September 14 - 16
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Summit Kick-Off with Absorb CEO
Grab a front row seat to kick off the 2021 Absorb Virtual Summit. Led by Absorb’s CEO, this engaging discussion will explore Absorb’s role in an ever-evolving tapestry of learning and reflect on the challenges we all faced last year. Get the inside scoop on exciting changes and developments coming to your favorite LMS.
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Absorb CEO
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Client Panel: The Evolving Workplace
Events over the past 18 months have compelled many companies to switch to remote or hybrid work models. Nearly all have faced new challenges, risks and learning opportunities. Hear how your peers are managing—and conquering—the evolving workspace in this thought-provoking client panel.
Join Paul Marsh, Manager of Client Success, as he leads a discussion with four Absorb LMS clients who will share their perspectives and experiences.
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Paul Marsh, Caitlyn Tran. Clients: Coming Soon!
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Strategies to Embrace Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Talent Lifecycle
As a global company, ADP and its associates embody an award-winning inclusive culture that extends beyond the traditional employee engagement approach. And to support our clients, we’ve developed programming and toolsets to assist in raising the bar in their workplaces. From built-in product Talent solutions available today, ADP is well-positioned to consult large companies on DE&I. Join us as we discuss practical ways to incorporate a DE&I strategy throughout the full talent lifecycle, learn about emerging technology to assist in developing a diverse workforce, including our short and long term product strategy around DE&I, and discover the tools and workshops Strategic Advisory Services can provide to support you.
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Dr. Susan Hanold (Guest Speaker), Tyler Middleton
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Designing Programs for Behavior Change
Why do we invest in training, eLearning and L& initiatives? Because we want people to change and improve the way they do their jobs. In other words, we want behavior change. But how do we create programs that encourage and deliver behavior change?
Join Paul Matthews, Learning & Development Expert, Strategist, Author and Speaker as he walks us through how to deliver a strategic and measurable behavior change program.
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Paul Matthews (Guest Speaker), Paul Marsh
FUTURE CUSTOMER
Meet Absorb LMS: The Ultimate Learning Solution
In today’s fast-paced world, you need a leading-edge, easy-to-use learning platform that will propel you through tomorrow’s challenges. Absorb LMS supercharges your L&D program with scalable training, intuitive design, rich features, powerful integrations, robust reporting, excellent customer support and more.
But don’t just take our word for it. Join Account Executive Andrew Muir for a test drive of Absorb LMS and see first-hand how it helps smash business goals.
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Andrew Muir, Jessica Rae, Bailey Anderson, Bailey Anderson
FUTURE CUSTOMER
Absorb LMS Implementation Made Easy
Whether you’re switching your LMS or adopting your first online training program, your administrators should feel confident launching an L&D platform that fully meets your company’s needs.
Angelique Kambylis, Implementation Project Manager, will walk you through the Absorb LMS implementation process and the support you can expect—from our initial kick-off meeting to the day you launch your LMS. Hear from companies that seamlessly moved through Absorb LMS onboarding and the best practices they recommend.
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Angelique Kambylis, Kayla Dushanek
FUTURE CUSTOMER
LMS Support 101: Getting the Most From Your Service Package
When it comes to customer support, taking companies at their word can sometimes feel like a bit of a gamble. Join this session hosted by Tynan Allan and Tomislav Crnkovic to learn why going all-in on Absorb LMS is the best way to stack the deck in your favor.
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Tynan Allan, Tomislav Crnkovic
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Connect & Collaborate: Client Networking Session 1
Want to meet and network with other Absorb LMS users? This session is for you! Moderated by Absorb experts, you’ll have a chance to chat in small groups of up to 5 Absorb LMS clients at a time. Join a group and share your L& initiatives, questions, wins and challenges in an informal, online space.
If you join a networking session, expect to share your contact information with others in the group.
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Jalen Gardener, Jessica Rae
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Connect & Collaborate: Client Networking Session 2
Want to meet and network with other Absorb LMS users? This session is for you! Moderated by Absorb experts, you’ll have a chance to chat in small groups of up to 5 Absorb LMS clients at a time. Join a group and share your L& initiatives, questions, wins and challenges in an informal, online space.
If you join a networking session, expect to share your contact information with others in the group.
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Jamie Morgan, Bonnie Casanova-Bigelow
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Connect & Collaborate: Client Networking Session 3
Want to meet and network with other Absorb LMS users? This session is for you! Moderated by Absorb experts, you’ll have a chance to chat in small groups of up to 5 Absorb LMS clients at a time. Join a group and share your L& initiatives, questions, wins and challenges in an informal, online space.
If you join a networking session, expect to share your contact information with others in the group.
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Olu Adewunmi, Bonnie Casanova-Bigelow
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Connect & Collaborate: APAC Spotlight & Networking Session
Want to meet and network with other Absorb LMS users? This session is for you! Moderated by Absorb experts, you’ll have a chance to chat in small groups of up to 5 Absorb LMS clients at a time. Join a group and share your L& initiatives, questions, wins and challenges in an informal, online space.
If you join a networking session, expect to share your contact information with others in the group.
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Michael Hosking
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Want to meet and network with other Absorb LMS users? This session is for you! Moderated by Absorb experts, you’ll have a chance to chat in small groups of up to 5 Absorb LMS clients at a time. Join a group and share your L& initiatives, questions, wins and challenges in an informal, online space.
If you join a networking session, expect to share your contact information with others in the group.
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Jamie Morgan, Bonnie Casanova-Bigelow
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Absorb LMS Product Roadmap
Curious about what’s on the horizon for Absorb LMS? Join Craig Basford, EVP of Product as he presents Absorb’s product roadmap for 2022 and beyond. Hear Absorb’s views on the future of learning, why we’re relentlessly driven to improve Absorb LMS, and discover upcoming products and features you (and your learners!) will love.
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Craig Basford
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Leverage Your Brand to Elevate Training
Your company’s brand is more than a logo; it’s an identity—a fingerprint left on everything from customer experience to company culture.
Join Victor Miyagi for a session all about how Absorb LMS empowers you to create unique learning experiences that are more than a reflection of your brand; they’re a part of it. We will finish off this hour-long session with Heather Pierorazio, Project Lead and LMS Admin at Sinai Health as she discusses her best tips and tricks that she has utilized in their own LMS portal.
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Kevin Lopez, Natalie Bui, Heather Pierorazio (Sinai Health)
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Discover Data Goldmines with Absorb Analyze
Are you seizing every opportunity with your learning program? Join Pamela Easterbrook, Product Manager and Craig Basford, Head of Product, to introduce the latest addition to Absorb LMS: Absorb Analyze. This new reporting feature is designed to boost your learning program’s ROI, ensuring you get the most out of your LMS.
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Pamela Easterbrook, Craig Basford
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The Learner Experience: Past, Present & Future
The Learner Experience (LE) within Absorb LMS continues to evolve—and with each iteration comes better tools and new challenges. Join Dan Markin, UX Designer Team Lead, and Demetrio Pagano, Product Manager, for a glimpse into where Absorb LMS’s LE started, where it stands today and where we’re headed next. See how your feedback and our user research are shaping the next generation.
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Dan Markin, Demetrio Pagano
TRAINING & EDUCATION
LMS Reporting 101: Stay Informed With Absorb Analyze
Does the thought of diving into your LMS data send your heart racing? Whether it's from anxiety or excitement—yes, some of us love numbers—you won't want to miss this session hosted by Pamela Easterbrook and Chris Carlson.
Led by Pamela Easterbrook, this engaging discussion will focus on identifying and addressing common LMS reporting challenges, including how the past year's events have shifted organizational priorities.
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Pamela Easterbrook, Chris Carlson, Kyle Prigotzke
FUTURE CUSTOMER
Futureproof Your Business By Adopting a Headless LMS
Striking the right balance between effective training and learner productivity safeguards your competitive edge. When training’s available when and where it’s needed most, employees gain the skills and confidence to perform at their peak without interrupting productivity.
Join Stephen Miller, Sales Director, to discuss how learning in the flow of work with a “headless LMS” keeps employees learning—and companies growing.
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Stephen Miller, Jeremy Yanofsky
FUTURE CUSTOMER
Absorb Create LI: The Intuitive, Engaging & Interactive Course Builder
Seamlessly built into Absorb LMS, Absorb Create LI is the online course builder that’s engaging, interactive and easy to use. Keep your learners motivated and eager to learn with animations, branching scenarios, quizzes, assessments and more.
Romain Gagon, Senior Product Research Manager, will demonstrate how to create unforgettable, SCORM-compliant learning experiences within Absorb Create LI and publish them to Absorb LMS within minutes.
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Romain Gagnon, David Patane, Sandra George, Heather Zilke, Sandy Va
FUTURE CUSTOMER
Meeting Global Security and Privacy Standards
Join us for an engaging conversation about a serious subject: Security.
Data protection and privacy requirements continue to change rapidly in response to cybersecurity challenges and concerns. Led by Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Manager Carrie Taylor, this engaging session will provide an overview of how Absorb LMS ensures clients meet global security and privacy standards.
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Carrie Taylor, Heather Zilke, Samantha Bos
FUTURE CUSTOMER
Meet Absorb LMS: The Ultimate Learning Solution
In today’s fast-paced world, you need a leading-edge, easy-to-use learning platform that will propel you through tomorrow’s challenges. Absorb LMS supercharges your L&D program with scalable training, intuitive design, rich features, powerful integrations, robust reporting, excellent customer support and more.
But don’t just take our word for it. Join Account Executive Andrew Muir for a test drive of Absorb LMS and see first-hand how it helps smash business goals.
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Andrew Muir, Jessica Rae, Bailey Anderson, Olga Mendoza
NETWORKING
Connect & Collaborate: Client Networking Session 5
Want to meet and network with other Absorb LMS users? This session is for you! Moderated by Absorb experts, you’ll have a chance to chat in small groups of up to 5 Absorb LMS clients at a time. Join a group and share your L& initiatives, questions, wins and challenges in an informal, online space.
If you join a networking session, expect to share your contact information with others in the group.
MODERATOR
Will Wright
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Connect & Collaborate: Client Networking Session 6
Want to meet and network with other Absorb LMS users? This session is for you! Moderated by Absorb experts, you’ll have a chance to chat in small groups of up to 5 Absorb LMS clients at a time. Join a group and share your L& initiatives, questions, wins and challenges in an informal, online space.
If you join a networking session, expect to share your contact information with others in the group.
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Owen Jenkins
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Connect & Collaborate: Client Networking Session 7
Want to meet and network with other Absorb LMS users? This session is for you! Moderated by Absorb experts, you’ll have a chance to chat in small groups of up to 5 Absorb LMS clients at a time. Join a group and share your L& initiatives, questions, wins and challenges in an informal, online space.
If you join a networking session, expect to share your contact information with others in the group.
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Zain Saeed
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Fireside Chat with Absorb’s Leadership Team
Enterprise Support clients are invited to an exclusive, informal sit-down with Absorb’s executive leadership team and CEO. In this small group session, we encourage you to ask questions, and help us understand what’s most important to your organization regarding the evolution of Absorb Software.
*Enterprise Support Clients Only
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Greg Shell, Jennifer Kennedy, Mike Owens, Craig Smith, Eric Foss, Chris Carlson, Tara Brooks, Craig Basford
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Product Workshop
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Digital Body Language: Collaborate Faster and Further, Together
In this presentation, Erica Dhawan combines cutting edge research with engaging storytelling to decode the new signals and cues that have replaced traditional body language across genders, generations, and culture. In person, we lean in, uncross our arms, smile, nod and make eye contact to show we listen and care. Online, reading carefully is the new listening. Writing clearly is the new empathy. And a phone or video call is worth a thousand emails. Dhawan will supercharge your teams with collectively understood rules that foster connection, build trust and drive innovation.
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Erica Dhawan (Guest Speaker), Paul Marsh
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Valuable Insights from Absorb LMS Champions
Hear from four innovative companies that have conquered and amplified the power of Absorb LMS. Tara Brooks, Absorb’s Senior Director of Client Success, will host this event and present awards to each client for their outstanding use of the platform.
Leave inspired to elevate your L& program, whether you’re looking to be more creative, efficient, strategic, data-driven, or want to optimize your LMS for external audiences.
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Tara Brooks, Caitlyn Tran, Clients
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Gamification in L&D
Getting and keeping employees engaged in the learning process is challenge. Gamification can help make that a reality. Join author and entrepreneur, Gabe Zichermann for a session that will explore the best practices in gamified learning and development.
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Gabe Zichermann (Guest Speaker), Paul Marsh
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Ask Us Anything
Wrap up this year’s Virtual Summit with our most anticipated Session! We will spend this last hour answering questions that were submitted by attendees.
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Absorb Software
FUTURE CUSTOMER
Absorb Create LI: The Intuitive, Engaging & Interactive Course Builder
Seamlessly built into Absorb LMS, Absorb Create LI is the online course builder that’s engaging, interactive and easy to use. Keep your learners motivated and eager to learn with animations, branching scenarios, quizzes, assessments and more.
Romain Gagon, Senior Product Research Manager, will demonstrate how to create unforgettable, SCORM-compliant learning experiences within Absorb Create LI and publish them to Absorb LMS within minutes.
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Romain Gagnon, David Patane, David Patane, Heather Zilke, Sandy Va
FUTURE CUSTOMER
Absorb LMS Implementation Made Easy
Whether you’re switching your LMS or adopting your first online training program, your administrators should feel confident launching an L&D platform that fully meets your company’s needs.
Angelique Kambylis, Implementation Project Manager, will walk you through the Absorb LMS implementation process and the support you can expect—from our initial kick-off meeting to the day you launch your LMS. Hear from companies that seamlessly moved through Absorb LMS onboarding and the best practices they recommend.
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Angelique Kambylis, Kayla Dushanek
FUTURE CUSTOMER
Meet Absorb LMS: The Ultimate Learning Solution
In today’s fast-paced world, you need a leading-edge, easy-to-use learning platform that will propel you through tomorrow’s challenges. Absorb LMS supercharges your L&D program with scalable training, intuitive design, rich features, powerful integrations, robust reporting, excellent customer support and more.
But don’t just take our word for it. Join Account Executive Richard Nantel for a test drive of Absorb LMS and see first-hand how it helps smash business goals.
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Richard Nantel, Jessica Rae, Bailey Anderson, Olga Mendoza
TRAINING & EDUCATION
Demystifying Online Instructor-Led Courses
Want to meet and network with other Absorb LMS users? This session is for you! Moderated by Absorb experts, you’ll have a chance to chat in small groups of up to 5 Absorb LMS clients at a time. Join a group and share your L& initiatives, questions, wins and challenges in an informal, online space.
If you join a networking session, expect to share your contact information with others in the group.
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Jessica Rae
NETWORKING
Connect & Collaborate: Client Networking Session 10
Want to meet and network with other Absorb LMS users? This session is for you! Moderated by Absorb experts, you’ll have a chance to chat in small groups of up to 5 Absorb LMS clients at a time. Join a group and share your L& initiatives, questions, wins and challenges in an informal, online space.
If you join a networking session, expect to share your contact information with others in the group.
MODERATOR
Bonnie Casanova-Bigelow
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Connect & Collaborate: Client Networking Session 11
Want to meet and network with other Absorb LMS users? This session is for you! Moderated by Absorb experts, you’ll have a chance to chat in small groups of up to 5 Absorb LMS clients at a time. Join a group and share your L& initiatives, questions, wins and challenges in an informal, online space.
If you join a networking session, expect to share your contact information with others in the group.
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Bonnie Casanova-Bigelow
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Product Workshop
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*Enterprise Support Clients Only
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