Upcoming Event

Making the Case for L&D when budgets are tight

A free one-hour webinar with Michelle Parry-Slater and Michelle Ockers.
19th May, 2026
Michelle Parry-Slater, Michelle Ockers
Free

About The Event

Budgets are tight. In our conversations with L&D leaders across all kinds of organisations in recent months, we’re hearing the same thing: pressure is real and further tightness is expected.

When budgets come under pressure, L&D is often first in the firing line. Yet organisations that stop investing in their people during times of change don’t just slow down. They fall behind and risk not recovering. Making the case for learning investment has never been more important, or more challenging.

This community webinar with #TheTwoMichelles tackles exactly that. Join Michelle Parry-Slater and Michelle Ockers on Tuesday 19 May for a practical conversation on how to build a compelling business case for L&D, even when the economic climate is working against you. We’ll explore how to connect learning investment to organisational outcomes, how to speak the language of your stakeholders, and how to make a value-add argument that’s hard to ignore.

What you’ll take away

  • A simple approach for connecting L&D activity to the outcomes your organisation cares about most
  • Practical language shifts that help you talk about learning in terms your executive team and CFO will respond to
  • Confidence to reframe L&D from ‘nice to have’ to an essential lever for business performance
  • Ideas you can put into practice straight away, no matter the size of your team or budget

This session is for you if…

You’re an L&D professional who wants your work to have greater visibility and impact. Whether you’re defending an existing budget, building the case for a new initiative, or simply tired of feeling like learning is undervalued, this session will support you.

You don’t need to be in a senior role. You do need to care about making your L&D work count.

Join #TheTwoMichelles and your L&D peer network for a valuable, practical hour.

Register for this event

Register via Zoom for the session you would like to attend using the links below.

Sessions

Session 1

Tuesday 19 May 2026, 12–1pm AEST (APAC friendly)

Session 2

Tuesday 19 May 2026, 12–1pm BST (UK and Europe friendly)