Daniel Pink Sets New Record for ASTD Webcast Attendance

Alexandria, VA, March 20, 2013– 

On Thursday, March 14th, best-selling author Daniel Pink and the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) delivered the largest webcast in ASTD history. 

Hosted on the Webvent for Webinars platform with full webinar professional service, Dan Pink signed up over 2,500 people with just under 1,000 attendees joining the live event; both numbers set new ASTD webcast records. In the webcast Daniel Pink explained why we're all in sales now -- no matter what our job title is or what our business card says. 

The presentation was recorded and is available here at no charge.

After the webcast, Dan Pink commented, "Webvent was a joy to work with on our ASTD webinar. They guided me through the process smoothly and ensured that everything worked well on game day.  They did a masterful job of dealing with the logistics so I could devote my full attention to the presentation itself." 

For more tools and tips, check out Dan's latest book, TO SELL IS HUMAN.  Also, a big thank you to the webcast sponsor, Edutainment Media.

Daniel H. Pink is the author of five provocative books--including the long-running New York Times best sellers, A Whole New Mind and Drive. His latest book, To Sell Is Human, is a #2 New York Times best seller, a #1 Wall Street Journal best seller, and a #1 Washington Post best seller. Dan's books have been translated into 34 languages. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their three children.

ASTD (American Society for Training & Development) is the world's largest association dedicated to workplace learning and development professionals. ASTD's members come from more than 100 countries and connect locally in more than 120 U.S. chapters and with more than 20 international partners. Members work in thousands of organizations of all sizes, in government, as independent consultants, and suppliers.

NeuroLeadership Institute and ASTD deliver the first ever Brain-Based Learning Virtual Summit

Alexandria, VA, December 6, 2012– 

On Tuesday, December 4th, The NeuroLeadership Institute and American Society for Training & Development delivered the first-ever Brain-Based Learning Virtual Summit - a full day virtual conference with five presentations from leading academic experts in brain-based learning, developed especially for corporate learning and development practitioners.

ASTD’s Juana Llorens, Community of Practice Manager L&D, moderated the presentations and stated, “The Brain-Based Learning Virtual Summit exceeded my wildest stretch goals – for attendance, participation, content, and performance of everyone involved in making this inaugural event a huge success. THANK YOU to all who attended and worked on the virtual summit – and look for more events like these from ASTD in the future!”

Hosted on the Webvent for Webinars platform, the virtual summit signed up 939 people, including 122 participants from 41 countries outside the United States.  521 attendees joined live throughout the day, coming and going based on their local schedules and sessions of interest.  All of the sessions were recorded and are available for 90 days at www.astd.org/webcasts.  Additional content from the presenters is available at www.neuroleadership.org/astd-virtual-summit. 

David Rock, Co-Founder & Director of The Neuroleadership Group, kicked off the summit with the opening keynote session, followed by four academic thought leaders and a closing message from Tony Bingham, CEO of ASTD.  Presentations included:

• Make Learning Sticky - Grace Chang, Ph.d. (UCLA)
• Create New Habits: The neuroscience of goal setting and behavior change – Elliot Berkman, Ph.d. (University of Oregon)
• Peak Performance for Trainers: The neuroscience of managing your mental state - Matt Lieberman. Ph.d. (UCLA)
• Create More 'Aha' Moments That Embed Deep Learning - Josh Davis, Ph.d. (Columbia University)

About NeuroLeadership Institute The NeuroLeadership Institute helps individuals and organizations fulfill their potential through better understanding how the human brain functions, at the level of individuals, teams and whole systems. 

About American Society for Training & Development 
ASTD (American Society for Training & Development) is the world's largest association dedicated to workplace learning and development professionals. ASTD's members come from more than 100 countries and connect locally in more than 120 U.S. chapters and with more than 20 international partners.  Members work in thousands of organizations of all sizes, in government, as independent consultants, and suppliers.

ASTD Webcasts Reach Nearly 50,000 Registrants Annually

ASTD (American Society for Training & Development) is the world's largest association dedicated to workplace learning and development professionals.

Webvent produces over 80 webcasts a year for ASTD.  Roughly half of these have over 200 attendees, with occasional audiences of up to 1000 people – all interested in expanding their knowledge of emerging learning technologies, making business decisions based on best practices, pursuing the Certified Professional in Learning and Performance (CPLP) credential, or simply expanding their professional network in learning and development.

“Producing webcasts for multiple departments or communities of practice can be challenging.  Many people are involved in managing the relationship with the presenters, managing the events calendar, scheduling / hosting / moderating the webcasts, finding the right sponsors, etc.  Webvent uniquely offers ASTD a central application from which they can manage these processes as a team”, says Rick Borry, President of Webvent, Inc.

“To ASTD the real value is not just that we don’t have to worry about producing these webcasts, it also drives traffic to our Buyers Guide and our Store, which has become much more valuable for our sponsors and audiences”, says Brandon Finlen, Director of Marketing ASTD.

ASTD proves that many topics currently delivered as white papers, reports, or books become much more interesting when strengthened by a webcast delivered by the writer.  The huge number of attendees is clear evidence of that.  Visit webcasts.astd.org to see the ASTD site on Webvent.

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