Aligning Learning and Development with Compensation and Rewards

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Jon Ingham

Ensuring the alignment and integration of learning and development with compensation and rewardsand other management policies, processes, and practicesis an important aspect of effective talent management. There is, first, a need for horizontal alignmentensuring... More »

Knowing Your Business

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Rita Smith

Knowing your business is about understanding how your organization makes money, which includes understanding the key elements of revenue, expenses, and profit. It is also about understanding your business partners key financial metrics and why these are important to the... More »

From Making It Stick to Making It Last: How to Keep ROI and Results-Based Training Efforts on Track

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Holly Burkett

Keeping a results-based evaluation and return-on-investment process on track is one of biggest implementation challenges for evaluation professionals. In many ways, its equivalent to training for a marathon. You start small with manageable goals, stretch your muscles, c... More »

Top 10 Things to Look for in an Online Registration Provider

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Todd Chandler

A Google search of online registration delivers approximately 159 million results in about 18 seconds. Finding the right provider for your online registration administration will likely take a bit longer, though. When you begin your due diligence, consider these 10 char... More »

Using ROI to Understand the Effectiveness of Faculty Training and Development to Deliver Quality Distance Learning

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ASTD Staff

Kimberly T. Staten is an adjunct graduate professor for the Department of Educational Technology at Boise State University. She also is a faculty assistant in the Graduate School of Management and Technology at the University of Maryland, University College for the onli... More »