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The purpose of a learning initiative is behavior change: the sustained integration of new skills. This requires consistent leadership messaging, accountability and measurement, in addition to delivery. On the minds of learning leaders everywhere is the "businessification" of the learning function. There are four key drivers of behavior change that leverage classroom learning for ultimate impact: 1. Learning clearly tied to business goals 2. Leadership messaging 3. ...

What is Web 2.0? Web 2.0 consists of online web-based programs that enable individuals to communicate by providing discussion comments to a single location. This method of communication facilitates the ability for multiple subscribers to create a dialogue without having to provide an immediate response to the forum. Online/distance learning has included Web 2.0 enfironment in academic settings for some time now. Why it Works There are no important differences when transferring ...

Five key elements to attract attention and grow the perceived value of training programs in your organization.

Video is the single most disruptive force on the horizon. In the next 36 months, the footprint of video content, video stories, video communication and video collaboration will rapidly expand in organizational learning. Several ideas that contribute to the rise in videos for learning are: Demand for stories, stories, and more stories. Learners are craving stories as a bigger part of their learning content. Homegrown videos from peers, subject matter experts, customers or competitors will ...

Resiliency is the ability to spring back from and successfully adapt to adversity. An increasing body of research from the fields of psychology, psychiatry, and sociology is showing that most people–including young people–can bounce back from risks, stress, crises, and trauma and experience life success. Our favorite definition of resiliency, in fact, was given by a 15-year-old high school student who, after a semester of resiliency training, described resiliency as: ...

Local Professionals are Gaining eLearning Skills from Each Other

This is a 3-part series on How to Use Online Meeting Tools for Learning. The series offers techniques on how training organizations are doing more for less, becoming more flexible, and able to deploy quickly. You'll learn how to save valuable time and resources, create content quickly, and become the Go To people in your organization for agile delivery. December 1st: Session I Meeting Centers (Registration closed) : Tour the Meeting Center of UCDMC's WebEx site Review the Meeting Roles ...

Interested in speaking at one of our monthly meetings? It is an honor and a privilege to be asked to speak at an ASTD Sacramento program event. In sharing your expertise, you make a valuable contribution to the professional field of knowledge and to the individual learning of our participants. Just make sure your topic and professional development information adheres to the CPLP Competency Model (see www.astd.org ) and answer the following questions:  ...