Training With the Punches

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ASTD Staff

A food service and transportation company is forced to revamp a training initiative when the declining economy deals an unexpected blow. More »

Give your Training a Visual Boost

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Ruth Colvin Clark

In comparison, most of us have had no training in visual literacy. We think and communicate with words rather than visuals. So it will take some time and effort to begin to think visually as you plan your training materials. Guidelines 1. Beyond the pumpkin slide. You a... More »

Training Stimulates Economic Recovery

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Jennifer Homer

The bill invests heavily in new technologies, infrastructure projects, and healthcare. It also calls for investments to help individuals who have been laid off get back to work. An important part of the legislation allocates $3.9 billion to the Department of Labor, and ... More »

Doug Lynch

ASTD Staff

An interview with Doug Lynch, Vice Dean, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania. Lynch founded Corporate Learning Services—an advisory program for large organizations such as American Express and JetBlue Airways on developing corporate universiti... More »

Human Potential Untangled

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Kevin J. Sensenig

Three generations of management theory have defined how organizations develop human potential. First, under the functional management approach, development was aimed at getting people to follow the standard processes established for each function. The assumption was tha... More »