LDA is a professional community that: 

• Brings practitioners together to support and learn from each other

• Explores and encourages research-aligned practices

• Helps practitioners solve their most complex challenges

• Raises the professional standards of the field

If you want to: 

• Keep current with L&D research and innovations

• Make evidence-informed decisions in your own designs and learning initiatives

• Build a foundational core of professional competencies

• Communicate more effectively and strategically with your stakeholders 

• Make a measurable difference in your L&D Department

• Help L&D get a seat at the table in your organization

• Inform and live your own learning and professional values

• Be part of a global community of like-minded, yet diverse professionals

• Take your expertise to the next level

... LDA’s GOT YOU COVERED!

At LDA you will: 

• Learn from research, evidence, and practice in areas such as instructional design, technology, facilitation, training, and evaluation.

• Meet peers from all over the world.

• Connect with people “who wrote the book”.

• Develop your network.

• Get challenged in your assumptions and your own practices.

• Expand your toolkit, knowledge, and expertise.

• And so much more...

As L&D professionals, we help others. We help them learn and grow. We nurture careers and aspirations for people of all backgrounds at all levels. We help organizations push forward to success. In short, we do L&D work so that others may thrive. What we need now, more than ever in these challenging times, is a community that puts us at the center, helping us to:

• Accelerate our own ability to learn with and from each other

• Learn from research, evidence, and practice

• Inform and live our professional values

• Build a foundational core of professional competencies

• Form a true membership community