American Society for Training & Development

The American Society for Training & Development ( ASTD short ) is a worldwide organization that is dedicated to learning in the workplace. The ASTD has 70,000 members in over 100 countries. The ASTD annually organizes various conferences that take place in cities across the United States.

History

The ASTD was founded by its own account in 1944, when the organization had held its first annual conference. The organization is based Alexandria, Virginia. The ASTD has the world's 19 so-called Global Networks, the respective organizations in the countries of Asia, South America and Europe. The German Global Network, ASTD Global Network Germany, was established in 2002. The current ASTD President Tony Bingham is the Americans.

ASTD Global Network Germany

The German Global Network was established in 2002 as the first international network. The objective is particularly open dialogue between in-house staff and external speakers in the field of human resources, training and personnel development here.

Awards and Awards

The ASTD as the world's largest organization for workplace learning and personal development is awarded annually to outstanding projects, training concepts and "best practices" in the field of workplace learning, performance improvement, and personnel and career development from. Prize winners for the ASTD Awards come from dominating the American market.

The prices are organized into two levels: Citations ( " Honorable Mentions " ) denote model concepts that have not undergone evaluation. "Real" Awards given to those price candidates who were able to achieve outstanding results and measurable success with their concept.

Excellence in Practice Awards

The Excellence in Practice Award recognizes staff development and learning concepts and is awarded every year at the ASTD International Conference & Exposition.

Criteria for the award

  • Individual and target- group-driven design and implementation of the measure
  • Safeguard the interests of the company and its employees
  • Ensuring the coordination and integration of the concept in more in-house staff development programs
  • Clear and measurable results correspond to the previous requirements and individual objectives
  • Evidence of recognizable changes / improvements within the organization and the individual and team
  • Proof of reusability and replicability of the concept within and outside the company
  • Opportunities for other experts to learn from this project and perform similar actions in their own work

All projects must be nominated by two experts, it should be at least a nomination from the target organization originate in the measure is implemented. Applications must be submitted in cooperation with a customer, always from the perspective of the customer organization.

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