More than 8,500 people attended the recent ASTD 2011 International Conference & Exposition, held in Orlando, FL, May 22-25. The conference drew more than 2,100 attendees from outside the United States representing 81 countries, the largest number of internationa... More »

Career Development , Global Human Resources Development , Government , Higher Education , Human Capital , Learning & Development , Learning Technologies , Sales Enablement , Senior Leaders & Executives

Conferences , Press Releases

During its 2011 International Conference & Exposition held here, the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) presented the Excellence in Practice Awards and Citations to 71 organizations from 11 countries: Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, India,... More »

Career Development , Global Human Resources Development , Government , Human Capital , Learning & Development , Learning Technologies , Sales Enablement , Senior Leaders & Executives

Coaching and Mentoring , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , E-Learning , Human Performance Improvement , Informal Learning , Integrated Talent Management , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Managing the Learning Function , Measuring and Evaluating , Selling Skills , Skills Gap , Training and Development - General

Press Releases

Successful selling organizations depend upon sellers abilities to shift strategies in a changing sales environment. New research from the American Society for Training and Development indicates that current sales training needs improvement to help sellers effectively co... More »

Learning & Development , Sales Enablement

Business Impact , Selling Skills , Trends

ASTD Press Room , Research

Business leaders dedicated substantial resources to employee learning in 2009$125.88 billiondespite uncertain economic conditions, according to the newly released 2010 State of the Industry Report from the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD). ... More »

Career Development , Government , Higher Education , Human Capital , Learning & Development , Learning Technologies , Sales Enablement , Senior Leaders & Executives , Global Human Resources Development

Training and Development - General , Trends

Press Releases , Research

ASTD has partnered with ES Research for a new study on sales training. This project will focus on drivers of sales training: what sales professionals need and do in order to stay ahead of the competition and to excel their relationships with clients and prospects, as we... More »

Learning & Development , Sales Enablement

North America , Selling Skills

Research