Torey Quinn's List: Industry Knowledge Skills

"Confluence is an enterprise wiki used by more than 13,000 companies around the globe for helping development teams to collaborate and centralize their knowledge base. In this course, Sandy Toner introduces administrators to the key tasks involved in installing and administering Confluence, including configuring settings and preferences through the Setup Wizard, creating client- or project-centered spaces, and working with content using Confluence's built-in editor. Learn to use community and social features like page sharing and comments, cut your time in half with power-user shortcuts, and back up and restore your Confluence site in case of an emergency."

"In a continuously changing economic environment, organizations remain committed to organizational learning and development (L&D). In the 2013 State of the Industry Report sponsored by Skillsoft and Cara, 475 organizations representing a diverse sample of industries, sizes, and locations report on training metrics in their organizations.
ASTD estimates that in 2012 organizations spent approximately $164.2 billion on employee training. Of this total direct learning expenditure, 61 percent ($100.2 billion) was spent internally. The remainder was spent on external services, which accounted for 28 percent ($46 billion), and tuition reimbursement, which accounted for 14 percent ($18 billion)."

"The State of the Industry report is ASTD’s definitive review of workplace learning and development trends. In the 2013 State of the Industry report, 475 organizations representing a diverse sample of industries, sizes, and locations report on their commitment to learning and development."

"ASTD Discussion Boards"

Lynda.com course, requires subscription account.

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Training magazine is a 46-year-old professional development magazine that advocates training and workforce development as a business tool. The magazine delves into management issues such as leadership and succession planning, HR issues such as recruitment

The Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies is a resource site for the use of new technologies for working and learning.

"Each community focuses on a key area of the training and development field and is led by a community manager whose in-depth knowledge will ensure that the content, offerings, and resources are consistent with your needs."

HCI Online Talent Communities are the global clearinghouse for thought leadership, best practices and innovation in strategic talent management and new economy leadership. The Talent Communities offer a deep reservoir of information, and a powerful platform for informal learning, research and peer-to-peer collaboration.

"ASTD is proud to launch the new ASTD Competency Model. The training and development profession has undergone significant transformation in the last decade. The ASTD Competency Model redefines the skills and knowledge required for trainers to be successful now and in the future. It captures changes driven by digital, mobile, and social technology; demographic shifts; globalization; and economic forces.

The ASTD Competency Model:

defines the latest competencies needed for success across the entire T&D industry.
provides a professional development roadmap for T&D leaders and practitioners.
identifies T&D skills gaps and ways to close them that align with individual and organizational goals.
The Model emphasizes: (1) foundational competencies, or those that are important to everyone in the field, and (2) the specific areas of expertise (AOEs), which are the specialized knowledge and actions required by specific roles."