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Taking Care of Business: Building Relevance in the Age of Disruption

  • 10/30/2025
  • 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Desert Willow Conference Center, 4340 E Cotton Center Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85040-8908
  • 97

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  • Early Bird Registration for Non-Members
  • Group of 5+ individuals with the same organization; save 10% off the non-member rate for each individual
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Join ATD Arizona for a day of learning, disruption, and the development of skills that help you build relevance within the industry and your organization.

Our own Jess Almlie will kick off our day with a dynamic hands-on session, where you’ll explore what it means to make the critical shift from learning specialist to strategic business partner. You’ll learn a practical five-part framework to deepen your business understanding, assess your own business fluency, identify gaps, and discover creative ways to learn more about your organization from the inside out.

In the afternoon we will take Jess’s session and have multiple conversations that will give us the tools needed to implement these skills in our own environment.

BONUS


Each attendee will also receive a copy of Jess’s new book L&D Order Taker No More! Become a Strategic Business Partner.



AGENDA

8:00 - 9:00 am

Registration and Breakfast

9:00 - 9:30 am

Welcome - Kimberlee Schumann

9:30 - 12:30 pm

Know the Business Lead the Change: L&D's Moment is Now – Jess Almlie

12:30 - 1:30 pm

Lunch

1:30 - 2:30 pm

TBD

2:45 - 3:45 pm

TBD

3:45 - 4:00 pm

Wrap Up – Building Relevance in the Age of Disruption

LOCATION

Desert Willow Conference Center
4340 E Cotton Center Blvd
Phoenix, AZ 85040-8908 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Jess Almlie

Jess Almlie is a former Vice President of Learning and a dynamic leader in the learning and development field. She is passionate about empowering L&D professionals to increase our impact by evolving from order takers to strategic business partners. With three decades of experience and a proven track record of driving strategic initiatives, Jess helps organizations solve talent challenges and improve performance. In addition to consulting and speaking, Jess hosts the podcast, L&D Must Change and is author of the book, L&D Order Taker No More! Become a Strategic Business Partner, published by ATD Press.

Cancellation Policy

Our cancellation policy is designed to maintain the quality of our events while considering the costs associated with venue, catering, and materials. The following terms apply:

  • Full refunds are available until 10/17/2025
  • After this date, you may send an alternate attendee at no additional cost
  • To request a cancellation or make changes, please email atdaz@atdaz.org

    Alternate Attendee Substitution

    Registrants may substitute another person to attend in their place at no extra cost. All substitution requests must be received via email no later than one week before the event

    Refund Policy & Schedule

    Where an alternate attendee substitution is not possible, the following refund schedule applies:

    • Full refund available until 10/17/2025
    • No refund for cancellations on or after 10/18/2025

      Refund requests must be made by the attendee or credit card holder and include the attendee's name and/or transaction number. Refunds will be issued via the original payment method.

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