Workshop Information

Facilitator Bio:

Yolanda Larner is a senior learning and operations leader with 15+ years of experience guiding organizations through the design, delivery, and scale of learning in complex environments. Her work centers on operational excellence for L&D teams, including organizational effectiveness, delivery models, quality systems, and the strategic use of AI to improve consistency and impact. Yolanda is a frequent conference speaker, known for translating strategy into execution through clear, practical frameworks. She has presented at events including the Canadian eLearning Conference, ATD, OEB, and Learning Technologies conferences.

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Many L&D teams try to solve delivery challenges by improving individual courses, tools, or templates—while the underlying operating system remains fragmented, unclear, and reactive. This full-day working session helps participants shift from course-level fixes to system-level design.

Through guided, hands-on activities, participants will examine how learning work flows through their organization, identify operational friction points, and design a scalable L&D delivery model. Drawing on real-world experience leading a fully remote, multi-disciplinary L&D organization, the session focuses on practical operating components such as workflow design, role clarity, intake and prioritization, quality checkpoints, and meaningful metrics.

Participants will actively build core operational artifacts—including workflow maps, RACI models, and intake criteria—and leave with a 30-60-90-day plan to pilot improvements within their own learning function.

Objectives:

• How to map and analyze an end-to-end L&D delivery workflow to identify bottlenecks, handoff gaps, and systemic inefficiencies.
• How to clarify roles, decision rights, and accountability using practical RACI models and intake criteria tailored to learning work.
• How to design lightweight quality and review checkpoints that improve consistency and outcomes without slowing delivery.
• How to identify and communicate meaningful operational and learning metrics that demonstrate L&D impact to stakeholders and leadership.
• How to create a 30-60-90-day action plan to pilot system improvements within your own organization.

Audience: Intermediate, Advanced

Software/Platforms: Digital workflow mapping or diagramming tools, RACI frameworks and standardized intake templates, basic tracking and dashboarding tools (e.g., spreadsheets), collaboration tools for cross-functional or distributed L&D teams.

Bring your own device: Yes

Facilitator Bio:

Whether it’s coming up with new solutions to age-old challenges or conveying those experiences with professional audiences, Mark Sheppard embraces the opportunity to learn and share. For more than 30 years, he has benefitted from being immersed in a rich milieu of working environments. He is the owner and founder of 2Sphynx Innovations, an L&D consultancy serving the public and private sectors in Canada and the US. He holds certificates in Adult Training and Development (University of Toronto) and Human Resources Management (Seneca Polytechnic); a Diploma in Graphic Communications (Canadore College); and a Master’s Degree in Learning and Technology (Royal Roads University).

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eLearning is a space that's ripe for innovation and change. We need to contintually demonstrate value to the business and to our learners, but it's essential that you are well-equipped to take the right steps in your innovation journey. In this immersive and hands-on workshop, e-learning practitioners, designers, and leaders learn about the interconnected roles played by creativity and innovation as pillars for continuous improvement. The workshop focuses on core principles such as Systems Thinking, Design Thinking, and structured change to empower participants to leverage creativity as a driving force for innovation.

Objectives:

• Learn about the fundamental practices that drive innovation in the eLearning space
• How to apply a Systems Thinking approach to your innovation effort
• How to leverage industry tools such as an innovation canvas to build a comprehensive innovation roadmap
• Learn about the roles played by creativity and innovation and how to harness each one to drive meaningful change

Audience: Intermediate

Software/Platforms Used: N/A

Bring your own device: Yes

Facilitator Bio:

Ron has 40 years of experience in organizational effectiveness, leadership coaching, instructional design, spiritual development, and experiential learning. His unique background has allowed him to support a wide range of customers, from schools like Duke University and Harvard Business School to multinational corporations like Sanofi, Amazon, BP, and Pepsico. After joining Yukon Learning in 2008, Ron began working closely with the Articulate team to design and develop the certified training programs for the Articulate suite of tools. Ron enjoys facilitating training sessions and designing e-learning solutions for Yukon Learning customers.

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Many Storyline users only learn the software's mechanics, but impactful courses require more. This full-day workshop provides novice to intermediate users with the key skills for building interactive and animated e-learning content in Articulate Storyline 360, including hands-on practice in course development, visual design, animation, and interactivity.

Objectives:

• Design course content that is visually engaging
• Create interactive slides that foster curiosity and learning
• Develop creative animations to deliver impactful effects
• Use multiple animations and motion paths together
• Sync animation and motion with audio and timeline (with or without AI)

Audience: Novice/Intermediate

Software/Platforms Used: Storyline, animation, motion, AI, JavaScript

Bring your own device: Yes 

Facilitator Bio:
Jazmin Webster, Curator of Quality Experiences, is an internationally recognized speaker, facilitator, and author with 20 years of experience in learning, leadership development, and performance improvement. Her background in both science and education, combined with instructor-level certifications in gamified learning design and the Innogreat BOX™ professional development program, allows her to balance evidence-based thinking with creativity on stage. Jazmin is known for translating complex ideas into practical, human-centered experiences that inspire action. Jazmin serves her L&D community through volunteer leadership and is deeply committed to advancing the talent development profession.

Artrell Williams is a Talent Development leader, facilitator, and consultant with 14 years of active involvement in Talent and Development. He is an ATD Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD), an ATD Master Trainer, a Gamification Master Craftsman, as well as an Innogreat BOX™️ Certified Facilitator, recognized for designing learning experiences that move beyond theory into meaningful, real-world application. Beyond the Box, Artrell helps talent development professionals examine the assumptions, constraints, and systems that shape how learning shows up at work. Artrell is passionate about crafting experiences that help organizations rethink capability, constraints, and growth, principles central to The Box experience.

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Learning experiences don’t fail because learners are disengaged. They fail because learning design often overlooks how people think, feel, and behave under pressure. Assumptions, habits, identity, and past experiences quietly shape how learners engage with content, navigate learning environments, and apply learning beyond the session. In this full-day workshop, participants experience The BOX Experience as a design framework that makes invisible thinking visible, and thus, "redesign-able." Through guided activities, reflection, and facilitated dialogue, participants explore what it feels like to be “boxed in,” how that state influences learning and decision-making, and what it takes to design experiences that influence behavior change. Participants will translate experiential insights into practical design principles and leave with a repeatable lens for designing learning experiences that learners can navigate, internalize, and apply, resulting in meaningful behavior change.

Objectives:

• To analyze how assumptions, habits, identity, and prior experiences influence learner behavior and engagement, particularly under pressure
• To examine learning experiences through The BOX, identifying design choices that unintentionally limit clarity, confidence, or application
• To design learning experiences that intentionally account for how learners think, feel, and behave in real-world contexts
• To apply The BOX design lens to a real learning challenge, creating a practical shift that supports meaningful behavior change

Audience: Novice, Intermediate, Advanced

Software/Platforms Used: The BOX technology is a paper-based, interactive participant guide. No other technologies will be required for this session

Bring your own device: No 

Facilitator Bio:

Chris Van Wingerden is Sr VP ONE Success at dominKNow, ensuring our customer teams start out successfully and continue successfully as they change and grow. Chris has been with dominKnow for more than 20 years, has helped develop hundreds of hours of content and crafted hundreds of articles and lessons in our community site. He has co-hosted dominKnow’s Instructional Designers in Offices Drinking Coffee video and podcast series for more than five years and 250+ episodes, and has presented sessions at many industry conferences including ATD, DevLearn, Learning Solutions and I4Pl. He has a B.Ed. in Adult Education.

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This workshop is for those interested in learning about authoring in dominKnow | ONE's responsive (Flow) authoring option. Participants will learn how to create intricate and engaging courses using the most advanced responsive authoring solution on the market.

Following the workshop you will be able to add to your portfolio with examples created in dominKnow | ONE and you will receive an official certificate of your accomplishment.

The workshop learning approach combines live instruction with hands on practical experience. 

Participants of the workshop will continue to have a dominKnow | ONE subscription access for 6 months, allowing you to continue practicing and working on additions to your portfolio.

Objectives:

• Learn how the responsive page framework is different than PowerPoint and how to leverage differences for design decisions
• Learn best practices for designing content for use across all device and browser sizes
• Explore opportunities to target multiple learning audiences with a single content project
• Learn how to collaborate in real-time with integrated review workflows

Audience: Novice/Intermediate

Software/Platforms Used: dominKnow|ONE

Bring your own device: Yes

Facilitator Bio:
Karen Hyder has been using technology to teach about technology since 1991 when she delivered instructor-led software applications classes. Later, as director of trainer development, she helped trainers improve skills and earn certifications. In 2004, Karen launched The eLearning Guild’s Online Forums, a series of online conferences for eLearning development professionals, and hosts the Best of DemoFest. For 10 years, Karen has coached facilitators and hosted live learning experiences for Hearing First LLC. Karen contributed to “Design for All Learners: Create Accessible and Inclusive Learning Experiences” offering solutions and tools for effective webinars. Karen lead the team in the Virtual Engagement Lab at Training 2026 Conference & Expo.

Melissa Chambers is an online instructional specialist at MSC Consulting and a contract speaker coach/host for The Learning Guild’s Online Forums and Guild Academy. Melissa has over 20 years’ experience in creative media production, project and change management, online instructional design, and eLearning strategy development, and has been designing, producing, and coaching for synchronous online programs since 2002. She holds a master’s degree in instructional design for online learning, and has spearheaded award-winning programs in eLearning, process improvement, and strategic development. Melissa has a passion for lifelong learning, technology, cultivating creativity, and having fun while working.

Workshop Information:

L&D departments are always asked to do more. Stakeholders will give requirements without always knowing what is involved in their requests. Sometimes, they know specific criteria must be met and will pass that along to the L&D department. You probably have heard things like:

“Make it shorter, but still cover all the content.”

“Training must be personalized but scalable for the entire organization and vendor network.”

“Oh, there will be some delay between when participants take the training and when they use the information, so ensure the learners don’t forget.”

Objectives:

• Design to encode, store, and retrieve information using a layered and spaced approach
• Create desirable difficulty in learning activities
• Move beyond regurgitation, and empower learners to reflect, elaborate, and generate new insights
• Evaluate effectiveness

Audience: Novice, Intermediate

Software/Platforms Used: Zoom, Adobe Connect, Teams, Airmeet and LMS tools.

Bring your own device: Yes