Walt McFarland Named Chair-Elect of ASTD Board of Directors

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Walt McFarland, Founder of Windmill Human Performance, LLC, and former executive at Booz Allen Hamilton, will serve as the 2012 Chair-Elect of the ASTD Board of Directors and will assume the role of Board Chair in 2013. Mr. McFarland created Windmill Human Perfo... More »

Microsoft’s Chris Pirie Named Chair of the ASTD Board of Directors

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Chris Pirie, General Manager within Microsofts Sales, Marketing, and Services Group Readiness (SMGSR) organization, will serve as the 2012 chair on the Board of Directors for the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD). Pirie joined the board in 2010 ... More »

Charles Fred, Founder of The Breakaway Group, Joins ASTD Board of Directors

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The American Society for Training & Development announces that Charles Fred, founder and CEO of The Breakaway Group, is joining the Societys Board of Directors for a three-year term, 2012-2014. In his role as CEO of The Breakaway Group, Mr. Fred has led the ... More »

Work/Life Balance, Learning Opportunities Have Greatest Impact on Job Satisfaction

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(From PRNewswire) -- Want to know the way to an employee's heart? Professionals interviewed by OfficeTeam identified work/life balance (28 percent) and opportunities to learn and grow (27 percent) as the top contributors to their job satisfaction. The results are in... More »

Obamas State of the Union Speech Calls for Job Training

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(From the Huffington Post) -- In last night's State of the Union speech focused tightly on jobs and the economy, President Barack Obama outlined his ideas for getting long-term unemployed workers back to work and closing the "skills gap" separating jobless Americans... More »