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MARCH 22 – 24 •ORLANDO, FL
Featured Keynote Tim Gunn
Host, Project Runway
"Engagement takes many
forms, but at its heart is
curiosity."
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Tim Gunn:
The Natty
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What
Works
Technology continues to disrupt the status quo of learning and development.
What worked for us in the past may not work as well for us in the future. At
Learning Solutions 2017, you will explore proven examples that will inspire
you to look at your work differently, opening yourself to the possibilities and
the opportunities new technologies provide.
Join us in Orlando and be a part of the community that is working
together to make learning better!
MARCH 22 – 24 •ORLANDO, FL
Three Keynotes Expand the View on What Works in Learning
HARNESSING CREATIVITY
IN A TIME OF
TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
A NATTY APPROACH TO
LEARNING AND EDUCATION
EMBRACING THE
MINDSET OF
CONTINUOUS LEARNING
Glen Keane
Tim Gunn
Julia Galef
Walt Disney Animation Legend
Host, Project Runway
President, Center for Applied Rationality
Who Will You Meet?
Find inspiration!
At Learning Solutions, you’ll meet training and learning professionals all focused on the design, development,
management, and/or distribution of technology-based learning, performance support, or blended solutions
incorporating traditional training.
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Pre-Conference Certificate WorkWednesday
March 22
6:30p – 9:00p
If you want
to introduce
and incorporate games in
learning, start
by playing, and
discover game
mechanics that
you can use in
your eLearning!
New for
2017
Presentation
Roulette
Tuesday, March 21
6:00p – 7:00p
Kick-start the conference
with a humorous hour of
Presentation Roulette! In
this fun improv competition,
contestants receive a set of
slides to speak to, but with a
twist—they have no idea what
their slides are or what order
they are coming in! Join us,
meet new people, and vote
for your favorite or the funniest
ad-libbed presentation.
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Optional eLearning Guild Academy pre-conference activities offer a broad
range of educational opportunities to help you master the skills that will make
a difference in your career. Take a deep dive on a tool or topic, and develop
new skills and expertise that you can apply immediately in your work!
All participants will receive a certificate documenting their participation from
The eLearning Guild Academy.
Monday, March 20, 8:30a – 4:30p
How to Adapt Traditional
Classroom Design for
Virtual Instruction
Getting Started with
Storyline 2
Karen Hyder, Kaleidoscope
Training and Consulting
Ron Price, Yukon Learning
Learning Experience Design:
A Better Way to Support
Learning Ecosystems
Take Your Adobe
Captivate Lessons to
the Next Level
Marty Rosenheck,
Cognitive Advisors
Joe Ganci, eLearning Joe
Project Management for
Non-Project Managers
Graphic Design Essentials
for Non-Graphic eLearning
Designers
Mikaylie Kartchner, The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
David Anderson, Articulate
Do More and
Save More!
Save $100 on any Certificate
Workshop when registered for
Learning Solutions!
Find complete descriptions and more details of these Certificate
Workshops at LearningSolutions17.com/Works
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LEGEND:
DEVELOP NEW SKILLS!
xAPI
CAMP
Aaron Silvers & Megan Bowe, MakingBetter
xAPI Camp showcases what’s possible with
the Experience API. It’s a day filled with case
studies, problem solving, and networking.
Choose from 20 optional, one-day Pre-Conference
Certificate Workshops you can attend while in Orlando.
Find more details about xAPI Camp at
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Tuesday, March 21, 8:30a – 4:30p
Play to Learn—Designing
Effective Learning Games
Sharon Boller, Bottom-Line
Performance and Karl Kapp,
Bloomsburg University
Maximize Your Use of
Free Media Resources
Barbara Waxer, Santa Fe
Community College
Implementing Ecosystem
Solutions: A New Approach
Marc Rosenberg, Marc Rosenberg
and Associates and Steve
Foreman, InfoMedia Designs
Visual Design for
eLearning and Slides
Connie Malamed, Connie
Malamed Consulting
Training the Google
Way: Bursts, Boosts, and
Evaluation
Art Kohn, Portland State
University
From Plain Page-Turners
to Interactive eLearning
with Captivate
Using Storyline to Build
Assessments, Scenarios,
and Simulations
Pooja Jaisingh, LearninGeeks
Ron Price, Yukon Learning
Instructional Story Design:
A Process for Corporate
Transformation
Design for
Behavior Change
Julie Dirksen, Usable Learning
Katie Stroud, Incremental Success
Ten Design Principles for
Social Learning
Julian Stodd, Sea Salt Learning
Smartphone Cinema
for L&D
Sam Rogers, Snap Synapse
Modern Blended Learning—
How to Create the
Experience
Workflow Learning: The
Enabler of at Total Learning Ecosystem
Bob Mosher & Conrad
Gottfredson, APPLY Synergies
Jennifer Hofmann, InSync Training
Separate fee-based registration is required. See page 7.
REGISTER BY FEBRUARY 3 & SAVE $100!
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Concurrent Sessions
Data & Measurement
Investigating Performance Using
Data
Janet Laane Effron, Four Rivers Group and
Sean Putman, Altair Engineering
Using Game Mechanics for Culture
Shifts: A Serious Game About Patient
Safety
Diane Rees, Johns Hopkins Medicine—
Armstrong Institute
Who Said Choosing an LMS Is Easy?
R-F-Please!
Pavandeep Dhillon, St. Michael’s Hospital
LearniGo with the Flow: An Exercise
in Motivation with Gamification
Design
Monica Cornetti, Sententia Gamification
From Typewritten Forms to Data
Analytics in Just One Year: A Case
Study
Jennifer Sovey, Alaska Airlines
Improving Higher-Order Skills with
Serious Games and Simulations
Ben Paris & Susan Schoenberg, ansrsource
Ace the Test: Measure Performance,
Not Test-Taking Skills
Annette Wisniewski & Kathleen Fortney,
Judge Learning Solutions
Conquering an LMS Rollout: An Intuit
Case Study
Syed Ali, Intuit
Adaptive Learning: Using
Measurement and Analytics to
Customize Training
Glenn Bull, Skilitics
xAPI: A Swiss Army Knife for Your
Learning Environment
Robert Gadd, OnPoint Digital
Games & Gamification
Motivating Learners with Autonomy,
Mastery, and Purpose
Allen Partridge, Adobe Systems
Using Technology to Maximize
Retention and Produce Change
Art Kohn, Portland State University
(Re-)Creating an Immersive
Leadership Readiness Program
Tim Vanderlaan, Spectrum Health
Putting Learners on the Edge with
Interactive Stories
Ray Jimenez, Vignettes Learning
Best-Practices Training Should Steal
from Software Development
Jenny Nilsson, Varma Multimedia Learning
Instructional Design
Ten Lessons Learned in My First Year
in eLearning
Tim Slade, GoDaddy
The 10x Solution: Getting Massive
Results from Your MOOCs
Sarah Clark, Google
Crash Course in Information Graphics
for Learning
Connie Malamed, Connie Malamed
Consulting
How to Motivate Customers to
Complete Training
Linda Schwaber-Cohen, Skilljar
Simple Microlearning Solutions to
Learning Challenges
Liz Herrick, Becton, Dickinson and
Company
Getting Started with Augmented
Reality
Destery Hildenbrand, Rockwell Collins
Experts Explain: Capturing and
Sharing Employee Knowledge
Brad English, FMC Technologies
Copyright Trends and Finding Media
Gems
Barbara Waxer, Santa Fe Community
College
Management and Strategy
Avoiding Voice-over Script Pitfalls
Christy Tucker, Syniad Learning
Creating an Interactive Portfolio
Joseph Fournier, Anthem
Shifting from Creation to Curation
Gina Richter, Xerox
Get Inside Your Audience’s Mind:
Creating a Learner Profile
Melissa Fruechte, TLS Learning
Now You Try It! Designing
Performance-Based Software
Simulations That Stick
Eric Kinne, MedStar SiTEL
How Design Can Help Elevate Your
Work and Your Thinking
John DiMarco, St. John’s University
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Mapping Out a Plan: Accurately
Estimating Your Project Time
Requirements
Susan Prichard & Nathan Windeknecht,
Edward Jones
Serious Games: Let’s Play
David Goodman, SoftAssist
Gamifying Assessments in
Call Centers
Joe Windham & Phuong La, Sears
Holdings
Turning New-Hire Training into a
Motivating Game
Denise Wilson, Capital City Bank
and Judy Albers, Intrepid Learning
Cut the Scrap: Making Sure All Your
Training Gets Used
Hal Christensen, QuickCompetence
Sticky Learning: Ensuring Transfer
Jean Marrapodi, Illumina Interactive
Trim Fat and Boost Performance with
Great Job Aids
Russ Powell, Peregrine Performance Group
Persuasive Instruction: How
Gamification and Other
Strategies Increase Knowledge
Transfer
Page Chen, Remote-Learner
Learning to Speak Code: What
You Need to Know to Work with
Developers
Jeff Batt, Learning Dojo
Reach Your Audience More
Effectively by Getting to Know
Them Better
Lenz Bayas & Dawn Reynolds,
Management Concepts
Serious Game Secrets for L&D
Andrew Hughes, Designing
Digitally
The Path to Mastery Using
Serious Games
Dennis Glenn, DePaul University
Collaborative Instructional Design in
a Virtual Environment
Gretchen Luongo & Kimberly Rodrigues,
US Army
Story: The Wholistic Design Approach
Katie Stroud, Incremental Success
Getting Started with eLearning
Storyboards
Kevin Thorn, NuggetHead Studioz
Neuroscience and Learning: What the
Research Really Says!
Will Thalheimer, Work-Learning Research
You Decided to Be a Freelancer. Now
What Do You Do?
Michelle Jackson, Tilak Learning
Group
LLAMA: Agile Project Management
for eLearning 101
Megan Torrance, TorranceLearning
Escaping the Endless Revision Cycle:
A Case Study
Jackie Brown & Jennifer Staley, Coley &
Associates
Applying Agile Concepts to eLearning
Development
Christie Minns, Interactive Intelligence
Getting to Yes! Gain Executive and
Stakeholder Buy-in for Solutions
John Delano, Saltbox
Using Gig Artists for eLearning
Development: Lessons Learned
Jody Lumsden, Nestle Purina
NPS Common Learning Portal:
Successes and Challenges in Our First
Year
Dale Carpenter, US National Park Service
and Zach Wahl, Enterprise Knowledge
Build Engaging Learning Experiences!
Wrangling Projects: Taking Charge
with Planning and Transparency
Naomi Pariseault & Julia Lazarus, Brown
University
Media
Just Make It Look Pretty
Caitlin Steinbach, BOMI International
It’s 2017 and I’m Still Using Flash.
What Are My Options?
David Smith, Brindle Waye
Using PowerPoint as a Graphic
Design Tool
Kristen Hull, Choice Hotels
Top Design Trends Infiltrating
eLearning
Tracy Parish, Southlake Regional Health
Centre
Using Augmented Reality at
Coca-Cola
Nick Elkins & Angel Green, Coca-Cola
Beverages Florida
Getting the Most Out of Your Images
with Snag-It
Kirk Arnold, Shelter Insurance Companies
Concurrent Sessions
Create VR on a Shoestring Budget
Michael Sheyahshe, aNm
Storytelling and Visuals: Putting
Them to Work for Your Projects
Jason Kramer, Citizens Bank
Mobile
You Don’t Always Need an App for
That: eBooks for Mobile Learning
Mikaylie Kartchner, The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints
Adapt Your Learning Strategy with
Mobile-First Design
John-Carlos Lozano, SweetRush
Six Simple eLearning Success
Strategies
Michael Allen, Allen Interactions
Building Creative Layouts in Rapid
Development Tools
Becky Goldberg, Travelers
Character Animation Tips in Storyline
Alexander Salas, Centene Corporation and
Eve Alexander, Frontline Technologies
Build Effective eLearning on
a Budget
Julia Kirby, LeanCor Training and Education
Ten Cool Tools to Support Learning
Mathias Vermeulen, Winston Wolfe
You Already Know How to Build
mLearning (You Just Don’t
Know It)
Mike Taylor, Mindset Digital
Create Animatics Animations with
Storyline Illustrated Characters
Michael Laudone, Federal Reserve Bank of
Chicago
Tips and Tricks for Creating Stunning
Responsive Courses with
Captivate
Pooja Jaisingh, LearninGeeks
Seven Hacks to Consolidate Your
eLearning Strategy
Karen Blades, WhirlyBee Consulting and
Anita Horsley, CALEX Learning Consultants
Learning Everywhere: Designing
Content for Multipurpose Use
Chris Van Wingerden, dominKnow Learning
Systems
Video
Mobile Learning Project
Management: A Case Study
Debbie Richards, Creative Interactive Ideas
Creating an App for Learner Success
at SAP
Sarah King & Julie Blaufuss, SAP
Tools
Building Accessible eLearning in
Captivate
Jenny Nilsson, Varma Multimedia Learning
3-D Virtual Simulations in Storyline:
Approaches and Techniques
Perry Bennett, Defense Security Service
Eighteen Awesome PowerPoint Tricks
for Effective Presentations
Richard Goring, BrightCarbon
Nine Hot Features of
Captivate 9
Pooja Jaisingh, LearninGeeks and Anita
Horsley, CALEX Learning Consultants
Getting the Most Bang from Your
Video Studio Budget
Devin Pike, Intel
Rolling Out an Online Video Portal:
Best Practices and Lessons Learned
Minette Chan, Synaptics
Configure Your YouTube Channel
for L&D
Sam Rogers, Snap Synapse
PROGRAM
FEATURES
Best Practices for Leveraging
Instructional Video
Carlos da Cruz Alves, Royal Roads
University
Microvideo—Making Every Second
Count
Josh Cavalier, Lodestone
What You Need to Know About
Online Video
Carrie Strohl, Viddler
Virtual Classroom
We’re Ducks, Not Dinosaurs: Aflac’s
Shift from ILT to Virtual
Deidre Williams, Aflac
Stop, Look, and Listen: How
Multitasking Impacts Virtual Training
Kerry Trabinger, Canberra Institute of
Technology
Take learning to the next level. In these sessions you
will bring your mobile device or laptop, with the
software being discussed installed, and have the
unique opportunity to learn hands-on, following
along with an instructor step-by-step. You’ll have
access to practical files, leave with a completed
module, and gain practical knowledge!
Lessons from a Year of Explosive
Virtual Event Growth: Dos, Don’ts,
and OMGs
Kristen King & Joseph Manney,
Advocates for Human Potential
Ready-to-Use Activities for
Engaging Virtual
Training
Cindy Huggett, Cindy Huggett
Consulting
Amping Up Adobe
Connect
Karen Hyder,
Kaleidoscope Training
and Consulting
AlignED sessions focus on what higher ed and corporate learning professionals can learn from one
another. These sessions are equally applicable to
both academic and business environments.
Better Video: Twenty Tips in
60 Minutes
Mark Lassoff, PunkLearning.com
Making an Impact Using Animated
Videos
Karen Kostrinsky, Ellie Mae
What Makes a Learning Video
Effective?
Hans de Graaf, Brain Tweaker
Interactive Video: Building an
Emotional Connection to Drive
Behavior
Caleb Hanson, Rapt Media
Register Now!
New for
2017
Making Measurement Work sessions focus on the
practical applications of data and analytics. They
also show how organizations are being strategic in
their approaches to measuring learning.
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Expo+
An Expo and So Much More!
Exhibitors
As of November 2, 2016
Attend the Expo, Reception, Learning Stages, Game Crawl, Presentation Roulette,
and DemoFest!
The Expo
The Expo offers you an opportunity to explore a
highly focused collection of key learning suppliers
offering leading learning technologies, tools,
products, and services—all conveniently under
one roof!
GLOBAL LEARNING SOLUTIONS
Hours
Wednesday, March 22
9:30a – 6:30p
Thursday, March 23
9:30a – 2:30p
Expo Reception
Wednesday, March 22
5:00p – 6:30p
Celebrate your first day of the conference with
a drink and a bite to eat at the Expo Reception.
Connect with conference speakers, colleagues,
and leading industry suppliers.
To exhibit, please contact Cheri Lynch at +1.603.465.7786.
DemoFest is a must-see event! A collective
surge of inspiration, learning, and
networking, it’s the ultimate opportunity to
see real-world eLearning projects created
by your peers and industry innovators, all
in one place!
Thursday, March 23
5:00p – 6:30p
Learning
Stages
Explore more than 35 sessions showcasing the best practices, hottest topics, and most
innovative new ideas in learning. All on three educational stages in an exciting, high
voltage environment!
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+1.707.566.8990
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Registration
Disney Springs, right across the street from the Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista
In order to engage and connect with the whole of our organizations, we need to
expand our strategic perspectives. Learning & Performance Ecosystem 2017 gives
you the opportunity to explore how individual and organizational learning and
performance can be enhanced through a combination of different learning and
performance strategies.
The interest in and use of performance support strategies
within our industry continues to grow. The Ecosystem
New for
program has been expanded for 2017 to explore this
2017
growing area of interest, in addition to knowledge
management, social, and other components.
Ecosystem 2017 is included as part of your Learning Solutions 2017 conference registration.
Conference-Within-A-Conference Tracks
Learning Solutions 2017 Fees
$0 USD Members with the Guild
Premium Package
$1,436 USD Discounted rate for Guild
members with the Pro
Package
$1,346.25 USD Discounted rate for Guild
members with the Plus
Package
$1,795 USD Standard rate
To learn about Guild membership, go to
eLearningGuild.com/LS17
Optional Pre-Conference
Certificate Workshops
$0 USD Guild Premium Package
PEOPLE
Here’s a
sampling of
the sessions
you can
experience
at Ecosystem
2017…
PROCESSES
Transforming Your L&D Funding
Model
Lorraine Gardner, Pythian
Leveraging Peer-to-Peer Learning
in Your Ecosystem
Catherine Lombardozzi, Learning 4
Learning Professionals
Cultivating the Learning Ecosystem
by Connecting with Customers
Adam Menter, Autodesk
Resilience: The Future of
Performance Support
Julian Stodd, Sea Salt Learning
Creating a Learning Ecosystem at
BMO: Being Nimble and Hitting the
Mark
Gina Jeneroux, BMO Financial Group
CONTENT
TECHNOLOGY
Making Future-Focused Platform
Decisions Using xAPI
Rob Houck, LearnShare and Megan
Torrance, TorranceLearning
When combined with
$395 USD Learning Solutions
registration
$495 USD Standard rate
Additional Savings!
Hilton Orlando
Lake Buena Vista
All Learning Solutions 2017 activities
will take place at the Hilton Orlando
Lake Buena Vista, located just steps from
Downtown Disney.
Reserve Your Room Today!
We’ve secured a group rate of
$219/night at the Hilton Orlando Lake
Buena Vista. This special rate will be
available through Friday, February 24,
2017. Last year the Learning Solutions
room block sold out, so make your
reservations early!
Workflow Learning: The Enabler of
at Total Learning Ecosystem
Bob Mosher & Conrad Gottfredson,
APPLY Synergies
Early Registration Discount: Save $100 if you
register and pay by end-of-day, Friday,
February 3.
Learning at Our Fingertips, Where
It Belongs
Malcolm Poulin, ANCILE Solutions
Organizational Discount: Employees of
academic, nonprofit, or government institutions
save 35%. (Documentation required.)
Going Meta: Learning to Learn at
Your Organization
Clark Quinn, Quinnovation
Group Discount: Groups of three or more
from the same organization save an additional
10%. For information, please contact Steve Firpo
+1.707.387.1877.
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Student Rate: Current full-time students at
accredited academic institutions are eligible for a
registration rate of $495. For information, please
contact David Kelly at +1.707.387.1889.
Register by February 3
How Can Collaborative
Learning Thrive?
Rachel Hutchinson, Hilti
Find detailed descriptions and a complete schedule of sessions online at Ecosystem2017.com/Build
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