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Leaving Addie for SAM: An Agile Model for Developing the Best Learning Experiences

Discover two new concepts that take instructional design beyond ADDIE and help you produce better, more effective learning products.

Managing for People Who Hate Managing

Many managers dislike their jobs because they haven’t found the management style that is right for them or because they feel unprepared. Managing for People Who Hate Managing gives managers the tools they need to overcome the many obstacles that come with being a manager.

Learning Everywhere: How Mobile Content Strategies Are Transforming Training

Learning Everywhere provides a comprehensive look at mobile learning, from strategy to design, to development, delivery, and beyond.

Informal Learning Basics

Informal Learning Basics will help training and development professionals leverage the power of informal learning in designing meaningful and cost-effective training programs and practices. By identifying informal learning experiences that happen every day on the job and suggesting ways to promote and facilitate those experiences, Informal Learning Basics provides you with the tools to capitalize on the informal learning opportunities which exist in your organization.

The Ultimate Guide to Sales Training: Potent Tactics to Accelerate Sales Performance

The Ultimate Guide to Sales Training is the go-to reference for sales managers, sales trainers, sales coaches, and sales consultants who want to increase a sales force's productivity by using these proven techniques: Building Mental Flexibility Anchoring Concepts for Easy RecallEncouraging Behavioral Change

Rapid Video Development for Trainers: How to Create Learning Videos Fast and Affordably

Creating web-based professional development video in-house has never been easier, faster, or more cost-effective. And as digital, web-based video assumes a more important role in professional development programs, corporate trainers and other development staff are increasingly being called upon to create training and instructional video themselves: in-house, on time, and within budget. This book answers such important questions as “Where do I get started with video?”, “How can I produce video that delivers the content I need to share?”, “Which software and hardware tools will work best for me?”, and “What’s the best way for me to put my finished video on the web?”

Real World Training Design: Navigating Common Constraints for Exceptional Results

As every learning and development professional knows, time, cost, and quality constraints are the obstacles encountered in developing any training project. Based on the ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation) model, Real World Training Design will help you to identify and manage these issues while you create effective, productive training tools for your organization.

The Self-Aware Leader: A Proven Model for Reinventing Yourself

Written by Fortune 100 executive Dan Gallagher, The Self-Aware Leader is a unique approach on how to become a more effective leader by increasing self-awareness in four pillars of leadership. By integrating the concepts of reinvention, servant leadership, and business transformation into a single framework that has been validated in research, The Self-Aware Leader emphasizes taking a calculated approach to change rather than merely reacting to change. The Self-Aware Leader also helps readers recognize three basic truths which are crucial to success within organizations: approaches to management have a shelf life; middle managers are frequently caught between “a rock and a hard place”; and, with conservatism on the rise, becoming and remaining an effective leader is extremely complex. This book offers two key takeaways; (1) a new mental framework on leadership more appropriate for today’s business conditions; and (2) a functional, practical plan for putting the newly learned concepts presented into daily practice.

The Gamification of Learning and Instruction: Game-Based Methods and Strategies for Training and Education

Packed with methods and strategies for game-based learning in the workplace, The Gamification of Learning and Instruction is an essential resource for trainers looking for fun and effective ways to engage workers in their professional development.

The ASTD Management Development Handbook

The ASTD Management Development Handbook is a powerful and useful collection of writing covering many aspects of management in today’s business climate.