Using Action Plans to Align Programs with the Business

ASTD Staff

Business alignment is an imperative if you are interested in driving a positive return on your organization's training investment. As described in an earlier blog, Positioning Your Programs for Success in 2010, the process of achieving alignment includes four steps: 1. ... More »

Will the Macmillan/Amazon dustup be a boon for the new Apple iPad?

ASTD Staff

Last week, schoolyard bully Amazon pounded on plucky Macmillan Publishers by disabling the buy buttons on nearly all editions of all its books, thus cutting off access to one of the publisher's and its authors' biggest markets. Why? Because Macmillan had the temerity to... More »