Welcome to the 2011 BEST Awards!

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ASTD Staff

The ASTD BEST Awards recognize organizations that demonstrate enterprise-wide success as a result of employee learning and development. We are looking for organizations that get it: They use the learning function as a strategic business tool to get results. More »

Leading with Your External and Internal Customers

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Mark David Jones

Youve probably heard the acronym VIP, which is commonly defined as very important person. But to develop a more personalized kind of relationship, many benchmark companies have shifted the meaning of VIP to very individual person. More »

Teaching Not-for-Profits to Fish with HPI

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Patricia Radakovich

Human performance improvement (HPI) is a field that is generally applied in business. Most of the time, practitioners are external consultants, but there are some internal positions as well. Rarely do you see an HPI practitioner work for a not-for-profit, however, becau... More »

ASTD Working to Promote International Standards for Education and Training

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Alexandra Griffin

ASTD has joined with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to form a U.S. Technical Advisory Group (US/TAG) to coordinate U.S. input to a newly formed International Organization for Standardization (ISO) technical committee (ISO/TC 232) on Educational Service... More »

Getting a Seat at the Table: Interview with Theresa Hummel-Krallinger and Jim Yoacham

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George Hall

Training expert, Theresa Hummel-Krallinger, and former senior executive, Jim Yoakum, draw from several decades of experience to define just what skills are needed to "get-a-seat-at-the table," and how these skills can be developed. Hummel-Krallinger and Yoakum sound a c... More »