Unlocking AI for Talent Development Success: A Hands-On Workshop

Generative AI is transforming the way organizations develop talent, enhance learning experiences, and drive professional growth. This interactive, hands-on workshop is designed for talent development professionals who want to go beyond theory and actively apply AI to their work.

We’ll explore four key areas — Advanced Prompt Design, Customizing Images, GPT Creation, and Data Analysis — through guided exercises and real-world applications to help you optimize AI tools for instructional design, leadership development, coaching, and workforce learning.

• Advanced Prompt Design: Learn how to use AI Priming Documents to structure prompts for consistent, high-quality AI-generated content that supports training initiatives.
• Customizing Images: Generate compelling visuals to enhance learning materials and increase engagement.
• GPT Creation: Develop custom AI models tailored to your organization’s learning and development needs.
• Data Analysis: Leverage AI to analyze learning trends, assess skills gaps, and refine talent strategies.

This hands-on experience will ensure you walk away with practical, immediately applicable AI skills to integrate into your L&D programs, enhance creativity, and drive measurable impact in today’s rapidly evolving workplace.

Stan Skrabut is a card carrying lifelong learner who has spent his career helping people and organizations achieve improved performance. He is a scholar, teacher, author, veteran, martial artist, and avid reader. Throughout his working life, he has changed roles and responsibilities countless times. He worked as a guard, organizational trainer, instructional technologist, webmaster, systems programmer, lecturer, and director. He uses informal learning, especially reading, as a way to improve himself and subsequently his teams. His interest in informal learning inspired his dissertation topic, Study of Informal Learning Among University of Wyoming Extension Educators. He lives with his wife and dog in Rhode Island. Nomadic in nature, he loves to travel and has lived in Germany, Belgium, Holland, Turkey, and various locations across the United States. His number one passion is helping others achieve their goals. He has been a member of ATD for over ten years and this is his third chapter.