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LearnFlux – 2022

  June 21, 22 & 23  

A Virtual Learning Event for eLearning Champions

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Get ready to embrace the future of training!

Looking to take your corporate training to the next level? Want to adopt the best of what’s working? Want to increase the impact of L&D and help it improve your organizational success?

Then LearnFlux – a collaborative platform for L&D pros, powered by L&D pros – is for you!

You are not alone as you navigate the highly exciting, dynamic world of L&D. Get inspired by success stories, ace the use of tech, explore new-age strategies, revisit the basics, get acquainted with the new – there’s a lot in store.

Make an impact by strengthening your training initiatives – with learning across domains and industries. Build your network by meeting peers and practitioners from top global organizations.

Enjoy lively sessions, workshops, pop quizzes, and more on everything related to training!

June 21-23

12 Sessions

8+ Featured Speakers

20 Meals Sponsored per Registration

Free Welcome Kit!

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Catch a Glimpse of the Previous Editions

Featured Speakers

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Paul Langlois

Vice President – Enterprise Learning
Ecolab
Susan Evans

Susan Evans

Manager, Organizational Change Management, Ecolab
Rebekah Ayers

Rebekah Ayers

Instructional Designer
ChampionX
Samta Chowdhary

Samta Chowdhary

Learning Strategist & Analyst |
Sr. Instructional Designer, T-Mobile
Carrie

Carrie Goode , Phd

Manager of Instructional Design
Terminix
Jim

Jim Carleton

Vice President – Commercial Learning, Ecolab
Carlos-Velazquez

Carlos Velazquez Meixueiro

Global Learning Experience Platform Leader, Caterpillar Inc.
Brad-Weyeneth

Brad Weyeneth

Senior Learning & Development Consultant and Technical Steward Caterpillar Inc.
Anil Chintaparthi

Anil Chintaparthi

Managing Director
Accenture
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Howard B. Lewis, Ph.D., CPT

Chief Learning Architect
CommLab India
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Dr RK Prasad

CEO & Co-Founder
CommLab India
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Shalini Merugu

Director – Learning Solutions
CommLab India
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Shweta Vyas

Sr.Instructional Designer &
Team Manager, CommLab India
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Gitika Nagra

Sr.Instructional Designer &
Team Manager, CommLab India
krishna chinthakunta

Krishna Chinthakunta

Lead - eLearning Developer
CommLab India
Upendar Vankudothu

Upendar Vankudothu

Sr. eLearning Developer
CommLab India
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June 2022 – Agenda

09:00 AM – 09:45 AM EDT | 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM CET

Employee Disengagement and L&D – What’s the Connect?

RK Prasad

Dr RK Prasad

CEO and Co-Founder, CommLab India
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Employee Disengagement and L&D – What’s the Connect?

Day: Session 1 – June 21, 2022
Speaker: Dr RK Prasad | CEO and Co-Founder – CommLab India
Time: 09:00 AM – 09:45 AM EDT | 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM CET
RK Prasad

RK is responsible for formulating the business strategy and nurturing customer relationships.

An entrepreneur at heart, he has 35 years of experience in Sales, Corporate training, University teaching, and eLearning.

About the Session

Employee disengagement is one of the biggest problems plaguing organizations. This edition of LearnFlux focuses on helping L&D professionals make a difference. And RK will set the tone by introducing the various areas L&D has a role to play.

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10:00 AM – 11:45 AM EDT | 4:00 PM – 5:45 PM CET

L&D Strategies to Support Internal Mobility for Employees

Paul Langlois

Paul Langlois

Vice President – Enterprise Learning, Ecolab
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L&D Strategies to Support Internal Mobility for Employees

Day: Session 2 – June 21, 2022
Speaker: Paul Langlois | Vice President, Enterprise Learning – Ecolab
Time: 10:00 AM – 11:45 AM EDT | 4:00 PM – 5:45 PM CET
Paul Langlois

Paul is an innovative leader with a proven ability to implement and enhance learning outcomes to help businesses achieve superior outcomes. He is a talented speaker and trainer.

Ecolab is the global leader in water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services – with annual sales of $12 billion and more than 44,000 associates.

About the Session

L&D has a crucial role to play in providing employees proper career advancement opportunities as they seek to grow within the organization. Paul will take us through proven L&D strategies that support internal mobility – that can be adapted and adopted in your organization!

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11:45 AM – 12:00 PM EDT | 5:45 PM – 6:00 PM CET

ACTIVITY TIME

12:30 PM – 1:15 PM EDT | 6:30 PM – 7:15 PM CET

Gamify Your eLearning!

Shweta

Shweta Vyas

Sr.Instructional Designer & Team Manager, CommLab India
Gitika Nagra

Gitika Nagra

Sr.Instructional Designer & Team Manager, CommLab India
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Gamify Your eLearning!

Day: Session 3 – June 21, 2022
Speaker 1: Shweta Vyas | Sr.Instructional Designer & Team Manager – CommLab India
Speaker 2: Gitika Nagra | Sr.Instructional Designer & Team Manager – CommLab India
Time: 12:30 PM – 1:15 PM EDT | 6:30 PM – 7:15 PM CET
Shweta Gitika Nagra

Shweta and Gitika are passionate instructional designers, with 9+ years of experience, responsible for designing strategies and creating instructionally sound storyboards.

Along with managing teams, their expertise lies in understanding business challenges and training needs, and making eLearning courses an interactive experience for learners.

About the Session

Edutainment is the catchphrase in L&D, and a sure way to engage today’s employees who live in a virtual video game, driven by lives, points, timers, and bounties. Explore how games – when designed right – can replicate this experiential experience in eLearning.

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1:30 PM – 2:15 PM EDT | 7:30 PM – 8:15 PM CET

Learning and Development Capability in a Highly Decentralized Global Organization

Carlos Velázquez Meixueiro

Carlos Velázquez Meixueiro

Global Learning Experience Platform Leader, Caterpillar Inc.
Brad Weyeneth

Brad Weyeneth

Senior Learning & Development Consultant and Technical Steward, Caterpillar Inc.
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Learning and Development Capability in a Highly Decentralized Global Organization

Day: Session 4 – June 21, 2022
Speaker 1: Carlos Velazquez Meixueiro | Global Learning Experience Platform Leader – Caterpillar Inc.
Speaker 2: Brad Weyeneth | Senior Learning & Development Consultant and Technical Steward – Caterpillar Inc.
Time: 1:30 PM – 2:15 PM EDT | 7:30 PM – 8:15 PM CET

Carlos Velázquez MeixueiroCarlos began his career in HR and sales training at General Electric in Mexico. Then, in Abbott Laboratories, he started as a cardiovascular sales representative, and over the next sixteen years, progressed in Mexico, LATAM, USA, and Global through sales, commercial training, learning, and talent development promotions. Carlos joined Caterpillar in September 2019. He contributes to the transformation of Human Capital Management and is responsible for implementing the Learning Experience Platform (LXP), and encouraging the business to make a strategic decision for developing capabilities through learning data.

Brad WeyenethBrad studied Electrical Engineering at the University of Michigan and obtained his MBA from Indiana Wesleyan University. With 32 years of experience at both Honeywell Inc, and Caterpillar, his responsibilities have included Manager of Global Information Centers, Strategy Manager for Corporate Product Quality, Dean of Caterpillar’s corporate university for 6 Sigma, Caterpillar Production System and Lean, and more. He most recently supported Workday Learning – LMS/LXP deployment and consulted and coached functional talent development with an emphasis on leveraging data and analytics to drive business solutions.

With 2021 sales and revenues of $51.0 billion, Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives.

About the Session

Carlos and Brad will take us through the challenges faced with the deployment of HCM software and the lessons learned, along with contributors to success. Put on your thinking hats and get ready for an interactive session of discussion and brainstorming.

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09:00 AM – 09:45 AM EDT | 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM CET

Driving Digital Adoption through a Learning Mindset – Why & How [FIRESIDE CHAT]

Susan Evans

Susan Evans

Manager, Organizational Change Management, Ecolab
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Driving Digital Adoption through a Learning Mindset – Why & How [FIRESIDE CHAT]

Day: Session 1 – June 22, 2022
Speaker: Susan Evans | Manager, Organizational Change Management – Ecolab
Time: 09:00 AM – 09:45 AM EDT | 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM CET
Susan Evans

With over 34 years of experience at Ecolab, Susan has a solid background in digital transformation. A Change Leader in the Commercial Digital Solutions group, Susan holds a bachelor’s degree in Organizational Communications, is Prosci-certified, and trained in Green Belt methodology.

Ecolab is the global leader in water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services – with annual sales of $12 billion and more than 44,000 associates.

About the Session

Digital adoption is the norm of the day and training employees – especially the deskless workforce – is a challenge. In a chat with RK, Susan will take us through the importance of building a learning mindset to counter this, the role of communication, tips to help employees successfully navigate the change, a proven roadmap followed at Ecolab, and more.

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10:00 AM – 11:45 AM EDT | 4:00 PM – 5:45 PM CET

What’s the Role of L&D in the Hybrid Model of Working? [PANEL DISCUSSION]

RK Prasad
Howard B. Lewis
Samta Chowdhary
Anil Chintaparthi
Jim Carleton

11:45 AM – 12:00 PM EDT | 5:45 PM – 6:00 PM CET

ACTIVITY TIME

12:30 PM – 1:15 PM EDT | 6:30 PM – 7:15 PM CET

Yabba Dabba Doo! If Content is King, Analysis is “The Queen”

Samta Chowdhary

Samta Chowdhary

Learning Strategist & Analyst | Sr. Instructional Designer, T-Mobile
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Yabba Dabba Doo! If Content is King, Analysis is “The Queen”

Day: Session 3 – June 22, 2022
Speaker: Samta Chowdhary | Learning Strategist & Analyst, Sr. Instructional Designer – T-Mobile
Time: 12:30 PM – 1:15 PM EDT | 6:30 PM – 7:15 PM CET
Samta Chowdhary

Samta Chowdhary is a learning strategist and a senior instructional designer. In her current role, she strives to transform knowledge into business results and provide engaging learning experiences to the sales team. In a career spanning over 22 years, Samta has worn several hats, from leading learning programs to heading the learning design Center of Excellence (CoE).

T-Mobile, Inc., USA is a telecommunication company that provides voice, text, and data services in the United States. The company has the largest and fastest 5G network in the country, covering 95% of the US population.

About the Session

Every training project must start with needs analysis. But do you do the analysis when you follow a rapid design development approach? What if you are moving to the agile methodology? The answer is YES to both questions.

In this session, Samta will use examples from her current job profile to highlight the importance of training analysis. After all, analysis is “the Queen” that rules, guides, and inspires content – “the King”!

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1:30 PM – 2:15 PM EDT | 7:30 PM – 8:15 PM CET

MEET UP [Authoring Tools]

Articulate Rise

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Krishna Chinthakunta

Lead – eLearning Developer, CommLab India

Adobe Captivate

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Upendar Vankudothu

Sr. eLearning Developer, CommLab India
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MEET UP [Authoring Tools]

Day: Session 4 – June 22, 2022
Facilitators: Authoring Tool Experts – CommLab India
Time: 1:30 PM – 2:15 PM EDT | 7:30 PM – 8:15 PM CET
RK Prasad

Samta Chowdhary is a learning strategist and a senior instructional designer. In her current role, she strives to transform knowledge into business results and provide engaging learning experiences to the sales team. In a career spanning over 22 years, Samta has worn several hats, from leading learning programs to heading the learning design Center of Excellence (CoE).

T-Mobile, Inc., USA is a telecommunication company that provides voice, text, and data services in the United States. The company has the largest and fastest 5G network in the country, covering 95% of the US population.

About the Session

Get ready for a hands-on session on Articulate Rise and Adobe Captivate. Experts will showcase solutions to typical problems and then it’s your turn. Get your doubts clarified live, along with time-saving hacks, and more.

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09:00 AM – 09:45 AM EDT | 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM CET

Enabling Employee Generated Learning

Rebekah Ayers

Rebekah Ayers

Instructional Designer, ChampionX
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Enabling Employee Generated Learning

Day: Session 1 – June 23, 2022
Speaker: Rebekah Ayers | Instructional Designer – ChampionX
Time: 09:00 AM – 09:45 AM EDT | 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM CET
Rebekah Ayers

Rebekah Ayers graduated from the University of Houston with Bachelors of Science in Human Resource Development in 2018. She started as an HR Intern at ChampionX (Nalco Champion, at the time) in the Spring of 2018. Her experience includes: LMS Implementation, Administration, and Governance, Instructional Design, designing and developing e-Learning modules, working with subject matter experts, and more.

ChampionX is a global leader in chemistry programs and services, artificial lift solutions, automation and optimization equipment, and drilling technologies for the upstream and midstream oil and gas industry. Our world-class safety culture fuels our purpose to improve lives through our commitment to deliver sustainable operations.

About the Session

Get your subject matter experts to share their success secrets, war stories, hacks, and more – in the digital format. Give your learners undiluted learning experiences, on the move. Rebekah will draw from her current project to share a proven way to go about this. Get ready for insights you can easily implement.

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10:00 AM – 11:45 AM EDT | 4:00 PM – 5:45 PM CET

Designing Dynamic Visual Engagement

Howard B. Lewis, Ph.D., CPT

Howard B. Lewis, Ph.D., CPT

Chief Learning Architect, CommLab India
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Designing Dynamic Visual Engagement

Day: Session 2 – June 23, 2022
Speaker: Howard B. Lewis, Ph.D., CPT | Chief Learning Architect – CommLab India
Time: 10:00 AM – 11:45 AM EDT | 4:00 PM – 5:45 PM CET
Howard B. Lewis, Ph.D., CPT

Dr. Lewis has been involved in education, instructional design, and performance technology for over 40 years, including corporate positions with Health Net, Xerox Corporation, and Apple Computer. He is the founder of Integrated Performance Solutions, Inc., and a Certified Performance Technologist (CPT).

About the Session

We humans have been creating images for over 4500 years, beginning with cave drawings! Join Howard for a whirlwind tour of the value visual design brings to online learning solutions. The principles of visual design, the process, design considerations, QA… these are just a few aspects covered. You will walk away with a lot of food for thought, takeaways, inspiration, and reusable resources.

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11:45 AM – 12:00 PM EDT | 5:45 PM – 6:00 PM CET

ACTIVITY TIME

12:30 PM – 1:15 PM EDT | 6:30 PM – 7:15 PM CET

Revitalizing Learner Engagement in the Online Format [FIRESIDE CHAT]

Carrie Goode

Carrie Goode, Phd

Manager of Instructional Design, Terminix
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Revitalizing Learner Engagement in the Online Format [FIRESIDE CHAT]

Day: Session 3 – June 23, 2022
Speaker: Carrie Goode, Phd | Manager of Instructional Design – Terminix
Time: 12:30 PM – 1:15 PM EDT | 6:30 PM – 7:15 PM CET
Carrie Goode

Carrie has over 25 years of experience in Learning and Development. She has worked with Fortune 500 companies and state governments, and has consulted for numerous non-profits, as well as the U.S. Army. Her passion for video games, technology, and learning has led her down the path of education and immersive learning environments. She has been studying, creating, and finding ways to incorporate educational technology to facilitate highly engaged and impactful learning.

Terminix is a leading provider of residential and commercial pest control. Headquartered in Memphis, Terminix serves approximately 2.9 million residential and commercial customers in 24 countries and territories.

About the Session

Blurring boundaries between home and work, hybrid work, virtual training, online learning – these are adding to digital fatigue. Anytime, anywhere access might also be infringing our employees’ personal time. What can we do to overcome this and put back the “wow” factor in online learning? Join Carrie for answers and inspirational ideas!

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1:30 PM – 2:15 PM EDT | 7:30 PM – 8:15 PM CET

Rapid eLearning and the 4 Rs

Shalini Merugu

Shalini Merugu

Director – Learning Solutions, CommLab India
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Rapid eLearning and the 4 Rs

Day: Session 4 – June 23, 2022
Speaker: Shalini Merugu | Director, Learning Solutions – CommLab India
Time: 1:30 PM – 2:15 PM EDT | 7:30 PM – 8:15 PM CET
Shalini Merugu

Shalini is a versatile learning design professional with 16+ years of experience in instructional design. She is an expert in customer training, designing learning and user assistance solutions, and technical documentation.

Shalini works closely with customers to design the best learning strategy for each requirement and holds an MA in English Literature.

About the Session

Rapid eLearning offers training at scale and speed, with quality – leveraging existing training material or subject matter experts’ inputs. It can meet the entire spectrum of corporate training – from replicating the classroom virtually to designing eLearning, microlearning, and more. How and what are the 4 Rs? Join Shalini for the answers!

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What’s In It for You?

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Extend a helping hand as we sponsor 20 meals for every registration.

Topics Covered

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Microlearning

Blended Learning-v3

Blended Learning

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Virtual Learning

Visual Design v3

Visual Design

eLearning Trends

eLearning Trends

New-age Learning Strategies

New-age Learning Strategies

Sales Enablement

Sales Enablement

HCD and Design Thinking

HCD and Design Thinking

AI and Machine Learning

AI and Machine Learning

Developing First-Time Managers

Developing First-Time Managers

L&D and Corporate Strategy

L&D and Corporate Strategy

Performance Support

Performance Support

FAQs Answered

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LearnFlux is a completely virtual event. It is held three times a year – with each edition spread across 3 days. 

Registration to LearnFlux is absolutely free! No hidden costs. On the contrary, you get to extend a helping hand as we contribute 20 meals – on your behalf – in our local community for every registration. 

LearnFlux is for L&D professionals looking to improve human performance through tech-enabled learning. Participants from the Government and Education sectors are also welcome.

However, to ensure a hassle-free event, we reserve the right to admission.

You can join LearnFlux even if you are: 

  • An instructional designer
  • A CLO
  • Responsible for training your team/department/function
  • An LMS administrator
  • A HR Manager
  • A newbie to the world of L&D
  • An L&D veteran
  • A subject matter expert (SME)
  • A techie interested in the world of learning

There’s’ something for everyone involved in training!

We welcome you to spread the word about LearnFlux. Invite all your colleagues who are involved in training, and those who might benefit by attending.

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