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State of the Industry: The

Local Economy & Employment

Trends  

Presented by:Dr. Kella B. Price, SPHR, CPLPNational Advisors for Chapters, ASTDCEO, HR and Training Consultant, Price Consulting Groupwww.thepriceconsultinggroup.com252.622.8119

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Topics of discussion

• Trends as reported in the 2010 State of the Industry Report

• ASTD Forum and BEST Award Winners: showcasing ways to build talent

• Learning expenditures, and training hours delivered

• How does technology impact learning?

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ASTD BEST Award Winners

Podcasts and article reprints available at:http://tinyurl.com/ASTDBEST2010

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Investment Alignment

Measurement Learning Opportunities

Efficiency C-Level Involvement

Effectiveness Non-training Solutions

Characteristics of the BEST

5Context of the 2010 Report

• Estimated $125.88 billion spent by U.S. organizations on employee learning and development annually– $78.61 billion on internal learning function– $47.27 billion on external services

• Positive trends included continued financial commitment to the learning function and increased use of technology-based learning

• Success in managing learning while controlling costs per-learning hour

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Learning Expenditure per Employee*

Fig. 1 on p. 8 of SOIR* Amount in U.S. Dollars

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Learning Hours Used per Employee

Fig. 2 on p. 8 of SOIR

8Learning Hours Available and Used per WLP Staff Member (Consolidated)

Fig. 8 & 9 on p. 10 of SOIR

9Percent of Learning Hours Provided via Technology (Consolidated)

Fig. 14 on p. 17 of SOIR

10Percentage of Formal Learning Hours Available Via E-Learning Delivery

(Consolidated)

Table 4 on p. 15 of SOIR

How does your organization compare to the trends represented here?

11Cost per Learning Hour Available*

Fig. 11 on p. 11 of SOIR* Amount in U.S. Dollars

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Reuse Ratio*

Fig. 12 on p. 11 of SOIR* Ratio of learning hours used to learning hours available

How can you increase the reuse ratio in your organization?

13Distribution of Learning Content by Content Area

Fig. 13 on p. 14 of SOIR

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Thank you!What are your

questions?

Presented by:Dr. Kella B. Price, SPHR, CPLPNational Advisors for Chapters, ASTDCEO, HR and Training Consultant, Price Consulting Groupwww.thepriceconsultinggroup.com252.622.8119