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ALIGN 2015
CONFERENCE AGENDA
MONDAY
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
REGISTRATION
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
LUNCH
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
President’s Address,
Dean Pichee
2:15 p.m. 3:15 p.m.
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
BizLibrary's Founder and CEO Dean Pichee will open
the conference with a President's Address,
developments in BizLibrary over the last year, as well
as, focuses for the coming year.
Mark Schroeder,
United Vaccines
Assessing the 3 Parts of the Human Mind
Using assessments to gain insight into employee
behaviors and facilitate team building has become
common practice. Some companies are using
assessments not just for leadership personnel, but
rather across the entire organization. In this session
we will look at the 3 distinct parts of the human mind,
and explore the organizational usefulness of
understanding an individual’s behaviors within each.
We will also take a brief overview of the different
assessment tools that have been developed for
each of these 3 parts of the mind, and discuss the
use and merits of each. Assessment Instruments
being overviewed: The Meyers Briggs MBTI, the
D.I.S.C, Kolbe A, B & Career MO+ Indexes , and Xyte
Cognofile.
Jennifer Hughes,
High Touch Technologies
Can’t We All Just Get Along?
This session will speak to the different personalities
that are found within our organizations.
Understanding these personalities and how they
work with one another is crucial to successfully
managing and developing a cohesive team. A
team that needs a rebel, as much as it needs a hero.
Brittney Hall,
The Management Trust
Taking Small Steps to Climb a Big Learning Program
Mountain (When You Thought You Were Walking Up a
Little Hill)
This session will explore the advantages of an
incremental approach to implementing and
planning a new learning program, and how this
approach can lead to a bigger and better program
than seemed possible at the beginning. Using The
Management Trust’s first year launch of their
BizLibrary-based program as an example, you’ll see
how a simple idea for basic software training grew
into an ambitious professional development program
that stimulated innovation and engagement, and
strengthened employee ownership along the way.
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MONDAY
3:15 p.m. 3:45 p.m.
NETWORKING BREAK
3:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
7:00 p.m.- 9:00p.m.
Mary Coursey, Everence
I Asked You….Now What?
Feedback…we all want it, seek it out, analyze it, attempt
to get meaning from it to act upon. But what exactly
should we do with it, and what does using feedback look
like as a business result? Join a husband and wife team
from different businesses, manufacturing and financial
services to get some insight! Yes, and give some of
yours…..
Wess Robison, Superior
Energy
Safety Requirements and BizLibrary
OSHA / Safety Requirements are not only important when
keeping employees safe while performing their work
responsibilities, but they are also heavily regulated. This
session will show you how to create a system that
identifies which employees need which requirements and
how to effectively track them along with their frequencies
makes the process manageable, easy and professional.
John Gwynn, Viewpointe
From Training Event to Training On-Demand
Using Viewpointe as a case-study, this session will trace
the company’s transition in building a training function
from scratch with limited resources. One of the keys to
success has been Viewpoint’s approach to identifying
training needs. You will see how Viewpointe’s
Organizational Need Assessment process focused limited
resources on a big challenge. The results have been
substantial gains in staff development and industryleading employee engagement. The program proves
that training does not have to be expensive or
intimidating; it can be a great source of employee
participation and pride.
WELCOME RECEPTION
Is your training program shining bright? Looking for some ideas to keep employee
training in constant orbit? Join us at the Planetarium at the St. Louis Science Center for a
night of networking as we highlight the ALIGN 2015 award nominees and their journey
towards BizLibrary stardom! The Planetarium is one of the nations leading space
education facilities. Network among two fabulous levels of exhibits that incorporate
scientific research, illustrating the future of space travel. We will end the evening with a
live star show!
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TUESDAY
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
BREAKFAST
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Keynote Speaker
Jeff Havens
9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Unleash Your Inner Tyrant!
Jeff will help you become better leaders by showing you
everything you should avoid – including how to create a
culture of fear and mistrust, how to oppress and
demoralize employees, and how to stand firm in the face
of all change – before wrapping up with a serious
conversation about the kind of leaders we should all
strive to become. Jeff will cover four main areas of
leadership – creating a healthy corporate culture;
management/employee relations; crisis management;
and change management – Unleash Your Inner Tyrant! is
every bit as content-rich and intensively researched as a
more traditional leadership seminar but has the added
benefit of an unparalleled delivery style that will have
you laughing the entire time you’re learning how to
become more effective leaders.
Ashley Karth and
Mackenzie Baker,
Pi Beta Phi
Headquarters
Creating a Custom Learning Program - Not Just Custom
Content!
In this case study, you will learn how Pi Beta Phi’s Online
Learning Center blended learning technology, off-theshelf content, more than 100 customized online courses
and supplemental training documents into a fully
customized, comprehensive education program for
nearly 12,000 advisors, volunteers, collegiate and
alumnae officers and New Members across the United
States and Canada.
Debbie Trzcinski,
Ivie & Associates
Closing the Skills Gap: A New Look at Succession
Planning Best Practices
The skills gap represents a real threat to growth and the
long-term financial health of many organizations.
Organizations in just about every industry struggle to find
the highly skilled and talented employees they need for
growth and innovation. Succession planning programs
hold the potential to identify internal talent who can
adapt, learn and acquire many of these hard-to-find
skills, if we think about succession planning a little
differently.
LeAnn Graves,
Great West Casualty
Building a Management Development Program
In this case study, you will learn about the processes used
to build a new Management Development Program at
Great West Casualty Company. It will encompass the
processes used, from beginning to end, such as:
committee selection, project scope, project strategies,
selection of training topics, course selection,
communication methods, management buy-in and
approval, implementation and transition, and an
ongoing evaluation of the program.
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TUESDAY
10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
NETWORKING BREAK
10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Keith Howes,
Western Health
Advantage
BizLibrary's Role in the Character/Competency
Initiative
In this session, you will learn how Western Health
Advantage utilized BizLibrary’s solution to implement
and execute its Character/Competency Initiative. The
Initiative involved linking recruitment to performance
management. The goals were to foster a culture driven
by employee character and developing key
competencies.
Rob Miller,
EAC Product
Development Solutions
Onboarding and Leadership Development Program
In this case study, attendees will gain overview of
EAC’s approach to a staff development system that
demonstrates a commitment to improvement on all
levels and the cultural shifts essential along the way.
We will cover the role onboarding and mentoring play
and one approach to leadership development.
Ron Pieciul,
Kronos
Implementing a Successful Skills Training Program
The case study will illustrate how to use BizLibrary’s
comprehensive solution to deliver focused training on
the Kronos Inc. 7 major Core Competencies that all
employees are measured on and specific
competencies that fit their particular job or roles within
the corporation. The program is a way to blend a
product curriculum with a good skills curriculum and
make it seamless to the employee.
AWARDS LUNCHEON
Each year, BizLibrary proudly recognizes an innovative group of companies and
individuals at the ALIGN awards luncheon. The award recipients represent clients
and partners who have leveraged BizLibrary's solutions to move their
organizations forward and impact the industry as a whole.
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TUESDAY
1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Keynote Speaker
Kevin Eikenberry,
The Kevin Eikenberry
Group
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Darla Gibson,
Cambridge Engineering
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
NETWORKING BREAK
From Bud to Boss – Helping New Leaders Succeed in a
Challenging New Role
The transition from bud to boss is a challenging but
exciting one, one that brings new responsibilities, new
relationship dynamics, and new opportunities for
personal and career growth. Often, new supervisors
don’t get the training, support, and guidance they
need to be successful. Kevin Eikenberry’s keynote will
outline practical steps new supervisors can take to
face the challenges of leadership with confidence. Be
sure to stop by the networking reception this evening
to have your book signed by Kevin!
“Flavor of the Day” or is it Continuous Learning?
Do employees sigh and roll their eyes when they hear
about a new training program? Do you hear "Oh,
here we go again, another flavor of the month"? This
session will discuss how we as training coordinators, HR
professionals, or Talent Management Professionals can
avoid this when rolling out new training programs.
Scot Lund, Crestmark
Bank
How to Design, Build and Launch a Nationwide LMS
The challenge - Can you design a robust educational
program, create custom content, launch it and
expect 100% course completion in the first 90 Days?
The answer is - "Yes." In this session, you'll learn what it
takes.
Amanda Boyle,
HealthPort
Taking your Lectora Custom Content from Drab to Fab
In this session, you’ll learn how to use Lectora to create
“fabulous” custom content for your organization. The
session will cover time saving tips like how to create
test questions in a CSV file and import them into
Lectora. The session will also cover how to use the
custom button creation feature using PowerPoint and
the new button feature in Lectora. Ever want to make
a “fab” simulation? You’ll learn how simulations
provide a great opportunity for your learner to have
the opportunity to try out a process without being in a
live environment using SnagIt and Lectora. The session
will cover the benefits of using Camtasia to
demonstrate a process instead of the cumbersome
show/hide image feature in Lectora.
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TUESDAY
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
NETWORKING BREAK
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Vicki Houston,
Red Roof Inns, Inc
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
NETWORKING BREAK
Panelists:
Mark Schroeder, United
Vaccines, Inc.
Heather Schneider, R K
Stratman, Inc
Jennifer Hughes, High Touch
Technologies
Moderator:
Chris Osborn, BizLibrary
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Raising the Roof with RED Academy
Using Red Roof Inn as a case study, this session
will showcase the evolution of the brand’s
approach to information management,
training and continuing education utilizing
both the Biz Library LMS and Video Collection.
Consistency and accountability by both
corporate and franchise partners were key
goals of the implementation of RED Academy.
We will share best practices and the
considerations taken as the brand set up User
and Resource Groups, migrated content from
the Corporate Intranet and Franchise Extranet,
tracks and records both internal and external
continuing education, and made RED
Academy the standard for OSHA and
regulatory compliance in the Internal Audit
process. Red Roof Inn implemented RED
Academy in 2014 and continues to learn more
and greater ways to take advantage of the
system.
Best Practice Panel Discussion
Back by popular demand, this panel
discussion will include BizLibrary clients sharing
tips and tricks for gaining senior leadership
support, utilization, marketing and
communications and metrics to track your
learning program.
NETWORKING RECEPTION
Join us for hors d’oeuvres, beverages, and music in the historic Statler Ballroom
located on the lobby level of the Renaissance St. Louis Grand hotel. The Statler
Ballroom, dating back to 1917, was the original location of the Front Desk and
Lobby within the Statler Hotel.
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WEDNESDAY
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
BREAKFAST
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
George Vellios,
Velmax Management
Assessments, Development, and High
Potentials…OH MY!
In this session participants will learn how
assessments can (and should be) used in
designing tailor made programs for identified
High Potential Leaders within your organization.
Selecting HiPo's is just one of the many
challenges; creating a program that addresses
individual core along with organizational
development needs not only results in a more
robust offering, but will increase skill
development, retention, and ROI.
Kelsie McClendon,
Total Transit
A Case Study of E-learning Development Made
Simple Using SAM, Powerpoint, and Captivate
In this session, you will learn how to apply the
SAM Model to design training, and how to take
that content and convert a PowerPoint
presentation to a self-tutorial e-learning
program. You will learn the basics of slide layout
and curriculum sequencing concepts.
Tricia Quave and Jim
Cook,
CE Power Solutions
A Roadmap to Successful Implementation – Start
at the Beginning . . . .
In this case study, you will hear how an
organization avoided a disastrous learning
program launch by asking a series of good
questions to establish the framework for the
design and subsequent implementation of a
new employee training program. Before
embarking on the launch, the program
managers learned the organization lacked some
foundational structural elements that are
prerequisites to a successful training program. By
stepping back, and starting at the very
beginning of setting up the framework for
success and asking key questions, the program is
now ready for a successful implementation.
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WEDNESDAY
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
NETWORKING BREAK
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
10:30am-11:00am
Chris Osborn, BizLibrary
What Do Employees Really Want from Us?
We Asked, and They Told Us
From May through the end of July 2015,
BizLibrary conducted one of the most
extensive end-user surveys about what
employees really want from their employer
sponsored training program. In this session,
BizLibrary will present the results of this
ground-breaking research with specific
recommendations to help organizations
mold training solutions to help meet the
desires, expectations and actual needs as
expressed by end users.
Devon Carson, Portion
Pac Chemical
Old School/New School - Instructional
Design Still Drives Audience Engagement
We will cover development strategies for elearning courses that will maximize
knowledge retention. Learn how to target
your specific audience with your design
and structure. Discover the tools that will
allow you to add interactivity to your
course, engaging and even entertaining
the learner. From concept to launch, this
session will give you the ID tips and tricks
you need to engage and empower your
audience.
Leah Cridlin, Balluff
Re-Launching Your Learning Library- Ideas,
Tips, and Strategies
Has your learning library lost its vigor? In this
session we will discuss ideas and strategies,
plus share tips on how to:
• Customize marketing templates within Biz
Library.
• Get management involved and working
with you to generate learning opportunities
for your staff.
• Generate excitement within your
organization about learning.
• Incentives for continued interest
throughout your company.
CLOSING
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