Don’t Lose a Training Project!

Brandt Carter

  That first meeting can be the big win or lose. Initial training project meetings, where the training request is explored, may include the internal client, subject matter experts, instructional designers, production, and project managers. It can be a time for hig... More »

Good Is Good, and Bad Is Horrid

Linda Hainlen

A recent conversation about training brought that poem to mind. Our conversation premise was: Training is either good or bad – no matter how it is served. We spend a lot of time as learning professionals, making our classroom slides prettier and converting them ... More »

We All Have “Needs”…or Do We?

Juana Llorens

There seem to be plenty of questions around what needs assessment is, what it does, and how we know we’re doing it right. In their new book Needs Assessment for Organizational Success , Roger Kaufman and Ingrid Guerra-López tackle these and other fundamenta... More »

Are You Developing Learning by the Numbers?

Juana Llorens

You may have noticed that the L&D Blog, since its arrival, has placed a strong emphasis on research. With blog posts from Ruth Clark and events with David Rock and the NeuroLeadership Institute team for example, there has been a big effort to inform and enlighten in... More »