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 »

Learning & Development

Business Impact , Curriculum Alignment , Global Workforce Development , Human Performance Improvement , Managing the Learning Function , Training and Development - General , Training for Multiple Cultures

Why do we conduct an evaluation of a learning experience? Many times, we do not use the information or only give it a cursory review. Are there real benefits to conducting training evaluations? Some of the purposes for conducting evaluation include: To build relationshi... More »

Learning & Development , Senior Leaders & Executives

Business Impact , Curriculum Alignment , Intermediate-level Content , Managing the Learning Function , Measuring and Evaluating , Training and Development - General

Today's businesses face new challenges when developing leadership talents in this generation of wired, multitaskers. While the tenants of basic leadership development remains the same, we must address at least three new competencies, change, creativity, and global diver... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies , Workforce Development

Change Management , Curriculum Alignment , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , E-Learning , Leadership Development , Management Development , Training for Multiple Cultures

Executive onboarding helps accelerate the productivity of a new executive, and provides a new, unique, and challenging role for executive development practitioners. Without question, the most significant difference in working at the executive level is that everything is... More »

Career Development , Learning & Development , Senior Leaders & Executives , Workforce Development

Career Development , Coaching and Mentoring , Curriculum Alignment , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , Leadership Development , Management Development , Training and Development - General

Here's an overview of six red flags that will impact your ability to conduct effective Kirkpatrick level 3 assessments. Consider the following situation: You recently designed, developed, and delivered a blended learning workshop. The pre-work was online, and participan... More »

Learning & Development

Assessment , Curriculum Alignment , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , Intermediate-level Content , Measuring and Evaluating , Skills Gap , Training and Development - General