The current economic downturn is an opportunity for human performance technologists to focus on improving the value they provide to their organizations. Whether you're a novice or a seasoned practitioner, this fun, fast-paced, and interactive workshop will show you how to align performance improvement efforts with business goals, use training programs to address skill gaps, craft instructional objectives that describe exemplary job performance, create sound training programs that promote learning and transfer, and collaborate with others to promote transfer in ways that improve performance. Participants will leave with a set of job aids to help implement these strategies in the workplace and be well on their way to becoming an even more important performance partner within their organization.