Be Part of the
Conversation
Connect with other L&D Professionals.
Share what you're seeing. Learn from your peers
Some of the best ideas in learning and development don’t come from presentations. They come from conversations with people who are doing the work, facing similar challenges, and willing to share what they’re learning.
TrainingPros creates opportunities for learning leaders and experienced L&D professionals to connect, compare experiences, ask questions, and learn from one another.
Whether you want to join a peer benchmarking discussion, share your perspective on our podcast, talk through an L&D challenge, or compare experiences with other consultants, there’s a conversation for you.
How would you like to be part of the conversation?
Share Your Perspective on the TrainingPros Podcast
(For Learning Leaders)
Who can be a guest on the TrainingPros podcast?
Our podcast features learning leaders sharing what they’re seeing, what they’re working through, and what they’ve learned along the way.
Join us for a one-on-one conversation about your experience leading learning and development. We talk about your career, changes you’re seeing in L&D, the challenges facing learning teams, and what you think the profession needs next.
It’s a conversation—not a presentation—and there’s nothing to sell or prepare.
I’m Interested in Being a Guest:
Join a Conversation That Counts
(For Learning Leaders)
What is Learning Leader Benchmarking?
Conversations That Count brings a small group of senior learning leaders together for candid, peer-to-peer benchmarking discussions about the issues shaping learning and development.
What are other organizations doing? What’s working? What are leaders reconsidering? And where are teams still trying to figure things out?
These invitation-only, facilitated conversations give learning leaders an opportunity to compare experiences with peers without presentations or sales pitches.
Real Perspectives From Your Peers
I’m Interested in Conversations That Count:
Talk Through an L&D Challenge
(For Learning Leaders & L&D Teams)
Can I talk with someone about an L&D challenge?
Absolutely.
Sometimes you don’t need a sales pitch. You need someone who understands L&D to help you think through a problem.
TrainingPros Relationship Managers are experienced L&D professionals who spend their days talking with learning leaders and seeing how organizations are approaching talent, capacity, technology, learning strategy, and other L&D challenges.
Maybe you’re deciding what expertise you need. Maybe your team has more work than capacity. Maybe you’re trying to determine whether the answer is training at all.
Bring us something you’re working through. We’ll compare notes.
I’d Like to Talk Through a Challenge:
Join the Consultant Benchmarking Exchange
(For Experienced L&D Consultants)
What are other consultants seeing in the market? How is the work changing? What are clients asking for? Where is AI changing expectations? What skills are becoming more valuable?
The Consultant Benchmarking Exchange brings experienced L&D consultants together for open conversations about the work, the market, and what they’re learning from their projects.
No presentations. No pitches. Just an opportunity to compare experiences with other professionals doing the work.
I’m Interested in the Consultant Benchmarking Exchange:
What Are Learning Leaders and
L&D Consultants Talking About?
Our conversations reflect the issues L&D professionals are working through right now. Topics change as the profession and the needs of organizations change.
Here are some of the areas we’re exploring:
How AI is changing Learning and Development
How is AI changing L&D roles, workflows, content development, and expectations from the business? Where are organizations experimenting, and where is AI becoming part of everyday work?
The Evolving Role of Instructional Designers
When almost anyone can create learning content with AI, where does instructional design expertise create value? How are the role and expectations of instructional designers changing?
L&D Team Structure and Skills
How are learning and development teams evolving? What work is disappearing, what new responsibilities are emerging, and what capabilities will L&D teams need next?
Learning Technology
How are organizations evaluating learning platforms, AI tools, simulations, and other learning technologies? How are leaders deciding what belongs in their learning technology stack?
Leadership Development
What are organizations changing about leadership development? Which approaches are producing results, and where are traditional programs falling short?
Sales Enablement
How are organizations helping sales teams build the knowledge, skills, and confidence they need to perform? What are learning leaders changing about sales onboarding, product training, coaching, and ongoing enablement—and how are they connecting those efforts to sales performance?
The Changing L&D Consulting Market
What are clients asking consultants to do? How are expectations changing? Which capabilities are becoming more important as AI and technology change how L&D work gets done?
L&D Leadership Career Transitions
What is the job market like for experienced learning leaders? How are leaders navigating a career transition, positioning their experience, building relationships, and finding their next opportunity? What are peers seeing and learning as they search?
Have something else on your mind?
Our best conversations often start with the questions L&D teams bring to us.
Frequently Asked Questions About
L&D Our Be Part of the Conversation Program
Are these TrainingPros sales events?
No. Our benchmarking conversations are designed for participants to learn from one another, not to sit through a TrainingPros presentation or sales pitch.
Who participates in Conversations That Count?
Conversations That Count is designed for senior learning leaders who want to compare experiences and perspectives with peers facing similar L&D challenges.
Who can participate in the Consultant Benchmarking Exchange?
The Consultant Benchmarking Exchange is designed for experienced L&D professionals who are doing consulting or contract work and want to compare what they're seeing and learning with other practitioners.
Are the benchmarking conversations recorded?
The goal is candid conversation. TrainingPros may use what we learn to identify broader themes and insights, but participants' comments are not publicly attributed without permission.
Do I need to prepare anything?
No formal presentation is required. Come prepared to participate, share your perspective, and learn from the experiences of others.
What if I have an L&D challenge but don't need a consultant right now?
That's completely fine. Our Relationship Managers are experienced L&D professionals. If you'd simply like to talk through what you're seeing or compare notes about an L&D challenge, we'd be happy to have the conversation.
