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 »

Information Overload

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Meryl Natchez

With the quick pace of the information age, data management is a continuous and thorny problem. We are all drowning in data. It exists in multiple locations and formats. Some of it overlaps or duplicates other information, some is unique, some is static, and some change... More »

Budgets on the Chopping Block

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Aparna Nancherla

The economic crisis is now common knowledge, even to those who avoid the media in an effort to escape hearing the latest bad news. The latest question on the table is how companies are handling the current situation, and across the globe, the answer is the same - organi... 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 »