Executive Forum

Tuesday, October 22

Exclusively for Senior Learning and Development Leaders

The world of workplace learning is changing. Technology is advancing faster than ever, and the challenges of keeping your learning strategies ahead of these changes continues to grow.

The eLearning Guild's Executive Forum returns to DevLearn as a place for you to collaborate with peers on discovering solutions to these challenges. It is an exclusive event for senior learning and development leaders that consists of a one-day experience just prior to DevLearn, plus the opportunity to continue the connections and conversations through exclusive learning opportunities at the conference. It is a unique opportunity to help you and your organization build strategies that address the key challenges of the modern learning organization.

What to Expect at the Executive Forum

The Executive Forum is your opportunity to engage with industry experts and other senior learning leaders as you look to make sense of learning technologies and how they impact your organizational strategy.

The day will consist of talks by industry experts exploring critical topics, as well as informal opportunities to engage with those experts. The Executive Forum will examine case studies that look at 6 cutting-edge examples of modern learning strategies implemented by other senior leaders.

Throughout the Executive Forum you’ll have multiple opportunities to put what you’re learning into context via facilitated discussions with your peers.

Continue the Conversation at DevLearn

The conversations don’t end at the close of the forum; Executive Forum attendees have access to an exclusive lounge throughout DevLearn. It’s your space to continue the connections and conversations that started at the forum, or to take a break, grab a cup of coffee, and catch up on emails. We’ll also be hosting a special lunch in the lounge on Wednesday and Thursday exclusively for forum attendees, so you will have a dedicated opportunity to continue the conversations with your peers.

Join us in exploring the biggest challenges you have in your organization, and collaborate with other senior learning leaders preparing to harness the potential of the changes coming to the field of L&D.

Have questions about the forum? Please feel free to reach out to David Kelly directly.

Registration Info

Schedule

8:30a – 9:15a

What are the Biggest Challenges Facing Today’s Senior Leaders?

Our Executive Forum kicks off with a facilitated discussion exploring the landscape of challenges affecting today’s senior L&D leaders. We will explore the common themes that are impacting our organizations, and identify the key challenges we face. These themes and challenges will be targeted throughout the day.

9:15a – 10:00a

The Emergence of Workflow Learning

Workflow learning is one of the hottest topics in L&D. Join us as we explore and discover why, and learn how to transform your organization by inserting learning and support into the workflow.

Speaker: Conrad Gottfredson

10:00a – 10:15a

Break

10:15a – 11:00a

Strategy in Practice: SAP

Today's learners are surrounded by screens at all times, and information can be found on nearly any topic within a matter of seconds. How do learning professionals need to approach creating digital content that captures the attention of learners who need to integrate the learning into their work in an organic way?

Speakers: Laura Whitaker

11:00a – 12:00p

Building Solutions to Key Challenges

Engage with your peers in facilitated discussions examining one of the key challenges identified by the group. Your group will work together to design solutions to address the challenge. Each group will debrief, sharing their strategies and the rationales behind them.

Facilitator: Frank Nguyen

12:00p – 1:00p

Executive Forum Lunch

1:00p – 1:45p

Putting Data, Measurement, and Evaluation into Action

The need to show connections between learning and performance are more important than ever. Join us as we look at proven practices on how to use data to tell the story of L&D for your organization.

Speakers: Conrad Gottfredson

1:45p – 2:30p

Building Solutions to Key Challenges

Continue discussions with your peers examining one of the key challenges identified by the group. Your group will work together to design solutions to address the challenge. Each group will debrief, sharing their strategies and the rationales behind them.

Facilitator: Frank Nguyen

2:30p – 2:45p

Break

2:45p – 3:30p

Strategy in Practice: Cleveland Clinic

What's the Prescription for Improvement? Learn how a major international health organization self-diagnosed their need for better "learning health" (engagement & retention) based on specific symptoms (soft and hard skill KPIs), and how they applied a fast-acting remedy to see improvement on the metrics that mattered most.

Speakers: Josh Flower & Irshad Rizvi

3:30p – 4:15p

Panel Discussion: Implementing Executive Strategies

Our panel of experts will explore how to overcome the challenges that inevitably arise when attempting to put a disruptive strategy into practice. We will explore proven practices that you can apply in your work, and the groups will have the opportunity to ask questions and get feedback on the solutions each group has developed throughout the day.

4:15p – 4:30p