Three-minute interview: Donald Taylor

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Three-minute interview: Donald Taylor

TrainingZone.co.uk managed to catch a few minutes with Donald Taylor, chair of Learning Technologies, to get his predictions on the training trends taking the industry by storm in 2010.

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