Everybody gets stuck. It happens to organizations as well as individuals. It doesnt matter how exciting the change effort is, or how many people are on board. Enthusiasm flags. Internal change leaders flame out. Efforts start to wander off strategy. The prob... More »

Learning & Development

Beginner Level Content , Delivering Training , Managing the Learning Function

My first interest in ASTD came in 1949 when I finished my MBA in Personnel Management from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. A discussion with my professor, Dr. Russell Moberly, led me to take a job as an instructor with the Management Institute (MI) of th... More »

Learning & Development , Senior Leaders & Executives

Beginner Level Content , Measuring and Evaluating , Training and Development - General

I think about safety quite a bit. For one thing, I work in manufacturing, and were attuned to the possibility of production floor accidents. Because I also travel frequently for my job, Ive learned much about simple ways to keep myself out of harms way while on solo... More »

Career Development

Beginner Level Content , Training and Development - General , Trends

Darlene Van Tiem, CPT, CPLP, is associate professor emeritus, performance improvement and instructional design, University of Michigan Dearborn, and is on the faculty of Capella University. She was formerly training director at AT&T Yellow Pages (Midwest) and... More »

Career Development , Learning & Development

Beginner Level Content , Career Planning , Jobs , Training and Development - General

Instructional systems development has been in existence for a long time. Even though ISD is now recognized and implemented worldwide, there are many facets of the ISD process that are misunderstood or underappreciated. ISD in its purist form is simply a system for the d... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Beginner Level Content , Designing Learning , E-Learning