What makes organizations successful? Today, most successful companies are learning organizations. These organizations are composed of engaged, motivated employees who continually seek improvement, which leads to

organizational agility and the ability to innovate ahead of the curve. When you encourage learning at every level, from the intern to the C suite, you gain a more highly skilled workforce with a greater ability to act in any situation.

Get a snapshot of what our 2017 keynote speaker Russell Sarder, Author, Investor and CEO of NetCom Learning and Sarder TV/Business Practitioner & Mentor, Columbia University talked about last fall such as:

• Why is it important to build a learning organization?
• How do you build a learning organization?
• Ultimately, what is learning?

Presentation by Ben Leikach, Vice President of Strategic Alliances, Evenium

• Use technology to strengthen learning in small, hands-on, intensive trainings and workshops
• Cultivate meaningful conversations and connections through social and visual collaboration
• Leverage analytics and capture data to demonstrate effectiveness, potency and participation

Presentation by Mary Farrell, Senior Leader, R&D Supply Chain Learning Academies, The Hershey Company

Did you ever try to create learning assets while the process was still being finalized or before the facility was even built? This was certainly a new challenge for Hershey’s Supply Chain Learning team. Come and hear how the team embedded themselves in the business and created role-based curriculums and innovative learning solutions as the project unfolded.

• A methodology on how to work alongside the business to create processes and learning simultaneously
• Using ADDIE to create role-based curriculum including simulations and innovate e-learning
• Ensure rigorous follow-up and learning impact through level 3 & level 4 evaluations

If your coaching discipline doesn’t align to bottom-line results, it simply doesn’t get the job done. Drawing on expertise as Head of Leadership, Management, and Coaching for LinkedIn, Jeremy Stover will discuss his organization’s approach to contextualized, metric-driven coaching. He’ll also offer his expertise on helping teams reframe coaching as a strategic discipline, while offering his expertise on helping teams think of this as a more strategic, data-driven.

• Incorporate a holistic approach to not just one program. How do you infuse it in everything that you do?
• Frame the benefits of coaching through the context of the organization – identify the business’ unique challenges first
• Shift toward an outcome-oriented discipline, to make a difference in the organization

Jeremy Stover, Head of Senior Leadership Development and Coaching, LinkedIn

Presentation by Kelley Cornish, SVP, Head of Diversity and Inclusion, TD. Drawing on 25 years of experience as a multi-industry diversity and inclusion leader, Kelley Cornish will unpack the ways in which D&I must be a crucial component for today’s learning and talent development programs.

• D&I’s Innovation and evolution in today’s increasingly diversifying workforce and consumer base
• Establish a D&I CoE – collaborate with learning and talent and external functions to embed it to all parts of organization
• Build a diversity and inclusion program that accelerates business productivity and growth

A conversation with Kate Berardo, Head of Leadership Development at Facebook, where she leads a global team responsible for curating the best learning content for all employees across the company. Found out how she and her team have designed personalized learning that ranges from ‘bring your own content’ courses that have zero technology to courses that leverage the latest technology to create a more personal and powerful learning experience. She is a specialist in leadership and team development, women’s leadership, executive coaching and global skill building.

Forward-thinking companies across all industries are embracing learning analytics to better understand and optimize their learning environments. In this Learning Analytics ebook, we sat down with three 2018 Corporate Learning Week speakers from Verizon, McDonald's & Christus Health to discuss:

• How they're using learning analytics to not only improve the efficiency and effectiveness of L&D, but support organization agility and innovation
• Tools & techniques for leveraging learning analytics to align L&D with business strategy and communicate the value of L&D to the c-suite
• What you need to know before you implement a new learning analytics initiative to ensure long-term success

Read candid, real-word advice from:

• Miguel Reynoso, Finance Senior Learning and, Development Leader, Verizon
• Kevin Yates, Learning Systems Manager, McDonalds
• Tobias Washington, Director of Learning Experiences Design and Technology, Christus Health
• Mark Lewis, Head of Training – Logistics, Andeavor