Tired of being stuck in an order-taking role? It’s time to shift the game. Join learning strategist Will Thalheimer as he shares insights from his new book on how L&D professionals can align with business goals, leverage learning science, and use innovative evaluation methods to drive real impact.

What: Virtual Learning Event

When: March 26, 2025 8:30a - 9:30a

Where: Zoom

Plus, you will get a chance to WIN A FREE COPY of The CEO’s Guide to Training, eLearning & Work!

Meet our Speaker:

Will Thalheimer, PhD, MBA, Consultant, Speaker, Researcher at Work-Learning Research. Will is a world-renowned thought leader focused on research-based practices for learning, work performance, presentations, and evaluation—and an advocate for learning professionals. 

Session Details: 

Will Thalheimer will share the central ideas from his new book, The CEO’s Guide to Training, eLearning & Work: Empowering Learning for a Competitive Advantage. He’ll describe how we can better align with our business sponsors, and how we can create competitive advantages by doing more with workflow learning, using the learning sciences, building a better training-request process, and more.

Will Thalheimer is one of our field’s foremost innovators and learning strategists. This is a not to be missed opportunity! 

Key Takeaways:

• See competitive advantage as a leverage point for empowering our learning teams.

• Learn seven methods for how to create competitive advantages.

• Discover how three learning-evaluation innovations can produce better data.

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