Live Demo Zone presentations uncover some of the most innovative products and solutions within the industry. All sessions take place in the Live Demo Zone, and are free to attend. We recommend arriving 10 minutes early to secure a space.
The 2019 programme, sponsored by Learning Pods.
Tuesday 15 October
10:00 – 10:45
Developing your ambitious future leaders through the apprenticeship levy
Do you know how to develop your senior leaders and high-potential talent through the apprenticeship levy? This session will introduce you to the Senior Leader Master’s Degree apprenticeship, explain how Cranfield can help you develop key individuals throughout MBA and Masters in management and leadership, and also explain how a customised programme, funded by the levy, can be designed to deliver on your organisation’s strategic objectives.
With two years’ experience now of delivering Level 7 Apprenticeships, we will share learnings and practical insights, including ways of managing the 20% ‘off the job’ allocation.
Jane Wharmby, Business Development Director & Helen Knight, Recruitment Manager, Cranfield School of Management
11:00 – 11:45
I’ve booked the room, I’ve booked the trainer and I’ve even booked the lunch…but where are my learners?
“Fish goujons were tasty”, “I haven’t got time to go on the training”’, “what time does it finish?”, “I’ve a meeting at 11, so I’ll just come for the first bit if that’s okay”, “the training day was fine, but I won’t remember any of it back at my desk”. Sound Familiar? Research tells us that a major challenge for any HR professional is to get their people to truly engage with training.
Come and join this fun and interactive workshop which explores ways to motivate the learners before, during and after the training has taken place.
Clare Samuels & Andrew Norris, Directors of Learning and Fun, NO “i” in CLARE
12:00 – 12:45
OpenElms for education: how blended learning should be used to enable learner progression and achieve Ofsted and ESFA approval
Education providers delivering blended learning require online learning platforms which engage their learners, allow their delivery staff to utilise their creativity & innovation skills and fulfil the requirements of the ESFA and Ofsted. OpenElms for Education has been designed to be as easy to use as Netflix but stores and manages every student’s learning activity throughout their education journey; a system which in addition has interfaces for different roles to manage every aspect of learning.
We’ll show you how our customers are able to deliver blended learning effectively and why Ofsted and the ESFA were so impressed.
Andrew Howie, Director, eLearning WMB
13:00 – 13:45
How to deliver taliored training to multiple audiences with one LMS
It used to be the case that companies only had to deliver one type of training to one specific audience. But now, businesses are leveraging the opportunities that delivering different types of training to multiple audiences offers them. At LearnUpon, we built personalized portals into our platform from the very start. Think of them as ‘mini LMSs’ that enable you to manage and deliver training to your employees, partners and customers, in separate and unique environments.
In this session we’ll show you how you can build distinct learning environments for each training audience with LearnUpon’s multi-portal functionality.
Phily Hayes, Senior Account Manager, LearnUpon
14:00 – 14:45
gomo Authoring: authoring technology for modern learning design
Today’s modern learner demands some specific requirements when it comes to skill development. Short snippets, collaboration, and relevance are now must-haves. How does that change how we design?
In this session, we’ll see how the right authoring technology can help you to reduce the time it takes to create relevant content and how you can effectively collaborate with subject matter experts to get the very best to your learners quickly. In this demo, you’ll see how:
Huw Edwards, Solutions Architect & Mike Alcock, Global Sales Director, gomo
15:00- 15:45
Your future of delivering amazing eLearning starts here…
The demo will focus on three core areas of delivering eLearning with Learnify. The first phase will take the audience on a guided tour of Learnify’s learning environment highlighting a wealth of learner-centric features. This will be followed by a section that focusses on why Learnify is the right tool for your business. The last part of the presentation will focus on the Integrated content creator, highlighting how efficient it is to build and publish training content without the requirement to buy additional authoring tools.
Lez Davies, Director, Learnify
16:00 – 16:45
High performance team immersion
Through a dynamic immersive experience, Moving Performance will demonstrate how you can bring a unique, world-class approach to inspiring and developing your teams.
Imagine sitting alongside a world-class music ensemble made up of some of the finest musicians in the country, to learn first-hand how they produce an excellent output as a team and then applying the same principles into your own team.
Your people are tired of the same old thing – you want to give them a development experience that touches their hearts and minds; a vision of what a truly high performing team is all about. Your people deserve to be wowed.
Ben Hines, Founder & Director, Moving Performance
Wednesday 16 October
10:00 – 10:45
Cybersecurity sorted: how a seriously engaging digital game helps employees defend against cyberattacks
Human error is the root cause of close to one in five data breaches, so it makes sense to upskill employees to protect your business. But making cybersecurity training both engaging and effective requires serious creativity.
Sponge designed a new digital game to enable people to learn about cyberthreats and phishing attacks through gameplay. In this exciting demo, you’ll discover how they combined learning and game theory to create a fast-paced, easy to play experience. Go behind the scenes of the project, explore how players react to the game, and test your own knowledge on cybersecurity.
Lucy Gibbs, Innovation Producer, Sponge
11:00 – 11:45
Developed, engaged and delighted employees
HCM Deck gives knowledge, insight and support for everyone in the company – from employees to managers to C-Suite. The platform gives a chance to automate the workflow, free the mind and get rid of routine errors, spreadsheet proliferation and chaotic communication. Employee development processes can be simple and easy. During the demonstration you will learn how to:
Kamil Wójcik, Head of Customer Success, HMC Deck
Luke Pich, Growth Manager, HMC Deck
12:00 – 12:45
Instilled LXP: the learning experience platform for the efficient organization
Instilled is an easy-to-use, structured corporate learning experience platform (LXP) that supports a modern learning culture. It’s the simplest way to capture, catalog, and discover organizational knowledge at scale. Lead your learners to the right content – created by subject matter experts and peer groups – without distractions. With Instilled LXP, you can offer engaging learning experiences that don’t sacrifice efficiency. In this demo, you’ll see how:
Mike Alcock, Global Sales Director & Huw Edwards, Solutions Architect, gomo
13:00 – 13:45
Lost in translation: a revolution in effective communication
Delegates will experience an exciting and interactive extract of an MSc module using a framework which has been carefully developed and refined over three decades. Using a blend of Eastern and Western philosophy, this framework has been used to reduce stress and anxiety levels in individuals, whilst simultaneously increasing confidence and resilience.
Using this proven framework and tailored approach, delegates will discover how individuals can quickly develop greater self-understanding, allowing them to live more confident, balanced and fulfilled lives leading to more positive and productive outcomes both at home and at work.
In addition, one organisation will be selected to be involved in a state of the art programme aimed at improving effective communication (team and client facing) leading to better overall organisational performance.*
*Note: This programme is heavily subsidised by Birmingham City University and you will need to apply in writing at the end of the event.
Adam Crizzle, Professor in the Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences, Birmingham City University
14:00 – 14:45
Remote/virtual teambuilding and employee engagement in action
Remote teams struggle to develop a sense of identity and adopt a “one team” approach. Geographic, time zone and cultural barriers are difficult to overcome. Getting everyone together is financially prohibitive.
We will demonstrate an online, affordable team activity that is helping small teams through to whole organisations. Our group sizes to date range from 3 to 7,000.
Discover why our clients say that we have enabled them to “do something very different that we have not been able to do before” for their virtual teams to remote workers. And who our clients are. And have some fun too!
Nikki Lyon, Client Services Director, Sandstone
15:00 – 15:45
LEP’s: how they can help you transform into a learning organisation
L&D professionals, we’ve heard you: you need engagement.
Over the past few years, digital training platforms have adapted their products in an attempt to make them more interactive and engaging. But engagement on its own means nothing. To have a true impact as a trainer, you need to establish an engagement that will transform your corporate culture and serve your company’s business goals.
Your aim should be to turn your company into a learning organisation. In this demo, you will learn how a Learning Engagement Platform (LEP) can easily help you achieve this with collaborative learning.
Giovanni Bruere, Sales Coach UK & Camille Charaudeau, VP Strategy, 360Learning