U.S. organizations spent $156.2 billion on employee learning and development in 2011, according to the just-released findings of ASTD’s 2012 State of the Industry Report sponsored by Skillsoft and Eagle’s Flight. More »

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ASTD honored 30 organizations from Bahrain, Canada, India, and the United States as winners in the 2012 ASTD BEST Awards competition. NIIT Technologies Ltd., from Noida, India, won the first place ranking. The companies were recognized during a ceremony held at the Rona... More »

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The Excellence in Practice awards recognize organizations for results achieved through learning and development solutions. More »

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New research from ASTD shows high performing organizations evaluate their learning programs and tie the metrics to overall business performance measures. More »

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Chief Learning Officers (CLOs) who have managed to integrate learning into the strategic fabric of their organizations do so by ensuring their efforts have a business impact. A new research study by ASTD and the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) reveals th... More »

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