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      <description><![CDATA[David C. Novak’s leadership philosophy pays off in big results for Yum! Brands.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Yum! Brands used a learning technology platform to roll out a worldwide program that would build the capability of the company’s 1.4 million team members.]]></description>
      <itunes:subtitle>April 2012 T+D (Training and Development), page 42</itunes:subtitle>
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      <description><![CDATA[The magic of an effective learning solution is in the blend of formal and informal learning strategies.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The need for greater productivity in the workplace has placed a critical importance on employee engagement in organizations, including ASTD.]]></description>
      <itunes:subtitle>April 2012 T+D (Training and Development), page 54</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The need for greater productivity in the workplace has placed a critical importance on employee engagement in organizations, including ASTD.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <description><![CDATA[Identifying and retaining the best employees have become immediate challenges for many organizations, but this must be achieved while ensuring the rest of the workforce remains motivated and committed.]]></description>
      <itunes:subtitle>April 2012 T+D (Training and Development), page 60</itunes:subtitle>
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      <description><![CDATA[Trainers now must learn to wade through the continuous stream of information to present the most relevant content to learners.]]></description>
      <itunes:subtitle>April 2012 T+D (Training and Development), page 66</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Trainers now must learn to wade through the continuous stream of information to present the most relevant content to learners.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <description><![CDATA[Leaders are critical about creating a sustainable culture of innovation, but they shouldn’t be.]]></description>
      <itunes:subtitle>March 2012 T+D (Training and Development), page 34</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Leaders are critical about creating a sustainable culture of innovation, but they shouldn’t be.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Improve Employee Leadership With Ideas Borrowed From the Military</title>
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      <itunes:subtitle>March 2012 T+D (Training and Development), page 40</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[As business leaders seek to create leadership development programs in house, they should look to the U.S. military for inspiration.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Are You Ready for Agile Learning Design?</title>
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      <itunes:subtitle>March 2012 T+D (Training and Development), page 46</itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>Crowdsource Your Next Program Design</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[An innovative new approach to creating a compelling learning design is a delicate balance of collaboration and competition.]]></description>
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      <title>It’s a Millennial Thing</title>
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      <itunes:subtitle>March 2012 T+D (Training and Development), page 58</itunes:subtitle>
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      <description><![CDATA[The opportunities to broaden the reach of the L&D department, and promote participant interaction and shared learning, are now limitless with social media.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Three foundational elements—being embedded in the businesses you support, crafting a design strategy that recognizes today’s learners, and accountability and transparency in our performance—are critical in today’s business environment.]]></description>
      <itunes:subtitle>February 2012 T+D (Training and Development), page 38</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Three foundational elements—being embedded in the businesses you support, crafting a design strategy that recognizes today’s learners, and accountability and transparency in our performance—are critical in today’s business environment.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The volume of knowledge that can be shared via informal learning methods is vast, but that doesn’t mean evaluation is impossible.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <description><![CDATA[Some subject matter experts will take to training delivery like a fish to water, others will need a bit more coaching and polishing, but all can be effective if trained properly.]]></description>
      <itunes:subtitle>February 2012 T+D (Training and Development), page 54</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Some subject matter experts will take to training delivery like a fish to water, others will need a bit more coaching and polishing, but all can be effective if trained properly.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Here are the building blocks for learning processes, which deliver better, more lasting results than classic instructor-led training.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <description><![CDATA[An effective social learning strategy can result in continuous organizational improvement.]]></description>
      <itunes:subtitle>January 2012 T+D (Training and Development), page 34</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[An effective social learning strategy can result in continuous organizational improvement.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>An Insider’s View to Meeting the Challenges of Blended Learning Solutions</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[There is no shortage of reasons to adopt blended learning, but anyone who has tried something new knows that the unexpected can happen despite even the most thorough planning and preparation.]]></description>
      <itunes:subtitle>December 2011 T+D (Training and Development), page 56</itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>A Banker's Trust in Training</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[When a weak economy brought myriad challenges to the banking world, SunTrust Banks CEO Bill Rogers focused on driving employee engagement.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Through SunTrust’s mission, “Helping people and institutions prosper,” the bank’s new strategic initiatives focus on becoming a trusted advisor to clients, which has never been more necessary and more difficult to achieve.]]></description>
      <itunes:subtitle>November 2011 T+D (Training and Development), page 38</itunes:subtitle>
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      <itunes:subtitle>November 2011 T+D (Training and Development), page 44</itunes:subtitle>
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      <description><![CDATA[Well-designed sales simulations allow sales reps to address real-world challenges while providing high impact to the company.]]></description>
      <itunes:subtitle>November 2011 T+D (Training and Development), page 52</itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>Take a Walk in Our Shoes: The Need for Disabilities Awareness Training</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Unawareness of how to appropriately interact with people with disabilities is the largest barrier to the successful employment of people with disabilities.]]></description>
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      <title>Creating ROE: The End Is the Beginning</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[An effective way to show the value of a training initiative is through return on expectations (ROE). When done properly, it cannot fail.]]></description>
      <itunes:subtitle>November 2011 T+D (Training and Development), page 60</itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>Keeping Learning Well-Oiled</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Jiffy Lube University offers 10 certifications—including training courses on customer service, management, technical procedures, and service standards—to prepare 21,000 employees to serve 22 million customers each year.]]></description>
      <itunes:subtitle>October 2011 T+D (Training and Development), page 32</itunes:subtitle>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Driven by the employment motto, “From campus to partner,” employee learning and development at Grant Thornton is guided by a stair-step framework that includes all online and in-person offerings.]]></description>
      <itunes:subtitle>October 2011 T+D (Training and Development), page 36</itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>Learning You Can Bank On</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Singapore’s United Overseas Bank Limited focuses relentlessly on talent development in good times and bad. Perhaps that’s why the bank stands out from the pack in a competitive financial field.]]></description>
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      <title>Getting Down to Basics</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Seeing is believing” describes the learning and development agenda of the Hong Kong–based utility that seeks to entice new customers and business partners in the People’s Republic of China.]]></description>
      <itunes:subtitle>October 2011 T+D (Training and Development), page 44</itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>Learning Has a Seat at the Table</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Steelcase University plays a vital role in the evolution of design-thinking capabilities at Steelcase Inc.]]></description>
      <itunes:subtitle>October 2011 T+D (Training and Development), page 48</itunes:subtitle>
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      <description><![CDATA[Many of TELUS’s initiatives rely on a leadership framework that is clear, succinct, and tailored to a work environment of virtual teams that are managed at a distance and assessed on outcomes rather than tasks.]]></description>
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      <itunes:duration>10:35</itunes:duration><itunes:author>Paula Ketter</itunes:author>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Up Is Not the Only Way…Really!</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Helping your managers become better motivators is the first step to creating a culture of motivation. It is up to learning professionals to ensure that motivation is given more than just lip service.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The more agile we are, the fewer issues we will have when major changes affect our workgroups.]]></description>
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      <title>Advancing the Shared Services Journey Through Training</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A transformation is taking place in human resource development (HRD). It is moving from being managed as a cost center to being used as a source of competitive advantage.]]></description>
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      <itunes:subtitle>August 2011 T+D (Training and Development), page 34</itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>The Best of Best Practices: Critical Success Factors for Identifying and Measuring Management Solutions</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[To identify the right benchmarking provider, examine groups’ common methods, and discover how they make use of these methods.]]></description>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[To identify the right benchmarking provider, examine groups’ common methods, and discover how they make use of these methods.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <description><![CDATA[Beyond the standard business metrics of revenue and margin lay a spate of organizational intangibles, which must be measured before they can be managed.]]></description>
      <itunes:subtitle>August 2011 T+D (Training and Development), page 46</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Beyond the standard business metrics of revenue and margin lay a spate of organizational intangibles, which must be measured before they can be managed.]]></itunes:summary>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:duration>13:33</itunes:duration><itunes:author>Paula Ketter</itunes:author>
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      <title>Social Learning: A Call to Action for Learning Professionals</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The updated ASTD competency model reflects social learning’s place in the work environment and its dramatic effects on professional learning and development.]]></description>
      <itunes:subtitle>August 2011 T+D (Training and Development), page 50</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The updated ASTD competency model reflects social learning’s place in the work environment and its dramatic effects on professional learning and development.]]></itunes:summary>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>The 2011 ASTD Salary Survey: Learning Pays and It Pays to Learn</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Compared with other professional occupations, learning and development specialists are well-compensated. But a gender gap still persists.]]></description>
      <itunes:subtitle>August 2011 T+D (Training and Development), page 56</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Compared with other professional occupations, learning and development specialists are well-compensated. But a gender gap still persists.]]></itunes:summary>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Committed to Innovation</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dedication to lifelong learning, training, and employee development has helped CaridianBCT excel. ASTD interviews president and CEO David B. Perez.]]></description>
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      <title>Raising the Bar on Performance-Driven Leadership</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Creating a Meaningful Learning Environment for Second-Order Change</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[To facilitate second-order change successfully, instructional designers need to allow employees to explore the change through group discussion and personal reflection.]]></description>
      <itunes:subtitle>July 2011 T+D (Training and Development), page 44</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[To facilitate second-order change successfully, instructional designers need to allow employees to explore the change through group discussion and personal reflection.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Matching the Right Design Strategy to the Right Content</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[By themselves, tools are not enough to create behavior change that affects learners and improves organizations.]]></description>
      <itunes:subtitle>July 2011 T+D (Training and Development), page 48</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[By themselves, tools are not enough to create behavior change that affects learners and improves organizations.]]></itunes:summary>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Train for the Future: Invest in Learning</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[In the face of current economic conditions, it is critical to continue to invest in employee development to create a loyal, well-trained, knowledgeable, conscientious, and ethical workforce.]]></description>
      <itunes:subtitle>July 2011 T+D (Training and Development), page 54</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[In the face of current economic conditions, it is critical to continue to invest in employee development to create a loyal, well-trained, knowledgeable, conscientious, and ethical workforce.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Too Many Soloists; Not Enough Music</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Integrated talent management is a must for clearing the silo static, coordinating your talent, and orchestrating a more competitive business.]]></description>
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      <title>Tied to the Business Core: Ciena’s Hybrid Learning Solutions Engine</title>
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      <itunes:subtitle>May 2011 T+D (Training and Development), page 40</itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>Learning Linked to Success</title>
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      <itunes:subtitle>May 2011 T+D (Training and Development), page 34</itunes:subtitle>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>From Boots to Briefcase: Conquering the 18-Month Churn</title>
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      <itunes:subtitle>April 2011 T+D (Training and Development), page 36</itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>Changing Leadership: Check the Temperature and Pulse of Your Team</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As the world gradually moves into economic recovery, it will behoove leaders to recall lessons from the past years’ turmoil, and to make personal, organizational, and team changes that drive future success.]]></description>
      <itunes:subtitle> April 2011 T+D (Training and Development), page 42</itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>90,000 Served: Hamburger University Turns 50</title>
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      <itunes:subtitle>April 2011 T+D (Training and Development), page 46</itunes:subtitle>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>It’s Time for a Leadership (R)Evolution</title>
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      <itunes:subtitle>April 2011 T+D (Training and Development), page 52</itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>Big Boss, Small Store: Cultivating Effective Leadership in Small to Midsized Companies</title>
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      <itunes:subtitle>April 2011 T+D (Training and Development), page 60</itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>Improvisation: A Radical New Way to Train</title>
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    <title>M’m M’m Good: Learning and Performance at Campbell Soup Company</title>
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      <title>Making Leadership Personal</title>
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      <itunes:subtitle>March 2011 T+D Article, page 44</itunes:subtitle>
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      <description><![CDATA[As one skeptical training manager said, “Level 4 and 5 measurement of leadership development programs is a nice idea, but no one really does it.” But is it true?
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[As one skeptical training manager said, “Level 4 and 5 measurement of leadership development programs is a nice idea, but no one really does it.” But is it true?
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      <description><![CDATA[Every day, training on a global stage becomes less and less intimidating thanks to what we know about how we affect each other in the business world.]]></description>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Every day, training on a global stage becomes less and less intimidating thanks to what we know about how we affect each other in the business world.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <description><![CDATA[Enterprise learning has an important role to play in creating a competitive advantage for organizations.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Neuroscience helps us understand why insight is important, as well as the state of mind that increases its likelihood. But what does it tell about how to train for creativity?]]></description>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Neuroscience helps us understand why insight is important, as well as the state of mind that increases its likelihood. But what does it tell about how to train for creativity?]]></itunes:summary>
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      <description><![CDATA[Create valuable development programs for managers by using social learning in its most natural form—encouraging managers to learn from their own experiences and enabling connections with each other.]]></description>
      <itunes:subtitle>February 2011 T+D Article, page 50</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Create valuable development programs for managers by using social learning in its most natural form—encouraging managers to learn from their own experiences and enabling connections with each other.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Learning and Billable Hours—Can They Get Along?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Here’s some advice, drawn from a successful experience with a major law firm, for creating an effective professional development program and learning culture in firms where such concepts have not been effectively leveraged.]]></description>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Here’s some advice, drawn from a successful experience with a major law firm, for creating an effective professional development program and learning culture in firms where such concepts have not been effectively leveraged.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>The Silent Killers of Productivity and Profit: New Wastes for a New World</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[We have long said goodbye to the industrial age, but modern business practices still refl ect the era’s outdated systems and thought. Learn which silent killers of productivity you may be using in this new world.]]></description>
      <itunes:subtitle>February 2011 T+D Article, page 62</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[We have long said goodbye to the industrial age, but modern business practices still refl ect the era’s outdated systems and thought. Learn which silent killers of productivity you may be using in this new world.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <description><![CDATA[Social doesn’t have to mean unmeasurable. Seven methods can help learning leaders put hard numbers to soft investments.]]></description>
      <itunes:subtitle>January 2011 T+D Article, page 32</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Social doesn’t have to mean unmeasurable. Seven methods can help learning leaders put hard numbers to soft investments.]]></itunes:summary>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Virtual and Classroom Immersion Training: Safeguarding the Health, Safety, and Resiliency of Emergency Responders</title>
      <link>http://www.astd.org/TD/TDPodcasts.htm</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Centers for Disease Control uses virtual environments to open up a world of sights, sounds, and situations for responders in training. And they are just getting started.]]></description>
      <itunes:subtitle>January 2011 T+D Article, page 38</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The U.S. Centers for Disease Control uses virtual environments to open up a world of sights, sounds, and situations for responders in training. And they are just getting started.]]></itunes:summary>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:duration>21:32</itunes:duration><itunes:author>Paula Ketter</itunes:author>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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      <title>Creating a New Mindset: Guidelines for Mentorship in Today’s Workplace</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mentorship looks very different now than it did 10 years ago. Understanding these changes will help you communicate the value of mentoring in today’s workplace.]]></description>
      <itunes:subtitle>January 2011 T+D Article, page 44</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Mentorship looks very different now than it did 10 years ago. Understanding these changes will help you communicate the value of mentoring in today’s workplace.]]></itunes:summary>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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      <title>Begin With the End in Mind: The Goal-Driven Mentoring Relationship</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Setting SMART mentoring goals ensures a successful learning experience for mentors and mentees.]]></description>
      <itunes:subtitle>January 2011 T+D Article, page 50</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Setting SMART mentoring goals ensures a successful learning experience for mentors and mentees.]]></itunes:summary>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:duration>10:58</itunes:duration><itunes:author>Paula Ketter</itunes:author>
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      <title>Learning With and From Others: Restructuring Budgets for Social Learning</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Now is the time for learning professionals to embrace social learning as an emerging and engaging way to enhance an organization’s learning strategy.]]></description>
      <itunes:subtitle>January 2011 T+D Article, page 54</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Now is the time for learning professionals to embrace social learning as an emerging and engaging way to enhance an organization’s learning strategy.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>It’s All In Here! How Do We Get It Out?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Are you concerned that soon your workforce will face the impending, and recently stalled, talent exodus? Here’s a practical guide to knowledge transfer in the workplace.]]></description>
      <itunes:subtitle>January 2011 T+D Article, page 58</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Are you concerned that soon your workforce will face the impending, and recently stalled, talent exodus? Here’s a practical guide to knowledge transfer in the workplace.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <description><![CDATA[Changes to the workplace, the competencies for leadership development, and technologies will alter the way learning professionals approach training design and delivery.]]></description>
      <itunes:subtitle>December 2010 T+D Article, page 34</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Changes to the workplace, the competencies for leadership development, and technologies will alter the way learning professionals approach training design and delivery.]]></itunes:summary>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:duration>17:46</itunes:duration><itunes:author>Paula Ketter</itunes:author>
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      <title>Instructional Systems Design in an On-Demand World</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Instructional systems design struggles to maintain its identity in a rapidly evolving learning environment, according to a recent study by ASTD and i4cp.]]></description>
      <itunes:subtitle>December 2010 T+D Article, page 42</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Instructional systems design struggles to maintain its identity in a rapidly evolving learning environment, according to a recent study by ASTD and i4cp.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Going Up</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[One elevator manufacturer faces market demands through world-class management development opportunities and peer support.]]></description>
      <itunes:subtitle>December 2010 T+D Article, page 46</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[One elevator manufacturer faces market demands through world-class management development opportunities and peer support.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <itunes:duration>13:11</itunes:duration><itunes:author>Paula Ketter</itunes:author>
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      <title>IDP 2.0: The Future of the Development Dialogue</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Development plans deserve a fresh look in today’s business climate, where the majority of workers are not getting the talent management consideration they deserve.]]></description>
      <itunes:subtitle>December 2010 T+D Article, page 52</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Development plans deserve a fresh look in today’s business climate, where the majority of workers are not getting the talent management consideration they deserve.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <itunes:duration>11:53</itunes:duration><itunes:author>Paula Ketter</itunes:author>
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      <title>Chess Moves: Using Global Leadership Development to Facilitate More Effective Business Strategies</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The cookie-cutter approach to global strategy is doomed to fail without developing new perspectives and behaviors among those working in the global environment.]]></description>
      <itunes:subtitle>December 2010 T+D Article, page 56</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The cookie-cutter approach to global strategy is doomed to fail without developing new perspectives and behaviors among those working in the global environment.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>It Takes a Village...</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[DaVita just might be among the best companies you’ve never heard of. T+D spoke with Chairman and 
CEO Kent Thiry about what makes his Village so special after all.]]></description>
      <itunes:subtitle>November 2010 T+D Article, page 34</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[DaVita just might be among the best companies you’ve never heard of. T+D spoke with Chairman and 
CEO Kent Thiry about what makes his Village so special after all.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[A three-year study of 60 extraordinary groups yielded eight performance indicators for great groups of all kinds. Trainers can boost their own teams’ proficiency levels by following this guide.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <description><![CDATA[How do participants of compliance training honestly feel about it, and what steps are corporate trainers taking to keep these perceptions in check?]]></description>
      <itunes:subtitle>September 2010 T+D Article, page 62</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[How do participants of compliance training honestly feel about it, and what steps are corporate trainers taking to keep these perceptions in check?]]></itunes:summary>
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      <description><![CDATA[The challenge-learn-innovate-change-know model has been designed to aid workplace learning professionals in developing knowledge workers and supporting personal and organizational transformation—one challenge at a time.]]></description>
      <itunes:subtitle>September 2010 T+D Article, page 66</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The challenge-learn-innovate-change-know model has been designed to aid workplace learning professionals in developing knowledge workers and supporting personal and organizational transformation—one challenge at a time.]]></itunes:summary>
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stakeholders.]]></description>
      <itunes:subtitle>August 2010 T+D Article, page 34</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Return on expectations is rapidly gaining popularity in many organizations thanks to its 
efficient capability to demonstrate the value of learning for the most crucial 
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[New data on e-learning usage does not signal the death of the classroom. And despite some of the buzz, the face of e-learning has not aged much over the past several years.]]></itunes:summary>
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