ASTD 2012 International Conference & Exposition

The ASTD (American Society for Training & Development) International Conference & Exposition covers topics such as:

• Designing & facilitating learning
  innovative delivery methods, learning transfer, facilitation skills, designing across generations, the brain and learning..
• Career development
  individual career planning, education (ongoing individual professional development), assessment, skills gap and access to jobs in the field..
• Leadership development: accountability in leadership, best practices in leadership development, leadership skills gap, innovations in leadership development and leadership for the emerging workforce..
• Global human resource development
  globalization, cultural diversity training, localization, expatriate training and global benchmarking..
• Measurement, evaluation, ROI
  evaluating learning programs, how to measure the results of social learning, technology based analysis and evaluation, return on investment (roi) of learning and measuring the impact of change..
• Learning technologies
  blended learning, mobile learning, creating an organizational social learning strategy, moving from classroom to online facilitation and impact of social media/learning on instructional design..
• Government
  knowledge transfer, training tools for a new generation of learners, collaborative learning, creating a culture of learning and performance based measurements for learning
• Organizational effectiveness
  how to train for innovation, coaching/mentoring, case studies: facilitating a change process, change competencies, new leadership skills for a complex, volatile environment (agility, innovation, emotional intelligence, managing complexity and ambiguity), impact of learning beyond roi trends:: transitioning from survival to growth and integrated talent management, impact of social media on learning and work..
• Sales
  using e, sales coaching, effective sales training design, learning in sales training, sustainable sales training, consultative sales training, developing and delivering training, the future of sales training and sales management development
• Higher education
  trends, social learning, credentialing, aligning course curriculum with the astd competency model, recruiting/retaining faculty and research on learning & development