Beef Up Your Training Toolbox With Web Tools

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ASTD Staff

To keep ideas fresh and learning engaging, training and development professionals need to constantly update, freshen, or create new training materials. Fortunately, there are free Internet tools that can aid in revitalizing supplemental training materials. What follows ... More »

Blackboard Pays Off for ADP

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Kevin Alansky

Roseland, New Jersey - based ADP has become one of the world's largest providers of business outsourcing solutions, by focusing on more than just the quality of its products and services. The 60-year-old company, which has achieved nearly $9 billion in revenues annually... More »

When IT Pulls the Security Card, Pull Your Obscurity Card

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Anders Gronstedt

Does your IT department keep iPads, Facebook, virtual worlds, mobile applications, games, YouTube, and other learning resources away from employees? Do you sometimes get the impression that you're working for the IT department, instead of IT working for you? Do your IT ... More »

Rules of the [Social] Road

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Lisa Barone

Social media is more than just this moment's hot topic. It represents a fundamental shift in how companies do business, how consumers interact with them, and how a brand's voice is established in a new marketplace. In today's society, you can't hide. You're no longer a ... More »

Boosting Performance Through Self-Efficacy

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Golnaz Sadri

Self-efficacy is the belief a person holds about whether or not he can successfully attain a desired level of performance. In his studies of self-efficacy, psychologist Albert Bandura demonstrated how the concept relates to human motivation, performance accomplishments,... More »