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Click 'Join Free' and select whether you're a trainer or an organization. Fill in your details and you're ready to go — no approval needed.
Yes! The Starter plan is completely free. You get a marketplace profile, up to 3 active clients, basic scheduling, and community access. Paid plans unlock AI tools, unlimited clients, and advanced features.
Any independent professional development practitioner — leadership coaches, DEI facilitators, communication trainers, organizational psychologists, change management consultants, and more.
Complete your profile with a headline, bio, specialties, rates, and availability. The more complete your profile, the higher you'll rank in search results.
Select a content type (workshop outline, case study, handout, etc.), enter your topic and audience, and Claude AI generates professional content in seconds. You can edit it and save to your content library.
When an organization sends you a booking request, you can create a professional proposal with scope, objectives, deliverables, and pricing. Send it to the org, and they can accept or decline.
Organizations can post open training requests to the marketplace. As a trainer, go to Opportunities in your sidebar to browse these requests and submit proposals. When an org accepts your proposal, it becomes an engagement.
Yes! For each session in an engagement, you can track attendance with one click. Create Kirkpatrick Level 1-2 evaluations, share the link with participants, and view results with rating distributions.
Use the search and filters on the trainers page — filter by specialty, format, and sort by rating, price, or experience. You can also compare trainers side by side.
Yes! Click 'Send Message' on any trainer's profile to start a conversation. Discuss your needs before committing to a booking.
Go to Team in your dashboard to invite team members with different roles (admin, manager, member). Team members can view engagements and help manage training requests.
Yes! Go to New Request in your dashboard without selecting a specific trainer. Your request will be posted to the Opportunities marketplace where qualified trainers can find it and submit proposals. You can compare proposals and choose the best fit.
Yes! The Rebook page shows all trainers you've previously worked with, making it easy to book them again with one click.
Check our pricing page for full details. Starter is free forever. Professional ($99/mo) adds AI tools, unlimited clients, and proposals. Business ($249/mo) adds white-label portals and priority placement.
Yes, upgrade or downgrade anytime. Changes take effect at the start of your next billing cycle.
When a booking is facilitated through PD World, we take a small commission (8-15% depending on your plan). Direct bookings outside the platform have no commission.
Go to Courses in your trainer dashboard, click 'New Course', set up the basics (title, description, category), then add modules and lessons in the course editor. You can add text, video, file, embed, and quiz lessons.
PD World supports multiple choice, true/false, fill-in-the-blank, and matching questions. Set passing scores, max attempts, and optional time limits. Quizzes auto-grade and track scores.
Yes! Once enrolled, learners progress through modules and lessons at their own speed. Progress is tracked per-lesson with completion percentages. Courses can optionally require sequential completion.
Learning Paths let you sequence multiple courses into a curriculum with prerequisites. Learners complete courses in order and earn badges or certificates upon finishing the full path.
Yes, Business plan users can export any course as a SCORM 1.2 package. This lets your clients load your courses into their corporate LMS. You can also import existing SCORM packages.
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