Sir Ken Robinson, creativity & innovation leader, to open industy's premier conference. The American Society for Training & Development will host the 2013 International Conference & Exposition May 19-22 at the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas,... More »

Career Development , Workforce Development , Global Human Resources Development , Learning & Development , Human Capital , Senior Leaders & Executives , Government , Learning Technologies , Sales Enablement

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I never realized how important sales and marketing skills are to the L&D professional. Twenty-some years ago I was tasked with teaching programmers to code in a new and different way, using a language (C) that was new to them. The course materials were rational and ... More »

Learning & Development , Sales Enablement

Delivering Training , Designing Learning , Training and Development - General , Selling Skills

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 »

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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 »

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Successful selling organizations depend upon sellers abilities to shift strategies in a changing sales environment. New research from the American Society for Training and Development indicates that current sales training needs improvement to help sellers effectively co... More »

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