a demo of Synapse (intake, planning, collaboration, storyboarding, and insights).
During this webinar, you will discover how:

Learning operations, and learning operations software, can unlock greater levels of efficiency and effectiveness for L&D teams.
A learning operations platform can coordinate your training intake, planning, collaboration, storyboarding, and insights.
Leading L&D teams across industries have achieved success with Synapse.


DEMO: Driving L&D Success Through Learning Operations

Making Human Contact—and Other Approaches to Busting Silos

Justin Lombardo is one of the first executive learning professionals to successfully reform learning and development and human performance systems and practices in healthcare for greater effectiveness and efficiency. Most recently, he served as vice president for the Learning Institute and Chief Learning Officer for Children’s Medical Center, Dallas, where he centralized education, training (clinical and non-clinical), leadership development, and organizational development. Prior to healthcare, he was part of the early management team at Motorola University. Currently he is a senior consultant with talentRISE, a firm specializing in workforce and talent recruitment. He has served on education and training and development advisory boards at the regional, national, and international level, including a task force on technology education for an agency of the United Nations; Center for Creative Leadership Corporate Advisory Board; Oversight Board for Physicians’ Assistant graduate studies, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University; and the Center for Nursing Excellence. He was also appointed by the governor of Illinois to the state’s task force on workforce development. Mr. Lombardo holds a BA in theater and communications from St. John’s University, an MFA in directing from Catholic University of America, a graduate certificate in theology from St. John’s University, and has completed graduate studies in Western thought from St. John’s College.

Justin Lombardo

As organizations continue to invest more in training and development, it's never been more important to demonstrate the true value of those programs. See how adaptive learning technology can show ROI and ROE and help you shape future efforts.
Key takeaways from this informative webinar:

aligning training with business objectives
delivering more effective training
demonstrating how ROI and ROE work together.


The Measurement of Success

HTML5? You’ve heard of it. It’s the most widely-accepted standard for delivering high-quality, media-rich content on multiple devices. And yet there are ambiguities and misconceptions about what HTML5 can really do for your bottom line. Dig a little deeper and you hit issues concerning cost and complexity. What are the answers?
It is our pleasure to invite you to join us for a virtual discussion with Kapil Bhasin, senior vice president of Indecomm Learning, who will take you past the myths and jargon to see HTML5’s value in creating cost-effective device agnostic content.
You will learn:

what HTML5 is and its importance to content portability
the key benefits of having learning content in the HTML5 format
the process of developing and converting content
the metrics and standards to determine efforts for conversion and development
the common pitfalls to watch for during the development /conversion process.

In this webcast, you’ll be exposed to illustrative case studies, examples, and best practices from organizations and publishers who have successfully migrated and developed learning content using HTML5. Join us for a spirited discussion.
  

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