Schedule
The structure of the symposiumWe’re in the midst of building the 2016 program dynamically and in collaboration with the advisors and registrants, as we did last year. This process ensures that the content of the symposium is as tightly aligned with your current and emerging needs as possible – a claim very few other events can credibly make.
Last year’s schedule, available below (click the title of each session to view a full description) and as a downloadable program at a glance, will give you a sense of the structure, the general approach to sessions, and a feel for the range of topics the symposium will cover.
We anticipate beginning no earlier than 8:00 am on Monday, October 24, and ending no later than 5:00 pm on Tuesday, October 25, 2016. As the 2016 schedule solidifies, we’ll update the information available here.
Day 1
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Day 2
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
08:00 - 08:45
Lord Baltimore Hotel
Priming Activity
The symposium kicks off with JumpStart Storytelling, a proven technique for building high-performance collaboration and originated by Seth Kahan, one of the symposium faculty. Why? The priming activity is a great opportunity to connect with highly motivated peers to begin getting value right away. This activity starts the symposium off... Read More Read More
09:00 - 10:00
Lord Baltimore Hotel
Community Assembly
The symposium continues with a discussion of the state of the lifelong learning market and key trends. We’ll also highlight the three overarching themes of the conference (reach, revenue, and impact) and the four threads (strategy, marketing, learning, technology), as well as the learning techniques (interleaving, spaced learning, effortful recall,... Read More Read More
Content Pods
The content pods are relatively brief framing sessions for key knowledge and skills. Each pod is oriented around a tool, a process visual, or a brief study with clear, actionable insights that can be used in the afternoon app labs and, more importantly, in attendees’ day-to-day work. The pods are... Read More Read More
Wes Trochlil
2015 Leading Learning Faculty
2015 Leading Learning Faculty
12:00 - 13:30
Lunch and Break
The lunch will be a networking opportunity (no formal content or speaker), with question cards and other aids for sparking meaningful discussion. Sufficient time will be allotted to give people a chance to check e-mail, etc., before afternoon sessions—or a chance to take a walk around the block, review and... Read More Read More
App Labs
The facilitated applied-learning sessions represent one of the highest value elements of the symposium—the chance to work collaboratively with peers at other associations and with seasoned consultants who, collectively, have helped hundreds of organizations transform their businesses. Faculty will present relevant content and context and then guide participants in working... Read More Read More
Wes Trochlil
2015 Leading Learning Faculty
2015 Leading Learning Faculty
Leadership Microcoaching
Led by Lisa A. Bing, an expert in leadership development, leadership microcoaching is a brief session (approximately 15 to 20 minutes), in which a symposium attendee, either alone or in a small group, focuses on a key leadership issue that is standing—or could stand—in the way of progress. The sessions... Read More Read More
Lisa A. Bing
2015 Leading Learning Faculty
2015 Leading Learning Faculty
App Labs
The facilitated applied-learning sessions represent one of the highest value elements of the symposium—the chance to work collaboratively with peers at other associations and with seasoned consultants who, collectively, have helped hundreds of organizations transform their businesses. Faculty will present relevant content and context and then guide participants in working... Read More Read More
Wes Trochlil
2015 Leading Learning Faculty
2015 Leading Learning Faculty
16:00 - 16:45
Lord Baltimore Hotel
Synthesis
We will reconvene as a group to debrief, connect the dots, and prepare for the next day. Encourage attendees to report to the full group on what they have learned. Engage some attendees in hot seats. Why? Reflection is important to learning, and, by building in time to reflect as... Read More Read More
Community Assembly and the Superhuman Art of Learning to Predict the Future
We’ll focus on community building and active reflection before handing it over to a featured speaker, who comes from outside associations but offers a perspective and approach transferable and valuable to the attendees’ world. The featured speaker will be Rohit Bhargava, author of the best-selling book Non-Obvious: How to Think... Read More Read More
Rohit Bhargava
“Outside” Speaker at the 2015 Symposium
“Outside” Speaker at the 2015 Symposium
Content Pods
The content pods are relatively brief framing sessions for key knowledge and skills. Each pod is oriented around a tool, a process visual, or a brief study with clear, actionable insights that can be used in the afternoon app labs and, more importantly, in attendees’ day-to-day work. The pods are... Read More Read More
Lisa A. Bing
2015 Leading Learning Faculty
2015 Leading Learning Faculty
12:00 - 13:15
Lord Baltimore Hotel
Lunch and Break
The lunch will be a networking opportunity (no formal content or speaker), with question cards and other aids for sparking meaningful discussion. Sufficient time will be allotted to give people a chance to check e-mail, etc., before afternoon sessions—or a chance to take walk around the block, review and reflect... Read More Read More
App Labs
The facilitated applied-learning sessions represent one of the highest value elements of the symposium—the chance to work collaboratively with peers at other associations and with seasoned consultants who, collectively, have helped hundreds of organizations transform their businesses. Faculty will present relevant content and context and then guide participants in working... Read More Read More
Wes Trochlil
2015 Leading Learning Faculty
2015 Leading Learning Faculty
Leadership Microcoaching
Led by Lisa A. Bing, an expert in leadership development, leadership microcoaching is a brief session (approximately 15 to 20 minutes), in which a symposium attendee, either alone or in a small group, focuses on a key leadership issue that is standing—or could stand—in the way of progress. The sessions... Read More Read More
Lisa A. Bing
2015 Leading Learning Faculty
2015 Leading Learning Faculty
14:30 - 15:30
Lord Baltimore Hotel
Curated Connections
Attendees with shared interests will come together for informal but focused discussion. We will actively work to connect people based on what we know about them. We will also provide structure and facilitation to make these discussions effective and meaningful while still allowing them to develop organically. Why? These curated... Read More Read More
15:45 - 16:30
Lord Baltimore Hotel