8:55 AM Chairperson’s Opening Remarks

9:00 AM Leveraging Comprehensive LearnCenters to maximize Learning and Communication

9:45 AM Learning Format and Platforms: Virtual Classrooms, meetings, and conferences

How do you determine which media or platform would be the best to utilize for your learning program? Is there certain criterion that helps you decide one format over another? Hear from our expert speaker their introduction of a virtual classroom and how they addressed company culture, business segments, and fundamental development programs. In this session you will learn:

• Best practices for utilizing a virtual classroom for your learning programs.
• How to increase your learning accessibility to reach a global workforce.

David Scurlock
Regional Manager, Learning and Performance Development
Staples

11:15 AM Bridging the Gap Between Formal and Informal Learning: The Gnosis Platform

While traditional learning helps establish a sound foundation, it falls short of the learning needs of a professional environment, where much of the learning happens by way of learning from experts who have years of experience. However, such learning is unstructured and lacks ways to measure the expanse of the knowledge transferred from the experts. Gnosis, a device agnostic platform from InfoPro, bridges this gap by providing a structured approach to informal learning and makes it measurable. All this is achieved while maintaining the integrity with the traditional forms of training and within the boundaries of popular learning management systems and standards. Gnosis allows you to:

• Capture knowledge from the experts with the convenience of any device such as smartphones, tablets or PCs
• Bring together people with common areas of interest and create communities where they can share knowledge with one another and follow thought leaders
• Bridge the link between structured online learning and unstructured collaborative content

Arun Prakash
Executive Vice President,
InfoPro Learning, Inc.

12:00 PM IOS/Android Platforms: Authoring and Managing Learning Content for Mobile Phones

The ever-prevalent smart phone with its learning capabilities is no longer an unofficial guest in the office but a full-fledged learning tool. Many learning professionals and designers need to understand how to create training programs accessible from cell phones that will leave a tangible impact. In this session you will learn:

• How to design and author tools to aid in developing mobile content for your learning initiative.
• How to measure the impact of IOS or Android platform learning models from employee satisfaction, retention of learned materials, and test evaluation.

1:45 PMSOCIAL MEDIA: The Next Level of Personal Learning Networks

Social media is now seen as a new learning network to promote both collaboration and knowledge exchange; it can connect people and bring them to the right content in the right format in real time to increase communication as well as overall learning. In this session learn how to:

• Incorporate social media learning into your organization’s corporate learning program to facilitate widespread knowledge sharing.
• Determine guidelines for use to ensure safe and effective learning to advance your employee development.

Kevin Munson
Chief Learning Officer
Sears Holdings Corporation

2:30 PM Sustainable Leadership Strategy

How do you manage a global learning environment of tens of thousands including broad demographic differences? Blended learning allows for a unique combination of learning techniques; the ability to maintain faceto- face classroom instruction coupled with at-a-distance virtual learning to expand reach. Hear from our expert speaker their implementation of a centralized content management system allowing for increased accessibility, self-learning, and assessment of both the class itself as well as its impact on the job. In this session you will learn:

• How to incorporate new technologies to connect learners and control content.
• How to track learning and the metrics to assess its success

Bob Dick
Manager- Instructional Technology and Learning Performance Metrics Strategic Consultancy
Humana Inc.

4:00 PMBrilliance Bar: Wrap-Up

End the day with our panel of experts who can answer all of your questions relating to the day’s sessions. This session gives you the opportunity to ask your technology, strategy, and application questions to ensure that you walk away with a clear understanding; or just stay and play with the learning technologies.

• Your time for a personalized Q & A.

4:45 PM End of Conference Day 2, Chairperson’s Closing Remarks