Connect with Your L&D Colleagues Through the Training Top 100 Insights Series

This complimentary live virtual series focuses on exclusive strategies, plus tools and technologies, for learning and development (L&D) success.


Produced in partnership with Brella

Training magazine’s complimentary “Training Top 100 Insights” live virtual series focuses on exclusive strategies, plus tools, and technologies, for learning and development (L&D) success. These virtual events are produced by Brella, our meeting production partner, which helps companies produce engaging live, virtual, and hybrid events for a variety of industries. The series includes:

  • Virtual discussion panels featuring Training Top 100 and Hall of Fame organizations (these are companies Training magazine has recognized for their excellence in employee training and development)
  • Participant Q&As with the panelists
  • The opportunity to converse and share challenges, best practices, and lessons learned with your L&D peers via Chat
  • Training Technology Test Kitchen led by learning design expert Phylise Banner and featuring a variety of “chefs” who demonstrate tools and technologies that can help take training to the next level

TRAINING TOP 100 INSIGHTS RECORDINGS

Session#3

Making the Case for Virtual Reality in Training

Panelists:

  • Bryan Banach, Principal Engineer – Technical Project Management, Learning & Development, Verizon
  • Hamzah Shanbari, Manager of Construction Technology and Innovation under Dysruptek, Haskell

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021, RECORDING

Click here to view the recording.

And click here to view videos from panelist Haskell’s Hero virtual reality training.

And click here to view a video about Verizon’s use of virtual reality in robbery store training.

Additional resources on VR to download:

Session #2: A Fresh Start for Onboarding

The second event in the series took place on July 16, 2021. The panel discussion focused on employee onboarding with representatives from two Training Top 100 companies: Laurie O’Mara, Senior Project Manager, Learning & Development, Paychex, and Cheryl Dillon, Senior Training Manager, Navient. Training Technology Test Kitchen chefs included training master Ray Jimenez and Declan Dagger, CEO of ETU.

JULY 16, 2021 RECORDING

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Session #1: Post-Pandemic Training

The first event in the series took place on May 7, 2021. The panel discussion focused on “Post-Pandemic Training” with representatives from Training Top 100 Hall of Fame companies Deloitte, IBM, Keller Williams Realty, Nationwide, and Sonic Automotive. Training Technology Test Kitchen chefs included David Metcalf, director of the University of Central Florida’s Mixed Emerging Technology Integration Lab; Enzo Silva, learning strategist, SAP; and Destery Hildenbrand, senior learning experience producer, Motive.io.

MAY 7, 2021, RECORDING

Click here to view to the recording.

TRAINING TOP 100 HALL OF FAME WHITE PAPER

Click here to download the Training Top 100 Hall of Fame’s latest white paper, Training Beyond the “New Normal.”

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

For more information on the Training Top 100 awards program and the 2022 application, click here.

TRAINING TOP 100 INSIGHTS OPPORTUNITIES/CONTACTS:

If you are part of a Training Top 100 or Hall of Fame organization and would like to be considered as a panelist or are interested in serving as a Training Technology Test Kitchen chef for an upcoming event, please contact:

Julie Groshens, VP, Conferences (julie@trainingmag.com)

Steve Dahlberg, Creative Engagement Director (steve@trainingmag.com)

Lorri Freifeld, Editor/Publisher (lorri@trainingmag.com)

Lorri Freifeld
Lorri Freifeld is the editor/publisher of Training magazine. She writes on a number of topics, including talent management, training technology, and leadership development. She spearheads two awards programs: the Training APEX Awards and Emerging Training Leaders. A writer/editor for the last 30 years, she has held editing positions at a variety of publications and holds a Master’s degree in journalism from New York University.