ASTD’s Excellence in Practice Awards is now accepting nominations. The Excellence in Practice Awards recognizes results achieved through the use of solutions from the entire scope of workplace learning and performance. Deadline for submissions is September 21. More »

Government , Human Capital , Learning Technologies , Learning & Development

Career Development , Human Performance Improvement , Delivering Training , E-Learning , Integrated Talent Management , Leadership Development , Managing the Learning Function , Selling Skills , Change Management , Coaching and Mentoring

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

Learning executives ended 2010confident about the outlook and expectations for the learning function for the first half of 2011, according to the latest measurement by ASTD. The Learning Executives Confidence Index (LXCI) for the fourth quarter of 2010 grew to its highe... More »

Learning & Development , Senior Leaders & Executives , Human Capital

Business Impact , Economy , Global Workforce Development , Human Performance Improvement , Jobs , Managing the Learning Function , North America , Trends , Training and Development - General

ASTD Press Room , Membership , Research , Press Releases

Some people will say that the step to isolate the effects of your programs when measuring and evaluating their results is a defensive move. This can easily be said for evaluation at large. Anytime the ball is being run toward your goal, youre on the defense protecting w... More »

Learning & Development

Business Impact , Competencies , Curriculum Alignment , Human Performance Improvement , Managing the Learning Function , Measuring and Evaluating

ASTD Press Room , Books

The 2009 State of the Industry Report revealed that workplace learning and performance has withstood the challenges of the difficult economy. Although investment in training was stable in 2008, organizations achieved positive outcomes and successfully contributed to the... More »

Learning & Development

Economy , Human Performance Improvement , Managing the Learning Function , Training and Development - General , Trends

Research