ATD Greater Boston Presents:

April "lunch and learn": Challenge and change – will a new L&D emerge from the pandemic?

with Donald H Taylor

April 27, 2022 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM

Virtual event - link in registration email

What has changed in L&D since last year’s global reaction to the Covid-19 pandemic?

Everything and nothing.

Technology, expectations and much more have altered over the past two years, but the focus of L&D in most organizations is still mostly on the creation and delivery of content. Under pressure and under resourced, L&D seems far from its goal of helping people develop as part of a people strategy agreed at the highest levels.

In this session, Donald will explain the key themes in L&D that emerged from his L&D Global Sentiment Survey 2022, answered this year by over 3,500 people in 112 countries world-wide. He’ll look at major trends, some of the geographical differences across the world, and explore the results for the USA in some detail.

• L&D’s shifting priorities in 2022
• The challenges we’re facing across the world
• Are we moving from technology to humanizing L&D?
• The Why and the How of L&D this year
• Listening to L&D voices from the USA

About the Speaker:

A recognized commentator and thinker in the fields of workplace learning and supporting technologies, Donald is committed to helping develop the learning and development profession. From 2010 to 2021, he chaired the Learning and Performance Institute, where he continues to head the Advisory Board and Learning Professionals Network.

A core part of Donald’s commitment to the profession is what he calls ‘creating spaces for meaningful conversations. His annual L&D Global Sentiment Survey, now in its ninth year, attracts responses from thousands of respondents in over 80 countries.

His work over more than 30 years in L&D ranges from training delivery to director and vice-president positions in software companies. Donald has been a company director and shareholder for three companies through start up, growth and acquisition. He now advises a number of EdTech start-ups, and works with Emerge Education, a European seed fund focused on start-ups in this field.