ISPI SoCal
ISPI SoCal Presents: GEMS RoundTable
Training & Learning impediments
Join us to discuss this month's article:
Facilitated by: Jen Buckley
The RoundTable is an exciting approach that stimulates incredible conversation and insight around the topics and trends impacting our discipline.
We read aloud the RoundTable Guidelines and this session's article for about 15 minutes. Then for the next 45 minutes, we offer everyone in attendance equal time to share their thoughts and experiences on or around the topic. Come explore with us!
NOTE! Please download and print the article, or view in browser, for your use during the session (link above).
To facilitate and/or propose an article for a future RoundTable, contact Laura Braeunig laura@nationalitc.com
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The GEMS RoundTable format was provided by Sue Gabriele, President and Owner, Gabriele Educational Materials and Systems. Website: www.gemslearning.net Email: sgabriele@gemslearning.net
Free for ISPI SoCal Members
AI@ Work Series
AI@Work w/ Kathryn Olmos - Instructional Designer
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the way instructional designers (IDs) create, innovate, and optimize learning experiences. Whether you’re an experienced ID or just starting to explore AI’s potential, this engaging session will provide valuable insights into how AI is reshaping instructional design workflows and doctoral research.
Join us for AI@Work, an interactive discussion with Kathryn Olmos, an experienced instructional designer and doctoral researcher, as she shares real-world applications of AI in course development, content creation, and research methodologies.
Through a podcast-style conversation and live demonstration, you’ll gain practical knowledge on:
This session will conclude with a live AI demo showcasing real-time applications and a Q&A where you can ask your burning questions about AI in instructional design.
Who Should Attend?
Don’t miss this opportunity to explore how AI can enhance creativity, increase efficiency, and revolutionize the future of instructional design!
We look forward to seeing you there!
Get Good with Articulate Storyline, with John Morley, ATD San Diego
ISPI SoCal has partnered with ATD San Diego to enable ISPI SoCal members to participate in the series Get Good with Articulate Storyline. Articulate Storyline is our profession’s option of choice for developing online learning support. This open forum is for learning and sharing techniques and insights.
This month: Hidden Gems in Storyline, and Working More Efficiently
Yukon Learning develops training for Articulate itself. You can’t get closer to the source than that. And our guest speaker is Ron Price, the Chief Learning Officer of Yukon Learning. So this is your opportunity to learn what you will probably wish you had known earlier, from the guy who knows best how to help you learn it.
Ron will clue us in on some hidden gems that are often underused, but shouldn’t be. And share some tips and tricks for working more efficiently to get back some of that time we all seem to have so little of.
To click along, you will need access to Storyline. If you do not already have access, a free trial is available: https://articulate.com/360/storyline. Scroll toward the bottom.
ISPI SoCal members register for free here at the ISPI SoCal site. Non-members must register at the ATD San Diego site.
Your Host: John Morley
John has been combining words, visuals, and sound in video and interactive media for clients and employers including Hitachi Data Systems, Farmers Insurance, Southern California Edison, Kaiser Permanente, and most of the Asian car companies.
Author of the book Scriptwriting for High Impact Video, he has taught at Cal State Northridge, lectured at UCLA, and conducted workshops at a variety of professional organizations and conferences.
An experienced coder, he has developed and managed numerous websites, and developed software used by clients including Saturday Night Live. After five years using Storyline at Genentech, he is now accepting assignments as an independent consultant.
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Cracking the Code: What Top Performers Do Differently and How to Scale Their Success
Jamie Torchiana
Invested in training but still struggling to close the gap between your top and average performers? The secret isn’t more training—it’s uncovering what your best sellers and marketers do differently and making those behaviors replicable across your team. In this session, we’ll reveal a proven methodology to reverse-engineer top performance, build a scalable framework, and ensure your coaching efforts drive real, measurable impact.
Join us and discover how to decode and scale the behaviors of your best to elevate your entire team.
Sponsorship & Registration
This event is hosted by SMM Connect, Sales & Marketing Management's community for peak performance. Click here to register at no cost through SMM.
About the Speaker
As President of Exemplary Performance, LLC, Jaime amplifies individual talent and architects high-performing work systems that drive greater organizational success. She considers herself blessed to have found these opportunities within Fortune 100 and 500 companies in industries spanning global banking, retail, pharmaceutical, media, sports broadcasting, high-tech, and logistics. A dedicated professional with over 15 years of hands-on experience, Jaime is recognized as a thought leader in performance improvement and is the author of many works featured in peer-reviewed journals, Forbes, Authority Magazine, and other notable trade publications like LTEN and ATD. Her commitment to human performance improvement, ability to provide her clients with practical solutions, and her achievements as a 4-time All-American Team USA Duathlete have earned her a 2023 nomination in Marquis Who’s Who in America.
How to Collaborate Effectively If Your Team Is Remote
Facilitated by: Shelby Megeff
ISPI SoCal Presents: First Tuesday Webinars
Inoculating Your Leaders Against the Mind-Heart Disconnection Virus
Charles M. Jones
A previously unrecognized cognitive-emotional virus is spreading through organizations, impairing leadership at every level. This virus severs the vital link between mind and heart—diminishing a leader’s ability to think rationally and empathize compassionately.
When this virus takes hold, it impairs critical functions like decision-making, psychological safety, conflict resolution, and accountability. Leaders become reactive, avoidant, emotionally distant, and less effective at navigating complex interpersonal dynamics. The cost to culture and performance is profound.
Session Description
In this engaging 60-minute session, you’ll learn a powerful coaching technique you can use to help leaders free themselves from the virus infecting their thinking and behavior. You’ll experience this technique firsthand and explore its application to your own leadership and the leaders you support.
Learning Objectives
Bonus: Attendees will receive access to an online diagnostic tool they can use to assess the virus's impact on their team and receive targeted eradication strategies.
Charles M. Jones is a behavioral scientist and creator of Emotional Response-Ability® - a breakthrough technique for improving metacognition and empathy while reducing stress, taming reactivity, eliminating negativity, and preempting procrastination.
Charles coaches senior executives, emerging leaders, corporate teams, other coaches, and entrepreneurs on the principles and practice of Emotional Response-Ability®. He is the co-author of "Emotional Intelligence for Stress-free Leadership" and a chapter of Fielding University's "Innovations in Leadership Coaching," providing practical tools and methodology for raising emotional intelligence based on his groundbreaking research.
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Generative AI: Data Privacy & Best Practices
Kambria Dumesnil
Are you fully aware of the data and privacy risks generative AI brings to organizations like yours - as well as individuals like you?
This session is ideal for anyone who wants to know more about the data and privacy risks generative AI brings and learn strategies to mitigate these.
In this session, we will explore data and privacy risks generative AI brings and best practices to mitigate them. You will gather insight on how to keep your data secure and come away with actionable steps you can take to protect your data.
Kambria Dumesnil is the founder of the AI Innovation Lounge. She helps teams prepare for an AI-driven future with hands-on training and use case development. She is a UC Berkeley 2024-2025 Tech Policy Fellow and dedicated to the people-side of tech to ensure meaningful and impactful implementations. She holds a Master's degree in Organizational Performance and Workplace Learning from Boise State and is certified as a Prosci Change Practitioner and in Luma's Human-Centered Design.
