When you\'re committed to performance improvement and training and facing the most significant economic down-turn in decades, what do you do? Money is tight. Financing is tight. Companies are being forced to trim expenses, including people. Management is holding the line on any discretionary spending. So, how do you make the most of the training dollars you do have .. and find funding when you don\'t.

1. S-T-R-E-T-C-H-I-N-G the Development Dollars You DoHave . . . Finding Sources for the Dollars You Don't Presented by: Bob Hanson, Julie Berg, Judy Hartley

10. Form SME study groups

11. Re-purpose and re-visit existing content

13. Frequency of training over time

14. Access to off-the-shelf or company-owned content

16. Utilize internal resources to lessen time and dollars required for design/customization and training

18. Maximize value AFTER training Readiness x Training x Follow-through = Results

19. Make training a lasting experience Learning Budget The Development Pyramid

24. Collaborating to fund and sponsor training

25. Looking inside your organization

26. Using affordable and flexible outside resources

28. Designing training that is practical and application focused