Events

December 9, 2011 – Individual Training & Education Modernization Workshop 2011

8:10 a.m. – 8:40 a.m. EST

CEO Lisa Toenniges will conduct a virtual presentation to more than 120 training development officers from the Canadian Forces who are involved in different capacities within the Canadian Forces Training and Education System. Lisa’s presentation will focus on using a learning strategy to prepare an organization to deliver effective learning efficiently. The discussion will cover what a learning strategy is, why it’s important, and how a learning strategy is created. Participants will get hands-on practice in identifying questions to ask for one strategy component and will receive a handout summarizing the learning strategy process.

October 26, 2011 – Going Back to Our HPT Roots – An ISPI Chicago Chapter Event

International Society for Performance Improvement – Chicago Chapter

5:30 p.m. – 9 p.m. CDT, True Value Company, Chicago

CEO Lisa Toenniges will lead a virtual cracker barrel – Learning Strategy: Preparing Your Organization for Effective Learning – during the ISPI Chicago Chapter meeting. Lisa will focus on how to use a learning strategy to prepare an organization to deliver effective learning efficiently. The discussion will cover what a learning strategy is, why it’s important, and how a learning strategy is created. Participants will get hands-on practice in identifying questions to ask for one strategy component and will receive a handout summarizing the learning strategy process. Additionally, Lisa will be delivering the closing remarks, which will focus on looking towards the future of the learning and performance profession. Select CISPI to learn more and to register.

September 21, 2011 – Mobile or Not . . . Here it Comes!

American Society for Training & Development – Greater Detroit Chapter

5:30 p.m. – 8 p.m., Pasquale’s, Royal Oak, Michigan

It’s new, it’s exciting, it’s mobile. But how exactly will the latest communication technology impact learning delivery? A team from Innovative Learning Group will give you insight on preparing for the mobile learning revolution. The presenters, Instructional Designer Susan Fisher, Lead Programmer and Learning Technology Consultant Matt Kurtin, and Programmer Walter Schirmacher, will discuss how mobile technology is taking learning and performance support in a new direction. In the session, they will tackle these questions:

• What is mobile learning, really?
• Where is the development of mobile delivery today, and where is it heading?
• What differentiates mobile learning from traditional learning?
• When is mobile the right learning solution?
• What are some best practices for implementing mobile delivery?

In addition, they’ll show examples of different mobile learning “apps” and explain why they work in the mobile environment.

For more information and to register, select GDASTD.

July 27, 2011 – Free ILG Webinar: A Strategy for Powerful, Practical E-Learning: Do You Have One?

2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. (EDT), Register online by July 26

Time is short, budgets are scarce, and training is needed — now. Training departments have turned to e-learning to meet company training goals quickly and efficiently. However, making e-learning decisions on the fly can cost your organization time and money — not to mention quality.

CEO Lisa Toenniges and Matt Kurtin, lead programmer and learning technology consultant, will walk you through several real-life scenarios. They’ll cover the following key components you need to consider in order to create a powerful and practical e-learning strategy:

• Determining if your e-learning is working culturally for your organization
• Examining your decisions regarding buying or building e-learning
• Assessing your e-learning processes and tools
• Evaluating your hosting
• Measuring the effectiveness of your tracking tools
• Reviewing the “Dos and Don’ts” of using your LMS
• Choosing the best suite of authoring tools

June 16, 2011 – ILG Volunteers at ISPI Michigan Community Outreach Event

International Society for Performance Improvement – Michigan Chapter

8 a.m. – noon, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan

CEO Lisa Toenniges and Instructional Designer Susan Fisher will be volunteering at the ISPI Michigan Chapter’s community outreach event. This annual event is targeted to coach non-profit organizations in human performance technology activities. The theme of the hands-on workshop is "Powerful Performance Tools – New Ways to Improve Performance in Your Organization.” The workshop includes short lectures, group-based activities, one-on-one coaching, and an expo featuring pro-bono service providers. For more information, go to ispimi.org.

May 22-25, 2011 – ASTD 2011 International Conference & Exposition

American Society for Training & Development

Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida

The ASTD 2011 International Conference & Exposition features more than 250 educational sessions from industry-leading experts and a world-class expo filled with the latest products and services from top suppliers. For more information or to register, go to ASTD.

May 19, 2011 – ILG Presenting at the 8th Annual ISPI Practitioners’ Forum

International Society for Performance Improvement – Michigan Chapter

5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., Detroit Marriott Southfield Hotel, Southfield, Michigan

There’s no better place to see the Innovative Learning Group team in action than at an ISPI Practitioners’ Forum.

Project Manager and Performance Consultant Valerie Brown will lead a discussion focused on how to use a learning strategy to prepare an organization to deliver effective learning efficiently. The discussion will cover what a learning strategy is, why it is important, and how a learning strategy is created. Participants will get hands-on practice in identifying questions to ask for one strategy component and will leave with a handout summarizing the learning strategy process.

Also, Project Manager and Instructional Designer Teresa Hughes will show what ILG does to find compatible employees during her 99 second presentation called I-Harmony: ILG’s Dimensions of Interviewing.

Don’t miss this event! For more information and to register, go to ispimi.org.

May 19, 2011 – Making it Happen: Achieving Measurable Results Through Education

8 a.m. – 4:45 p.m., Kensington Court, 610 Hilton Blvd., Ann Arbor, Michigan

ILG Chief Executive Officer Lisa Toenniges and Dr. Eileen Banchoff, owner of Banchoff Associates, Inc., will be presenting two sessions at this event, which is co-sponsored by MLearning and the Community Nursing Staff Development Group. Their first session is on the topic of injecting performance into the instructional design process, and the second session will cover analyzing performance before designing solutions.

Other topics include: driving and assuring measurable business results from learning and development, which will be presented by Dr. Robert O. Brinkerhoff; ROI in Education; simulation learning; and social networking in learning.

If you’re interested in how to measure the impact of your teaching or learning activities, this conference if for you. Educators and trainers from all industries and disciplines will benefit from attending. For more information and to register, select Making it Happen.

May 10, 2011 – Making An Impact On Performance: Creating Performance-Based E-Learning

International Society for Performance Improvement – Massachusetts Chapter

6:15 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., EMC Auditorium, Newton, Massachusetts

Innovative Learning Group Instructional Designer Susan Fisher will be co-presenting with Quality Systems Training Lead Diane Wells and Corporate Auditor Valentino Uriegas of Boston Scientific on the topic of creating performance-based e-learning using a course that was developed to teach internal auditing practices. The presenters will discuss how to go beyond page-turners and move into more engaging e-learning that can make a real impact on performance. They will present the design and development process, discuss their collaboration methods, provide a show-and-tell of the cool features of the finished e-learning product, and present evidence of its impact on learners’ performance. Go to ISPI Massachusetts for more information and to register.

May 6, 2011 – Talent Management: The Core of Organizational Excellence

Automation Alley, 2675 Bellingham Drive, Troy, Michigan, 8:30 a.m. - noon

Join Innovative Learning Group for a free seminar and panel discussion and learn how to take an organization to excellence by implementing a talent management strategy. William Tarnacki II, director of talent management and corporate human resources for Pulte Group, Inc., will provide the keynote address on how Pulte is facing its business challenges by creating a talent strategy that aligns with its business goals and establishes a foundation for future growth and success.

Immediately following the keynote address, Innovative Learning Group’s CEO Lisa Toenniges, will moderate a panel discussion. The panelists, including Bill, are all experts in developing talent. These seasoned professionals will answer your questions and discuss how they approach integrating learning and performance support into their talent management strategies.

If you are an executive, leader, or practitioner in human resources, training, or performance improvement, you won’t want to miss this! Register by Wednesday, May 4.

April 18, 2011 – Wayne State University Instructional Technology Class

Wayne State University, College of Education, Detroit, Michigan

ILG Chief Executive Officer Lisa Toenniges will be the guest lecturer for WSU’s Performance Consulting and Analysis class, which is part of the College of Education’s Performance Improvement Track. She will be speaking about developing proposals and quoting work and building client relationships.

April 13, 2011 – Learning Strategy: Preparing Your Organization for Effective Learning

International Society for Performance Improvement Annual Conference

Walt Disney World Swan Hotel, Orlando, Florida (8 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.)

Valerie Brown, program manager and performance consultant at Innovative Learning Group, will lead a discussion at THE Performance Improvement Conference that is focused on how to use a learning strategy to prepare an organization to deliver effective learning efficiently. The discussion will cover what a learning strategy is, why it is important, and how a learning strategy is created. Participants will get hands-on practice in identifying questions to ask for one strategy component and will leave with a handout summarizing the learning strategy process. For more information or to register, go to ISPI.

April 8-13, 2011 – THE Performance Improvement Conference

Walt Disney World Swan Hotel, Orlando, Florida

Hear ISPI Board Member and Treasurer Lisa Toenniges’ three reasons to attend THE Performance Improvement Conference. The 2011 conference begins with the International Society for Performance Improvement’s new Research-to-Practice day and continues with three full days of nearly 150 educational and networking sessions. For more information or to register, go to ISPI.

April 6, 2011 – Free ILG Webinar: Using Rapid Tools for E-Learning Development

2 p.m. – 3 p.m. (EDT), Register online by April 5

Join Lead Programmer and Learning Technology Consultant Matt Kurtin and find out how you can maximize the value of rapid authoring tools. Matt will use his 15 years of experience developing more than 200 e-learning courses to showcase "behind-the-scenes" features that make e-learning templates easier to reuse, test, and deploy to learning management systems.

In the session, you will learn:

• Pros and cons of rapid authoring tools versus traditional authoring tools
• Ways to determine whether an interaction is better suited to a traditional tool or a rapid tool
• Tips for designing interactions that are at the right level of complexity for the authoring tools you use
• Strengths and limitations of various authoring tools on mobile devices
• Best practices for separating and naming course files
• Reusability benefits of separating functionality from graphic-interface elements
• Methods of properly handling audio and video content to improve performance

March 18, 2011 – WMU Psychology Department Colloquium

Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan

ILG Chief Executive Officer Lisa Toenniges will be speaking to a group of students and faculty about applying consulting practices after graduation during the WMU Psychology Department Colloquium. The topics include networking skills, designing blended solutions, managing learning and performance improvement solutions, applying Gilbert's Model, and educating the client.

March 17, 2011 - ILG Sponsors ISPI Michigan Meeting

International Society for Performance Improvement – Michigan Chapter

Detroit Marriott Southfield Hotel, Southfield, Michigan

Innovative Learning Group is sponsoring the ISPI Michigan Chapter Meeting featuring Carl Binder. Binder will be conducting a workshop on “Performance Thinking and Performance Accelerators.” For more information or to register for the meeting, go to ISPI Michigan.

February 18, 2011 – Course Template Features Every E-Learning Developer Should Use – Presented by ILG's Matt Kurtin

An Online Forum Presented by The eLearning Guild

10:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. (PST)

Matt Kurtin, lead programmer and learning technology consultant at Innovative Learning Group, will be presenting a session during The eLearning Guild’s two-day Online Forum – E-Learning Development & Implementation: Proven and Practical Solutions.

The session – Course Template Features Every E-Learning Developer Should Use – will address ways to add powerful features to traditional course templates. Matt will show participants numerous “behind-the-scenes” features that make e-learning course templates easier to reuse, test, and deploy to learning management systems. Participants also will learn techniques to improve audio performance and enable multiple programmers to work together more efficiently.

Select eLearning Guild to learn more about the Online Forum or to register.

February 9, 2011 – Waiting for Superman: Movie Viewing and Reflective Panel Discussion

The Association for Educational Communications and Technology - Michigan Chapter

Landmark Main Art Theatre, Royal Oak, Michigan (4 P.M. - 7 P.M.)

ILG Chief Executive Officer Lisa Toenniges will be participating in a panel discussion at the Michigan Chapter of AECT. The event will center on the recent documentary, "Waiting for Superman," and panelists will be discussing what is needed for educational reform and how instructional designers and educational technologists can contribute to improving education. The panel will include experts from business, non-profits, K-12, and higher education. For more information, go to MI-AECT.

January 21, 2011 – Men of the Kirk Breakfast

Kirk in the Hills, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

ILG Chief Executive Officer Lisa Toenniges will be presenting at the Men of the Kirk Breakfast. She will be speaking on Gilbert’s Model – Six Questions to Ask to Get the People Performance You Need. For more information, select Kirk in the Hills.