Any project plan begins with an analysis. Who is your customer? Are you focusing on one department and one production line, or is the project something that could apply to other departments and divisions? Make sure you have a clear idea of your scope and who will fund t... More »

Learning & Development

Designing Learning , Human Performance Improvement , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Training and Development - General

The desire to improve business analysis prompted NYSOSC to create an integrated, strategic educational program focused on the transfer of best practices. From the moment students start elementary school all the way through college, they are taught concepts mainly throug... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Curriculum Alignment , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , E-Learning , Human Performance Improvement , Informal Learning , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Managing the Learning Function

The last decade has brought a multitude of changes in technology and in the learning function. What will the next 10 years have to offer? Ten years ago, we had just come out of one of the most costly IT investments of all timethe Y2K scare. Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder o... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Career Development , Human Performance Improvement , Informal Learning , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Mobile Learning , Simulations and Serious Games , Social Learning , Trends

Mentoring programs can be an important part of the human performance technologists toolkit. The history of mentoring may have its beginnings in Greek mythology when Telemachus left his son in the care of a wise man named Mentor. Defining what mentoring is, and what it i... More »

Career Development , Human Capital , Learning & Development

Career Development , Career Planning , Coaching and Mentoring , Human Performance Improvement , Informal Learning , Managing Organizational Knowledge

2007 ASTD Awards: Deadline September 20, 2007 Be part of the 2007 ASTD Awards. Apply for these ASTD honors: Awards for Organizations Excellence in Practice - Practices and interventions that get results. ROI Impact Study Award - Case study that demonstrates return-on-in... More »

Global Human Resources Development , Learning & Development

Business Impact , Coaching and Mentoring , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , Human Performance Improvement , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Managing the Learning Function , Measuring and Evaluating