September 23, 2009 - by Geri Lopker, Rhonda Askeland
First identified by Don Kirkpatrick in his seminal works on training evaluation, Level 1 evaluation helps an organization to assess participants' reactions to a learning event, facilitator, setting, materials, and learning activities. Like a canary in the proverbial coa... More »
September 23, 2009 - by Paula Ketter
In a recent ASTD/i4cp research report, "Learning in a Down Economy," only 23 percent of learning professionals admit that their firms currently use mentoring and peer coaching to a high or very high extent, while more than 67 percent of learning executives say that they... More »
September 23, 2009 - by Geraldine Markel
The opportunity to tackle a new, complex, and costly learning project is exciting, but it also means that the pressure is on. You try to get down to business, but find your senses assaulted by a horde of visual and aural distractions - ringing landlines, blaring cell ph... More »
September 23, 2009 - by Rick Smith
In every walk of life, ordinary people have turned into extraordinary performers. Consider Frances Hesselbein. A stay-at-home mom, she reluctantly accepted a series of leadership positions, and eventually became acclaimed director of the Girl Scouts. Silvia Lagnado, a s... More »
September 23, 2009 - by ASTD Staff
An inteview with Steve Piersanti, President and Founder, Berrett-Koehler Publishers. Piersanti founded Berrett-Koehler, an independent publisher of progressive books on current affairs, personal growth, and business and management, in 1992. More »
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