ASTD is pleased to host Jack Appleman, bestselling author of 10 Steps to Successful Business Writing, for this year's lineup of author chats at the 2010 ASTD International Conference and Exposition! Jack Appleman will be informing you how to "Write Better. Achieve Bette... More »

ASTD Press Room , Books

Just how prestigious are ASTD's BEST Awards? Here's a quote from a 2009 winner. "Being a five-time winner of the ASTD BEST Awards, we not only take pride in our past accomplishments, we look forward to the challenge each year that ASTD puts forward concerning the rigour... More »

Global Human Resources Development

ASTD Press Room , Membership , Research

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 »

Government

ASTD Press Room , Conferences , Public Policy

Learning Executives are the most confident they've ever been since ASTD started measuring that confidence with the Learning Executive Confidence Index (LXCI).The LXCI for the first quarter of 2010 increased to its highest score to date after stabilizing in the fourth qu... More »

Senior Leaders & Executives

Business Impact , Curriculum Alignment , Economy , Managing the Learning Function , Trends

ASTD Press Room , Research

T+D magazine is a great source of information according to a learning consultant for one of the largest corporations in America. Mike Williams is a learning consultant with Walmart, and was featured in an interview posted on Bloomfire's blog. Mike shares some excellent ... More »

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