The Tools We Use: eLearning Authoring

Wednesday, August 27, 2025
5:00 - 6:00 pm AZT

The purpose of the Design and Delivery Community of Practice (CoP) is to explore new possibilities, share best practices, and build relationships in order to develop your instructional design and training delivery ability.

This month we will discuss eLearning authoring tools. Bring your experiences, your best practices, and the coolest project you created.

What is the group?

In our Design and Delivery Community of Practice, we will focus on the Instructional Design and the Training Delivery and Facilitation capabilities of ATD's Talent Development Capability Model™. Throughout 2025 we will be focusing on the tools we use. In the first meeting we are looking to determine the most appropriate tools for the discussions throughout the rest of the year. Then each meeting for the rest of the year will focus on one specific tool that is used.

Who can attend?

All learning, development, and talent professionals are welcome to join--whether you've just been told you're to train the new hire or you're a skillful facilitator who can handle the toughest of participants.

We will be looking for experts (or semi experts) to show tips and tricks of each tool and how to utilize them in our everyday lives.

How does ATD define "Delivery and Facilitation?"

Training delivery and facilitation are means by which talent development professionals help individuals improve performance at work by learning new skills and knowledge. The practitioner serves as a catalyst for learning by understanding the learner’s needs, creating the right environment for learning, building rapport with participants, and using the appropriate delivery options and media to make learning engaging, effective, relevant, and applicable.

How does ATD define "Instructional Design?"

Instructional design is an essential element of an effective learning effort. The creation of learning experiences and materials is what results in the acquisition and application of knowledge and skills. Talent development professionals follow a system of assessing needs, designing a process, developing materials, and evaluating effectiveness. Instructional design requires the analysis and selection of the most appropriate strategies, methodologies, and technologies to maximize the learning experience and knowledge transfer.

DiSC Certification

We’ve partnered with the Center for Internal Change to offer DiSC Certification—a credential that allows you to administer and deliver the DiSC Assessment as part of your consulting or coaching services.

The DiSC Assessment is a personal development tool that helps individuals understand their preferences and tendencies. It uses four key personality traits—Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, and Conscientiousness—to help people improve communication, collaboration, and performance.

To bring this opportunity to you, we’ve joined forces with the Los Angeles, Orange County (CA), San Diego, and Las Vegas ATD chapters to host an accelerated certification program this September. Normally priced at $2,995, members of our chapter will receive an exclusive $200 discount, bringing the cost down to $2,795. This fee includes all training materials and, upon completion, admin access to the DiSC Assessment platform.

Course Format & Schedule:
This is a blended learning program with both self-paced work and live virtual sessions.

• Orientation: Thursday, September 11
• Live Classes: September 16, 18, 23, and 25
• Time: 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Pacific Time)

To learn more and register, please visit: 

https://internalchange.com/disc-certification/online-disc-certification/

To receive the $200 discount please select the September course and state that you were referred by the Arizona ATD chapter. 

Additionally, individuals who register for the course will receive a complimentary one-year ATD Arizona membership or a one-year renewal for current chapter members.

What Is the SELL Conference?

The only sales enablement conference dedicated to the practice and process of talent development within revenue generating teams.

Diagnosing Opportunities and Determining Resources Engage around best practices that guide how you plan, prioritize, and gain buy-in for sales development initiatives.	Designing Learning and Developing Leaders Explore proven methods to create effective programs that build capability within front-line sales, managers, and other key roles.	Deployment Excellence, Driving Reinforcement and Data-based Storytelling Exchange ideas and approaches related to implementing sales development programs, driving stickiness, and measuring outcomes.

Earn ATD Recertification Credits

ATD offers certification credits for Associate Professional in Talent Development (APTD) and Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD).

How to Register

In-Person Dates: October 28-29, 2025, in Phoenix, AZ

Support ATD-AZ with your registration at no extra cost to you! Use ChIP code “CH8062,” or select Valley of the Sun from the dropdown menu when you register for this event.

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

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.