Define a development project before you start planning the details. A seat of the pants approach to project management is no longer viable. Today's trainer is taking on truly unique projects, and often many at once. Whether you're developing materials on unfamiliar topics or writing courses for others to deliver using new technology, now is the time to strengthen your project management process. Seasoned learning and leadership expert Lou Russell...

This document summarizes the conclusions of research papers and participant discussions at a conference on employer-sponsored training in 1988. Following an introduction, the first section offers support for the statement that employers invest heavily in training their best-educated and trained employees. The following are among the conclusions reported: (1) employer-sponsored training accounts for about two-fifths of U.S. investments in human capital;...

The Worker Education Program (WEP) of Northeastern Illinois University (NIU) is a partnership among NIU; the Union of Needle Trades, Industrial, and Textile Employees (UNITE); and companies whose employees are represented by UNITE. Now in its fourth year, the WEP operates in 13 diverse types of workplaces in three states: Illinois, Ohio, and Kentucky. Through the WEP, more than 2,000 workers have attended classes in English as a second language, reading...

These eight chapters share diverse experiences, lessons, and tips gleaned by the Massachusetts Workplace Literacy Consortium. "Workplace Needs Analysis (WNA)" (Harneen Chernow, Emily Singer, Jenny Lee Utech) focuses on the Worker Education Program's (WEP's) strategy, including tools, access, interviews and focus groups, presenting findings to the Planning and Evaluation Team (PET) and union, and process evaluation. "PETs" (Betsy Bedell, Joe Conolly,...