Learning from the BEST: Conference Highlights

Emma Weber

Last week I headed to Washington DC to find out what makes the BEST different from the rest.

The ATD (Association for Talent Development) BEST conference is a unique experience where you can learn from award winning Learning and Development practitioners, and find out what they are doing differently with their talent development strategies.

There were some great sessions with speakers from organizations such as Southwest Airlines, Western Union, Consumers Energy, Verizon and IBM.

Check out my short video below for my conference highlights and the top tips I picked up from learning experts last week.

 

Emma Weber is a recognized authority on the transfer of learning. As CEO of Lever–Transfer of Learning, she has helped companies such as Telstra, Oracle and BMW deliver and measure tangible business results from learning. She has also been a guest speaker at learning effectiveness conferences worldwide and authored the hugely successful book “Turning Learning into Action“. Much more detail around the issues and solutions examined in this article are available in the book – please feel free to download a free chapter. Emma and her team also developed Coach M, a coaching chatbot that delivers fully scaleable learning transfer. She is also a co-author of the books Making Change Work, and Designing Virtual Learning for Application and Impact. Her work and approach is also featured in Data and Analytics for Instructional Designers by Megan Torrance (Author), Foundations of People Metrics and Analytics – by Renjini Joseph and an ATD 10-minute case study series – Chatbot Coaching for Learning Transfer.