Changing Culture and Lives Through Communities of Practice

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Colet Mitchell

A group of federal employees tackles federal disability employment issues using a collaborative workspace. Group members collaborate and share effective practices to support Executive Order 13548. Online social networking has become the way people connect, communicat... More »

Collaboration Enables Operational and Cultural Transformation on a Shoestring

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Kriste Jordan Smith

In an era of resource uncertainty, skillsets related to agility, adaptability, and collaboration now trump traditional, predictable rank-and-file behaviors for achieving resilient, large-scale transformation in the public service mission space. After 10 years of treat... More »

Communication Provides Foundation for Being a ‘Best Place to Work’

Kathleen Skidmore-Williams

At the U.S. Army Audit Agency, communication is vital to success and to reaching the next level of organizational performance and employee satisfaction. These are tough times to be a federal employee. At nearly every turn, federal workers are facing pay freezes (no c... More »

Managing Training and Development at the National Gallery of Art

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K M Lowe

A new learning management system increases the scope and accuracy of data sharing, and provides opportunities to develop employee training in new ways. With nearly 130,000 items, the National Gallery of Art has one of the finest collections of American and European a... More »

ASTD Celebrates 70 Years

Paula Ketter

This issue celebrates the 70th anniversary of ASTD. Along with an article that examines the evolution of ASTD to what it is today, I had the pleasure of asking some of the biggest names in this profession about the first 70 years and the next 10 for an article that prai... More »