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Your Slide Deck Is Not a Communication Strategy

It’s time to demote the almighty slide deck to its proper use: as a support tool that bolsters your message and lets you be the star of the show.

Hybrid Work: The Biggest Test-and-Learn Experiment in History

We can apply the best practices for learning environments and design thinking to the living case study of making hybrid work effective.

Sticky Notes: Teaching Time Management

If you have limited time and too much to do, then you need to set priorities—an order of precedence or preference—so you control what gets done first, second, third, and so on.

No, Your Flipchart and Overhead Are Not Obsolete

Old standbys such as transparencies and flipcharts make a wonderful change of pace—they are high touch in presentations that otherwise might be too high tech.

Riding the AI Creative Wave

As artificial intelligence continues to advance, people increasingly will take the role of orchestrators or creative directors, using their prompt engineering expertise to maximize AI’s capabilities.

A Preview of Potential L&D and HR Trends for 2023

Ongoing themes in 2023 will include employee well-being; empathy building; diversity, equity, and inclusion; hybrid working; and HR data analytics.

Taking the Cue from Employees

For 2023, businesses are aiming to create a more flexible, cohesive company culture that puts employees and their opportunities for advancement, their work-life balance, and their well-being center stage.

How to Make the Most of Your L&D Budget During Uncertain Times

First and foremost, learn what your stakeholders’ key initiatives are and ensure your learning and development strategy will lead directly to those business outcomes.

The Next Evolution of Employee Engagement: A People-Centric Shift

Managers need to be more people-centric than ever, while organizations need to unlock three keys to manager success: learning and growth, feedback, and the power to act.

Top 3 Strategies for Attracting Talent in 2023

The trends we’ll see in the new year focus solely on putting employees first to create a company culture that attracts new talent.

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