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Employers are in dire need of talented professionals who can thrive in an increasingly connected global economy. Online education can prove to be an invaluable training ground for collaboration and communication across borders and time zones. Discover how online learning can dramatically transform learning and development at your organization. Did you know that 31% of higher education students take at least one course online, and 20% of all continuing education enrollment are for online courses? Join us for the “Demystifying Online Learning for Today’s Global Workforce” webinar to discover the latest trends in online learning, and the benefits it will bring to your team and organization. THIS WEBCAST DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR CERTIFICATION/RECERTIFICATION CREDITS.

In an age when even games are “serious” and e-learning audiences increasingly face screens of text with Next buttons, the unexpected can become the unforgettable. Fun is good for learning because it stands out.

Studies show that fun actually promotes learning as elements of novelty evoke wonder and curiosity. It increases engagement and provides safe areas to learn from failure. It’s not fun for fun’s sake. It’s fun for learning’s sake.

In this presentation, see how a parrot and some gadgets increased compliance awareness, how a board game and leader board increased worldwide engagement and collaboration, and how a basketball app improve college preparedness.

By writing and speaking about catalytic ideas, an organizational thought leader brings your company impressive advantages, such as brand goodwill, an elevated position in the eyes of your customers, and a shortened sales cycle.

In this interactive webinar, learn how to find your company's thought leaders, help them articulate their very best ideas, and get those ideas out to the world in a way that will build your firm's brand equity and draw your market to you.

The webinar leader, Mark Levy, has worked with distinguished thought leaders, including Marshall Goldsmith, Simon Sinek, David Meerman Scott, Harvard Business School scholars, and several TED and TEDx speakers.

Can you imagine the excitement people would feel coming to work every day to a company where leaders understand that building a sustainable competitive advantage is based on how leaders treat and develop their people?

Servant leadership offers hope to organizations for creating an environment of mutual trust and respect; a workplace where people can discover and reach their potential. A leadership style where leaders focus on creating a winning partnership for the people and the business; creating growth for both the people and the bottom-line. Find out how servant leadership can help your organization build a sustainable competitive advantage.

The presenter brings 38 years of real world experience in the manufacturing industry, including 26 years of senior leadership: Product Manager, Sales & Marketing Manager, VP of Sales & Marketing, VP of Operations and 13 years as President of two manufacturing companies including one with 10 manufacturing facilities in the U.S., England and Mexico. He also started his own consulting firm in April of 2010.

The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. In the business world, however, the only absolute is the starting point and the line is never straight. Navigating your way to success requires a solid team of employees and a solid strategy. Organizational planning means knowing who you have, how they’re helping or hurting your business’s growth, and the best way to align them to realize your company objectives. This process of evaluating and re-evaluating talent helps organizations identify gaps and redundancies, manage workforce changes more effectively, and increase productivity. In short, organizational planning keeps businesses moving forward while also preparing them for the road ahead.

In this attorney approved / information packed seminar, participants will learn about Cost Containment Strategies, Best Practices, and tools used by companies to become more profitable in this new economy as it relates to best practices for Workers' Comp administration. If you are like most successful businesses, you need to cut your expenses and you want to be more profitable. This program was developed to help you attain these goals, in addition to reducing your business risk. Main Topics:

• Reducing Your Business Risk Understanding the Importance of "Total Cost of Risk"
• Training: Pre-Hire, Post-Hire, Pre-Claim, Post-Claim
• HR / OSHA compliance / Wellness / Safety Training
• Claims Management procedures, Best Practices, Case Studies

Today’s companies are placing a much higher emphasis on the ability to be creative and innovative in order to move ahead in this economy. They are eagerly looking at ways people, tools and techniques can spark a rebound that gives them a competitive edge. Making innovation and creativity a key cultural value is a goal of any highly effective organization. HR can play a crucial leadership role in helping to get there.

In this lively session, participants will learn how to increase the creative intelligence of their organizations in order to stay ahead of the competition. Participants will come away with new insights, fresh perspectives, and actionable steps to make creativity and innovation meaningful cultural values within their own organizations.

Why is it that HR budgets are often the first to be cut in economic downturns? Is it possible that some HR professionals have the opportunity to improve their financial literacy as the basis for defending their budgets? This presentation provides a solid overview of how to present and defend budgets from a perspective understood by C-suite executives. Three key human capital metrics will be discussed which can potentially improve the way ROI in human capital is managed and measured. In addition, step will be suggested for HR professionals to take the same steps as their functional counterparts in budget submission.

This session will focus on inhibitor/enablers from which to provide greater use and value from assembled talent, leverage HR resources,lower risk,and predictive decision making with better outcomes. HR can now provide real-time, actionable data for more reliable forecasting of costs and resource utilization for executive decision makers. We are not focusing on improving RPO, ATS or other similar HR technologies, though there is certainly room for improvement of all components of the applicable HRIS.

Many decision makers are unsure how this will help manage and grow their business -- especially with all the uncertainty of higher taxes and global geo-political conflicts. We are unable to control geo-political issues, let alone our own Congress. After years of waiting, can you really afford to wait more years to grow your business? Yes, there is risk, but if it can be measured it can be managed.

This session is going to cover the importance of understanding and planning for failure when organizations commit to driving innovation. While most organizations understand the necessity of driving innovation and many understand that failure will be a critical part of this work, few of these organizations are prepared to handle failure when it does happen. We will explain why innovation needs to be thought of as a system and how failure is a necessary feedback loop to that system. Finally, we will review strategies for supporting failure that address the individual, the team, and the organization in terms of risk, compensation, career expectations, and organizational learning.