USEFUL LINKSThis section is updated continuously. If you know of interesting
and relevant Training & Development websites and other resources, or if any of the links below are no longer active, please let us
know by emailing info@astdgoldengate.org. Thanks!The
American Society for Training and Development, National headquarters
The mothership of ASTD websites! Everything you always wanted to know about ASTD
National. http://www.astd.org
Silicon Valley Chapter of the ASTD Visit the site of the Silicon
Valley Chapter -- one of the biggest and most active chapters of ASTD! Find out
about events, and subscribe to their listserve. http://www.astdsiliconvalley.org
Mt. Diablo Chapter of ASTD Our Mt. Diablo chapter serves the
East Bay, and offers monthly dinner meetings, frequent events, and community involvement.
http://www.www.mtdiabloastd.org
Silicon
Valley Chapter of the International Society for Performance Improvement
Silicon Valley Chapter of the International Society for Performance
Improvement (www.svispi.org)
meets at Cisco Systems, 191 Baypointe, San Jose, CA. Networking starts at 7:00,
with the program starting at 7:30 until 9:00. Meetings are held the third Thursday
of the month. ISPI is an international association dedicated to increasing productivity
in the workplace through the application of performance and instructional technologies.
Directions: www.svispi.org/directions.htm.
http://www.svispi.org
Looking
for volunteers or individuals eager to be trained?
Enterprise for High School Students (EHSS) is an organization whose goal is to
provide its student members with a positive, meaningful introduction into the
workworld through part-time and temporary jobs, internships, volunteer opportunities,
etc. and to provide encouragment that will lead to success in their adult working
lives. The North Bay Multimedia Association: A San Francisco
Bay Area meeting ground for the new media community -- where deals are made and
careers are launched. Come see technology in the making, exchange ideas, find
business support and socialize in a friendly and productive atmosphere. http://www.nbma.com
TrainingFolks.com: Training and development staffing solutions.
They have Bay Area listings. http://www.TrainingFolks.com
The
North American Simulation and Gaming Association (NASAGA): The North American
Simulation and Gaming Association (NASAGA) is a growing network of professionals
working on the design, implementation, and evaluation of games and simulations
to improve learning results in all types of organizations. We believe in the value
of learning gained through experience and feel that games and simulations, appropriately designed and conducted are an extremely useful (and underused) tool for creating this rich learning. NASAGA's primary mission is to facilitate the use of simulations and games and to spread the principles and procedures of interactive, experiential approaches to education, training, management, problem solving and decision making.
http://www.nasaga.org
Big Dog's HRD Link Page Great list
of links to a wide and wonderful variety of T&D and OD links. A potpourri of the
usual stuff -- and some unexpected goodies like The Chaos Thinksite, the Monster
Job Board, The Learning Theory Funhouse, the Thinking Page, Mind Tools, and
much, much more! Great for bow-wow-wowsing. Trot right over to: http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/hrdlink.html
The
Training Registry: The Internet's Source for Training Resources! www.tregistry.com
HR Professional Gateway to the Internet http://www.hrprosgateway.com/www/index2.html
International
Association for Human Resource Information Management HR information management, systems issues, trends, and technology http://www.ihrim.org
Employee Benefits Research Institute http://www.ebri.org/
Foundation
for Enterprise Development (FED net) http://www.fed.org Institute
of Management and Administration http://www.ioma.com Occupational
Safety and Health Administration http://www.osha.gov/ Society
for Human Resources Management http://www.shrm.org/ The
Center for Creative Leadership http://www.ccl.org Creative
Training Techniques http://www.bobpikegroup.com LearningWare
Inc. http://www.learningware.com
Bay Area Organizational Development Network The Bay Area OD
Network is an evolving open community of professionals dedicated to sharing and
expanding knowledge, skills and experience in the field of organizational development.
http://www.baodn.org
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