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Entries for May 2012

Save 25% through tomorrow June 1st on your copy of the latest Kirkpatrick book, The Brunei Window Washer: Bringing Business Partnership to Life.

You may be wondering, who is the Brunei Window Washer? He is a real person who inspired us to write about creating business partnership, one person at a time.


Through his story you will learn how to engage every employee and accomplish your goals.


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Kirkpatrick Quick Tip Vol. 2 #13

This week, we take a look at how the four levels have been expanded to work not just for training initiatives or learning and performance functions, but also for individuals.

Listen to this three-minute quick tip where Jim Kirkpatrick discusses how performance can be created one person at a time to impact your entire training initiative.

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Every organization in the world faces the same challenge: How do we accomplish our highest goals with the time, money, resources and people available to us?

No matter how lofty the goal, achievement happens one person and one action at a time.


In the latest Kirkpatrick book,
The Brunei Window Washer: Bringing Business Partnership to Life, you'll hear the endearing story of Chai, the Brunei Window Washer. Through his experiences, you will learn the secrets of developing a team that cares about their customers and the overall mission of the business.

Save 25% off this book when you order by June 1st!


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Kirkpatrick Quick Tip Vol. 2 #12

Sign-off is a common term for obtaining key stakeholder buy-in for an initiative. Unfortunately it sets the wrong tone by implying that all executives have to do is sign an agreement, provide funding and then sit back and let training execute the program.

For your next initiative, have a "signing on" meeting to discuss the active and ongoing role stakeholders and others will play in the success of the initiative. Assign roles and responsibilities, and create deadlines and reporting timelines. 

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Missed the first Getting to Kirkpatrick Levels 3 and 4: Creating Believable Value webinar hosted by Training Magazine in April? Download the entire webinar recording here.

Want to participate in the next session of Getting to Kirkpatrick Levels 3 and 4?
Click here to register for the next session hosted by The Brandon Hall Group on June 6.

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In this seven-minute interview, Don and Jim Kirkpatrick discuss how Don's first year of retirement from public speaking is going and what's been keeping him busy.

Additionally, the Kirkpatrick's give a sneak preview of their latest book,
The Brunei Window Washer, which is available for online order on May 23rd.

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Kirkpatrick Partners and The Brandon Hall Group are bringing our newest webinar Getting to Kirkpatrick Levels 3 and 4: Creating Believable Value on June 6th at 1:00 PM - 2:00 EDT.

Getting to Kirkpatrick Levels 3 and 4
June 6, 2012
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Join David Wentworth, Sr. Learning Analyst from Brandon Hall Group and James Kirkpatrick, President of Kirkpatrick Partners with a brief appearance by Donald Kirkpatrick himself, to learn directly from the source about the newest way to implement the four levels of learning evaluation. This program will focus on tactics at Levels 3 and 4 and provide ideas that any professional can implement in their own organization.

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Kirkpatrick Quick Tip Vol. 2 #11

Do you identify specific business metrics that will be impacted if your training participants apply what they learned in training on the job? These leading indicators are one of the biggest predictors of program success.

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Wendy Kirkpatrick Receives Emerging Training Leaders Award

The current issue of Training magazine includes an announcement of the winners of their Emerging Training Leaders award. We are proud to announce that Wendy Kirkpatrick has been selected as one of these exceptional, business-savvy training leaders.

Wendy is applauded for her resilience in this changing industry, which demands the global mindset and strategic thinking that she demonstrates daily.

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April 24, 2013

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April 23, 2013

Kirkpatrick Certified Facilitators David Dewhurst and Mark Harris will facilitate a bronze level certification program in Wellington, New Zealand on June 26-27, 2013.

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See the Kirkpatricks at ASTD 2013 ICE
March 28, 2013

Don't miss Jim and Wendy Kirkpatrick's sessions at this year's ASTD International Conference & Exposition in May.

Click here to learn about all of the ways you can interact with Jim and Wendy during the conference and how conference attendees can register to win a FREE seat in the Kirkpatrick certification program (a $1,795 value).

Kirkpatrick Partners is a provider of training evaluation and business partnership training, products, consulting and impact studies. Our work is based on the Kirkpatrick Evaluation Model created by Donald L. Kirkpatrick in 1954 as part of his PhD dissertation on the evaluation of the effectiveness of training for supervisors. It is expanded by the Kirkpatrick Business Partnership Model and Kirkpatrick Foundational Principles.

Instead of training ROI, we focus on training return on expectations (ROE). This is a more holistic measurement of all of the benefits realized from a program or initiative, both qualitative and quantitative. We offer courses and workshops on training evaluation and business partnership that equip training professionals to create, demonstrate and measure the business results and value their training yields or supports.

Donald (Don), James (Jim), and Wendy Kirkpatrick are pleased to be united as Kirkpatrick Partners. Whether you want to earn your Kirkpatrick certification or simply create more value in your organization, we are here to help. Our programs are valuable whether you are a corporate employee, member of government or an independent consultant.

The Kirkpatricks are the authors of nine books, including Evaluating Training Programs, Implementing the Four Levels, Transferring Learning to Results, Kirkpatrick Then and Now, Training on Trial, and The Brunei Window Washer: Bringing Business Partnership to Life.
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