Jay is a member of SHRM, ASTD, the National Speakers Association and the Florida Speakers Association. You’ve invested money and energy in building an education department, or at least in training materials. You’ve been open to hearing about what employees need to better do their jobs. That’s an alarming percentage.

Louis (ASTD). April 10 : Jacksonville, FL ( NEFL ASTD ). April 17 : Virginia ( SEVA ASTD ). October 17 : Bloomington, IL ( CIC-ASTD ). A while back I shared an example of how to create more engaging course objectives. It’s a great way to get past the bullet list of learning objectives that we often see in courses.

Many organizations like ASTD , Training Magazine , and others offer free webinars you can participate in. Another great option is to find a way to attend at least one industry conference each year, such as The eLearning Guild’s Learning Solutions or  DevLearn conferences, or ASTD’s International Conference and Exposition.  These

Many organizations like ASTD [LINK], Training Magazine [LINK], and others offer free webinars you can participate in. Are you someone who has ‘fallen into’ your role? In most fields, professionals have gone to school and been ‘prepared’ in some way for their role in the workplace.  Does this profile sound familiar? ADD YOUR BIO TEXT HERE.

Last month at ASTD’s TechKnowledge conference, I held a session where I compared the accessibility features of popular authoring tools: primarily Captivate, Lectora, and Storyline. If you missed the presentation, I’ll be presenting an encore webinar on Thursday, February 16 th at lunchtime for the DC ASTD Technology Special Interest Group.