Inside the Design: The Making of "Moving from Panic to Purpose"

  • 10/22/2025
  • 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
  • Webinar – find link in email confirmation
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Your industry is changing more rapidly than ever before, bringing a barrage of discussions about disruption, agility, and resilience. Professionals who adapt quickly can seize new opportunities and manage their careers.  

What does it really take to create a leadership development program that helps people navigate rapid change?


About Our Presenters   Capability Alignment   Accessibility Statement

Inside the Design

In this candid, behind-the-scenes session, you’ll get an insider’s view of the creative process, design decisions, and real-world challenges faced when developing impactful learning experiences for leaders and teams. Discover the inspiration behind the program, the frameworks that shaped it, and the pivotal choices—both strategic and unexpected—that brought it to life. You’ll hear honest stories about obstacles and iterations, and walk away with practical insights for your own work in leadership and team development.

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify key stages and decision points in designing a leadership or team development program, from initial inspiration to final delivery.
  • Analyze real-world challenges encountered during program development and evaluate strategies used to overcome them.
  • Apply lessons learned from the creative and iterative process to enhance your own approach to designing impactful learning experiences.

Session Outline:

  • Virtual Whiteboard Brainstorm: Challenges or "aha moments" in program design. 
  • Inside the Design interview with Amy Waninger
  • Live Q&A


About our Presenter: 

Amy Waninger


Amy C. Waninger (she/her) is the Founder & CEO of Lead at Any Level, where she improves employee engagement and retention for companies that promote from within. Amy offers assessments, advisory services, and training on essential skills for inclusive leaders. She is the author of eight books including Network Beyond Bias: Making Diversity a Competitive Advantage for Your Career.

Amy is a Certified Diversity Professional (CDP), Certified Diversity Executive (CDE), and Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach. She is also a Member of National Speakers Association and a Prosci Certified Change Practitioner. She’s been named a Top 100 HR Influencer globally, five years in a row, and has served clients and audiences on all seven continents, including Antarctica! Her other credentials include two degrees from Indiana University and a “World’s Best Mom” coffee mug.


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ATD Capability Model

Each ATD-OC Learning Event will be aligned to at least one Talent Development  Capability, as identified by ATD National.

This program aligns with:

Domain(s):

✅Developing Professional Capability
  • 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.

To find out more about the ATD Capability Model for the Training and Development Profession, visit http://tdcapability.org.

Earn Professional Professional Development Points

This program is worth .5 Professional Development points.
Find out more about APTD/CPTD Certifications here.

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Accessibility

ATDOC events are accessible to all participants. If you have questions or require special accommodations or auxiliary aid related to a disability for you to participate in the event, please notify us at least three weeks in advance by message to ocoffice@atdoc.org, with subject line "ADA Accommodations," outlining your needs and request for accommodation.

We will make every effort to work with you to accommodate your need.

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