The American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) and The Public Manager announce that the 2013 Government Workforce: Learning Innovations conference qualifies as training for federal employees, according to the United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM). The conference will be held September 25 in Washington, D.C.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/ASTD-Blog/2013/08/Government-Workforce-Conference-Gets-OPM-Approval
Through action learning, federal leaders can achieve both meaningful mindset change and goal accomplishment.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/TD/TD-Archive/2013/08/The-Untapped-Power-of-Action-Learning
I’ve taught the ASTD E-Learning Instructional Design Certificate Program for a number of years now. One of the greatest takeaways for the participants, I have found, is how empowering it can be to realize the significant impact each of us can have as designers when we take on the central instructional design challenge: Create an environment and an experience in which the learner will gain some knowledge or skill more effectively and efficiently than he or she could without the instruction.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/ASTD-Blog/2013/07/Putting-the-Design-Into-Instructional-Design
This month, we launched a new ASTD member benefit: online tools. To start we launched 7 tools and hope to expand our offering over the course of this year. The job aids, checklists, and assessments are designed to make your life easier.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/ASTD-Blog/2013/07/New-Tools-for-ASTD-Members
In March, the U.S. House of Representatives passed HR 803, better known as the SKILLS Act (Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills), which reauthorizes the Workforce Investment Act.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/TD/TD-Archive/2013/07/Intelligence-House-Passes-SKILLS-Act
Building a stronger government through innovation in learning is the focus of the 2013 Government Workforce: Learning Innovations Conference, presented by ASTD and The Public Manager. The event will be held September 25, 2013 in Washington, D.C., and registration is now open.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/ASTD-Blog/2013/06/Government-Workforce-Learning-Innovations-2013
This conference was designed around the issues that you told us mattered most. Unlike the tried and true formulas of many conferences, Government Workforce is designed by you: your interests and concerns drive the discussion. This is an interactive and collaborative “un-conference”, which will explore next generation workplace learning in government. We will feature an “ask the expert” format that will allow your questions and concerns to set the agenda.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/GovLearning-Blog/2013/06/Government-Workforce-2013
Practice helps to makes us more capable and competent at combining some of the chunks of information we learn to become master instructional designers and developers: conducting needs assessment, designing learning programs, developing learning programs.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/ASTD-Blog/2013/06/Combining-the-Chunks-to-Master-Instructional-Design
A new learning management system increases the scope and accuracy of data sharing, and provides opportunities to develop employee training in new ways.
With nearly 130,000 items, the National Gallery of Art has one of the finest collections of American and European art from the late middle ages to the present. More than 4 million people visit the gallery each year, making it the sixth most popular art museum in the world.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/The-Public-Manager/Archives/2013/Summer/Managing-Training-and-Development-at-the-National-Gallery-of-Art
How does the U.S. government view its sustainability efforts, compared with how businesses perceive their own? As it turns out, there is a great deal of similarity between what the government sees in the mirror and what the private sector sees in its reflection. Government and private businesses share many of the same core sustainability values, expect comparable bottom-line benefits, and encounter some of the same barriers to further progress. What's more, they can probably learn a lot of the same lessons.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/The-Public-Manager/Archives/2013/Summer/What-Do-Feds-See-in-the-Green-Mirror