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Back-to-school energy isn’t just for students. September is a fresh start — full of focus, structure, and the drive to learn. This month’s free webinars are designed to match that energy, with topics that help you sharpen your skills, explore new ideas and get back into learning mode. Ready to reset and refocus? Let’s go.

Tuesday, September 2, 2025, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: What We Get Wrong About Presentations and How to Fix It
The real presentation magic comes from the effort before opening PowerPoint or setting foot on a stage. A slide is just a picture of what’s in the presenter’s head. In this session, Luka Krejči, CEO of Prezentacija, will look at the biggest mistakes made while preparing a presentation: working on our concept, story, messaging and visuals. Things you think about aren’t always things you should think about. You’ll explore the “how it’s usually done” approach and compare it to proven recipes that increase your chances of getting a “yes.”

Wednesday, September 3, 2025, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: Are Multiple-choice Questions Killing Critical Thinking Skills?
System-graded multiple-choice questions are easy to write and build, but not all situations have clearly right and clearly wrong answers. In this webinar, with Amy Morrisey, President of Artisan Learning, you’ll get hands-on experience brainstorming ways to improve typical multiple-choice questions. By the end, you’ll walk away with plenty of ideas and templates to help you design your own interactive learning experiences.

Thursday, September 4, 2025, 8 a.m.–9 a.m. PT: The Rise of Learning Operations: Transforming L&D from Cost Centre to Strategic Driver
Join Michael Rochelle, CSO and Principal Analyst at Brandon Hall Group, Ryan Austin, Founder and CEO of Cognota, Keith Keating, Chief Learning Officer at BDO, and Lacee Cantu, Learning Manager at State Farm, in this essential webinar exploring the emergence of Learning Operations as a critical discipline for modern L&D teams. Based on ground-breaking research from Brandon Hall Group and Cognota, this session reveals how structured learning operations are revolutionizing how organizations manage, measure and optimize their learning investments.

Thursday, September 4, 2025, 12 p.m.–1 p.m. PT: Yes, Chef! How Hulu’s The Bear Changed the Way We Design Training Events
Inspired by Hulu’s Emmy-winning series, The Bear, and the transformative philosophy in Unreasonable Hospitality, this session, with Monica Cornetti, Founder and President of Sententia Inc., and Leah Carrubba, Senior Director of VAS Sales Training at Visa, is a behind-the-scenes look at how to challenge conventional thinking and reshape every element of your gamified training event — from agenda design to the language you use with participants. Discover how to infuse hospitality, intentionality and emotional impact into your courses and events to create meaningful, memorable experiences your learners will never forget.

Friday, September 5, 2025, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PT: Manager Development (Free for ATD members)
ATD Research will be discussing the data and findings of their latest research on manager development. In this webinar, ATD’s Caroline Cope, Senior Researcher, and Rocki Basel, Director of Research, will discuss how organizations are providing ongoing training for people managers. Caroline and Rocki will talk about the methods they’re using, topics they train on and how they’re continuing to provide support for managers.

Monday, September 8, 2025, 8 a.m.–9 a.m. PT: Elearning’s AI Tightrope: Real Stories from Those Who Walked It (And Stuck the Landing)
Join this webinar for a dynamic panel discussion featuring leading L&D thought leaders from learning agencies like SAI360 and Cognota. Moderated by RWS’s Michael Coates, the expert panelists will move beyond theory to share real-world cases and best practices for responsible AI adoption in elearning. They’ll reveal candid stories of innovation, including insights from past missteps and the invaluable lessons learned, ensuring you can harness AI’s transformative potential while sidestepping its common pitfalls.

Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 8 a.m.–9 a.m. PT: Simulation-led Training That Prepares Teams for Real-World Complexity
As workplace expectations evolve, traditional training often struggles to translate into on-the-job readiness. Hours of elearning, job aids and classroom sessions can’t fully prepare employees for the complexity of real-world digital tools or high-stakes conversations with customers. Join Whatfix’s Siddhant Soni, Solutions Consultant, and Saurav Raj, Product Marketing Specialist, as they explain how innovative simulation solutions are transforming enterprise training, enabling L&D teams to build highly skilled workforces that are ready for any challenge.

Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: Beyond the Meeting: What Virtual Learning Really Needs
When tools aren’t built to support instructional goals, engagement suffers and outcomes fall short. In this session, Melissa Chambers, Online Instructional Specialist at MSC Consulting, will explore why virtual learning demands more than just meeting functionality. You’ll learn how to evaluate whether your platform truly supports learning and how to design impactful virtual experiences, even if you’re working with tool limitations. Whether you’re selecting a new solution or optimizing the one you’ve got, this webinar will help you elevate your approach and advocate for what really matters.

Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PT: Leading Through Change: Why Today’s Work Trends Require Developing Agile Leaders
The workplace is evolving faster than ever, from the rise of AI to the normalization of hybrid work and shifting employee expectations. In this dynamic environment, agility has become a critical leadership skill. Join Rachel Cooke, COO of Brandon Hall Group; Abilitie’s Matt Confer, VP of Strategy, and Luke Owings, VP of Product, to explore how organizations can cultivate agile leaders prepared to meet today’s challenges. Whether you’re building a pipeline of emerging leaders or preparing your teams for transformation, this session will leave you with actionable takeaways you can immediately apply.

Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PT: Accountability 2.0: Create Teams That Reject Feeling Powerless (Free for ATD members)
In today’s complex, post-pandemic workplace, teams are drowning in blame, delay, victimhood and frustration — not because they lack skill, but because they feel powerless. Join David Nelson, Head of Product at Lone Rock Leadership, for an engaging webinar where he’ll introduce you to PowerOS, a self-accountability system built to transform reactive cultures into proactive teams. Based on the Power In 30 program, it helps individuals and organizations break free from The Excuse Trap™ and reclaim your power to act, influence outcomes and drive results.

Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: Exploring VR for Workplace Training: An Introduction and Beyond
Join Debbie Richards, Chief Technology Officer of Creative Interactive Ideas; and Facilitate’s Ben Bauert, Founder and CEO, and Philipp Seiler, Chief Experience Officer, to explore the world of Virtual Reality (VR) for workplace learning and development. This session is for anyone interested in VR’s role in training, whether you’re completely new to it or have some experience. You’ll also see a short, informative demonstration of the Facilitate platform, showing how this technology can be used for training. By the end of this session, you’ll have a good understanding of VR’s place in modern workplace training and be better equipped to consider its potential for your organization.

Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: Hearts, Minds and Algorithms: Panel Insights on Mastering Human Connection in AI-enabled Elearning (Free for ATD members)
Join this focused panel discussion where industry thought leaders from NetQuest (Jim Guilkey), Third Term Learning (Magalí Verrengia) and Lockton Dunning Benefits (Rebecca Krauland), will share real-world cases and strategic best practices for responsible AI implementation in elearning. Moderated by RWS’s Michael Coates, this discussion will explore practical experiences of AI adoption, revealing insights from successes and missteps, and outlining strategies to harness AI’s potential for smarter, more secure and effective learning programs.

Thursday, September 11, 2025, 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PT: Beyond Knowledge: Evaluating Training Programs for Real-World Impact
In this session, with AdaptED Strategies Consulting’s Co-founders Stephani Nixon Christine Jenkins, you’ll explore strategies for collecting data and assessing effectiveness across many industries. Real-world case studies will illuminate how meaningful evaluation drives business outcomes, while hands-on activities will guide attendees in crafting actionable, impact-focused evaluation plans tailored to their unique needs. Leave this session equipped to confidently demonstrate the value of your programs, transforming training from a knowledge-based exercise into a catalyst for measurable success.

Monday, September 15, 2025, 10:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m. PT: Reimagine Rapid Authoring: AI-Powered Content, Avatars and Real-Time Collaboration in MicroBuilder (Free for ATD members)
Joshua Bleggi, Learning Solutions Engineer at ELB Learning for a live DemoCast of MicroBuilder, ELB Learning’s no-code authoring tool. See how AI-powered tools help you quickly generate scenarios, analogies and step-by-step content. Explore new features like real-time collaboration, in-line commenting, one-click translation into 65+ languages and 150+ diverse AI avatars that turn static content into dynamic, narrated experiences.

Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 8 a.m.–9 a.m. PT: Learning Strategy: Making Moves for a Strong Finish to 2025
In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, how can your learning organization pivot effectively to ensure success for the remainder of the year? Join this strategic roundtable that explores practical approaches to reassessing your learning strategy mid-year and implementing tactical adjustments that drive organizational success despite ongoing uncertainty. This discussion brings together VPS’s 25 plus years of industry experience to share practical insights on adapting learning initiatives.

Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PT: From Course Delivery to Learning Ecosystems: An AI-Driven Approach
Personalized learning is a key driver of engagement and retention in the workplace but delivering it at scale can be challenging. Laura Martin, Senior Director of Product at Open LMS, explores how AI is transforming traditional course delivery into dynamic learning ecosystems that adapt to individual needs. You’ll walk through real-world examples and practical applications within Open LMS and its extended ecosystem, highlighting how automation and intelligent features can elevate your learning programs. You’ll also gain insight into the ethical use of AI in learning and how to implement it responsibly to align with your organizational goals.

Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PT: Five Ways Generative AI Transforms the Workforce (Free for ATD members)
Generative AI is transforming how organizations approach work, skills and decision making. In this session, Melissa Valentine, Associate Professor of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University, will outline five essential strategies to build the right foundations, integrate generative AI into core operations and unlock long-term value while enhancing human contribution. During this event, you’ll:

Explore how generative AI is redefining skills, judgment and expertise across roles.
Learn five practical strategies to align talent development with generative AI adoption.
Understand how to design workflows and learning programs that amplify, not replace, human contribution.

Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 12 p.m.–1 p.m. PT: Props That Pop: Creating Impactful Object Lessons
Object lessons have loads of potential. They can simplify complex content, help your ideas click in your learners’ minds and make your content significantly stickier. But for some trainers, presenting with a prop can feel clunky, mechanical and confusing. Why is this? Isn’t there an easier way to teach using object lessons? How can you grow in your ability to think outside the box, present with confidence and transition seamlessly between ideas? Join Becky Pike Pluth, President and CEO of The Bob Pike Group, in this webinar to learn the answers to these questions.

Thursday, September 18, 2025, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: The Power of Triggers: Build Smarter Interactions in Adobe Captivate
Ready to move beyond click-next slides and create truly responsive learning experiences? Join Sharath Ramaswamy, Senior Elearning Evangelist at Adobe, for an engaging session where you’ll dive into the power of Triggers in Adobe Captivate — your secret weapon for building dynamic, personalized interactions. In this webinar, you’ll learn how to:

Identify the different types of triggers available in Adobe Captivate and understand when to use each.
Assign triggers to objects to create non-linear navigation paths.
Design interactive elements that respond to learner behaviour, such as feedback messages or customized paths based on user input.
Create multi-step actions using advanced triggers that chain together effects or actions for a seamless user experience.

Thursday, September 18, 2025, 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PT: Data Without the Drama: How to Consolidate and Visualize Learning Metrics That Matter
L&D leaders are being asked the same question: How is learning driving business growth? The answer won’t come from siloed LMS exports or a sea of dashboards. It comes from building a learning intelligence system — one that consolidates data, connects it to business KPIs and moves you from descriptive reporting to predictive, decision-ready insights. In this practical session, Amber Rodbell, VP of Learning Experience at ELB Learning, will show you how to tame platform sprawl, kill data silos and establish an insight-driven ecosystem that your stakeholders trust.

Thursday, September 18, 2025, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PT: Think Like a Partner: The Internal Shifts That Transform L&D’s External Impact (Free for ATD members)
You’re doing the work. You’re showing up differently. But somehow, L&D is still seen as the team that “helps” rather than the team that drives business results. The truth? Strategic partnership doesn’t start with a new process; it starts with new mindsets. In this session, with Jess Almlie, Learning and Talent Development Leader at Almlie Consulting, you’ll explore the key internal shifts that enable L&D professionals to step fully into the role of strategic business partner. These reframes challenge the old “helper” identity and empower you to show up as an equal ready to solve real business problems, not just respond to requests.

Thursday, September 18, 2025, 12 p.m.–1 p.m. PT: How to Build an AI Chatbot in Your Course
Discover how AI can transform the way you approach performance support and training. In this interactive session, Garima Gupta, Founder and CEO of Artha Learning Inc., will explore how to design AI-powered coaching abilities that make learning more personalized, engaging and scalable for your employees. You’ll come out of session having made your own unique AI Coach using limited-time access to Artha’s AIReady Studio. This session will equip you with the foundational knowledge and skills to start building effective AI-powered coaching abilities that fit your goals and resources.

Tuesday, September 23, 2025, 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PT: Demystifying AI for L&D
AI is moving out of the lab and into your learning tech stack. That shift doesn’t eliminate the need for L&D, it expands it. This webinar, with Josh Cavalier, Founder of JoshCavalier.ai, shows how:

The Big Shift: A swift, no jargon tour of how generative AI, data models and workflow bots are changing content development, performance support and talent growth.
New Roles and Titles: From traditional instructional designers to emerging roles such as the Human Machine Performance Analyst, see how job scopes are widening to include data fluency, systems thinking and AI stewardship.
Critical Skill Sets: Identify the capabilities that will matter most from prompt engineering, data storytelling, ethical governance and experience architecture.
Organizational Impact: Understand how forward-looking companies are reshaping L&D structures by embedding designers in business units, automating curation pipelines and adopting AI informed performance dashboards.

Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 9 a.m.–10 a.m. PT: Why Learning Is So Hard for Adults (And How Games Can Help)
Learning as an adult is hard. Today, your time at work is stretched too thin with a myriad of responsibilities and ever-changing priorities. Your attention is constantly sapped by a barrage of emails, texts, phone calls and meetings. Given these emotional and logistical brain barriers, the job of teaching adults is thus supremely challenging. During this session, Richard Lowenthal, Chief Business Officer at ELB Learning, will discuss how to create emotionally engaging games for learners to wrestle with the content as well as to create a gamified, social learning community to motivate learning.

Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PT: Accelerating Learning Impact: Driving Success Through Workflow Learning
Learning needs to be agile, relevant and integrated into everyday work. This webinar, with Dawid Zaborny, Technical Training Lead at Keywords Studios, and Fernanda dos Santos, Enterprise Customer Success Manager at Easygenerator, explores how learning in the flow of work boosts learning impact by embedding training directly into employees’ day-to-day tasks. By adopting this agile, just-in-time learning model, you can improve knowledge retention, enhance productivity and build a culture of continuous learning.

Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 12 p.m.–1 p.m. PT: Bridging Realities: How Mixed Reality (MR) Is Revolutionizing Hands-on Training
Mixed Reality (MR) bridges the gap between physical and digital learning, offering L&D professionals a powerful tool to create engaging, interactive and practical training experiences. By blending real-world environments with digital overlays, MR enables learners to interact with 3D models, practice skills in a risk-free environment and receive real-time feedback. In this session, Destery Hildenbrand, Learning Technology Consultant and Founder of Destery1Kenobi, will explore how hands-on MR experiences revolutionize training, increase retention and drive measurable outcomes in L&D.

Thursday, September 25, 2025, 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. PT: Unlocking the Power of SME Expertise (Free for I4PL members)
Join Jennifer Belland, Operations Training Specialist with the LP Technical Training Department at Enbridge, for an engaging training session designed to elevate your collaboration with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs). Discover the pivotal role of SMEs in the development of training programs and learn effective strategies for building strong working relationships. Enhance your collaboration skills with techniques for dealing with geographically diverse SMEs, facilitating discussions and managing workload, backed by our real-life case studies. Learn how to optimize knowledge transfer and documentation with best practices and tools to ensure seamless sharing of SME expertise.

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