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December 2025: Top Instructional Design Events, Webinars and Courses

  • Working Session – Inclusive L&D Lab

    • By: L&D Shakers Events
    • Modality: Interactive Working Session
    • When: Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at 4:00 – 4:45 PM GMT+13
    • Where: Virtual
    • Cost: Free
    • Key topics:
      • Learning space for L&D professionals exploring inclusive L&D together
      • Ask questions about inclusive L&D and get practical ideas from the community
      • Generate insights and recommendations on diversity, equity, inclusiveness and accessibility (DEIA)
      • Invitation to contribute to the Inclusive L&D Shakers event in March 2026

 

  • L&D Shakers Bookclub: Evidence-Informed Learning Design

    • By: L&D Shakers Events
    • Modality: Book Club Discussion
    • When: Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at 5:00 – 6:00 PM GMT+13
    • Where: Zoom
    • Cost: Free
    • Key topics:
      • Discussion of “Evidence-Informed Learning Design” by Mirjam Neelen and Paul A. Kirschner
      • Techniques like interleaving, self-directed and self-regulated learning
      • Debunking common myths and fallacies in the field
      • Testing, measuring, and reinforcing learning across online, offline, and face-to-face scenarios

 

  • The L&D Strategy Clinic #5

    • By: L&D Shakers Events
    • Modality: Interactive Strategy Clinic
    • When: Wednesday, December 3, 2025 at 4:00 – 5:30 PM GMT+13
    • Where: Zoom
    • Cost: Free
    • Key topics:
      • Create your first or revised L&D strategy through peer and coach feedback
      • Practice re-telling your business story and live edit your L&D strategy
      • Reposition your course catalogue to link to business goals
      • Spot and frame real business problems behind learning requests
      • Communications tips to influence stakeholders

 

  • [Leader Talk] Building a Learning Culture for Organizational Success

    • By: Training Industry, Inc.
    • Modality: Live Webinar – Leader Talk Series
    • When: Wednesday, December 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM ET
    • Where: Online (via Training Industry)
    • Cost: Free
    • Key topics:
      • Creating environments where learning is embedded into daily work
      • Gaining leadership support and promoting continuous development
      • Building systems that help knowledge flow across teams
      • Small lessons and big impact: how action drives lasting performance
      • Building transformative learning cultures that thrive through disruption
    • Agenda:
      • 11:00 – 11:45 a.m. ET — Small Lessons, Big Impact: How Action Drives Lasting Performance – David Ashe & Niall Carlson, Allego
      • 12:00 – 12:45 p.m. ET — Building Transformative Learning Cultures That Thrive Through Disruption – Bruce Landry, Canvas; Liz McLean, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
      • 1:00 – 1:45 p.m. ET — Contents Under Pressure: Sustaining a Learning Culture in Times of Change – Dr. Tom Whelan, Training Industry
      • 2:00 – 2:45 p.m. ET — Strategies That Turn Learning Into a Daily Practice – Jordan Engel, ROI Training; Kwanesia Bass, Financial Services

 

 

  • From Intention to Agreement: Design Conversations That Build Lasting Trust

    • By: SessionLab Community
    • Modality: Interactive Session
    • When: Wednesday, December 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM CET / 9:00 AM ET
    • Where: Online
    • Cost: Free
    • Key topics:
      • Design and facilitate conversations that build lasting trust
      • Clarify intention and surface what’s really driving behavior
      • Uncover shared values and individual needs with clarity
      • Turn implicit assumptions into explicit, workable agreements
      • Recognize how different trust cultures show up and where trust unfolds

 

  • L&D Backstage: L&D x Business – the Partnership that Drives Impact

    • By: L&D Shakers Events
    • Modality: Show & Tell Session
    • When: Thursday, December 4, 2025 at 5:30 – 6:30 PM GMT+13
    • Where: Zoom
    • Cost: Free
    • Key topics:
      • L&D evolving from training delivery to strategic business partnership
      • Proactive, data-driven & collaborative approach to capability development
      • Battle-tested tools and methods for building trusted partnerships with the business
      • Identifying projects that create real results and improve employee engagement

 

  • Dig Deeper: Program Evaluation Only Tells Part of the Story

    • By: Peggy Parskey & Dave Vance (Co-authors, Measurement Demystified)
    • Modality: Live Webinar
    • When: Thursday, December 5, 2025 at 7:00 AM in Auckland, Wellington
    • Where: Online (via Zoom)
    • Cost: Free
    • Key topics:
      • Where program evaluation fits within a broader measurement framework
      • Out of 100+ L&D measures, fewer than 10 focus on program evaluation
      • How to track, manage, and improve L&D across strategy, efficiency, and capability
      • Practical strategies to capture what drives value and use measurement as a lever

 

  • Group Coaching Session: Setting up 2026 for success

    • By: L&D Shakers Events
    • Modality: Group Coaching
    • When: Thursday, December 5, 2025 at 10:00 – 11:30 PM GMT+13
    • Where: Zoom
    • Cost: Free
    • Key topics:
      • Pause, reflect, and set yourself up for an amazing 2026
      • Look back on 2025 and capture biggest wins, lessons, and highlights
      • Experience the power of group coaching
      • Gain a clear framework for reflection and planning
      • Leave with meaningful insights and concrete goals for 2026

 

  • 2025 Best of DevLearn DemoFest Webinar

    • By: The Learning Guild (Sponsored by Articulate)
    • Modality: Live Webinar
    • When: Monday, December 9, 2025 at 1:00 – 2:00 PM EST
    • Where: Online (via The Learning Guild)
    • Cost: Free
    • Key topics:
      • Winning projects from DemoFest at DevLearn 2025 Conference & Expo
      • See learning solutions created by your peers to solve real workplace challenges
      • Learn about the tools and technologies used to create these projects
      • Hear about obstacles faced and how they were overcome
      • Leave with inspiration that can be applied in your work

 

  • Build a Learning Agent With Zero Code

    • By: Training Magazine Network
    • Modality: Live Hands-On Webinar
    • When: Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM Pacific / 12:00 PM Eastern
    • Where: Online (via Training Magazine Network)
    • Cost: Free
    • Key topics:
      • Build an AI agent that interviews learners, searches your LMS, and creates customized learning plans
      • Provide printable learning roadmaps and send occasional reminders
      • Favorite agent-building tools with step-by-step process
      • All with no code or special software

 

  • Collaborative Learning at Scale: What High-Maturity Learning Teams Do Differently

    • By: 360Learning
    • Modality: Live Webinar
    • When: Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM ET
    • Where: Online (via 360Learning)
    • Cost: Free
    • Key topics:
      • Operationalize peer learning and SME contributions using platform features
      • Tie collaborative learning to enterprise skills strategy without overloading your team
      • How structure, systems, and culture turn knowledge sharing into business impact
      • Build a smarter, more scalable L&D plan for 2026

 

 

  • The 5-Step System To Design, Scale, and Sustain A Thriving Mentoring Program

    • By: NovoEd
    • Modality: Live Webinar
    • When: Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM EST
    • Where: Online
    • Cost: Free
    • Key topics:
      • Employees with mentors are twice as likely to be engaged
      • 98% more likely to strongly recommend their organization as a great place to work
      • Five steps to turn mentoring strategy into a program that drives engagement and inclusion
      • How to translate strategy into business-level objectives
      • One action you can take today to make progress

 

 

  • From Good to Transformative: Unlocking Measurable Impact in Leadership Development

    • By: L&D Shakers Events
    • Modality: Interactive Webinar (ThoughtLab)
    • When: Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 4:00 – 5:00 PM GMT+13
    • Where: Google Meet
    • Cost: Free
    • Key topics:
      • Only 18% of L&Ds report leadership development programs to be very impactful
      • What makes a leadership development program very impactful
      • Best practices for measuring and sharing this impact
      • Real use case and concrete next steps to move towards your goal

 

  • Cracking the C-Suite Code: Elevating L&D as a Strategic Partner

    • By: ELB Learning
    • Modality: Live Webinar
    • When: Tuesday, December 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM in Auckland, Wellington
    • Where: Online (via Zoom)
    • Cost: Free
    • Key topics:
      • Getting a seat at the executive table for L&D
      • Speak executive language to clearly show L&D’s business impact
      • Connect training initiatives to measurable outcomes and ROI
      • Gain confidence and build influence advocating for L&D as strategic partner

 

  • Designing Learning For the Brain: Part 2!

    • By: ELB Learning
    • Modality: Live Webinar
    • When: Tuesday, December 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM in Auckland, Wellington
    • Where: Online (via Zoom)
    • Cost: Free
    • Key topics:
      • How the brain’s functions connect directly to facilitation and design
      • What a schema is and how it can work against you
      • Better understanding of memory and how it impacts our designs
      • Neurological components that make habit and behavior stick
      • Highly interactive, brain-activating, surprise-filled session

 

  • Collaborative Learning at Scale: What High-Maturity Learning Teams Do Differently

    • By: 360Learning
    • Modality: Live Webinar
    • When: Tuesday, December 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM in Auckland, Wellington
    • Where: Online (via 360Learning)
    • Cost: Free
    • Key topics:
      • How to operationalize peer learning and SME contributions
      • Tie collaborative learning to enterprise skills strategy
      • Ways to close 2025 strong and build a smarter, more scalable L&D plan for 2026
      • Operational discipline in making collaborative learning repeatable and measurable

 

  • Unlocking the Real Potential of AI in the Enterprise

    • By: ELB Learning
    • Modality: Live Webinar
    • When: Tuesday, December 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM in Auckland, Wellington
    • Where: Online (via Zoom)
    • Cost: Free
    • Key topics:
      • Move beyond pilot projects to truly reshape the way work gets done
      • Stages of AI maturity: from initial implementation to transformative innovation
      • Strategies to redesign workflows, roles, and team structures
      • Human-in-the-loop: why human oversight, judgment, and creativity remain essential

 

  • Practice Makes Perfect! Building Simulations That Train Effectively

    • By: Training Magazine Network (Sponsored by Adobe)
    • Modality: Live Webinar
    • When: Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM Pacific / 12:00 PM Eastern
    • Where: Online (via Training Magazine Network)
    • Cost: Free
    • Key topics:
      • Give learners the power to learn by doing without spending days building
      • Create realistic, interactive software simulations quickly using Adobe Captivate
      • Record screen actions and turn them into interactive simulations automatically
      • Combine demos, training, and assessment modes for effective learning
      • Customize feedback, highlights, and click areas effortlessly

 

  • Working Smarter Together: How IDs and SMEs Can Co-Create with AI

    • By: Articulate E-Learning Heroes
    • Modality: Live Webinar
    • When: Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM PST
    • Where: Online
    • Cost: Free
    • Key topics:
      • How learning designers and SMEs can partner with AI tools
      • Accelerate drafting, strengthen accuracy, enhance content quality
      • Three powerful collaboration modes and the W.I.S.E. A.T. A.I. guardrail
      • Where human expertise is essential and where AI can safely take the lead
      • Immediately usable techniques for co-editing, quality checks, and shaping SME contributions

 

 

 

  • The Future of Work: What Learning Leaders Must Know Now

    • By: Training Magazine Network
    • Modality: Live Webinar
    • When: Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM Pacific / 12:00 PM Eastern
    • Where: Online (via Training Magazine Network)
    • Cost: Free
    • Key topics:
      • AI disruption, generational shifts and remote work: the future of work is now
      • How top L&D leaders are building adaptive strategies to stay ahead of change
      • Prepare for AI-driven job disruption with upskilling roadmaps
      • Address Gen Z’s unique training and development needs
      • Design workflows that align with future work models
      • Implement L&D forecasting methods to support organizational strategy

 

  • PENTA: It Takes 5 to Ideate a Learning Game

    • By: ELB Learning
    • Modality: Live Webinar
    • When: Wednesday, December 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM in Auckland, Wellington
    • Where: Online (via Zoom)
    • Cost: Free
    • Key topics:
      • How any learning designer can structure a meaningful, behavior-focused game idea
      • Five categories that help map learning problems into playable systems
      • Real examples and light disruption of gamification clichés
      • Design method grounded in systems thinking and behavioral science

 

  • From Overwhelmed to Impactful: How to Build a Scalable Learning Culture

    • By: ELB Learning
    • Modality: Live Webinar
    • When: Wednesday, December 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM in Auckland, Wellington
    • Where: Online (via Zoom)
    • Cost: Free
    • Key topics:
      • Transform your organization’s learning, even as a team of one
      • Build a “want-to-do” culture, not a compliance program
      • Treat your LMS as a strategic partner and single hub
      • Create content quickly without stressing using AI
      • Real-world story of single-person L&D team achieving outsized impact

 

  • The L&D Podcast Live! AI in L&D: Beyond the Hype and Into Real Impact

    • By: 360Learning
    • Modality: Live Podcast Event
    • When: Date TBD, December 2025
    • Where: Online (via 360Learning)
    • Cost: Free
    • Key topics:
      • What truly works in AI for L&D and where the real value lies
      • Unfiltered, practical, and future-focused discussion
      • Leaders shaping learning strategy, performance enablement, and skills transformation
      • The learning profession at an inflection point with AI

 

  • L&D Office Hours with David James

    • By: 360Learning
    • Modality: Interactive Discussion (Zoom)
    • When: Ongoing, December 2025
    • Where: Online (via Zoom)
    • Cost: Free
    • Key topics:
      • Bring your burning questions and share your top tips
      • Feel the support of your L&D peers
      • Casual and unscripted – no top-down approaches to knowledge-sharing
      • Bring up topics for discussion or soak up deep L&D knowledge

 

 

  • Karl Kapp & Company: Showcasing Innovative Applications of ELB Tools

    • By: ELB Learning
    • Modality: Live Webinar
    • When: Friday, December 12, 2025 at 6:00 AM in Auckland, Wellington
    • Where: Online (via Zoom)
    • Cost: Free
    • Key topics:
      • Integrating new tools into instructional design while keeping solutions innovative
      • Graduate students demonstrate how they use ELB tools
      • Practical strategies for overcoming common L&D design challenges
      • Fresh insights into leveraging ELB tools for outstanding outcomes
      • Identify actionable ideas for applying ELB tools to your own projects

 

  • Leaders Who Carry Chairs: Designing Pipelines that Reward Service, Not Status

    • By: ELB Learning
    • Modality: Live Webinar
    • When: Friday, December 12, 2025 at 7:00 AM in Auckland, Wellington
    • Where: Online (via Zoom)
    • Cost: Free
    • Key topics:
      • Who gets tapped for leadership: loudest voice or person who makes everyone better?
      • Build leadership development that yields succession evidence HR can use
      • Map the two jobs every new leader must master: serving people and driving performance
      • Audit current leadership pipelines for status bias
      • Design practice that produces proof: assessable evidence of servant leadership

 

  • Group Coaching Session: The Art of Influence

    • By: L&D Shakers Events
    • Modality: Group Coaching
    • When: Sunday, December 15, 2025 at 12:00 – 1:30 AM GMT+13
    • Where: Google Meet
    • Cost: Free
    • Key topics:
      • Being heard, trusted and impactful – at work and beyond
      • Where you’re already influential in your own unique way
      • Where you aren’t yet and how to strengthen that naturally
      • Show up more intentionally and consistently so your impact compounds
      • Influence has nothing to do with personality or perfect communication skills

 

  • Let’s Gamma-fy That! A Creative Twist to eLearning Workflows

    • By: Training Magazine Network
    • Modality: Live Webinar
    • When: Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM Pacific / 12:00 PM Eastern
    • Where: Online (via Training Magazine Network)
    • Cost: Free
    • Key topics:
      • How Gamma.app became a secret weapon for eLearning creation
      • Effortlessly build vibrant slides, engaging animations, and visually striking handouts
      • Create learner resources and visual elements that integrate into Captivate, Storyline, Camtasia
      • Favorite Gamma discoveries, practical workflows, and creative best practices

 

 

  • Story First, Build Second: Planning and Creating VR Experiences in CenarioVR

    • By: ELB Learning
    • Modality: Live Webinar
    • When: Tuesday, December 17, 2025 at 7:00 AM in Auckland, Wellington
    • Where: Online (via Zoom)
    • Cost: Free
    • Key topics:
      • The biggest mistake in VR creation: jumping straight into building without a plan
      • Complete workflow from pre-production planning to live creation in CenarioVR
      • Essential planning tools that keep learning objectives front and center
      • How proper narrative planning saves hours of rework

 

  • Group Coaching Session: The Year the Playbook Broke

    • By: L&D Shakers Events
    • Modality: Reflective Group Coaching
    • When: Tuesday, December 17, 2025 at 9:30 – 11:00 PM GMT+13
    • Where: Zoom
    • Cost: Free
    • Key topics:
      • Make sense of a year defined by disruption: AI’s rapid rise to shifting business expectations
      • Explore what’s no longer working, what you’re ready to let go of
      • What new possibilities are emerging for L&D professionals
      • Access more courage, clarity, and intentionality as you step into 2026

 

  • Chasing ROI: Understanding Training Value in Today’s Learning Landscape

    • By: Training Industry (Sponsored by Adobe)
    • Modality: Live Webinar
    • When: Wednesday, December 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM ET
    • Where: Online (via Training Industry)
    • Cost: Free
    • Key topics:
      • For decades, ROI held up as gold standard for proving value of training
      • Definition of ROI has broadened in tech-heavy training ecosystems of today
      • How ROI expectations have changed over time
      • Industry and company-size trends in ROI measurement
      • Practical strategies for demonstrating learning’s impact in today’s organizations

 

  • Favorite Things: Training Edition

    • By: Training Magazine Network
    • Modality: Live Webinar
    • When: Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM Pacific / 3:00 PM Eastern
    • Where: Online (via Training Magazine Network)
    • Cost: Free
    • Key topics:
      • Becky’s favorite things: training edition
      • Best (and often free) resources from websites to podcasts to publications to gurus
      • Identify industry thought leaders and free training resources
      • Discover the five items you’ll never want to train without
      • Build your own go-to list of favorite training resources

 

  • ATD Research: Data Analysis

    • By: Association for Talent Development
    • Modality: Live Webinar
    • When: Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 2:00 – 3:00 PM EST
    • Where: Online (via Association for Talent Development)
    • Cost: Free
    • Key topics:
      • Data and findings of latest research study on data and analytics
      • Ability to collect, analyze, and use large data sets in real time
      • How organizations leverage data to be strategic partner in achieving organizational goals
      • TD professionals consistently struggle with being proficient with data and analytics

 

  • The Microlearning Reality Check: From Misconceptions to Results

    • By: ELB Learning
    • Modality: Live Webinar
    • When: Thursday, December 19, 2025 at 7:00 AM in Auckland, Wellington
    • Where: Online (via Zoom)
    • Cost: Free
    • Key topics:
      • Organizations jump into microlearning thinking it’s just a shorter training format
      • Move beyond the buzzword into results that actually drive performance
      • Most common misconceptions around microlearning
      • Hidden organizational factors that can make or break your success
      • Practical framework to align L&D team’s mindset, skillset, and toolset

 

  • What Can Learning Designers Learn from Human-Centered Design? | With Dalberg

    • By: Learning Designers Community (LDC)
    • Modality: Live Conversation with Q&A
    • When: Friday, December 19, 2025 at 2:00 – 3:00 AM (your local time)
    • Where: Online
    • Cost: Free
    • Key topics:
      • How Human-Centered Design can be applied to learning that moves people and changes behaviors
      • The HCD Process for Learning – Behavioral science and design combined at Dalberg Design
      • User Personas in Action – Creating and using personas for relevant learning experiences
      • Designing for Behavior Change – Influencing real-world mindsets and behaviors
      • Honest Challenges & Grey Areas – Navigating tensions of designing for inclusion and equity
      • Live Q&A with Sharon Njavika and María Alejandra (Male) Sandoval, Directors at Dalberg Design

 

  • Clone Your Best Work: Mastering Library Objects in Lectora

    • By: ELB Learning
    • Modality: Live Webinar
    • When: Tuesday, January 21, 2026 at 7:00 AM in Auckland, Wellington
    • Where: Online (via Zoom)
    • Cost: Free
    • Key topics:
      • Stop rebuilding the wheel on every single project
      • Unlock Lectora’s Library Objects for reusable components
      • Build complex interactions, templates, and custom elements once
      • Deploy them across unlimited projects with just a few clicks
      • Complete workflow from initial creation to real-world implementation
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