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Invigorate Your Career at the ASTD International Conference

Jennifer Homer

In ASTD’s Career Development Community of Practice, we’re planning for great content, networking, and career coaching in Dallas! Here are a few sessions of note; for a full list of our offerings, please visit www.astdconference.org. More »

Where are you in your T&D career?

Annabelle Reitman

We are truly looking forward to the publication of the 3rd edition of Career Moves due out September 2013. Our book highlights the latest training and development trends and gives you the tools you need for the practical application of the revised ASTD Competency Model&... More »

Closing the Gap Between Research and Practice

Tomika Greer

The way I see it – the gap between research/theory and practice can be largely attributed to the different priorities of scholars and practitioners. Scholars want to be well-respected within the research community.  Practitioners want answers to the issues th... More »

The Well-Connected Employee: 8 Networking Competencies That Lead to Career & Organizational Success

Lynne Waymon

New research reveals that people with deep and wide face-to-face networks have more successful careers AND they have a positive impact on a wide variety of business operations such as retention, management, leadership, decision-making, business development, and pro... More »

A Learning Entrepreneur

Joe Ilvento has used his innovative, "can-do" attitude and relationship-building skills to be a successful entrepreneur in the learning and development profession. More »