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Did you miss the fun in South Beach at the live event? You’re in luck, the virtual CLO Symposium 2012 is right around the corner on May 8 and 9! Check out the recorded session “Southwest Airlines: Developing Legendary Leaders, Southwest Style” led by Bjorn Billhardt and Bonnie Endicott, Senior Manager People Development at Southwest Airlines. The first time around in Miami, this session was so popular that event staff had to bring in extra chairs. Twice! Watch the session at 12:30 p.m. on May 9.

Southwest Airlines has a highly engaged workforce known for its sense of humor and teamwork. Its culture is fueled by significant investments in leadership development. This session explores how Southwest’s Developing Legendary Leaders program, an intensive boot camp for managers and directors, builds leadership, strategic thinking and business acumen skills. The session takes a close look at a competitive team-based simulation that allows Southwest’s rising leaders to hone their business acumen skills.

Get an inside view into Southwest’s successful leadership development program, and see the results of Southwest’s focus on developing leaders from within the organization.

To learn more about Enspire’s Business Challenge at Southwest, read our case study here.

Also, feel free to stop by our virtual booth and chat with Gordy about Enspire’s simulation-based programs!

Click here to register for the virtual symposium!

Join us for a free webinar Thursday, Apr. 26 at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. CT
Storytelling Delivers Effective Learning: Cisco Case Study

Led by Enspire’s Matt Lisle, Senior Instructional Designer and Writer, Cisco’s Dawn Adams Miller, Learning & Development Solutions Group, and Rachel Ashkin, Chief Operating Officer of Brandon Hall Group.

We all know that storytelling is a great technique to present learning content. But what if the story is the content? What if the story is primarily told in pictures and words? Graphic novels are a great way to tell a learning story AND engage your learner’s imagination and emotions. Through the storyline you can accomplish two things: help the learning stick and help the learner stick with the learning.

The presenters will show how the graphic novel approach was used to engage learners in a corporate-wide initiative at Cisco. They will also share how the project progressed from selling the concept to the stakeholders, through design, development, implementation and deployment. Tools, costs, project management and what the metrics say will also be covered.

South by Southwest is just around the corner. SXSW continues to evolve and this year I am particularly excited about the latest addition to the festival, SXSWedu – a new conference focused on innovation in learning. Now in its second year, SXSWedu has tripled in size and signed up Secretary of Education Arne Duncan as a keynote speaker.

My own session at SXSW Interactive, “How Simulations Can Change the Future of Learning”, will focus on simulations and what’s on the horizon for interactive media and education. I’ll be using examples from corporate training and the K-12 space and will show how simulations can teach children and adults in new ways.

If you are attending SXSW Interactive, stop by my session and say hello! For more information about my session, click here.

Training 2012 is just around the corner and we’re looking forward to participating in this year’s event. If you’re heading to Atlanta, you have three chances to connect with Enspire at the conference.

1. Go to Bjorn’s session
On Monday, Feb. 13 at 2 p.m., check out How Simulations Can Teach Leadership and Business Acumen led by Enspire CEO Bjorn Billhardt.

2. Visit booth #614
Stop by booth #614 in the expo hall to see our latest training simulations and meet several members of the Enspire team.

3. Meet us for happy hour
Join us for the Social Media and Mobile Learning Pub Crawl. Sponsored by Enspire Learning and hosted by Jane Bozarth and A.J. Ripin, the mixer provides the opportunity to check out Atlanta’s nightlife, network with conference attendees, and earn the chance to win an iPad. The mixer will start at 6 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 13 at the Omni. Learn more by following Jane, A.J., Enspire, or Training 2012 on Twitter. Don’t have a Twitter account? Email mobipin@gmail.com for more information.

ASTD TechKnowledge will be held Jan. 25 – 27 in Las Vegas. If you’re heading to Vegas next week, stop by booth #107 to say hello to our team and see our leadership simulations and latest custom e-learning creations. Don’t miss the concurrent session led by Enspire CEO Bjorn Billhardt. Check it out!

Playing Games With Your People: How Business Simulations Can Grow Tomorrow’s Talent
Friday, Jan. 27 at 8:15 a.m.
Session description: Static e-learning courseware has become a staple in the training world, but rather than revolutionizing the learning field as many had predicted, it is underperforming expectations and failing to deliver on improvements in behavior. What has been missing in the e-learning world is the social aspect. Live online interactions in simulations, webinars, online role-plays, and peer networking tools promise to change the inactive nature of e-learning. But how can and will companies apply social learning effectively online? What should companies watch out for as they introduce interactive and social learning experience into the online mix?