Moving Into a New Frontier

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M.J. Hall

According to members of the ASTD Benchmarking Forum, the new frontier is all about connecting, collaborating, and learning in different ways because of technologies, learning styles, demographics, and economic needs. During the Fall ASTD Benchmarking Forum Summit, the f... More »

Making Learning Stick

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ASTD Staff

A training department learns that participants must practice what is preached to make knowledge and skills stick. More »

Disappearing Act: The Vanishing Corporate Classroom

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Pat Galagan

For most of the seven years that ASTD has been collecting data on the state of the training industry, the use of classrooms for delivery of training has been dropping steadily. Displacing brick and mortar classrooms are myriad web- and computer-based delivery vehicles, ... More »

Collaborating With Subject Matter Experts

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Nathan Eckel

Ever wish there was an alternative to the pushback, relational frustrations, and misunderstandings that often plague the interaction between trainers and subject matter experts (SMEs)? The alternative to a competition-based approach to training is collaboration, which i... More »

Seven Cures to Skipping the Needs Assessment

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Natalia Muller

When Asha saw Mike's name appear on her phone screen, she took a deep breath before answering. She knew the questions that would be asked, and she was clearly uncomfortable about verbalizing the answers. Making sure that the roof doesn't leak on your next e-learning pro... More »