Employee Development on a Shoestring

Developing motivated, competent employees is critical to the success of every organization. Employee Development on a Shoestring provides time-bound and budget-strapped managers with the implementation tools and techniques to develop their team members cost-effectively using organic opportunities found all around their workplace. With real-life examples, case studies, and hands-on worksheets and exercises, Employee Development on a Shoestring is a tremendous asset for everyone interested in developing highly competent, engaged, and skilled workers in a variety of creative and immediately available ways outside the training classroom and ‘outside the box’.

Learning to Innovate: Exploring Learning’s critical Role in Fostering Innovation Whitepaper (PDF download)

This Learning to Innovate research report will help any learning department or learning practitioner invigorate innovation across the organization.

The Best of T+D: Leadership (PDF e-print bundle)

The Best of T+D: Leadership is a collection of some of the most-read, most-talked-about articles from T+D magazine covering leadership development.

2010 State of the Industry Report (PDF download version)

The State of the Industry Report is ASTDs definitive review of workplace learning and development trends. This annual report includes data from ASTD BEST Awards Winners, ASTD Forum members, and other organizations from 2002 to date.

Suite Synchronicity: Exploring the Relationship and Alignment between the CLO and the Executive Team Whitepaper

Based on interviews with senior organizational learning leaders, the Suite Synchronicity research report examines the relationship and alignment between the chief learning officer and the executive team.

Telling Ain't Training Conference
Denver, CO - From 7/9/2013 8:30:00 AM to 7/10/2013 4:30:00 PM
Based on the hot-selling book of the same name, this conference offers an experiential approach to transforming telling into activities that result in long-term retention and behavior change. Despite the irreverent title, this conference tackles universal and persistent questions: How do learners learn? Why do learners learn? How do you make sure that learning sticks?

Essentials of Graphics for Learning
Online Program - From 6/6/2013 11:00:00 AM to 6/18/2013 12:30:00 PM
Are your e-learning visuals eye candy or do they promote learning? What does the latest evidence tell us about how and when to use visuals to represent content and to show content relationships? This workshop offers the latest evidence and guidelines for how to design and develop visuals for e-learning. Whether you are an experienced graphic designer or a visual neophyte, you will benefit from the updates to the latest evidence and methods for visuals in e-learning design.

Training Certificate
Alexandria, VA - From 6/17/2013 8:30:00 AM to 6/19/2013 4:30:00 PM
The premier train-the-trainer program. Gain a complete understanding of the entire training function and learn the latest techniques for delivering powerful training.

Consulting Basics

If you've ever wondered what it's really like to be a training and development consultant and what it takes to become a successful one, then you need this book.