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ATD Greater Twin Cities’ Joy of Learning Mixer

For an even greater value, consider registering for this course through the bundle available in our Joy of Learning Continuous Conference!

November 2, 2022

5:30 PM –  In-Person @ ModernWell: 2909 S. Wayzata Blvd. Minneapolis, MN 55405  

This event is open to all ATD members and non-members who either participated in one or more “Joy of Learning Continuous Conference” sessions or are interested in learning more about upcoming ATD events and membership. Enjoy refreshments, structured networking activities, games, and prizes with local learning and development practitioners.

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Be Less Human to Improve Your Learning & Development Programs

For an even greater value, consider registering for this course through the bundle available in our Joy of Learning Continuous Conference!

October 11, 2022

8:45am – 12pm –  In-Person @Brookview Golden Valley: 316 Brookview Parkway S, Golden Valley, MN 55426

The issue with developing people is that (unless you train animals) your audience includes, well…people!  And to further complicate things, YOU, the person designing, developing or delivering the experience is also (most likely) also a human!

In this interactive session, Howie Milstein, Annoyance and Provocateur with The Institute to Stop Taking Yourself So Seriously, will help instructional designers, trainers, coaches and anyone who works to develop people, recognize key issues to watch out for when designing, developing or delivering learning and development experiences.

Session attendees will:

  • Recognize how biases, insecurities and other natural instincts can unconsciously hijack our best intentions, getting in the way of creating a positive growth and learning experiences for others. 
  • Learn how to avoid creating conditions that unintentionally alienate or discourage learners

Meet the Presenter:

A strong adherent to the ideas of Self Determination Theory—including the principles of autonomy, mastery and purpose—Howie Milstein learned that acquiring an understanding of motivation was only half the battle. In order to optimize culture, employee engagement, and predictable outcomes, he had to become deeply introspective and choose the best leadership style to nurture innovation, passion and growth. When he stopped taking himself so seriously, things got better. Much better.

As the CEO/Provocateur with the Institute to Stop Taking Yourself So Seriously!, Howie’s message is that, while there are myriad options to attempt cultural change in organizations, perhaps the only thing is for individuals to seriously manage their egos. Jobs and careers aren’t just for economic sustenance, rather they are a means to access and contribute to healthy communities where individuals are emotionally bolstered, challenged, and valued.

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How to Make your Event as Memorable as a First Kiss

For an even greater value, consider registering for this course through the bundle available in our Joy of Learning Continuous Conference!

November 3, 2022

8:45am – 11:30am –  In-Person @ Brookview Golden Valley; Bassett Creek Room:
316 Brookview Parkway S Golden Valley, MN 55426

We remember powerful emotional experiences. It’s true! Dan Yaman, President and CEO of Live Spark, will lead this session that demonstrates how incorporating emotional experiences into events makes them memorable. The session will also discuss the research behind why we remember emotional events, ways to evoke emotion and engagement, and how to sustain that emotional experience throughout an event.

Session attendees will:

  • Participate in a fun, fast-paced and highly-interactive presentation
  • Learn how to create an emotional experience that can be used in any type of event or gathering
  • Take home a list of strategies they can implement immediately at their next event

Meet the Presenter:

Dan Yaman started his career at age 17 as America’s Youngest Stage Hypnotist. As he traveled around the country performing before audiences, he realized that there was a bigger need for helping audiences stay awake during presentations. As the CEO of Live Spark–a strategic event design company–he developed innovative ways to help clients engage millions of audience members around the world. The Live Spark client list includes: Intel, American Express, Honeywell, Xerox, Michelin and many others. Dan’s pioneering methodology combines “The Art of Theater”, “The Science of Learning” and the “Psychology of Persuasion” to create engaging environments where message comprehension and content retention soars. This unique Brain-Based approach helps his clients put on events that profoundly increase their ROI while making the event more enjoyable, meaningful and relevant for the audience. Dan is also co-author of the best-selling training book “I’ll Take Learning for 500: Using Game Shows to Engage, Motivate and Train”.

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Integrating SERIOUS PLAY into your Learning and Coaching Experiences

For an even greater value, consider registering for this course through the bundle available in our Joy of Learning Continuous Conference!

October 25, 2022

8:45am – 12pm –  In-Person @ Brookview Golden Valley, Bassett Creek Room:
316 Brookview Parkway S Golden Valley, MN 55426

LEGO SERIOUS PLAY (LSP) is an engaging and intuitively appealing way to help organizations and teams find answers to their own challenges and options. LSP is a facilitated process that leads participants through a series of deeper prompts to address challenges. Participants build three-dimensional models using special LEGO bricks in response to prompts that we customize for each group’s area of focus.

This workshop will creatively engage participants to re-energize their own joy of learning and help them explore how to improve the work they do with their clients, partners, and stakeholders.

Session attendees will:

  • Engage the whole-brain through use of both the right and left hands while building models
  • Integrate social, cognitive, and emotional dimensions into group exercises
  • Share new ideas and think differently about their challenges and opportunities
  • Explore, realize, and articulate a much more detailed view of their world

Meet the Presenter:

Regardless of the overarching challenge or goal, Laura Delavie helps people shift their beliefs, mindsets, and behaviors for positive change. As the Chief Alchemist of ALCEMIS, she designs and facilitates engaging and actionable experiences like conversations, workshops, coaching engagements, and communications for leaders and teams who want to identify insights, resolve differences, create shared meaning and alignment, strategize and plan, unleash collaboration, and generate new solutions to have a positive impact. Her work integrates methodologies like LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®, 3D Creative Solution Design™, and/or Integral Coaching® to catalyze and help leaders and teams think and act differently. She works with leaders who have holistic, improvement, and growth mindsets. They yearn for and are ready to build conscious solutions that both honor humanity and generate prosperity.

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Using Visual Thinking To Improve Your Learning Experiences

November 9, 2022

11 AM – 12:30 PM – Virtual

Ideal for instructional designers, trainers, facilitators, coaches and anyone who wants to be better at getting their ideas across, this program will show you how to draw and use visual images to communicate your ideas.

This hands-on workshop, facilitated by Eric Oakland and Marita Herkert-Oakland, will discuss how to process and communicate information visually and you will be introduced to Relumed’s VAST Framework for visual thinking. No artistic talent needed, just curiosity and excitement for effective, creative communication! 

Session Attendees will:

  • Explore how to bring visual elements to your training to improve understanding and memory
  • Learn how to draw to keep up with the speed of thought
  • Discover ways to use visual thinking collaboratively
  • Identify the physical and digital tools to take the next steps in your visual thinking journey

Meet the Presenters:

Eric Oakland is the co-founder and lead visualizer for Relumed. His drive is to bring common understanding of an organization to leadership and teams through visual communication. He leverages experience in design, video production, animation, graphic facilitation, marketing, brand management and more, to bring stories and ideas to light. As a creative entrepreneur, Relumed is Eric’s fourth co-founded business. He co-founded TruScribe in 2010 and Squigl in 2015.

Marita Herkert Oakland is the co-founder and lead facilitator of Relumed. Marita encourages leaders and teams and guides them through their work critically and compassionately. Her superpowers are identifying purpose and aligning strategy. She uses her masters degree in clinical social work in unexpected ways – working with entrepreneurs to overcome obstacles and accelerate change in alignment with their “Why?”

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Join us for ATD – GTC’s Joy of Learning Progressive Conference!

You already look to our Greater Twin Cities Chapter of ATD as a force for bringing together learning and development practitioners across the state to exchange best practices. But, we’re taking things up a notch and offering a new and truly unique experience we’re calling the ‘Joy of Learning Progressive Conference’. Here’s your chance to fall back in love with what you do!

At this conference, you’ll reunite in person with other learning and development practitioners, network with key industry thought leaders, share your experiences, and learn new strategies to up your game and deepen the joy of learning!

What is a ‘progressive conference’?

Unlike traditional conferences, the ATD ‘Joy of Learning Progressive Conference’ provides a series of sessions that span a larger-than-normal period of time. Specifically, ATD features a few sessions per month over a 3-month stretch. This gives you the ability to fully absorb the content from one session at a time and apply it to your real work scenarios bit-by-bit, rather than cramming sessions together into a traditional 1, 2, or 3-day conference timeframe. We chose this format intentionally to help our conference attendees avoid information overload and the burden of an overscheduled calendar.

Learn & engage in sessions with innovative content & inspiring presenters!

The sessions featured in the ATD ‘Joy of Learning Progressive Conference’ are far from mainstream. These sessions are intended to be engaging and disrupt your current state of thinking. Likewise, the hand-curated list of presenters will push you to think of ideas and solutions beyond what have traditionally been possible; bringing fresh ideas and inspiring you to approach talent development, learning development and coaching in new ways.

Locations:

DateTimeTopicSpeakerLocation
Thursday,
September 15th		9:45 am-12 pmHow Story Works: The Power of Story to Inspire LearningTim Schuster, Popup Think TankBrookview Golden Valley 
Tuesday,
September 27th		2:45-5 pmUsing Improv for a Brave New Approach to Learning!Margi Simmons, Brave New OutpostSisyphus Brewing
Tuesday,
October 11th		8:45 am-
12 pm		Be Less Human to Improve Your L&D ProgramsHowie Milstein, The Institute to Stop Taking Yourself So SeriouslyBrookview Golden Valley 
Tuesday,
October 25th		8:45 am-12 pmIntegrating SERIOUS PLAY into your Learning and Coaching ExperienceLaura Delavie, ALCEMISBrookview Golden Valley 
Thursday,
November 3rd		9:45-11 amHow to Make your Event as Memorable as a First KissDan Yaman, Live Spark
Brookview Golden Valley 
Wednesday,
November 2nd		5:30 pmATD Greater Twin Cities’ Joy of Learning MixerN/AModernwell

Pricing:

One ticket gives you access to all conference sessions! A fantastic value!

ATD Members: $299 (19% savings over non-members)
Non-Members: $469 (includes a 1-year membership to the ATD Greater Twin Cities Chapter) PACT Members*: $399
*Special price available to all PACT Members. See the PACT website for more details and a discount code.

For problems or questions related to registration, please contact us at info@atd-gtc.org

Learn More about Each Session Below!

How Story Works: The Power of Story to Inspire Learning

Presenter: Tim Schuster
Date: Wednesday, September 15th
Time: 9:45am-12pm
Format: In-Person @ Brookview Golden Valley 316 Brookview Parkway S, Golden Valley, MN 55426

Stop! Before designing a learning experience, creating an invitation, or even scribbling down a meeting agenda, we’re all better off knowing how story works.

💭 It’s a complex and noisy world. This workshop unpacks the 7 essential story elements – and then gives you 4 immediate applications. You’ll leave the session with new frameworks and tools. And there is a good chance you’ll never experience a commercial, news article, movie, or theatre production the same way.

✅ Gain an accessible & practical overview of narrative architecture – the underlying forces that drive effective communication and experience design. Explore endless applications to leading, communicating, and living.

⚡ A session for trainers & coaches, communicators, innovation leaders, & change
management experts who use words & images daily to convey ideas, explain processes, and communicate for change. Learn how to cut through the noise so you can bring your audience deeper into a story that resonates.

Meet the Presenter:

Tim Schuster is the Founder of Popup Think Tank. His background includes Co-Founder of
LegalQ (Techstars ‘21), Creator of 6 Weeks on Money, and Entrepreneur-in-Residence at
Thrivent (Fortune 500). He is based in beautiful Minneapolis with Kelsey and their two
daughters.

Using Improv for a Brave New Approach to Learning!

Presenter: Margi Simmons
Date: Tuesday, September 27th
Time: 2:45-5pm
Format: In-Person @ Sysiphus Brewing: 712 Ontario Ave W #100, Minneapolis, MN 55403

In this laughter-filled, fast and fun workshop hosted by Brave New Outpost (formerly Brave New Workshop), you will experience the proven techniques of applied improvisation and will learn how this playful approach to learning can be used to expand your learner’s comfort zone, can help you build meaningful connections with your learners and can help re-energize your spirit and sense of joy in developing and delivering learning experiences that make a difference.

Perfectly suited for introverts, extroverts, analytical thinkers, creative types, perfectionists (recovering or not), and anyone who enjoys having fun and bringing fun to life in their work!

Session attendees will:

  • Understand the role of fun and play in learning and find new ways to use play to innovate learning experiences
  • Practice skills to bolster personal authenticity, presence, and confidence, bringing your energy to help focus learning and growth
  • Introduce behaviors you can use to create a positive learning environment in the classroom, where people can speak up, share new ideas, and embrace change as fuel
  • Bring new energy to your coaching and development sessions, showcasing how our mindset, responses, reactions and responses can inspire and energize those we support and mentor

Meet the Presenter:

Margi Simmons is a highly-sought-after speaker and trainer who inspires thousands of professionals each year as part of the Brave New Outpost core team. The Brave New Outpost has been using transformational laughter to help professionals activate their best, most resilient mindset for 20+ years.

Be Less Human to Improve Your Learning & Development Programs

Presenter: Howie Milstein
Date: Tuesday, October 11th
Time: 8:45am-12pm
Format: In-Person @ ModernWell: 2909 S. Wayzata Blvd. Minneapolis, MN 55405

The issue with developing people is that (unless you train animals) your audience includes, well…people!  And to further complicate things, YOU, the person designing, developing or delivering the experience is also (most likely) also a human!

In this interactive session, Howie Milstein, Annoyance and Provocateur with The Institute to Stop Taking Yourself So Seriously, will help instructional designers, trainers, coaches and anyone who works to develop people, recognize key issues to watch out for when designing, developing or delivering learning and development experiences.

Session attendees will:

  • Recognize how biases, insecurities and other natural instincts can unconsciously hijack our best intentions, getting in the way of creating a positive growth and learning experiences for others. 
  • Learn how to avoid creating conditions that unintentionally alienate or discourage learners

Meet the Presenter:

A strong adherent to the ideas of Self Determination Theory—including the principles of autonomy, mastery and purpose—Howie Milstein learned that acquiring an understanding of motivation was only half the battle. In order to optimize culture, employee engagement, and predictable outcomes, he had to become deeply introspective and choose the best leadership style to nurture innovation, passion and growth. When he stopped taking himself so seriously, things got better. Much better.

As the CEO/Provocateur with the Institute to Stop Taking Yourself So Seriously!, Howie’s message is that, while there are myriad options to attempt cultural change in organizations, perhaps the only thing is for individuals to seriously manage their egos. Jobs and careers aren’t just for economic sustenance, rather they are a means to access and contribute to healthy communities where individuals are emotionally bolstered, challenged, and valued.

Integrating SERIOUS PLAY into your Learning and Coaching Experiences

Presenter: Laura Delavie
Date: Tuesday, October 25th
Time: 8:45 am- 12 pm
Format: In-Person @ Brookview Country Club, Bassett Creek Room, 316 Brookview Parkway S Golden Valley, MN 55426

LEGO SERIOUS PLAY (LSP) is an engaging and intuitively appealing way to help organizations and teams find answers to their own challenges and options. LSP is a facilitated process that leads participants through a series of deeper prompts to address challenges. Participants build three-dimensional models using special LEGO bricks in response to prompts that we customize for each group’s area of focus.

This workshop will creatively engage participants to re-energize their own joy of learning and help them explore how to improve the work they do with their clients, partners, and stakeholders.

Session attendees will:

  • Engage the whole-brain through use of both the right and left hands while building models
  • Integrate social, cognitive, and emotional dimensions into group exercises
  • Share new ideas and think differently about their challenges and opportunities
  • Explore, realize, and articulate a much more detailed view of their world

Meet the Presenter:

Regardless of the overarching challenge or goal, Laura Delavie helps people shift their beliefs, mindsets, and behaviors for positive change. As the Chief Alchemist of ALCEMIS, she designs and facilitates engaging and actionable experiences like conversations, workshops, coaching engagements, and communications for leaders and teams who want to identify insights, resolve differences, create shared meaning and alignment, strategize and plan, unleash collaboration, and generate new solutions to have a positive impact. Her work integrates methodologies like LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®, 3D Creative Solution Design™, and/or Integral Coaching® to catalyze and help leaders and teams think and act differently. She works with leaders who have holistic, improvement, and growth mindsets. They yearn for and are ready to build conscious solutions that both honor humanity and generate prosperity.

How to Make your Event as Memorable as a First Kiss

Presenter: Dan Yaman
Date: Thursday, November 3rd
Time: 8:45-11:30 am
Format: In-Person @ Brookview Country Club, Bassett Creek Room, 316 Brookview Parkway S Golden Valley, MN 55426

We remember powerful emotional experiences. It’s true! Dan Yaman, President and CEO of Live Spark, will lead this session that demonstrates how incorporating emotional experiences into events makes them memorable. The session will also discuss the research behind  why we remember emotional events, ways to evoke emotion and engagement, and how to sustain that emotional experience throughout an event.

Session attendees will:

  • Participate in a fun, fast-paced and highly-interactive presentation
  • Learn how to create an emotional experience that can be used in any type of event or gathering
  • Take home a list of strategies they can implement immediately at their next event

Meet the Presenters:

Dan Yaman started his career at age 17 as America’s Youngest Stage Hypnotist. As he traveled around the country performing before audiences, he realized that there was a bigger need for helping audiences stay awake during presentations. As the CEO of Live Spark–a strategic event design company–he developed innovative ways to help clients engage millions of audience members around the world. The Live Spark client list includes: Intel, American Express, Honeywell, Xerox, Michelin and many others. Dan’s pioneering methodology combines “The Art of Theater”, “The Science of Learning” and the “Psychology of Persuasion” to create engaging environments where message comprehension and content retention soars. This unique Brain-Based approach helps his clients put on events that profoundly increase their ROI while making the event more enjoyable, meaningful and relevant for the audience. Dan is also co-author of the best-selling training book “I’ll Take Learning for 500: Using Game Shows to Engage, Motivate and Train”.

ATD Greater Twin Cities’ Joy of Learning Mixer

Date: Wednesday, November 2nd
Time: 5:30 PM
Format: In-Person @ ModernWell: 2909 S. Wayzata Blvd. Minneapolis, MN 55405

This event is open to all ATD members and non-members who either participated in one or more “Joy of Learning Progressive Conference” sessions or are interested in learning more about upcoming ATD events and membership. Enjoy refreshments, structured networking activities, games, and prizes with local learning and development practitioners.

Locations:

Brookview Golden Valley: a welcoming, polished event and conference space at the beautiful Brookview Golden Valley.
316 Brookview Parkway S,
Golden Valley, MN 5542

Sisyphus Brewing: an industrial-chic, dog-friendly brewery popular for craft beers, arcade games, & open mic nights.
712 Ontario Ave. W., #100
Minneapolis, MN 55403

Modernwell:  a collaborative space that balances independent spirit with holistic well-being, championing a one-of-a-kind, work-life community.
2909 S. Wayzata Blvd.
Minneapolis, MN 55405

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