ASTD CEO Tony Bingham Responds to News on Training

ASTD Staff

ASTD President and CEO Tony Bingham has issued this open letter: The topic of training and its efficacy have been featured in three national newspapers this summer. USA Today opened the conversation with a June 11 article titled, "Laid off workers retrain but end up in ... More »

ASTD Virtual Conference Extends Benefits of Successful International Conference

ASTD Staff

Thousands of workplace learning and development professionals from around the world gathered in Chicago May 16-19 for the American Society for Training & Development's 2010 International Conference & Exposition. Now, ASTD's Virtual Conference offering is open fo... More »

ASTD 2010 International Conference and Expo Chicago Conference: a great show for public policy!

ASTD Staff

Hi there. For those of us who attended the International Conference and Expo in Chicago this year, it was great to see the public policy programming and recognition in Chicago. Public policy programming had three sessions. The first was on the engagement of the public w... More »

ASTD Presents Lifetime Achievement, Excellence in Practice Awards

ASTD Staff

ASTD held its annual Awards ceremony last night here in Chicago after a full day of ASTD 2010 conference & exposition activities. Bob Eichinger and Mike Lombardo were presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Beverly Kaye received the Distinguished Contribution... More »

House Democrats want to play with WIA too!

ASTD Staff

As many of you know, one of ASTD's top legislative priorities is the reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA). First passed in 1998, it's long overdue to be reworked. Over the past 6 months, ASTD has been on Hill conducting meetings with staff of the Senate... More »