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Learn in LA: Attend a Preconference Course in May

ATD’s International Conference & EXPO 2026 is coming to Los Angeles from May 17–20. Before settling into the conference, attend a preconference education program. There are 28 courses and workshops to choose from, ranging from topics like instructional design to storytelling. Find the course that fits your professional development goals best and network with like-minded peers along the way.

Find a course in LA

Every year, we publish a catalog to help you find an upcoming course that fits your schedule, learn which courses align with your career path, and identify additional learning opportunities.

Cover of ATD's 2026 Education Course Catalog

Our updated 2026 Education Course Catalog features:

Industry-leading certificate courses and master programs

Professional workshops

APTD® and CPTD® preparation courses

ATD’s online course library

Browse the Catalog

Are you a recent doctoral graduate? Did your dissertation focus on a topic relevant to the practice of developing talent in organizations? If so, apply for the ATD Dissertation Award today! This award is presented to the person who has submitted the best doctoral dissertation for which a degree was granted between August 1, 2024, and September 30, 2025. The deadline to apply is December 1, 2025.

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Leverage Self-Awareness to Reinvent Your Leadership Style

Written by leadership expert and coach Dan Gallagher, The Self-Aware Leader sharpens the self-awareness of middle managers to drive productivity and career growth with a model that emerging leaders, middle managers, and senior executives can use as a catalyst to enhance their leadership value. Based on empirical research and more than two decades of use, the model fully integrates a deep focus on self-awareness and reinvention with the practices of servant leadership and business transformation.

Please use our special code 8020 for the chapter to receive a small rebate on your purchase.

Please use our special code 8020 for the chapter to receive a small rebate on your purchases.

Join us this year to discover strategies and guidelines for organization development programs with award-winning OD insights and practitioners at ATD’s OrgDev conference. Learn from leading experts in culture and belonging, talent strategy and management, leadership and employee development, human resources, and gain insight to bridge organizational gaps and build strategic business partnerships.

Explore all the ways you can make the most of your OrgDev experience:

• Assess your current organizational structures. Sessions in this event are rooted in reflection to help you consider what's working and what's not within your current programs.
• Build programs that are intentional and tied in with your organization's goals and visions. Everything you experience at this event will lead you to practical applications in your work.
• Connect through networking with hundreds of peers. There's no better place to exchange new ideas with the colleagues you meet at OrgDev 2024.

More Details: https://orgdev.td.org/

Greetings from the Organization Development Network! We are reaching out because your work and that of your members is either a form of Organization Development or is some adjacent conversation about humans in our work and communities - in other words, your work is important to human endeavor. 

We are holding our 30th Annual conference September 28-October 1 in Spokane, Washington. We would love to invite you to be a part of it. Like you, we see the rapidly changing world for the opportunity it might be for our fields to step in and step up to make a greater positive impact. The world needs us, all of us, and we are mighty when aligned and inclusive. 

Take a look at our lineup of speakers and workshops on our website and see if there is something that might be of interest. We are limited to 250 attendees... and we want the conversations we have there to be rich, diverse, and the first step on a road to greater collaboration

If AI feels like something everyone’s talking about but few have figured out how to use meaningfully in learning and development, you're not alone. That’s exactly why we created ATD Intensive: AI in Learning and Development, a hands-on, immersive three-day virtual event designed for talent professionals who want to move from curiosity to clarity.

Starting July 10, 2025, Intensive will equip you with the knowledge, tools, and practical strategies to use AI right now in your work.

Imagine being able to:

• Build a chatbot that answers learner questions using your organization’s own content
• Lead informed conversations with stakeholders about what AI can and can’t do in your programs
• Evaluate risks and opportunities of using AI ethically in content creation or coaching

Explore what’s possible, identify where AI can make a real difference in your work, and start mapping out your next steps with confidence.

You’ll learn from top practitioners, connect with peers navigating similar questions, and participate in interactive sessions that bring learning design and AI together in meaningful ways.

Come with questions. Leave with options.

Register here for the Virtual 3 day program - and be sure to use our special code 8020 to help support our chapter.