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Learning Experience Design Essentials

Traditional instructional design places undue emphasis on dumping training content on learners through a combination of information, media, and technology. What’s missing is the context of how...

Designing Virtual Learning for Application and Impact

Show the value of virtual learning to demonstrate business impact. In Designing Virtual Learning for Application and Impact, virtual learning expert Cindy Huggett teams with evaluation experts Jack...

The Modern Learning Ecosystem

Reimagine the Role of L&D in the Modern Workplace How can we possibly keep up? This question is front and center in today’s workplace thanks to the downright ridiculous pace of change. There’s a...

ATD's Organization Development Handbook

The L&D Guide to Organization Development ATD’s Organization Development Handbook is a tactical, hands-on book for those in learning and development looking to make that first step into organization...

Aligning Instructional Design With Business Goals

Evaluation-Oriented Instructional Design That Delivers Business Results. In Aligning Instructional Design with Business Goals, talent development (TD) and human resources executive Kristopher...

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L&D’s Playbook for the Digital Age

Build a Modern L&D TeamOrganizations are facing an era of rapid acceleration. As new technology and digital strategies are integrated, workers at all levels will be required to build capability much...

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for Trainers

Make DEI Training Foundational in Your Organization. When done well, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training creates space for courageous conversations that acknowledge hard truths around...

ATD's Handbook for Training and Talent Development

Start, Build, and Navigate Your Training and TD CareerNow in its third edition and grounded by the Talent Development Capability Model, ATD’s Handbook for Training and Talent Development offers an...

Conscious Accountability

Elevate Your Work and Relationships Through Conscious Accountability Results and relationships—managers and leaders no longer have to prioritize one over the other to build a culture of exceptional...

Facilitation in Action

Improve the Impact of Your Facilitation Facilitation is about mastering how to deliver an engaging learning experience, all in the effort of improving workplace performance. It’s also about...

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Agile for Instructional Designers

Discover Agile for Better Instructional Design. To serve business needs amid greater volatility and uncertainty in the workplace, learning and development professionals need project management...

Introduction to Instructional Systems Design

The A–Z Resource on Instructional Systems DesignModern, adaptable, flexible, timeless. Instructional systems design (ISD) is more relevant than ever and critical for organizational success. ISD is...

Learning Science for Instructional Designers

Ensure Your Instructional Design Stands Up to Learning Science. Learning science is a professional imperative for instructional designers. In fact, instructional design is applied learning science....

The Accidental Instructional Designer, 2nd edition

Go From Accidental to Intentional. Filled with insights and tips, this updated edition of The Accidental Instructional Designer, by e-learning veteran Cammy Bean, covers nearly every aspect of the...

Data & Analytics for Instructional Designers

Add Data and Analytics to Your TD Toolkit. With the advance of new learning technologies and data specifications, instructional designers have access to richer data sources than ever before. But with...

ATD Soft Skills Series

Adaptability in Talent Development

Boost Your Adaptability. Adaptability is a critical skill for leadership capability, career potential, and working relationships. Therefore, it is vital for talent development (TD) professionals who...

Emotional Intelligence in Talent Development

Enhance Your Emotional Intelligence. Emotional intelligence is about people. And so is talent development (TD). For TD professionals to succeed, they must be comfortable with all aspects of working...

Teamwork in Talent Development

Develop Your Teamwork Skills. Teamwork allows us to engage in important work, and teams hold immense power. Those on teams share perspectives, brainstorm ideas, and produce results beyond what’s...

Creativity in Talent Development

Grow Your Creativity Skills Creativity is a natural and renewable resource that exists in every person and helps us inspire, communicate, persevere, problem solve, rise to the occasion, and spark...

Influence in Talent Development

Elevate Your Impact Through Influence Skills. At work, we often find ourselves in situations where we can and do influence others. We are negotiators, persuaders, conciliators, and maybe...

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Design Thinking for Training and Development

Better Learning Solutions Through Better Learning Experiences. When training and development initiatives treat learning as something that occurs as a one-time event, the learner and the business...

The Art and Science of Training

The topic is vast, the science precise, and the art so innovative. There are more similarities than differences between how artists and scientists work. Both ask countless questions. Both search in...

Interact and Engage, 2nd Edition

Ignite Online Events and Virtual Training with the Use of Well-Designed and Facilitated Activities Creating outstanding virtual meetings, webinars, and training programs has always been challenging...

Designing for Modern Learning

Meet Learning Needs With New Tools and New Thinking. Learning is no longer an activity or luxury that only occurs at specific stages in your life or career. With the digital revolution, learning has...

Kirkpatrick's Four Levels of Training Evaluation

A timely update to a timeless model. Don Kirkpatrick's groundbreaking Four Levels of Training Evaluation is the most widely used training evaluation model in the world. Ask any group of trainers...

ATD Training Basics and 10 Steps Series

Virtual Training Basics, 2nd Edition

It’s a digital world; is your training up to speed? Build your virtual training skills with this new edition of Virtual Training Basics by Cindy Huggett. You don’t have to be a tech wizard to follow...

Succession Planning Basics, 2nd Edition

Design your succession planning strategy. Succession Planning Basics will equip you with the background and implementation tools you need to devise and execute a forward-thinking succession planning...

10 Steps to Successful Coaching, 2nd Edition

Build Your Coaching Skills to Develop Others. Coaching has the power to enhance individual, team, and organizational performance. Its interactive process helps individuals set and act upon goals,...

10 Steps to Be a Successful Manager, 2nd Edition

There’s always room for improvement. It’s tough to be a great manager but also fascinating, enriching, meaningful, and fun. Organizations need managers who bring individuals and teams together to do...

10 Steps to Successful Business Writing, 2nd Edition

In Today’s Business World, You Are What You Write Good writing can launch a career. It has the power to break through clutter and capture readers’ imaginations. And good writing is not just a skill...

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