During his career, which includes 19 years of service in the public sector and winning the Presidential Leadership Award in 2000, performance management and strategic planning expert and consultant John Desenberg has worked with clients such as the U.S. Department of He... More »

Government , Learning & Development

Change Management , Human Performance Improvement , Intermediate-level Content , Training and Development - General , Training for Multiple Cultures

Content-as-a-Service offerings are emerging as a way to solve the issues surrounding the maintenance and delivery of effective online training that have been hampering organizations since the inception of e-learning. An old mantra proclaims that Content Is King. In many... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Advanced Level Content , E-Learning , Training and Development - General , Trends

At ASTD 2010 in Chicago, three of the biggest names in measurement and evaluationJack Phillips of the ROI Institute, Jim Kirkpatrick of Kirkpatrick Partners, and Robert Brinkerhoff of Western Michigan Universityjoined together to discuss what learning professionals need... More »

Learning & Development , Senior Leaders & Executives , Workforce Development

Global Workforce Development , Intermediate-level Content , Leadership Development , Management Development , Training and Development - General

With the globalization of the worlds economies, the ease of travel, and convergence in many industries, the need for global training events is becoming more common. However, global training events are full of minefields. The hidden dimensions of cross-cultural differenc... More »

Global Human Resources Development , Learning & Development

Asia Pacific , Global Workforce Development , Intermediate-level Content , Middle East , Training and Development - General , Training for Multiple Cultures

The term evaluation invokes a variety of emotions in people. Some fear the thought of being held accountable through an evaluation process; others see the prospect of evaluation as challenging and motivating. In either case, measurement and evaluation of training has a ... More »

Learning & Development

Assessment , Measuring and Evaluating , Training and Development - General , Trends