Marc Rosenberg passed along this tidbit from the Arizona Republic:
The good news is that the legal fallout from Enron helped make Corpedia's compliance training programs the biggest part of its sales today, he said.
My email to the reporter:
Hi. I'm CEO of eLearning Forum, a 1800-member nonprofit eLearning advocacy organization.
You picked the wrong bright spot! Those ASTD statistics are several years out of date and do not reflect the current situation. Last week the CEO of ASTD resigned "to pursue other opportunities."
The really bright spots are under the radar, the in-house programs that don't show up in vendor stories and most industry surveys. Industry is not buying new stuff so much as they are applying what they already bought.