One of PRA’s valuable employee benefits is professional development. In coordination with their Vice President, employees select a conference or training to attend that will enhance their work, skills, and knowledge. Our Profesional Development Series highlights the opportunities our staff have taken advantage of and to broadly share their learnings!

In November 2019, Lisa attended the Association for Talent Development – CORE 4 Conference in Miami, Florida and shared her experiences with us!

Describe your professional development opportunity in two to three sentences.

The conference offered sessions in four tracks that were focused on the four core aspects of talent development: instructional design, learning technologies, measurement and evaluation, and training delivery. Important insights and best practices were shared, and you had the opportunity to choose sessions that fit best to where you currently are in your career (i.e., whether you were new to the profession, a subject-matter expert who is now an “accidental trainer,” or an experienced practitioner wanting to polish already acquired skills).

What did you like about the professional development opportunity (e.g., favorite session, a good speaker, a new idea that you learned)?

I really enjoyed the sess