The State of Talent Development: Today's Challenges, Tomorrow's Opportunities- General Meeting

The State of Talent Development: Today's Challenges, Tomorrow's Opportunities- General Meeting 

Resources:

• The State of the Industry report is ATD's annual review of talent development trends, spending, and activities.  This report is FREE to ATD Power members.
• Looking at data in another dimension: https://www.td.org/magazines/td-magazine/beyond-the-average-statistic
• Executive Dashboards to Win Over the C-Suite: https://www.td.org/td-at-work/executive-dashboards-to-win-over-the-c-suite
  
• Preparing for Your Training Budget: https://www.td.org/preparing-for-your-training-budget
• Preparing and Defending Your Training Budget: https://www.td.org/td-at-work/preparing-and-defending-your-training-budget
• 5 Tips to Maximize Your Training Budget, Now and in the Future: https://www.td.org/atd-blog/5-tips-to-maximize-your-training-budget-now-and-in-the-future 

During this meeting we will discuss key benchmarks from the report, such as:

• Direct learning expenditure
• The average number of training hours employees are using
• Delivery methods companies are implementing
• Content areas organizations are focusing on
• On-the-job learning opportunities employers are providing

• Benchmark your organization’s learning spending, hours, and activities against other participating organizations.
• Discover what learning delivery methods are being used in the industry, including technology-base methods.
• Understand what learning content areas organizations are focusing on in their efforts to close skills gaps and meet business needs.

ATD Capability Model – Performance Improvement, Learning Technologies

To learn more about this model see: https://tdcapability.org/#/

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Debbie Richards is a learning architect, self-proclaimed geek, and early adopter of learning technologies. For over 30 years, she has helped enterprise teams design, develop, and deliver immersive learning programs with measurable impact. Debbie is a Learning Strategist with Immerse, the leading open and scalable immersive ecosystem for enterprise XR training technology and solutions.

Passionate about working with and mentoring other learning professionals, Debbie is a director at L&D Cares - The non-profit group provides talent development professionals no-cost coaching, mentoring, and resources to help them thrive and flourish in their careers.

She is the past president of the Association of Talent Development, Houston chapter, and a past national advisor for chapters. Debbie has authored two TD at Work guides, Seeing the Possibilities With Augmented Reality and Preparing Your Organization for New Technologies.

She was also awarded the title of "Guild Master" by the Learning Guild in 2022. The purpose of the Guild Master Award is to recognize those members who have consistently contributed to the community in terms of both quantity and quality of content—and thus helped make the community a vibrant center for learning.