ASTD Attendees by the Numbers

More than 90% of attendees make or recommend purchasing decisions for their organizations’ training programs.

Size of Training Budget:

  • $1,000,000 or greater = 24%
  • $500,000 - $999,999 = 10%
  • $100,000 - $499,999 = 19%
  • $50,000 - $99,999 = 10 %
  • $10,000 - $49,999 = 15 %
  • Less than $10,000 = 22%

On average, ASTD sponsors receive 37% more attendee leads on-site!

Tenure in the Field:

  • More than 20 years = 24%
  • 10 to 20 years = 30%
  • 5 to 10 years = 19%
  • 2 to 5 years = 15%
  • 1 to 2 years = 5%
  • Less than 1 year = 7%

26% of 2009 attendees made a purchase at last year’s conference.

Size of Organization:

  • 1,500+ = 30%
  • 1000 to 1,499 = 12%
  • 100 to 999 = 22%
  • Less than 100 = 36%

ASTD Attendee Profile

ASTD International Conference & Exposition Titles :

Chairman & CEO
Chief Learning Officer
Chief Talent Strategist
Computer Training Chief
Corporate Training Director
Curriculum Manager
Deputy Chief of Training & Development
Director of Corporate University
Director of Distance Learning
Director of Human Resources
Director of Organizational Knowledge
Director of Sales Training
Education & Training Officer
 
e-Learning Director
Head of Training and Business Development
Human Capital Manager
Learning & Development Manager
Manager of Leadership Development
Organizational Effectiveness Manager
Regional L&D Officer
Senior Director of Human Resources
Senior Director of Training
SVP of Learning & Development
Technical Training Manager
VP of Learning
 

Top Attendee Companies:

AETNA
Amtrak
Apple
Barclays
Best Buy
Black & Decker
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Boeing
BP
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Chevron
Central Intelligence
Agency
Cisco
Comcast
The Dannon Company, Inc.
Dept. of Navy
Dept. of Homeland
Security
DuPont
Ernst & Young
ExxonMobil
GEICO
General Mills
Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Hewlett-Packard
Hilton Hotels
 
Home Box Office
IBM
INTEL
John Deere
Lockheed Martin
Marriott International
Medtronic
The Melting Pot
Restaurants
Merck and Co., Inc.
National Gallery of Art
NBC Universal
Nike
Novartis
Oracle
Pfizer
Qualcomm Inc.
Shell
Smithsonian
Institution
State Farm Ins. Co.
Sun Microsystems
Tiffany & Co.
Toyota
Verizon
Volkswagen
Wal-Mart

Industries Represented:

Finance and Insurance
Manufacturing
Healthcare and Social Assistance
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
Management Consulting
Services
Government
Pharmaceutical