C. Michael Ferraro, President/CEO, of TRAINING SOLUTIONS, Inc. will present two sessions at ASTD 2000, the annual international conference and exposition of the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) at the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, Texas, May 21-24, 2000.

The title of the sessions are: "Peer to Peer: Sharing Best Practices in Retail Training" and "Selling Your Consulting Services."

More than 12,000 professionals will attend ASTD 2000, which will feature more than 250 sessions led by HRD experts from around the world. The sessions are designed around nine leading areas: career development; global issues; human performance improvement, measuring and evaluating training and performance; managing the training/learning function; organizational development; learning technologies; training basics and workplace issues.

At the expo, more than 550 training and development suppliers from around the world will showcase their latest products, services and equipment.

Founded in 1944, ASTD is the world's premiere professional association in the field of workplace learning and performance. ASTD's membership includes more than 70,000 people in organizations from every level of the field of workplace performance in more than 100 countries.