Preconference Learning
Project Management Certificate
Course Info
If you work in talent development, you are likely running projects all day every day. These projects may include creating or updating training programs, partnering with your IT department to implement a new technology platform or tool, such as a virtual learning platform or a learning management system (LMS), or overseeing an organization-wide learning initiative, such as a leadership development program. Having project management knowledge and a systematic approach to a project lifecycle enables you to successfully oversee projects with increasing complexity and greater impact.
Every learning project needs a strong project manager who is skilled in developing and managing timelines and budgets, setting priorities, minimizing risks, and gathering stakeholder input. Successful project outcomes rely on project managers who possess leadership skills that enable them to effectively direct project teams.
“Project management is the glue that helps ensure that the goals of projects closely align with the strategic goals of the business, and it helps guarantee that realistic expectations are set regarding what can be delivered, by whom, when and for how much,” says Lynn Lewis, CPTD, a facilitator for several ATD certificate programs.
Project Management Essentials for Talent Development
This certificate program introduces you to essential project management skills and shows you how to apply them specifically to a TD environment through examples and hands-on activities. As a result, you will be able to manage learning projects more efficiently through systematic, repeatable, and adaptable processes tailored to our field.
Whether you work within a talent development department or organization or as an independent consultant, becoming a skilled and capable project manager makes you a valuable asset to the team you support. In talent development, project management skills are critical to ensuring that a learning experience or talent solution achieves the desired learning or behavioral outcomes.
Research Backed: This course is aligned to the Project Management Capability in the Talent Development Capability Model™. The project management concepts covered are reflected in the TDBoK™ Guide: Talent Development Body of Knowledge, second edition, the definitive resource for the talent development profession.
Why Should I Attend?
- Learn essential project management skills and how you can apply them to a TD context.
- Become a skilled project manager who can take on and manage any learning project with ease.
- Practice project management tasks throughout the program in your own personal project.
- Get proven techniques to stay ahead of and solve issues quickly to ensure successful projects, large and small.
- Gain access to ATD-exclusive templates and tools that you can apply to your own work as a project manager.
- Earn an industry-recognized project management certificate, continuing education credits, and an ATD digital badge to share with your networks upon completion of your project management program.
Dates & Times
May 15, 2026 – May 16, 2026, 08:30 AM – 04:30 PM, Local Time
Preconference Learning Price
ATD Member: $2,125
Non Member: $2,425
ABOUT THE FACILITATOR
Joni Goodman, CPTD
Joni D. Goodman, CPTD, CDTLF is the Principal at JDGAdvisors. She collaborates with her clients: employees, sales professionals, leaders and executives and together with them boosts learning initiatives, sales, and leadership, to achieve development goals!
Joni was selected and trained by Dr. Brene’ Brown as one of the first Dare to Lead™ facilitators in the world. Joni is known for creating safe spaces where leaders can put down their armor and lean into growth.
Ms. Goodman has over 20 years of experience in the learning and development space where her experience encompasses effective management development, sales training, mentoring, and executive coaching.
She is also a published author in: “The Book of Road-Tested Training Activities”, “Association for Talent Developments (ATD)Training Toolkit application”, and “101 Ways to Make Training Active”. Ms. Goodman has been a featured speaker for the HR Houston Gulf Coast Symposium, ATD Houston, ATD San Antonio, Gulf Coast Diversity Council and W.I.S.E. (Women In Sports and Events) to name a few.