This year, Trainer’s Institute promises to be a milestone for talent development professionals in Nebraska and the surrounding areas.  Each session will be designed to appeal to an individual who may be new to learning and development or a seasoned professional looking to hone their skills and learn more about emerging trends. This series will leave a positive impact on the learning and development professionals who encourage, challenge and guide the talent that leads industries in our communities.

Session Topics: 

September 8th:

No More Humdrum Training for You!

Tuesday, September 8, 2015 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Facilitators: Jill Banaszak and Kristi Rutledge

During this workshop, participants will experience numerous examples of active training, review the Experiential Learning Cycle, and will be given the tools to select, create and deliver engaging training activities that speak to all learning styles.

Debunking the Learning Styles Myth, and Other Brain-Friendly Pointers

Tuesday, September 8, 2015 1:00 – 5:00 PM

Facilitator: Jonathan Titus

Avoid the pitfalls of past mistakes of training theories, and immediately forge ahead with authority and expertise based on some of the latest research and cutting edge practices in our field.

 

September 15th: 

Coaching as a Powerful Tool in Your Arsenal—Coaching the Team’s Coach

Tuesday, September 15, 2015 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Facilitator: Michelle Kosmacek

 

Coaching can be a very powerful tool in your arsenal but it’s not a skill most people know how to really use.  Coaching sessions are often confused with other developmental conversations, causing leaders to lose their focus.  In this course, we will define developmental conversations and identify when each would be most effective, identify a coaching model that works best for you, and find ways to create a coaching culture at work.

Support Your Organization Through the Change/Transition Process

Tuesday, September 15, 2015 1:00 – 5:00 PM

Facilitator: Michelle Kosmacek

As Training and Development leaders, we are frequently tasked with helping our companies’ transition from business opportunity to business opportunity or culture to culture.  While we are often on the front line of change, it’s our business leaders that really work through the transition.  We have to proactively engage them and define a plan with them to ensure success.  In this course we will look at the different models of change and identify how to support our organizations through the emotions tied to change.

September 22nd: 

5 Simple Ways to Measure Training Impact

Tuesday, September 22, 2015 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Facilitator: Kim Whiteside

Measuring training well takes time, and it’s not easy. Those of us who excel at developing and presenting training don’t always have the same skill level, or sometimes confidence level, when it comes to analyzing the training we’re offering. At the same time, training and development departments are feeling the pressure to tie their results to top initiatives and the bottom line to demonstrate their value to their organizations.

During this session, we’ll take a look at Kirkpatrick’s levels of measurement using a 21st century lens. We’ll examine current tools and technologies that can make measuring training less complicated without making the results less significant. You are encouraged to bring a copy of your current evaluation/measurement tools to use as jumping off points.

 

Using Your Evaluation Results to Improve Future Programs

Tuesday, September 22, 2015 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Facilitator: Jon Titus

So you’ve designed and implemented a better training evaluation – now what? We’ll explore how the measurements you’ve collected can be used to communicate both the successes you’ve experienced and the needed adjustments and modifications to make a bigger impact in the future. Helping decision makers at your workplace understand the effects of training and development is perhaps one of the most critical roles you can play in keeping your company competitive, efficient and profitable. After attending this workshop, you’ll have greater capabilities to convey what learners have gained, how the learning will need to be supported for sustainability and when the knowledge must be reinforced or supplemented.

September 29th: 

e-Learning Modules: “Kick It Up a Notch”!

Tuesday, September 29, 2015 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Facilitator: Jim Kalhorn

This session will explore e-learning, and what makes an e-learning module impactful and memorable. Various techniques will be demonstrated for making the learning experience more engaging by making the learning experience more interactive, by adding audio, video, quizzes, click boxes, rollover interactions, web links, etc. 

Instructional Design Essentials

Tuesday, September 29, 2015 1:00 – 5:00 PM

Facilitator: Tricia Danielsen 

This workshop will provide essential instructional design application and will challenge participants to re-evaluate training to move from training “events” to more meaningful learning, knowledge transfer and design applications.

 

October 6th: 

Getting to Desired Performance: HPI (Human Performance Improvement) in Action

Tuesday, October 6, 2015 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Facilitator: Kim Whiteside

Issues of human performance improvement have been addressed primarily by training and learning interventions involving workshops, classes, and information sessions. The changing nature of occupations from knowledge work to digital/virtual work means that designing new ways to increase results are critical. “Getting to Desired Performance” will help learning practitioners improve their ability to impact results by using interventions beyond T&D to improve human performance.

 

Intentionally Moving from Knowledge into Learning for Individuals, Teams and Organizations

Tuesday, October 6, 2015 1:00 – 5:00 PM

Facilitator: Diane Kortus

This session will cover thinking about learning from the Whole Brain perspective – How to open your training cycle to the four quadrants of the brain. We will look at every learning opportunity as a stage in the Change Management Cycle – What stage are you at today?  Was the last stage successful or is this stage a result of the prior stage not being accomplished? What transforms knowledge into Learning? Analyzing the Need for Learning – What is the question?