Books and Publications

From one-on-one meetings to speaking to a packed convention center, Presentation Essentials is packed with smart tips, effective tools, insights, and a skills self-assessment that ensures you deliver a captivating presentation with extreme confidence and credibility every time you speak. Guaranteed!

Packed full of field-tested tools and checklists, this book is the ultimate insider's guide. The authors take you by the hand and show you step-by-step how to launch, build, and sustain a successful speaking, training, coaching, or consulting business. Make your dream of speaking for a living a reality. 

Fully revised and updated, ATD’s Handbook for Measuring and Evaluating Training is the comprehensive go-to reference for talent development professionals in need of immediate measurement and evaluation (M&E) guidance. Edited by M&E powerhouse Patti Phillips, with contributions from Sardék Love (chapter 2) and 29 other expert practitioners, this handbook provides an essential roadmap to developing effective processes to prove the value and impact of your learning and development programs. (Publication Date: June 10, 2025)

Government agencies are facing the loss of experienced talent as older generations of workers retire, while budgets shrink and the workforce becomes increasingly dispersed. Given this reality, how can agencies preserve the knowledge base of the experienced workforce, and pass that knowledge on to younger workers in new ways, with fewer resources? 

This TD at Work will answer the following questions:

• What is a distributed workforce, and what are its challenges? 

• How can agencies develop a strategic training plan for the future? 

• Which format of training is best for a distributed workforce? 

• How might the training needs of a distributed workforce continue to evolve?