Become A Speaker At The 2020 ATD Houston Talent Conference + Expo - With Kent Nuttal
Hosted by M. Bruce Abbott - elearning voice talent , Houston
May 29, 2020•14 min•Ep. 30
ATD Houston: Train To Win
Are you a passionate champion of talent development? Looking to stay up to date on the latest chapter news, industry insights and trends? ATD Houston's 'Train To Win' is a fun and informative podcast featuring leaders in the talent development field. Join us as we work together to bridge the gaps between thought leaders and professionals who are eager to grow their skills.
We understand how important it is to stay ahead in the popularly evolving world of talent development, that’s why our podcasts feature experts from all facets of the industry. These insightful conversations lead to invaluable lessons, enabling executives and designers to expand their knowledge base and gain new perspectives on what’s working inside organizations and different industries.
At ATD Houston, we strive for collaborative growth. Our mission is simple: Inspire talent professionals to achieve their full potential.
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Career Transition During The #COVID19 Pandemic - Brian Jones
Hosted by M. Bruce Abbott - voiceover talent Houston
Apr 29, 2020•18 min•Ep. 29
Are You Working Yourself Out of a Job? A Quick Guide in Career Development - With David Laney
Learner Objectives: This webinar will offer you tips and suggestions that others have learned in advancing their careers but seldom have the opportunity to share with others. • How to maximize your impact on the business • Understanding who gets promoted and why • Recognizing the five keys in career development • Understanding perception, visibility, and influence • Putting career wisdom to work for you Additionally, attendees will learn more about the New ATD Capability model. The capability mo...
Apr 27, 2020•42 min•Ep. 28
LinkedIn Networking With Teresa Jurgens-Kowal
#LinkedIn is a powerful #networking tool. Learn to make the most out of it with these great tips from Teresa Jurgens-Kowal of Global NP Solutions @globalNP. Hosted by M. Bruce Abbott - voice actor Houston
Feb 07, 2020•19 min•Ep. 27
Networking To CONNECT! Effective Networking For Creating and Sustaining Successful Business Relationships with Margaret Johnson
Networking isn’t just about passing out business cards at a social hour or business meeting. It is about developing relationships and connections with people in all areas of our work and life. Whether you are already a savvy charismatic networker or a quieter less outgoing person, you will find tips and techniques in this session to develop new relationships with people from all walks of life. And, you will learn how to create and sustain connections with people you already know for greater prod...
Jan 27, 2020•20 min•Ep. 26
Demystify Your Data: Data Can Tell Your Story with Ann Bryson-Eldridge
General Meeting: Demystify Your Data: Data Can Tell Your Story February 11, 2020 5:30 PM United Way of Greater Houston - 50 Waugh Dr., Houston, TX 77007 Data is an essential element in the world of work. Yet often it’s not easy to measure the results of the work we do as learning and development professionals. The use of data in the classroom and in online learning can enhance the credibility of your content, adding an element of authenticity to the stories you tell to teach. In the boardroom, d...
Jan 21, 2020•8 min•Ep. 25
From Numbers to Insights: Three Steps to Make Learning Data Actionable
Data is a tool, and like any tool, it’s only as good as its user. So our team has put together three steps to get hands-on with your learning data and start using it to show business impact and drive decision making. Hosted by M. Bruce Abbott - male voice over actor, Houston
Dec 20, 2019•7 min•Ep. 24
Talent Development Fuels Organizational Capability
Research for the new ATD Capability Model revealed that to truly affect organizational outcomes, talent development professionals need more than business acumen. Hosted By M. Bruce Abbott - male voiceover actor, Houston
Dec 18, 2019•8 min•Ep. 23
This Week With ATD Houston: Nov. 25, 2019
Here's what's happening this week with ATD Houston. Learn more at tdhouston.org. Hosted By M. Bruce Abbott - male voice actor , Houston
Nov 25, 2019•1 min•Ep. 21
Certification - The Time Is Now! Panel Discussion About The CPLP and APTD Credential
Talent development professionals are critical to ensuring organizational relevance and success. The CPLP or APTD credential is your opportunity to advance your own knowledge base and gain instant credibility in the organizations that you serve. Earning the credential can build and validate your skills, increase your earning potential, differentiate you in a competitive job market, broaden your career opportunities, and unite you with an elite community of professionals. Join us - we will share k...
Nov 22, 2019•22 min•Ep. 22
This Week With ATD Houston: Nov. 18, 2019
Check all the great events happening with ATD Houston at tdhouston.org. From The ATD Houston Podcast Studio hosted by M. Bruce Abbott
Nov 18, 2019•1 min•Ep. 20
Presenting Skillsoft's Percipio and How Your ATD Houston Membership Gets You FREE Access!
Experience Percipio, an intelligent online learning experience platform that delivers an immersive learning experience. It leverages highly engaging content, curated into over 500 learning paths (channels) that are continuously updated to ensure customers always have access to the latest information. Learn more about Percipio at https://www.skillsoft.com/platform-solution/percipio/ From The ATD Houston Podcast Studio hosted by M. Bruce Abbott - Houston voice actor...
Nov 04, 2019•5 min•Ep. 19
Cara Silletto Shares Why Maximizing Shareholder Wealth May No Longer Be The Focus Of Corporations
Cara Silletto, MBA, works with organizations to reduce unnecessary employee turnover by bridging generational gaps and making managers more effective in their roles. Workforce Magazine named Cara a “Game Changer” and Recruiter.com named her in their “Top 10 Company Culture Experts to Watch.” Cara is the President & Chief Retention Officer of Crescendo Strategies, and is also the author of the 2018 book, “Staying Power: Why Your Employees Leave & How to Keep Them Longer. From The ATD Hous...
Oct 15, 2019•7 min•Ep. 18
From the 2019 Fall Conference: ATDH President Joni Goodman
ATD Houston exists to support the learning community by providing educational resources, networking opportunities, and other support to professionals in our field. It connects you with colleagues in the Houston business community for networking and support. It is a resource to build relationships to business opportunities, job openings and best practices. Membership grants access to white papers, studies, webinars, and other training resources that are designed to enhance the skills of our commu...
Sep 26, 2019•4 min•Ep. 17
From The Floor At The 2019 Talent Development Conference: Bobby Lahiere of SpokenHere
SpokenHere features a robust team of language experts and streamlined, turnkey workflow process ensures we can handle your project of any size and format in more than 220 languages. Learn more at Spoken-Here.com From The ATD Houston Podcast Studio hosted by M. Bruce Abbott - Houston elearning narrator
Sep 23, 2019•5 min•Ep. 16
Increasing Meaning in Your Talent Development Career: 2019 Conference Speaker Kent Nuttal
Increasing Meaning in Your Talent Development Career September 19, 2019 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Rice A Talent Management Like most (all?) of you, I've experienced thrilling jobs. Then there have been the times that I've only been working; times in which my job lacked the meaning I wanted. I felt disconnected. My experience, coupled with research, led to the development of a framework that helps you build meaning in your current job and throughout your talent development career. This framework focuses ...
Sep 18, 2019•9 min•Ep. 15
Getting Succession Planning Right Using Assessments: 2019 Conference Speaker Nancy Parsons
Join Nancy Parsons at the ATD Houston 2019 Talent Development Conference and Expo - in Houston, TX on Sept 19, 2019. Getting Succession Planning Right Using Assessments September 19, 2019 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Katy Boardroom Despite the best intentions and time invested, many of today’s leadership succession planning processes miss the mark. In fact, for decades studies consistently show that leadership ineffective rates are unacceptably high. As we move to the fast-paced, constantly changing future...
Sep 17, 2019•9 min•Ep. 14
Navigating Unconscious Bias In The Workplace: 2019 Conference Speaker Erica DyReyes
Join Erica DyReyes at the ATD Houston 2019 Talent Development Conference and Expo - in Houston, TX on Sept 19, 2019. Navigating Unconscious Bias to Promote Inclusion and Prevent Discrimination 2019-09-19 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Rice A Talent Management We are subjected to 40 million bits of data at one time, but we can only consciously process 40. This means we are unconsciously processing a tremendous amount of data every single day. Unconscious Bias as come to the forefront as a factor at play at ...
Sep 10, 2019•6 min•Ep. 13
Talent Development's Impact on Talent Retention: 2019 Conference Keynote with Cara Silletto
Join Cara Silletto at the ATD Houston 2019 Talent Development Conference and Expo - in Houston, TX on Sept 19, 2019. Keynote: Talent Development's Impact on Talent Retention 2019-09-19 08:45 am - 09:45 am Main Ballroom Keynote Not only are employee demographics changing - employee expectations are too. As technology and business change rapidly, employers can no longer do business "the way it's always been done" if they need to retain talent. The priority of focusing on employee retention means t...
Sep 06, 2019•8 min•Ep. 12
All Companies Are Tech Companies: 2019 Conference Speaker Brent Colescott
Join Brent Colescott at the ATD Houston 2019 Talent Development Conference and Expo - in Houston, TX on Sept 19, 2019. All Companies are now Tech Companies 2019-09-19 14:45 pm - 15:45 pm Innovative Learning Solutions To fully prepare for the future of work, executives must stay ahead of the curve. Progressive leaders must engage their workforce to think through how technology affects the nature of work inside and outside the organizations. This session is will discuss the latest trends in organi...
Sep 03, 2019•6 min•Ep. 11
Leveraging The Power of Conflict: 2019 Conference Speaker Ken Smith of Academy Leadership
Join Ken Smith at the ATD Houston 2019 Talent Development Conference and Expo - in Houston, TX on Sept 19, 2019. Leveraging the Power of Conflict 2019-09-19 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Organizational Development Leaders spend between 15 and 25% of their time managing conflicts. Leveraging the power of conflict is a critical skill for all leaders in the organization. Conflict by itself is neither good nor bad. How the leader deals with these opposing ideas or interests can determine the success of the or...
Aug 29, 2019•9 min•Ep. 10
ATD Houston Conference Sponsor Spotlight - Mobile Coach
Mobile Coach is the market-leading, enterprise-grade chatbot management platform. Learn more at mobilecoach.com. Registration and conference information about the 2019 ATD Houston Talent Development Conference and Expo can be found at https://www.tdhouston.org/2019-TD-CONFERENCE-AND-EXPO. From The ATD Houston Podcast Studio hosted by M. Bruce Abbott - www.mbruceabbott.com...
Aug 20, 2019•11 min•Ep. 9
ATD Houston - Conference Sponsor Spotlight: InsideOut Development
InsideOut Development is the world leader in workplace coaching. Quite simply, we help clients hold the conversations that energize people, motivate action, and lead to better—even incredible—business performance. Learn more at www.insideoutdev.com. Registration and conference information about the 2019 ATD Houston Talent Development Conference and Expo can be found at https://www.tdhouston.org/2019-TD-CONFERENCE-AND-EXPO. From The ATD Houston Podcast Studio hosted by M. Bruce Abbott - Corporate...
Jul 31, 2019•13 min•Ep. 8
Jai Shah, of Kahuna Workforce Solutions, discusses the benefits of Competency Based Solutions
Kahuna Workforce Solutions is a provider of Competency-based Human Optimization software and strategic consultation, offering solutions that allow companies to keep their operations running smoothly and efficiently, reduce total costs, and develop their workforce - Empowering companies to place the right worker in the right job at the right time – one hundred percent of the time. Learn more at www.kahunaworkforce.com From The ATD Houston Podcast Studio hosted by M. Bruce Abbott - corporate voice...
May 15, 2019•12 min•Ep. 7
Announcing a new workshop: Create an Articulate Storyline 360 eLearning Course In a Day, May 03, 2019
Register at https://tdhouston.org/event-3332969 If you’ve been itching to get your hands on Articulate Storyline 360 to create a killer eLearning course, this is your opportunity. Bring your own laptop (loaded with the free, 30-day trial of Storyline 360, or the licensed version) and put Storyline through its paces. Start with nothing, end with a completed project you can share with your boss, colleagues, and friends. During this full-day, action-packed course you will: Create a new, blank proje...
Mar 27, 2019•8 min•Ep. 6
End Sucky Online Classes Forever - Tips, Tricks, and Tactics for Engaging Live, Online Students: 2019 ATD Houston Tech Conference Speaker, Kevin Siegel
Join Kevin Siegel at the ATD Houston 2019 Tech Conference - Transform Learning - in Houston, TX on May 2, 2019. Register at tdhouston.org End Sucky Online Classes Forever! Tips, Tricks, and Tactics for Engaging Live, Online Students In an attempt to save training money on travel, many organizations are requiring trainers to teach live, online classes via virtual classroom platforms like GoTo Training, Zoom, WebEx, and Connect. Unfortunately, trainers are ill-equipped to take their “training act”...
Mar 26, 2019•12 min•Ep. 5
Make Your Augmented Reality "Speak" With Video and 3D Characters: 2019 ATD Houston Tech Conference Speaker, Robbie Adair
Join Robbie Adair at the ATD Houston 2019 Tech Conference - Transform Learning - in Houston, TX on May 2, 2019. MAKE YOUR AUGMENTED REALITY “SPEAK” WITH VIDEO & 3D CHARACTERS AR is technology that overlays information and virtual objects on real-world scenes in real time. It uses the existing environment and adds information to it—hence the “augmented”—to make a new artificial environment. Most AR technology is accessed through applications on smartphones and tablets using the device’s camer...
Mar 20, 2019•7 min•Ep. 4
From Data-To Learning- To Action: 2019 ATD Houston Tech Conference Speaker, Steven Flinn
Join Steven Flinn at the ATD Houston 2019 Tech Conference - Transform Learning - in Houston, TX on May 2, 2019. DATA-TO-LEARNING-TO-ACTION: MINDS AND MACHINES It’s the universal process--birds do it, we do it, even educated machines now do it! And organizations need to do it better. The “it” is data-to-learning-to-action. Whether people or machine-based, learning is most fundamentally the process for better predicting. And actionable learning is learning that affects decisions and has tangible v...
Mar 19, 2019•9 min•Ep. 3
Show Your Work! 2019 ATD Houston Tech Conference Keynote Speaker: Jane Bozarth
Join Jane Bozarth at 2019 Tech Conference in Houston, TX on May 2, 2019. SHOW YOUR WORK: THE PAYOFFS AND HOW-TOS OF WORKING OUT LOUD We’ve all had the experience of finishing a workplace project to find out someone had already done it, or struggling to learn a new skill to find out too late that someone in the next department has an extensive background in it. As training practitioners we spend a great deal of time talking about how people learn, and how to help people learn, and how to use that...
Mar 18, 2019•10 min•Ep. 2
Talking Chatbots with 2019 Tech Conference Speaker Vince Han
Join Vince Han at 2019 Tech Conference in Houston, TX on May 2, 2019. Chatbots are becoming commonplace to help automate simple tasks, making life easier for the consumer. But what about utilizing chatbots to facilitate learning? This session explores the core concepts of AI (Artificial Intelligence) with chatbot development and how it can be applied to aid corporate learners. We will review examples of how chatbots can be designed to optimize training reinforcement and measurement. You will als...
Mar 11, 2019•7 min•Ep. 1
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