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February 2010

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Jim Kirkpatrick, PhD, Joins Kirkpatrick Partners As Senior Consultant

Kirkpatrick Partners is pleased to announce Jim Kirkpatrick, PhD, has joined the company as Senior Consultant effective December 1, 2009. Click here to read more.

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	The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Growing a Stronger Workforce By Sheila E. Murphy The ARRA has presented countless opportunities for organizational, business, education, and community renewal nationwide. The experience of the Yuma Private Industry Council highlights notable opportunities for creating organizational renewal and growing a skilled workforce. Listen to the Podcast! + Free Article!
	Bridging the Skills Gap: New Factors Compound the Growing Skills Shortage By Pat Galagan Long-term benefits are possible when organizations obtain a big-picture understanding of the skills gap and what it means in today’s global business environment. Listen to the Podcast! + Free Article!
	The Connected Employee: The 8 Networking Competencies for Organizational Success By Anne Baber and Lynne Waymon In our plugged-in world, it might seem that the need for face-to-face networking skills is obsolete. Not so. Designing an enterprisewide strategy for teaching these skills and helping employees manage their social capital can and does benefit the bottom line. Listen to the Podcast! Not an ASTD Member? Buy the e-print here!
	Capitalizing on Coaching Challenges By Sophie Oberstein In many cases, challenges in a coaching relationship are inevitable. But these seemingly insurmountable odds can reveal hidden opportunities to turn a negative into a positive. Listen to the Podcast! Not an ASTD Member? Buy the e-print here!
	Turning Diversity Into Dollars: A Business Case for Hiring People With Disabilities By Jenell L.S. Wittmer and Leslie Wilson Training staff at all levels can open an employer’s doors to an untapped workforce. People with disabilities contribute to organizational diversity and are ready and willing to make a difference in your organization. Listen to the Podcast! Not an ASTD Member? Buy the e-print here!
	Overcoming Barriers and Valuing Evaluation By Laleh Patel An ASTD and i4cp study underscores the progress organizations are making in the area of learning evaluation, as well as the gaps that need closure. Listen to the Podcast! Not an ASTD Member? Buy the e-print here!

	Long View // Pam Eyring ++ President and Director The Protocol School of Washington Columbia, South Carolina Eyring is an expert in protocol and etiquette services and was the first civilian chief of protocol at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, where she planned and directed military, government, international, and civic ceremonies; conferences; special events; and Presidential visits. She has presented seminars and briefings to a vast number of audiences, including corporate and government executives, Fortune 500 companies, and academia. ++ Extra Content - Only Online! + Free Article
	Books // Business Gets Personal Warren Buffett on Business: Principles From the Sage of Omaha By Richard J. Connors (Wiley, 259 pp., $24.95) Read all book reviews. Not an ASTD Member? Buy the e-print here!
	DEVELOPMENT // Blink or Think? By Lisa Callahan Part of developing as a professional means knowing when to use cautious consideration and when to go with intuition. A few key practices can help your learners, and you, to make that distinction. Not an ASTD Member? Buy the e-print here!
	Editor's Note // Lacking the Tools to Succeed Listen to the Podcast! + Free Article
	FUNDAMENTALS // Buyer Beware By Diane Valenti What you don’t know about custom e-learning could hurt you. Make sure that the solution is right for your needs and can be updated for your users. Not an ASTD Member? Buy the e-print here!
	INTELLIGENCE // A Leadership Skills Gap? By Dean Smith What exactly will the phrase “highly skilled leader” mean in the coming years? New research offers some important clues. Not an ASTD Member? Buy the e-print here!
	LEARNING BLUEPRINT // Presenting Course Outlines in a Flow Chart Format By Emanuel Albu A course or workshop outline should include learning goals, timeline, activities, assignments, and other pertinent information for participants. Not an ASTD Member? Buy the e-print here!
	RE:SEARCh // Don’t Delete the E-Messenger By Aparna Nancherla Companies are thinking of innovative ways to improve communication methods between leaders and staff. Not an ASTD Member? Buy the e-print here!
	Soapbox // Talent Management Is the New Buzzword By Larry Israelite In the early 1990s, I worked in the “educational services” department of a very large computer company. We delivered a lot of training to both customers and employees. At the end of each quarter, we would gather for a pep rally, at which time our vice president would discuss our performance. + Free Article!
	Solutions // Using Myers-Briggs Personality Type to Create a Culture Adapted to the New Century By Jennifer Overbo Hallmark’s top management wanted to create a vision in which leaders inspire the hearts and minds of employees and instill confidence. Not an ASTD Member? Buy the e-print here!
	Technology // Can You Hear Me Now? By Judy Brown Is mobile access to learning and performance support a part of your learning architecture? If not, you may want to re-evaluate. Not an ASTD Member? Buy the e-print here!
	Workplace Rx // To Centralize or Decentralize? That Is the Question A financial institution realizes that no one cookie-cutter model exists for the perfect learning function. Not an ASTD Member? Buy the e-print here!

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Posted on Friday, January 29th, 2010.

Visions of Better Vision

Employees may be thinking clearly about their work, but they may not be seeing quite as clearly. A WellPoint survey found that 40 percent of American workers have trouble with their eyesight while on the job. As a result, mistakes occur, and some of them are not caught right away and can cause unfortunate errors.

For example, 1 in 10 respondents reported sending emails to the wrong person or misreading a text message or a caller ID. According to the Vision Council of America, uncorrected vision can decrease employee performance by as much as 20 percent, and vision disorders can account for more than 8 billion dollars in lost productivity per year.

Making sure employees have the option of vision benefits so that they can get their vision checked regularly is a smart and easy way to manage this problem within the workplace.

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Updated January 29, 2010

E-Learning: What’s Old Is New Again

By Allison Rossett and James Marshall

New data on e-learning usage do not signal the death of the classroom. And despite some of the buzz, the direction of e-learning has not shifted much over the past several years.

Learning Remains Steady During the Downturn

By Andrew Paradise

The 2009 ASTD State of the Industry report indicates a strong commitment to corporate learning through the early stages of the economic slump.

What Do You Know ?

2009 Trends in Review

As learning professionals, you are tasked with developing and expanding the knowledge base of entire organizations. But along the way, you probably learn a thing or two yourself.

Cream of the Crop

The 2009 ASTD BEST Awards

The ASTD BEST Awards recognize organizations that demonstrate enterprise-wide success as a result of employee learning and development. These award-winning companies have made a strong investment in learning, created a safe and engaging learning environment, and used new and innovative technologies to design and deliver learning.

Confronting CEO Expectations About the Value of Learning

By Jack J. Phillips and Patti P. Phillips

Top-level support is vital to maintaining any organizational learning function. Survey data provide some clear directions for how, and how not, to provide executives with the appropriate evidence of learning success.

From Training Company to Learning Organization

By Rich Cordivari

AlliedBarton secures more than just buildings by making employee learning, development, and career advancement opportunities a big priority.

Shifting the Shape of Mentoring

By Laura M. Francis

Rockwell Collins creates a global mentoring culture by listening to employees’ needs and embracing cutting-edge technology.

The Long View: Geri Lopker

President, Geri Lopker & Associates, Villa Park, California

Geri Lopker is a trainer and performance consultant, with a focus on organizational performance improvement, as well as leadership and employee development. She is also president of her own independent performance consulting, training, and instructional design firm, which was started in 1995.

Unleashing Positivity in the Workplace

By Ann Pace

Positive organizational scholarship has helped answer important questions about why some companies perform so much better than others. Concepts about virtue, compassion, and positivity may seem simple, but they turn out to be crucial implements for broader success.

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Smartphones Make IBM Smarter, But Not As Expected

By Nabeel Ahmad and Peter Orton

A 2009 IBM-Columbia University study reveals surprising insight into how employees use smartphones to improve job performance.

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