If you want to be "in-the-know" about the learning and performance profession, you need to get your facts from the experts. Join ASTD and thought leaders in this exciting new webcast series.
OnDemand Webcasts
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Blowing Up the Training Department: Making Learning a Priority ~ Are training departments REALLY necessary? Leveraging social networking, informal learning and e-learning are just a few ways to manage learning/training in the 21st Century. The real message--traditional courses are not the best way to link learning with the business or to engage learners. When will we GET it? Panelists: Clark Quinn, Jay Cross, and Harold Jarche. Moderator: Kevin Wheeler.
How to Make Your Messages About Training Stick (Even in a Recession)
Dan Heath, co-author of the bestselling book Made to Stick, will share advice about crafting memorable and convincing messages. Why do some ideas sink in and others fade away? How can you make a convincing case to hold onto your budget and training programs in these tough times? Learn how to have greater impact with your ideas by using the Heath brothers' 6-part framework for making ideas stick.
Learning in 2020
Join Donna McNamara, moderator and learning leaders, Kevin Oakes, Rita Baily, and John Cone, as they peer into the future of the profession over the next 12 years and offer their ideas on the state of learning and workplace development in the year 2020.
Learning in 2020 T+D December 2008 Bonus Content
Learning in Web 2.0
A discussion on the successes and pitfalls of learning in Web 2.0, and why WLP professionals can no longer ignore the potential of virtual world platforms such as Second Life and other emerging 3D environments.
Train to Sustain: The Greening of Training
How do corporate “green” initiatives impact the learning function, and how is employee productivity directly affected by sustainability?Jennifer Woofter, President of Strategic Sustainability.